As the Reader has already reported, the future of beloved Bucktown bar Danny’s looks bleak thanks to a dispute with the building owner and landlord. This week two of the regular DJ events hosted by Danny’s have tolled their own death knells, entreating their fans to come out one last time: Clark Street Jams and Sheer Magic. Courtland Green and Scott Craig founded the latter in 1997, and back then the monthly shindig was simply called “soul night.” The following year Craig left town, and eventually Dante Carfagna, a true scholar of the genre, stepped in as Green’s DJ partner. On Wednesday they hosted their final monthly party.
At the allegedly final Sheer Magic, photographer Matt Jencik (who also plays in Implodes) was on hand to immortalize the vibe. Carfagna is in a gray shirt; Green is in an orange-pink shirt.
