“Mainly we started out doing bluegrass,” Oelze said. Others include Buddy Guy, Lyle Lovett, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rosanne Cash, Arlo Guthrie, John Waters, Tom Paxton, Pete Seeger, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, Shawn Colvin, Daryl Davis, Rodney Crowell, Isaac Hayes, Chaka Khan and The Neville Brothers. If they don’t know who these people are … it’s a great gift to discover them.” … There will never be another Danny Gatton, Mike Auldridge or Tony Rice. … In country, we’ve done Johnny Cash or Buck Owens Joe Sample and Lalah Hathaway in R&B. “Little Richard got off the road after he played here. “Ray Charles played his last date here,” Oelze said. You’ll hear classic stories and living histories from the artists who have played there. Our book’s got 350 pictures and 150 great interviews did with different acts.” “I said, ‘I always wanted to do a picture book, I’ve got 1,000 unpublished pictures,’ and he said, ‘No, let’s do the history.’ So we combined it. “He said, ‘Let’s do a Birchmere book,'” Oelze said. Moore lovingly co-writes the book with Birchmere founder and operator Gary Oelze. The acts had more time to talk with us, so it really was kind of a hidden blessing in a way.” “When Gary had to close the place down, we worked on it all day together. “We started working on it right before the pandemic,” co-author Stephen Moore told WTOP. Now, the history, experience and legacy of The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia is chronicled in the brand new 502-page book “All Roads Lead to The Birchmere.”
It’s one of the most historic music venues not only in the D.C. WTOP's Jason Fraley previews the new Birchmere book (Part 1) Business & Finance Click to expand menu.
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