2 AM Club
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The 2 AM Club is a popular bar in Mill Valley, California
. It is known as being the location of the cover photo of the Huey Lewis and the News
' album Sports. Known locally as "The Deuce", it is a popular watering hole.
Formerly known as "The Brown Jug", which was opened by Bill Brown there on the corner of Miller and Montford. Prohibition
caused its closure in 1921. It reopened in 1933 with the same name, but became the 2 A.M. Club in about 1940.
The famous "toilet seat" guitar created by Charlie Deal still hangs behind the bar. Charlie holds the patent for this original idea and transformed numerous donated, oak seats into decent musical instruments. He claimed the idea came to him while he was sitting on one! Charlie was a frequent visitor at the deuce and is sorely missed for his encyclopedic knowledge of Bay Area rock.
The night before Thanksgiving
is commonly known by locals as "Black Wednesday", when hordes of Tamalpais High School
alums descend upon the bar to reconnect during the Thanksgiving holiday.
The band "2AM Club
" named themselves after the bar.
Mill Valley, California
Mill Valley is a city in Marin County, California, United States located about north of San Francisco via the Golden Gate Bridge. The population was 13,903 at the 2010 census.Mill Valley is located on the western and northern shores of Richardson Bay...
. It is known as being the location of the cover photo of the Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California. They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually scoring a total of 19 top-ten singles across the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary and Mainstream Rock charts...
' album Sports. Known locally as "The Deuce", it is a popular watering hole.
Formerly known as "The Brown Jug", which was opened by Bill Brown there on the corner of Miller and Montford. Prohibition
Prohibition
Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, is the practice of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation, import, export, sale, and consumption of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the...
caused its closure in 1921. It reopened in 1933 with the same name, but became the 2 A.M. Club in about 1940.
The famous "toilet seat" guitar created by Charlie Deal still hangs behind the bar. Charlie holds the patent for this original idea and transformed numerous donated, oak seats into decent musical instruments. He claimed the idea came to him while he was sitting on one! Charlie was a frequent visitor at the deuce and is sorely missed for his encyclopedic knowledge of Bay Area rock.
The night before Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. In Canada, Thanksgiving falls on the same day as Columbus Day in the...
is commonly known by locals as "Black Wednesday", when hordes of Tamalpais High School
Tamalpais High School
Tamalpais High School is a public secondary school located in Mill Valley, California. It is named after nearby Mount Tamalpais, which rises more than above Mill Valley....
alums descend upon the bar to reconnect during the Thanksgiving holiday.
The band "2AM Club
2AM Club
2AM Club is an American band consisting of lead singer Marc Griffin, emcee Tyler Cordy, guitarist Matt Reagan, keyboard player Dave Dalton, drummer Ian O'Neill , and bassist Matt Warshauer. The band came together in Los Angeles in 2007...
" named themselves after the bar.