This artifact, about the size of an average campaign button, served as a great marketing tool for the store on one side and housed a mirror on the back (not pictured).Grinnell Brothers Music House eventually closed its final store in 1981, but NAMM is lucky to have artifacts such as these in our collection to preserve the history of such profoundly successful retail operations.
You remember watching Godzilla during Monster Week on the afternoon movies on WXYZ (Channel 7). You remember Dexter Chevrolet on Dexter, later on moving to 8 Mile R d near Lahser. You went to Cooley, Redford or Mackenzie and had your haircut at either Chucks or The Hubb barber shop. Youd buy hot chestnuts from a sidewalk vendor in front of J.L Hudsons downtown. The Mercury Theater on 6 Mile with the fluorescent Apollo and his horse and chariot on the walls. You remember when Doyles Liquor Store would deliver to your home. You remember that the Livingston Lighthouse on Belle Isle is the only marble one in the world. Grinnell Brothers Music House How To Be TapedYou remember going to Hudsons to get tickets to dance on The Gary Stevens Show to be taped on Sunday at Northland s basement studio five days a week. You were born at Lakeside General Hospital on Jefferson Ave. You had a giant dill pickle out of the wooden barrel at Eurichs General Store in Dearborn. You bought your toy trains and camaras from Baker Baker on Chalmers and Houston. Grinnell Brothers Music House Drivers Like IggyYou went to the Motor City Speedway on 8 Mile to watch drivers like Iggy Katoona and Wild Bill Niday. ![]() You saw Roger Lindamood at the Detroit Dragway drag racing his nationally famous Plymouth or Dodge named Color Me Gone You went to the Light Guard Armory on 8 Mile Rd. You roller skated at the Arcadia Roller Rink on Woodward and Myrtle. You went the Drome Lounge on Sunday for the live jazz matinee. You remember listening to live lunchtime radio broadcasts from Yeamans Knife Fork Club featuring Bill Yeaman interviewing entertainers stopping by while they were in town. You did a stint at DeHoCo ( Detroit House of Correction ) or, worse, wound up at Eloise. You remember in the fall of 1969 when Russ Gibb was on WKNR-FM and hinted that Paul McCartneys death was buried in the tracks of Beatle records, and the story exploding internationally within a week. You remember Dan Carlisle airing a special documentary on WKNR-FM a week after the Paul McCartney is Dead story broke, playing all the backward tracks and clues and interviews they could get, bringing the attention of the music world to Detroit. You remember hearing Alice Cooper s album release party for Love It to Death being aired live from the Roostertail on WABX-FM in 1971. You remember when vandals broke into Detroit Dragway and stole all the timing equipment in the early 70s. You had your television repaired by Arts TV Shop on Wheels in northwest Detroit. You remember Federals owner Steven West and the mysterious fires that burned down at least two of their stores. Grinnell Brothers Music House Free Battery EveryYou remember going to the large Radio Shack store in front of the Gratiot Drive-In with your Battery Club Card to get a free battery every month. You stood in line for hours just to see Lee Majors, the Six Million Dollar Man, at Toys R Us on Gratiot in Roseville.
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