Since 1990 Mohawk Place has been known as one of Buffalo's premier live music clubs. Over the years it has hosted national acts, local live blues acts, as well as underground and independent bands. Actually, they welcome any music that is not mainstream, including indie rock, punk, avant garde, new wave and folk. In 2002, the venue went through a major expansion to allow for a bigger stage and...
Mohawk place was started in 1990 by one Pete Perrone. Pete renovated the bar after it had been vacated for quite some time. Still, he preserved much of its interior to closely mirror what it looked like almost a hundred years prior, when it was a turn-of-the-century gin mill.
By the early 1990s, Mohawk Place began hosting shows on its tiny stage. Many local and national blues acts began to play...