Cherished Again Furniture Opens Their Doors to Local Bands

Cherished Again furniture store has seen its fair share of old things with all the older furniture that it sells, but if you went there last Friday, you would have encountered a much younger crowd. The owners of the building recently turned the warehouse into a venue for local bands to crank out their jams after hours. This is home to a local band called The Ghost Claps, which hosted the show on Friday to four other bands. Among these bands were Wooden Satellites, Dressed for the Weather, Mannequin Angels and You and the Sun.

From the beginning, the room was full of people in skinny jeans and big hair as the first band took stage, and people were coming and going all evening. Even the owners of the building and some of the families children were having a great time as Wooden Satellites took the stage near the end of the night.

“I thought the show went really well. It was a new venue and new bands so we were just excited to make some friends and share our sound,” said Eric Frank, drummer for Wooden Satellites.

Wooden Satellites is a local band from Fort Wayne and some of its members even attended IPFW. They are about three years old and their beginnings are somewhat amusing.

“I actually met C. Ray Harvey (guitarist and vocalist) after getting in a bar fight over a misunderstanding. I think he felt bad after he broke my nose, so we got to talking and I guess ended up really hitting it off,” said Frank.

Andrea Harvey was there from the beginning and Andy Plank also joined, first playing Theremin but later becoming guitarist as well.

The Ghost Claps ended the evening off with another great performance and everyone went home happy, but not before mingling with the crowd before braving the icy roads and snow. The show consisted of a lot of different types of music, starting out experimental, transitioning to indie and ending with alternative, though each band could be classified as all three of those genres.

“I thought the show went really well. It was a new venue and new bands so we were just excited to make some friends and share our sound,” said Frank.