Down's Kevin Rogers, packing up his drums backstage at the Phantasy Nite Club on a recent Saturday night. It's not the first time that sentiment has been voiced in this space. For 26 years, aspiring local rock stars have made the steep ascent up the Phantasy's back stairs and into this compact room off the side of the stage. The regulars compare it to a jazzy Cheers, a palce where everyone knows your name or pretends they do.
Newcomers smile at what they lucked upon.
Few leave before last call at The Boarding House, a restaurant and music club with an extraordinary power to hold its audience - for an evening, and across a generation. All Rights Reserved.