Joe Rathburn
Regular gigs: The Tin Fish, The Galley at the Marina (Chula Vista),
Cozy Mel's
www.joerathburn.com
Last October, local singer-songwriter Joe Rathburn found out that Mikey's Coffeehouse in Poway had less than two months to pay off a $7500 loan or be forced to shut down. Coffeehouse owner Mike Chambers, a longtime supporter of the local acoustic music scene, worked a full-time day job and ran Mikey's at night as a labor of love. "I asked him if he'd rather just close than continue working 17-hour days as he had been for the last six years," Rathburn recalled. "When he said no, I knew I had to do something." Rathburn sent out an eloquent plea to his e-mail list to save Mikey's. In two days he received $3500 in pledges. In less than four weeks, the $7500 goal was reached. Rathburn also produced a CD, Life After Debt: The Save Mikey's Project, featuring songs from 20 local artists (available at www.HiddenAgendaMusic.com), the proceeds of which also went to Mikey's. All this was done in less than 30 days.
Joe Rathburn
Regular gigs: The Tin Fish, The Galley at the Marina (Chula Vista),
Cozy Mel's
www.joerathburn.com
Last October, local singer-songwriter Joe Rathburn found out that Mikey's Coffeehouse in Poway had less than two months to pay off a $7500 loan or be forced to shut down. Coffeehouse owner Mike Chambers, a longtime supporter of the local acoustic music scene, worked a full-time day job and ran Mikey's at night as a labor of love. "I asked him if he'd rather just close than continue working 17-hour days as he had been for the last six years," Rathburn recalled. "When he said no, I knew I had to do something." Rathburn sent out an eloquent plea to his e-mail list to save Mikey's. In two days he received $3500 in pledges. In less than four weeks, the $7500 goal was reached. Rathburn also produced a CD, Life After Debt: The Save Mikey's Project, featuring songs from 20 local artists (available at www.HiddenAgendaMusic.com), the proceeds of which also went to Mikey's. All this was done in less than 30 days.
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