This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Frank Heath from Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro.
Cat’s Cradle recently celebrated its 50th anniversary and Heath joined The Aaron Keck show to talk about the celebration and his journey with the live music venue.
“The previous owner, David Robert, had been running the club for 10 years, which seemed like a long time at the time,” Heath said. “Fast forward 27 years to now and it’s how long I’ve been running it.”
Cat’s Cradle didn’t always exist in Carrboro. The Cradle started out on West Franklin Street in Chapel Hill before settling in at 300 East Main Street in Carrboro.
“I always have attributed a lot of the popularity of the Cat’s Cradle to our location being in this wonderful town — or towns — as close to UNC as we are.
“And just the unavoidable fact that we’ve been around for a long time and have gotten to know the musicians and people who’ve come to concerts over the years very well.”
The Cat’s Cradle did not start off on West Franklin Street. It started out up an alley off Rosemary Street in 1969. It then moved around 1982 or so to the old Southern Bell Telephone Building on Franklin Street and a year or so later to the long narrow space on West Franklin Street. They closed in 1987 or so and reopened in the old grocery store space that in now inhabits in Carrboro some time around 1988. I saw shows in those places in the seventies, the eighties, the nineties and the first two decades of this century. I look forward to my first show in the twenties. I imagine Don Dixon is probably one of the few artists to perform in the Cat’s Cradle in every decade once he is able to perform at some point this year. He should get some special recognition when he does
The Cat’s Cradle did not start off on West Franklin Street. It started out up an alley off Rosemary Street in 1969. It then moved around 1982 or so to the old Southern Bell Telephone Building on Franklin Street and a year or so later to the long narrow space on West Franklin Street. They closed in 1987 or so and reopened in the old grocery store space that in now inhabits in Carrboro some time around 1988. I saw shows in those places in the seventies, the eighties, the nineties and the first two decades of this century. I look forward to my first show in the twenties. I imagine Don Dixon is probably one of the few artists to perform in the Cat’s Cradle in every decade once he is able to perform at some point this year. He should get some special recognition when he does