From the start, Emo's treated no-name local bands like us respectfully. For years afterward, the flier Jonathan did for that show hung on the ceiling above the bar. We opened for Houston's Sugar Shack, who were cresting on their grunge/garage hybrid Charmer. Noodle's first Emo's gig was September 1992. The staff all knew him by name, and our band Noodle played there often. Currently hospitalized in Portland, Ore., with injuries suffered when a taxicab crashed into his hotel room earlier this month, Jonathan was one of the original Emo's regulars. – Raoul Hernandez Noodle 1992-1995įor me, the early days of Emo's are inexorably tied up with Jonathan Toubin. We encourage you to do the same and will print as many as possible within the constraints of space. With this in mind – and apologies to Shakespeare, bastardized in my first line here – we tried not to (re)cover two decades' worth of music scene history often lost to late-night wear and tear, but instead asked our Music crew to recall its most memorable show(s) there. (Momo's closed suddenly as we went to press Wednesday.) Mourn the loss of Emo's Red River headquarters, but know that the global brand sprints ahead of the curve. After all, Emo's East now rises up from the side of the tracks where the majority of local live music venues will be forced to relocate as they're priced out of their locales west of I-35 in the coming decade. We have not come to bury Caesar, but to praise him. Back in black: Johnny Cash at Emo's, 1994 (Photo by Michael Crawford)
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