Northwest Dance Halls

Pipeline Tavern
Eastlake Drive
Seattle, Washington

Some of the bands that performed at this place during those great years of NW music were:
 
 

Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Bighorn
Blind Willie
Cheeseburger Delux
Cincinatti Rail
EmmyLou Harris
Fireball
Goldie McJohn
Grey Blues Band
High Tide
The Hot Band
Ian Matthews
Jim Page
Marlon
Maria Muldauer
Michael Bloomfield
Mojo Hand
Nick Gravenites Band
Paul Butterfield
Shyanne
Super Band
Third World
Thin Red Line
Wiz Kids
 
 

Others ?

About July 1976 - Image courtesy of Tom Downer

I moved from Seattle in 1977 and at that time the Pipeline tavern was a very hot spot for us UDUB types to drink cheap beer and hear some good music. It was on Eastlake Ave near the southern end of the lake, kind of wedged in between I-5 and Eastlake. It was built new in the early 70’s and featured live music on a big stage, 7 nights a week.  All the hot local bands played there but the only big name I remember was Jean-Luc Pontay, the French jazz violinist. Others played there of course, but the memory fades!

I now live out east but fondly remember those years.

Dick Gray, January 2007

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This was one of my favorite haunting grounds in my younger days.

Bob Besse, my former brother in law, and his mother owned the Pipeline.  It was a very "happening" sort of place, great music and dancing, and yea, lots of pitchers of beer.

Makes me want to reconnect with Bob to help revive my memory a bit.  Shyanne was one of the bands I do remember.  But I know there were many others.  It was a great place.

Karen

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Last Update:  18 December 2010
Credits:  Dick Gray, Tom Downer, John C. Strawn, Joel Johnson, Jerry Samuelson, Richard Evans