This takes me back to when times were fun.”Īnd Michael Giery, who managed the Casino for ten years, recalled, “There was no such thing as a Friday night. John Gilman – “Everybody calls me ‘Gilly'” – said, “I saw people I haven’t seen in 20 years. Or leave the dance floor, go down to beach and go for a swim and then come right back in and keep dancing.” She looked around. I developed so many frienships over the years. “It was pandemonium,” he said.Īt one point, on stage, Steve Smith declared, “The Casino in Falmouth was the greatest place in the world.”Īccording to Michelle LeBlanc of Falmouth, “It wasn’t just a bar. It was rhythm and blues, and classic rock under a downpour of nostalgia.Īccording to Gary Gramolini, guitar player with the Beaver Brown Band, the Casino was “a little divey beach bar.” Ah, but what a bar. More than 1,500 attended the rollicking event featuring the music of John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, and Steve Smith and the Nakeds.
On Saturday night, to borrow a phrase, summer was here and the time was right for dancing on the lawn.
