In 1967, Patrick Kenny arrived on the scene and created the legendary club Kenny's Castaways. Patrick, my father, became a spiritual father to many of the musicians who came in droves to Bleecker Street to cast their fortune and tell their story.

My dad was always dreaming and gambling on ideas. He had so many wonderful stories and dreams of what music was about, what Kenny's was about at its core. He always said it was about creating memories for people and creating a sense of possibility. He believed and by sheer force of his personality he made you believe in the possibilities. He is greatly missed.

We went back to New York early in September and played a showcase at Kenny's Castaways. And believe it or not, we started to get some good reviews."
Steven Tyler... Walk This Way The Autobiography of Aerosmith

"It was just a normal Friday night December crowd at New York's Kenny's Castaways. There was no air of great tension, no scent of earth-shaking significance about to be loosed. In fact, there were only about thirty people there to see the first show and most of them only came for the atmosphere. Bruce Springsteen was headlining and there weren't a dozen people inside who knew who he was. Outside, on the hand-drawn marquee, they'd misspelled his name. But when he began to sing it was like the ocean had calmed out and you knew a storm was brewing by the way it prickled your skin."   Racing In The Street The Bruce Springsteen Reader Edited by June Skinner Sawyers

A special shout out to The Smithereens and Willie Nile. Thank you for your tremendous support and loyalty.

We would like to thank all the musicians who have performed here... Ben Harper, Mike Gordon, Tom Morello, Patti Scialfa, The New York Dolls, Jerry Jeff Walker, Steve Forbert, The Marshall Tucker Band, Johnny Winter, Professor Longhair, Danny Gatton, The Fugees, Fishbone, Yoko Ono, Shawn Colvin, Mink Deville, Maynard Ferguson, Paul Winter, John Prine, Steve Earle, Phish, Lil Buster, The Uptown Horns, Ace Freeley, Bonnie Raitt, John Hiatt, Aerosmith, The Allman Brothers, Ray Davies, Kris Kristopherson, Ricky Lee Jones, John Peel, The Straubs, Jeff Healy, Joan Osborne, Lynard Skynard, Odetta, Doc Pomus, Suzanne Vega, Blues Traveler, Gary US Bonds, Townes Van Zandt, Chris Spedding, Georgia & The Satellites, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Otis Blackwell, Rita Coolidge, Spin Doctors, Clancy Brothers, Phoebe Snow, Dr. John, Charlie Daniels Band, Tommy Makem, Hound Dog Taylor...and many, many more.