November 2019

Southwest Seattle Historical Society Gala Brunch raises money and music history awareness

The Southwest Seattle Historical Society Gala Champagne Brunch on Nov. 2 raised money through the auction of unique items and donations but also raised the awareness of many musical touchstones found on the West Seattle peninsula and greater Seattle. 

Easy Street Records owner Matt Vaughan was the featured speaker and he, with the help of Live Oak Audio and well known radio personality John Maynard took the capacity audience at Salty's on Alki through just some of the remarkable music stars and recordings that were made here. 

The auction was led by Fred Northup who urged bidders to raise their bids on items as diverse as a private movie night at C&P Coffee, a Name Your Own personalized ice cream flavor at Husky Deli (two were actually sold), and a very rare poster of Pearl Jam (and West Seattle resident) Eddie Vedder's first show at Kenyon Hall (complete with a guitar pick). That poster sold for a remarkable $5000 to West Seattle's Chris Richardson.

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