MPR’s Bill Wareham reports on the twenty-year anniversary of First Avenue, and it’s importance on the local music scene. Wareham interviews musicians who share their personal memories of the venue.
Now well-known, thanks in part to Prince’s use of venue in his film “Purple Rain,” First Avenue and it’s 7th Entry back room have been home to The Replacements, Hüsker Dü, Soul Asylum and the Gear Daddies.