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Tracy Yost, verified:

Important note - the St. Patty's Day party is now officially the "First Annual St. Patty's Day Bender". not a hullabaloo. not a jubilee. not a blow-out nor just a regular old party. It's a Bender !

Lisa Lawrence Merritt, verified:

Yep, I like Pearl. Y'all come on down and hear my friend Pete Weise.

XO,

Lisa~

Tracy Yost, verified:

Pearl beer is $2 all the time, not just on Thursdays :-)

Peter Stawicki, verified:

Killer little joint. Has the feel of the Gypsy Tea Room. Cavernous and dark with great accoustics. The staff are all great, the drinks come fast, and the pool room upstairs is a great little distraction without missing out on the music. Sundays open Mic celebration is a blast and last time I was there it was filled with all those young lovely's swing dancing. A great way to get set for the week. My only warning is watch that top step on the stairs. Its a long way down!

Michael Anderson, verified:

I think my mom (yes, I went here with my mom) put it best when she said that she's lived in Dallas almost her whole life and never thought she'd live to see a place like this in downtown Dallas. Downtown finally has a venue that compares to some of the great places in Chicago and elsewhere. We had a great time and hope to get back here again soon.

Jason Rice, verified:

Finally made it over to meet the place. A former theater we had ten years back rehearsed upstairs where pool tables now sit.

Was a dress shop then - much better as a Jazz Club. ;o)

Nice vibe - really nice. "A Slick Dive" I'd have to call it. You guys are on to something!

Jason Rice, verified:

Ok Jtmbls, if you're ditching me for the Yosts on the 30th, that I can accept and forgive.

Jason Rice, verified:

::sniffle:: But if he stands you up, I'll be waiting just up the DART rail for you. ::snif::

Tracy Yost, verified:

Yes he is "confirmed" and we are expecting a big crowd :-) I used to watch him back when he VERY young and he was good back then. I also saw him a few months ago play with Cheryl Arena and he still has it goin' on. Looking forward to his show.

Scott Doyle, verified:

Snap! Tomorrow's a no cover Friday. Might have to hit y'all up.

As Pavel <a href="http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2008/aug/14/lower-greenville-bar-grill-suede-shuts-down/#c32296">stated elsewhere</a>, we're likely perched atop the bar in our VIP room casting down judgment - please wait until we descend to say hi.

Wish we'd have gotten the names of those newly weds we hung out with last time. A+ company - maybe they'll see this and post (wifey tried helping our 21st b-day boy woo a young lady).

Tracy Yost, verified:

Tomorrow Pete Weise is playing :-)

Scott Doyle, verified:

Forgot all about that show. =( Was too busy getting inebriated elsewhere. Hope it was fun!

Scott Doyle, verified:

Would have had to have coughed up a lot of Blue Moon, too.

A lot.

Brett Hoerner, verified:

Much better apartment location = Brett uses the Pearl wi-fi* to work on Pegasus.

*And Pearl Widmer on draft.

alexander troup, verified:

This could be another good peice of the innner city plad for the patch work quilt of inner city vibes..........there has to be more inner then outer, Pearl........and its new..now how do they dress the public for pub...event ..A/T, Suds and then some.

Tracy Yost, verified:

There's a show missing from this listing and it's gonna be a good one - Bonerama! Next Thursday April 2nd

alexander troup, verified:

I still have to hang this sign on my head and make it at least once a month....besides Downtown Dallas is dead and boring....beleive me..did I spell that right....A/T, No right turns on Pearl St.

alexander troup, verified:

Woopse,... I stopped on by and what do I see,,,suprise, suprise...the rest is private... and a good place to go, I cant beleive my eyes... they have real muscian's and real people here again.....wow, stop the press; and tell a few folks. but wait...more to come...A/T, ..drop on by and you will find out why..

Travis Bush, verified:

Thanks so much to Tracy and Rick for hanging some of our art in the bar. It looks awesome!

Travis Bush, verified:

Yep!

Tracy Yost, verified:

New thing happenin' on Monday nights, 9-ish (after Marcy's show) - "Hip Card Punched" - hosted by Pat Boyack - blues, R&amp;B, and funky stuff. This has been going on for a few weeks now and has turned into a pretty cool night of music - guests showing up in the last few weeks include Cheryl Arena, Hash Brown, Aaron Burton, Sonny Collie, Wes Race....
Special guests for tonight - well, he won't name names, just said "a few ladies will show up and there just might be an appearance by a South Dallas sensation..."

Tracy Yost, verified:

Cinco de Mayo special this Tuesday- $2 house margaritas (If you haven't yet tried our "fresco" house margaritas, you are in for a treat - they are hand-made, by the glass, with real agave tequila, real orange liquor, fresh squeezed lime juice and amber agave nectar - no "fillers" or artificial sweeteners. Our customers say - *"This is the best damn margarita I've ever had!!"*)

Tracy Yost, verified:

DRINK SPECIALS UPDATE

Mondays - $3 flavored martinis

Tuesdays - $2 longnecks, $1 Pearl cans

Wednesdays - $2 house margaritas (the best!)

Thursdays - $3 Pearl Coolers (Prickly Pear, St. Martin and Ginger Spritzer)

Tracy Yost, verified:

Well actually Monday through Friday we also have Happy Hour, 4-8pm, $3 wells and domestic longnecks - that has not changed :-)

Tracy Yost, verified:

and btw, the new specials I posted today are not just from 4-8pm, they are all night long. Happy hour is 4-8pm

Pavel Lishin, verified:

Did Rick and the Sofa Kings stop performing on Wednesdays? Or does Peg just not bother showing them on the schedule?

Tracy Yost, verified:

yeh I guess old news is not Peg-worthy, but, they are still playing every Wednesday ;-)

Pavel Lishin, verified:

Oh, turns out I am are dumb. Hm, wish they'd show the next actual date or something. AHEM AHEM HINT HINT, BRETT, DAVID AND JEREMY. :P

Tracy Yost, verified:

sorry, I took Pavel's word for it without even looking :-)

Tracy Yost, verified:

New Subject - Quick Poll -

Michelle Shocked at Pearl

yes

or

no

alexander troup, verified:

TRACY, we are all here....and holding on to the last days in May..while does this funk and fold get any better in the big Metroplex.....the Federal Reserve should just forget them doors on armor cars, let bags fallout and folks find and spend money that has been burned....how else will we bring back Rome and have a Texas cold one....A/T, So much to do and so little time to do such....

Scott Doyle, verified:

Tracy, considering I know not of this Michelle Shocked I'll respectfully refrain from voting.

However, I will say that tonight's encore by Rick was effing mind-blowing. I was astonished in every sense of the word. Though I can't make it back Wednesday of next week due to <a href="http://www.pegasusnews.com/events/2009/jun/03/149581/">scheduling conflicts</a>, following Wed (believe it's the 10th) I'll insist on a similar performance.

Jason Rice, verified:

::I know not of this Michelle Shocked

Whaaa!! You're what 8 years old? Have I been bickering with the neonatal unit here?

Egads!

Scott Miller, verified:

Yes, please. Especially if you can get her to bring along her brother, Max Johnson.

alexander troup, verified:

Yes,... for Michelle Shock... have known here since the 500 Cafe days,... down the block ...at Fair Park... while she was quite a hoss then..how much better can you get....the rest of the folklore is priceless...A/T, A lamp and a shade and some music too at the Pearl soon..

Travis Bush, verified:

jredallas slightly retarded or what? Go on a night where there isn't a cover..Or have you never supported your neighbors before?

Jason Rice, verified:

ok, finally FINALLY made it in with a set in gear. Freddie Jones etc.

Holy CR@P Rick! The sound in that room is incredible. I'm gawking at the ceiling and walls --- no treatments and it sounds like a zillion bucks!

And $5 cover was a freakin' steal.

I really cannot get over the sound in there. Dang. Where the heck were you guys when I was young enough to hang out in Ellum?

Travis Bush, verified:

You let that one into your establishment? My goodness..I go on vacation and everything goes to hell...

Jason Rice, verified:

Don't worry - I entered incognito (dressed as Ed McMahon). By the time they realized McMahon was actually too dead to have attended, I had the bartender at slide-rule point and it was just one long negotiation.

But the sound was freakin' bloody-heck great.

It's downright unnatural.

alexander troup, verified:

All roads lead to Fair Park today, and during and after the event , why not have a cold one...Pearl and Commerce...a/t, will be in the area...

Tracy Yost, verified:

Ok, Michelle is a go for Friday Oct 23rd!!

Jason, thanks for coming by, and for your kind words re: the sound, we work hard on that part, believe it or not. Those mains are 12" (most people think they are 15"), aimed strategically to cover the room without creating mud. Also the VIP room helps to break up any bad bouncing. The subs round everything out, and I really cannot say enough good things about the mackie powered speakers! The first time Milton Hopkins played there, he said - "people spend thousands of dollars on equipment, trying to make it sound just like this room!".

Tonight - Live recording session for Holland K Smith - should be a blast!!

Mike Orren, verified:

Hey Tracy: Any chance of getting Guillermo Klein as he tours about? We saw him @ Village Vanguard in NYC and all I could think about was how good he would sound @ Caesar Chavez on Commerce.

Tracy Yost, verified:

Mike - love to have him! I'll have to check his schedule and see if we can catch him between east and west....

Tracy Yost, verified:

P.S. - $3 watermelon tinis (with real watermelon!) all night long tonight, and jambalaya early (while it lasts)...

Jason Rice, verified:

::we work hard on that part, believe it or not

Well, yeah... with Yosti's intense ..ahem.. "lack of affiliations", I didn't figure it was divine intervention.

And yeah, looking straight on at those Mackies, yeah they look 12 but....

just beautiful

alexander troup, verified:

I can recall when Michelle got her act made in the 1980,s in Fair Park at The 500 Cafe and Son's Of Herman, she was quite a young star,and any chance Cricket Taylor could make the scene in the future too. lets hope so..these are dynamic preformers....a/t. ..I was there and I recall..

Tracy Yost, verified:

We are celebrating our 3rd Birthday this week!!

alexander troup, verified:

Well congradulations Tracy and Rick...you have done good on that spot,of heaven and hell call downtown Dallas, hang in despite and Thanks For inviting us over too........A/T.

Tracy Yost, verified:

Peg people - you know who you are and so do we - no cover this weekend - happy birthday to us!

Jesus Valadez, verified:

Does that include me? I'll lick someone if y'all don't let me in.

Scott Doyle, verified:

But are there drink specials...? <img src="http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/8276/jewbagel.gif">

Jesus Valadez, verified:

Aren't we all a little <img src="http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/8276/jewbagel.gif">?

Tracy Yost, verified:

All of our drinks are special :-)

And some of them are "on sale", on Thursday and Friday (see listing above).

Pavel Lishin, verified:

No cover! You guys realize that this means that Scott and I will be coming in, right? TOO LATE, YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE RULES!

alexander troup, verified:

Time sounds right to head on down to The Pearl....hope to see everyone down there, and if the Peg staff is going let me know.....all for one and one for all..A/T

alexander troup, verified:

Well I hope the folks at...The Pearl and Commerce are doing ok this week whats up, while Tracy,...I have made my 2000 comment, thanks Pegasus News and The Pearl and all of you...A/T 2009. and 2000 comments...today.....

Tracy Yost, verified:

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Tracy Yost, verified:

tix for Michelle Shocked (Oct 23rd) <a href="http://www.pearlatcommerce.com">now on sale!!</a>

Travis Bush, verified:

Good to hear the Sofakings and see some Peg freaks @ Pearl last night.

Scott Doyle, verified:

For the poor, unfortunate PN souls not in attendance...you missed meeting T-Bush's lil bro!

Tracy Yost, verified:

Listen up blues fans, Pearl At Commerce just won the 2009 "Best Blues Club" award from the Dallas Observer !!

We would like to thank each of you that voted for us!!

Now we have one more special favor to ask of each and every one of you - tell someone you know about Pearl! We'll appreciate it and they will thank you for it!

And for those of you who might like to help us celebrate tonight - *there will be a "full round on the house" followed by a toast, at 7pm!!*

Travis Bush, verified:

Way to go, Rick and Tracy! You two are the best. Pearl rocks the house!

Tracy Yost, verified:

Thanks Travis :-)

Tracy Yost, verified:

Special Bulletin

Current and former members of the US armed forces receive one free house 'fresco' margarita tonight at Pearl. It's the least we can do. Thank you for your service.

Tracy Yost, verified:

We have a few free passes to tomorrow night's advance screening of "Fantastic Mr. Fox". Come and get 'em.

Pavel Lishin, verified:

God, why are you closed :( worst drinksgiving ever!

Tracy Yost, verified:

Just a note for those of you who are friends of the late great Zeke Durrell - we are hosting a memorial celebration of Zeke's life here at Pearl this Saturday Jan 9th at 3pm. There will be toasts and live music from the musicians who knew him best. All friends of Zeke are welcome.

Zeke Durrell was the percussionist for the band Southwest FOB in the 60s, who had a hit single "The Smell of Incense". In more recent years he played percussion for the Rick Yost Group, Cheap Fast & Easy and others. Zeke died unexpectedly on Saturday, from complications from pneumonia.