And it’s live streaming, it’s 4K cameras - it is certainly going to be the best facility certainly in all of Canada - and probably on the whole east coast.ĪC: Were you involved in any of the Rolling Stones recordings there?ĮK: Yes, 1977. And on the third floor looking down on the stage is my studio.ĮK: Mm-hm. But above it when you go up the stairs to the second floor, it used to have 10-foot ceilings, you now have ceilings twenty-six-and-a-half-foot high with a balcony around the top, too. The ground floor will be the original bar - the tavern, I guess that’s what it was.
Those are the rumours.ĮK: Mmm, I can’t really say. So all that’s left is the facade front and back.ĪC: Wekerle bought the building for $3 million and then sunk another 10 into it. Then we underpinned the whole building and built a new building on the inside. Can you give us any kind of idea of what to expect when this thing finally reopens?ĮK: It’s gonna be pretty amaaaaaaazing! We’re getting real close.ĪC: Nobody brings in Eddie Kramer unless they’re building a studio.ĮK: What’s happened is we’ve taken the old El Mocambo - and we’ve destroyed it all the way down to grade and eight foot below grade. Wekerle and the Elmo and what’s being done there. Why?Įddie Kramer: I’m here because of a little club called the El Mocambo.ĪC: We’ve been hearing many stories and rumours about Mr. Why? What’s taking so long?įor the answers, I went to Eddie Kramer, the famous producer and engineer (Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Zeppelin, Santana, etc.) who has been spending an inordinate amount of time in Toronto.Īlan Cross: You have been hanging around Toronto a lot. But the work on the Elmo has seemed never-ending.
The club was closed and renovations commenced.Īnyone who has ever done a home reno knows that these things are never completed on time. 6, 2014.ĭragon’s Den star, entrepreneur and merchant banker Michael Wekerle swooped in at the last second, buying the Elmo for $3.6 million. After passing through a couple of owners since 2001 - including time in the hands of a missionary - the club had apparently run its course and was slated to close after a final show on Nov.
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