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Documents pertaining to the Blue Tempo House of Music Bar or Lounge and its owner Donald "Toad" Davis. a. The Commercial Record, July 22, 1976 - “Fire Marshals Checking Blue Tempo Blaze” newspaper article. b. Tribute to Donald Davis “TOAD” - by Tammy Grigg c. Memories of “The Blue Tango” by ALan J. Weener, 2/13/2105 d. Petition supporting the creating of “TOAD-VILLE” e. Drawing of the proposed “TOAD-VILLE” f. Liquor Control Act g. “Davis interview with Jack Sheridan (Oct 2006?)” NOTE: We assume this is the handwritten “memoir” Davis wrote to himself before the actual interview. h. Downloadable WORD transcript of Davis’ “memoir”.
f. Liquor Control Act
d & e. Toadville petition and drawing a. Commercial Record, July 22, 1976 g. Davis interview with Jack Sheridan (Oct 2006?) NOTE: We assume these are the handwritten notes Davis wrote to himself before the actual interview. h. Downloadable WORD transcript of Davis’ “memoir”. Toad Davis interview side 1 Toad Davis interview side 2 b. Tribute to Donald Davis “TOAD” - by Tammy Grigg c. Memories of “The Blue Tango” by ALan J. Weener, 2/13/2105

2022.03.09

2022.03

Items had migrated to the gay history file and have been returned to the Jazz box since the Blue Tempo was initially a jazz bar that later became a popular and safe-ish hang-out for gay people.

Michigan Liquor Control Act

photocopy of Davis' rules and regulation booklet

Petition in support of Donald Davis' plan to convert the Ed-Mar into "Toad-Ville USA"

Davis' rendering of new, castle-themed venue.

Commercial Record, July 22, 1976

front page story about the burning of the Blue Tempo building

Handwritten memoir by Don "Toad" Davis.

transcript as a Word document attached to this entry

Don "Toad" Davis interview with Mike Sweeney

2 mp3 files created from cassette tape of original interview.

029 Jazz

Blue Tempo/349 Culver/Ed-Mar/Louis Beuerle Hotel ?-1976Davis, Donald "Toad"

02/04/2022

12/16/2024