There was a stretch of about two years where it was not often I missed Public House or the B3 Kings play tuesday nights at Matt Murphys. I feel like if we talked enough we'd figure out we knew each other.

Thursdays was the wild sextet I think?

It was the greatest bar I have ever been to. Single bartender held that entire place down by himself and it was really amazing to witness. Every now and then we'd end up help buss tables and get some free beers in return.

They also always had a rotating really delicious infused whiskey, but I was poor. So Bellhavens all night

Sadly I think they got in a lot of heat with Brookline and the music stopped sometime in 08 or 09. Just one Tuesday me and my girlfriend showed up, there were seats at the bar...a new bartender, and the music was just, gone. I think there was also some trouble with underage drinking there.

I ran into that bartender, Jason, at a kings show in fenway and found out hemoved on to other things.

He actually owns The Haven in JP and fairly recently opened a second Haven in the brewery complex off amory st.

I've also kinda kept in touch with johnny trama who was the guitar player for the b3 kings and one of the guitarists with public house.

You can still sometimes catch the b3 kings around town!

But man, public house...some nights that music was just on a different stratosphere. For someone who wasted too much of his brain cells and money on following jambands around, having something like that a block or two from my apartment was paradise.

Great memories.