![]() ![]() ![]() Crooner Chris Issak played the Belly Up last summer, a concert that barely hinted at the Christmas-week lineup, which included appearances by Jimmy Buffett and Seal.Just as impressive, however, has been the nonstop diet of acts that, if not as massively popular, sit atop their musical genres: country-rocker Lucinda Williams, barrio rockers Los Lobos, jazz guitarist John Scofield and Southern rocker Dickey Betts have all played shows at the Belly Up – and all of whom have worked their way into Aspen legend. The great shows at the Belly Up have come more frequently than he, or probably anyone, imagined.There have been the eye-popping names, the kind that don’t often appear in 450-person venues in small towns. ![]() Goldberg, who confesses to a serious lack of sleep, often sounds hoarse and stressed – but also cured of his music cravings. After all, one of the main reasons he opened the Belly Up was because the 57-year-old was a hard-core music fan who, like a lot of Aspenites, bemoaned the downturn in Aspen’s nightlife when the Double Diamond closed more than two years ago.”I was thinking I might be there when we had a great show,” said Goldberg.Twelve months into his venture, it appears Goldberg may have made a serious error in his calculations. (Mark Fox/Aspen Times Weekly)Įntering the live-music business a year ago, Michael Goldberg expected to spend a good amount of time at his new club. Belly Up owner Michael Goldberg, in front of his photographs of three of his favorite acts who have played the club in its one-year existence: Damian Marley, Dickey Betts and Chris Isaak, left to right.
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