My Father's Place: Photos from the beginning
Michael “Eppy” Epstein built his career by seeing potential where others didn’t. At his legendary club My Father’s Place, Epstein proved that the suburbs would embrace cool artists just as much as city dwellers did, bringing Bruce Springsteen, Bob Marley, U2, The Ramones and countless other groundbreaking artists of the ’70s and ’80s to Roslyn.
Now, Epstein hopes to establish a new kind of club experience on Long Island when My Father’s Place at The Roslyn Hotel opens with an ambitious run of concerts starting with Buster Poindexter on Friday, June 29.
The original venue
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Music fans gather outside My Father's Place in Roslyn in the 1970s.
Blondie
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Debbie Harry, a.k.a. Blondie, with her band, backstage at the legendary Roslyn club My Father's Place in 1976.
Barnaby Bye
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Barnaby Bye plays at My Father's Place in Roslyn in 1976. The Long Island band has a set of sold-out concerts out this summer/fall at the revamped My Father's Place at the Roslyn Hotel.
Bob Weir
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Bob Weir, guitaist for the Grateful Dead, at My Father's Place in Roslyn, 1976.
Michael "Eppy" Epstein and Kenny Rankin
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Michael "Eppy" Epstein, left, owner of My Father's Place, is joined by singer Kenny Rankin in the 1970s.
Billy Joel
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Hicksville's Billy Joel performed at My Father's Place in 1979.
Lou Reed
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Freeport's Lou Reed plays My Father's Place in 1977.
"Eppy" and Richie Furay
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"Eppy" (impressario Michael Epstein), left, with Richie Furay -- a founding member of Buffalo Springfield, Poco, and the Southern Hillman Furay Band -- backstage at My Father's Place in the 1970s.
Joan Jett with The Runaways
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The Runaways with Long Beach resident Joan Jett, foreground, and Jackie Fox on bass, at My Father's Place in Roslyn in 1976. The iconic club will reopen June 29, 2018, in a new setting at the Roslyn Hotel.
Rick Derringer
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Rick Derringer performs at My Father's Place in Roslyn in 1977.
Toots Hibbert
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Toots Hibbert, of Toots & The Maytals, at My Father's Place in Roslyn, circa 1976.
Robert Klein
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Comedian Robert Klein came to My Father's Place in the 1970s.
Richie Havens
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Richie Havens in 1976 holds a copy of Good Times, the Long Island music and entertainment magazine. Havens was the first to play the club when it opened in 1971.
Tommy Bolin
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Tommy Bolin performed at My Father's Place in 1976.
