Cheatham Street Warehouse

Cheatham Street Warehouse is located in San Marcos, Texas. It was built in 1910 as a grocery warehouse along the railroad tracks for a local grocery.[1]

In 1974, English student Kent Finlay and business partner San Marcos Daily Record writer Jim Cunningham leased the building to open a honky-tonk music hall. The venue provided an outlet for a variety of local musicians at the beginning of their careers. Southwest Texas State University student George Strait and the Ace in the Hole Band played their first shows in the venue in 1975.[2] In the early 1980s, a young Stevie Ray Vaughan played their every Tuesday night.[3]

Cheatham Street Warehouse has hosted such acts as Willie Nelson, Ernest Tubb, Townes Van Zandt, Jerry Jeff Walker, Charlie Sexton, Gary P. Nunn, Asleep at the Wheel as well as many, many up-and-coming Texas artists such as James McMurtry, Hayes Carll, Sunny Sweeney, Randy Rogers Band, and Todd Snider.[4]

Randy Rogers Band lead singer Randy Rogers, who's debut album was recorded at Cheatham Street in 2000, purchased the venue in 2017.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Randy Rogers Takes The Reins At Cheatham Street Warehouse". Texas Monthly. 2017-01-24. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  2. ↑ Highways, Texas. "Singing a Story - Texas Highways". Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  3. ↑ "Cheatham Street Warehouse still making music history". austin360. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  4. ↑ "Songs & Stories of San Marcos: Cheatham Street Warehouse | Lone Star Music Magazine". lonestarmusicmagazine.com. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  5. ↑ "Randy Rogers Takes The Reins At Cheatham Street Warehouse". Texas Monthly. 2017-01-24. Retrieved 2018-05-16.

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