Max's Kansas City

This is b-roll of the only known footage of the inside of Max's Kansas City - legendary 70's New York rock club. Narration is by David Weisman, co-director of Ciao Manhattan.

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Film & Animation

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• Max's
• Kansas
• City
• rock
• club
• legendary
• New
• York

[gabeartinc]

@hipretty

Do you remember at host/doorman named Dale Gabriel?

[ezywonder]

@alinecalves go to Wikipedia and plug in this name: Andrea_Feldman

[hipretty]

2) Who's the man & baby at 2:00? It looks like Levon Helm. I'd be curious where that baby is today! Thanks again!

[hipretty]

1) Thanks for posting this incredible footage. When I was a young~fearless Down-to-Earth teen in leather jacket & pants I walked past a row of Hells Angels bikes parked at the curb outside Max's. I was w/my boyfriend, but I turned to the Hells Angels congregating there & said "Hi Boys!" my boyfriend freaked & mumbled under his breath "you DON'T say Hi Boys to the Angels~you don't encourage them at all!!" It felt like the longest walk to the door after that, they all turned to look at us :-)

[RocknRollkat]

@bikewhiz - The last time I was there it was a mini-supermarket.

It's called "Evergreen Gourmet Deli".

[bikewhiz]

I thought Greens Cafe was their today 213 South Park Avenue.

[jimbobklyn1963]

the first time i went there i couldn't see a thing. i walked into a table and flipped my self right over and landed on my head. after that i was a bit more cautious. had to have been 78? maybe? thanks for posting.

[aquilinonyc]

What was the vibe like by the time Madonna played at Max's?

[adam42111]

This is a great piece of history. I would like to share your veiw with the view of two paintings that were on the walls of Max's in 1974.One being an Arshile Gorky, probably traded with Wil De Kooning and a Frank Stella. I have a lot of detailed information with each picture.But I not finish my research yet. Thank you very much for sharing of this very informative film of the interior of max's.

the site is on flickr.com , search Stella Max's Kansas City

[RocknRollkat]

We spent many nights there in the back room, and some time at the bar, too. I remember taking my cousin Mary to Max's in the early afternoon. There were two Great Danes leashed to the radiator in the front room by the bar. This was normal for Max's. I remember having dinner in the back room with Gilman and Jerene. A puppeteer came to the table, did a quick skit and disappeared, once again, quite normal for Max's.