HISTORY  

LINNEMAN'S RIVERWEST INN OPENED IN THE SUMMER OF 1993 AFTER AN INTENSE 8 MONTH

REMODELING PROJECT.  OWNER JIM LINNEMAN AND CARPENTER FRIEND JIM GABLE SET

OUT TO RESTORE THE 1902 CHARACTER TO THE BAR THAT HAD BEEN LOST OVER THE YEARS

WITH PREVIOUS REMODELING EFFORTS.  THE RESULT SUCCESSFULLY REESTABLISHED

THE TURN-OF-THE CENTURY CHARM TO THE OLD TAVERN THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN WITH

"MODERNIZING." WHEN ADDING "NEW" ITEMS TO THE CLUB, EVERY EFFORT IS MADE

TO KEEP THE OLD WORLD CHARM INTACT!

BEING AN INTENSE LOVER OF POPULAR MUSIC, AND A MUSICIAN HIMSELF, JIM LINNEMAN

BEGAN OPERATING ACOUSTIC OPEN STAGES ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS (AN EVENT THAT

STILL TAKES PLACE!)  MANY OF THE PERFORMERS WHO FREQUENTED THE OPEN STAGE

EITHER PLAYED IN BANDS, OR THROUGH REPEATED PERFORMANCES IN FRONT OF AN

AUDIENCE, IMPROVED ENOUGH TO START ONE. SOON,  LINNEMAN'S BEGAN HAVING LIVE

MUSIC ON WEEKENDS.  SOME OF THESE "OPEN STAGE" START-UP BANDS ENDED UP BECOMING

VERY POPULAR MILWAUKEE MUSIC MAINSTAYS.

ONE BAND THAT STARTED HERE, THE MOSLEYS, ENDED UP BECOMING ONE OF THE CITY'S

MOST POPULAR GROUPS & HAD A THREE YEAR RUN AS THE  THURSDAY NIGHT HOUSE BAND.

SAMMY LLANAS, OF THE BODEANS POPS UP ON LINNEMAN'S STAGE, WHEN THE TIME IS

RIGHT, AND ALL  MEMBERS OF THE VIOLENT FEMMES HAVE PERFORMED AT LINNEMAN'S,

WHICH  IS CONSIDERED  IN  MUSICAL CIRCLES, A SMALLER, BUT UNIQUELY INTIMATE

 CONCERT VENUE.

FAMOUS NON-MILWAUKEANS WHO HAVE VISITED HERE INCLUDE RAY DAVIES

 OF THE KINKS, "I'M FIXIN TO DIE" ORIGINAL WOODSTOCK LEGEND COUNTRY

JOE MCDONALD,  PETER TORK OF THE MONKEYS, AND FAMED BRITISH SAXOPHONIST

DICK PARRY (PINK FLYOD & THE WHO)  TO MENTION A FEW.

LINNEMAN'S IS DEDICATED TO MAINTAINING & IMPROVING THE GREAT QUALITY OF MUSIC

IN THIS GRAND CITY OF MILWAUKEE!!