|
|
Article: Final Bow for a Musical Mecca; Crowds Pay Their Respects as Archie's Barbershop Is Shuttered
- Article from:
- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- January 31, 2008
- Author:
CopyrightThis material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information)
|
Saturday afternoons in the 2000 block of Bunker Hill Road NE
won't sound the same: The acoustic blues jams at the Alpha Tonsorial
Parlor, better known as Archie's Barbershop, have ended after almost
50 years, and a decade after the passing of its proprietor, Piedmont
bluesman Archie Edwards.
Until last week, musicians and blues aficionados continued to
crowd into the barbershop, even as most of its cabinets and
artifacts were put into storage, including the "Friends, passed to
ancestors . . . we miss you" message board honoring the departed,
which could now add "Alpha Tonsorial Parlor, 1959-2008."
Traditionally, the lone remaining barber's chair sat empty to
honor the memory and legacy of ...