The 2 AM Club, 2003

The 2 AM Club is a bar in Mill Valley, California. The bar was the location for the cover photo of the Huey Lewis and the News' album Sports; Lewis himself attended school in Mill Valley.[1][2] It is known locally as "The Deuce".[3]

The bar was opened by Bill Brown on the corner of Miller and Montford, and was called The Brown Jug. Prohibition forced its closure in 1921. It was reopened in 1933, with the same name, by Joe Hornsby. It became known as the 2 A.M. Club, because it was outside the city limits and so was allowed to stay open until 2 am, whereas bars within the city of Mill Valley had to close by 10 pm.[4] It was officially renamed as the 2 A.M. Club in 1940.[1]

A toilet seat guitar created by Charlie Deal hangs behind the bar.[1] Deal obtained a patent for the idea.[5] The guitar is one of the many items visible in the photographs used for the Sports album.[1]

The band 2AM Club named themselves after the bar.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Silvers, Emma (2018-11-28). "Mill Valley's 2AM Club and the trope of the high-school reunion bar". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  2. ↑ Kramer, Jill (November 7, 2001). "Huey Lewis". JillKramer.net. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  3. ↑ "The San Francisco Rock and Roll Road Map". Archived from the original on 2006-12-31. Retrieved 2006-12-07.
  4. ↑ "Homestead in the Thirties". Mill Valley Historical Society. 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  5. ↑ Charles E. Deal (22 January 1985). "US Patent D277291: Electric Guitar". US Patent Office.

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