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I am stumped by whoever wrote the stuff below. I have been to the open mike twice. I am impressed with the musicianship of the performers and how nicely John puts together back up bands out of the players there for you. I think maybe what people were seeing was similar bass and drum and guitar players being called on to back up new performers. There is a crowd of usual suspects and many of them are quite good. John runs the best sound clear… loud and proportional and makes for a good night.

Jay Keating (2/2010)

I agree. This is the John Harbison inner circle jam. I've been there twice, signed up at 8. There was no one on the sign up list but he put 6 or 7 names before me while I was standing there. Very rude. He had the same people up there 3 times & never called me up. After 2-1/2hours of sitting there he calls up 2 people that had been up there 3 times before! At that point my friend and I got disgusted and left. Jonh saw us getting ready to leave and totally ignored us. It's not an open mike. I will never go there again! Not cool John!

Anonymous (2/2010)

I went twice with friends amd they never got to play. John has a bad attitude and if you are not a part of his little group then he is rude and won't give you the time of day let alone give you a chance to play unless his friends don't show up. John, go back to singing and writing and get out of the open mic business!!!

Anonymous (2/2010)

I agree. This no open mic at all. The music is terrible and the loudest I have ever heard. The guy I went to hear never got to play. The same group of guys seemed to play all night long. I will never go to this place again.

Bob, agreeing with himself (1/2010)

The worst open mic that I have ever been to! The volume is off the chart. The musicians don't all play in the same key. The worst of all is that you will be made to wait till the end to play. It does not matter when you get there. Most don't even get to play at all… The host is about as rude as it gets! I would rather swim threw a sewer than go to this open mic again !

Bob Auther (1/2010)

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