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 The Garret
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Who would be more welcome to start the ball rolling on the L.A. scene than popular Terrea Lea of The Garret?
AND DON'T MISS THE GREAT NEWS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE!
If you haven't checked out the great website devoted to that immortal coffee house, be sure to visit
Now resident in Vista, California, Terrea is pleased about the new folkbeat.net website, and states that she feels there is a revival in folk music as well as interest in the great days of the coffee houses, adding “I hope a lot of the old folkies (of which I am one) will respond to the site, and I can learn where so many of me friends have gone.”
And if you're curious as to what Terrea has been up to these days, be sure to check out
When it comes to favorites, on stage or around the fire (Terrea recalls, “many of them came to our coffee house and sang. Not always on the stage but more often around the fireplace after they finished their gigs in L.A.”), she says there are far too many to name, but admits that the very top spot has to go to Bud and Travis.
Looking back, she declares, “they were truly some of the best years of my life, and I would again like to say thank you to all of the performers and listeners.”
 Terrea Lea, Betty "BJ" Moore and Sue Tjulander
The following text is from the home page of the wonderful GARRET COFFEE HOUSE website reprinted with the kind courtesy of webmaster Jerry Hollombe.
“There was a coffee house called The Garret. It was owned and operated by a folk singer called Terrea Lea and her business partner, Betty "BJ" Moore.
From 1958 through 1971 The Garret was open for business at 923 N. Fairfax Avenue in West Hollywood, California, making it the longest lived coffee house of that period. Others that came and went included The Blue Grotto, The Fifth Estate, The Epicurean, The Unicorn, The Snail, The Insomniac, The Bit and The Ash Grove. The latter, reincarnated as the Improv, actually outlived the Garret until it was destroyed by a fire (it was briefly resurrected in Santa Monica in the mid 1990s). The Ice House, in Pasadena, is still in business as a comedy club and Doug Weston's Troubadour now books rock and alternative bands.
 During the folk music revival of the 1960s The Garret was a popular place for musicians to relax and hang out. Terrea was always the main performer on stage, but just about every major folk music act in the business could have been found around the fireplace at some time or other. One night it was remarked that a bomb in the place would have instantly wiped out most of the folk music movement. Reported present at the time were Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Theodore Bikel, Joni Mitchell, Bud and Travis, Hoyt Axton and assorted other greater and lesser lights of the day.
Over the years, The Garret acquired a reputation for being a clean, safe, drug free place for minors to hang out. Even local law enforcement agencies recommended it to parents. As a result, it became a safe haven to many teenagers and young adults whose lives were, shall we say, stressful for one reason or another. Your humble Webmaster was one of them, hence the existence of this Web site.
Alas, few pictures remain of those days and most of the people I remember have long since scattered to the winds. I'm doing what little I can to track them down. Perhaps some of them will find this Web site and contact me.”
Jerry Hollombe
Webmaster
GREAT NEWS FOR TERREA LEA FANS!
in honor of all the fans who have visited The Garret website, and have been requesting her music on CD, a terrific new album has been issued, titled "Terrea Lea, By Popular Demand". The Cd is a retrospective album with 22 tracks from her vinyl records and,
It's available at:
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  CONTENTS
Clubs
Cosmo Alley by Barbara Dane
Terrea Lea on The Garret
Dolan Ellis on Portofino's
The Troubadour by Dian James
The Cellar Door by Betty Mann
The hungry i by Pat McCaskey
The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach
the Iopan, Santa Barbara
Cosmo Alley by Don Gold
Ice House, Pasadena
People/Groups
Stan Wilson by Travis Edmonson
Bonnie Dobson on Morning Dew
Lenny Bruce by Travis Edmonson
.... And Everything Else
Hootenanny" Show by Dian James
 For More of the best in 1960s entertainment, Click the logo above to check out the ultimate illustrated guide to "I Spy" with Robert Culp and Bill Cosby at www.l23.org
 You might not have realized that Gateway Singer Travis Edmonson was also one half of the ground-breaking duo Bud & Travis, and that all their great albums were remastered to the highest standard, and are available for purchase on Travis' official site www.travisedmonson.com
Keep the Bud & Travis legacy alive. A must visit for all Gateway fans!
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