Popular Post ludurigan Posted February 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 16, 2019 Taken from here: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-met-john-p-kelly-obituary-20190215-story.html If anyone was ever part and parcel of the Lincoln Park community, it was John P. Kelly, a jovial city firefighter who was the longtime proprietor of the storied pub that bears his family name. He lived his entire 82 years on the same block, just a short jaunt from Kelly’s Pub on Webster Avenue. But his reputation as a good-natured, quintessential Chicago archetype rippled across the city. (...) Kelly’s daughter, Megan Kelly Wolf, likes to tell the story about the time a trio of long-haired, tattooed men came into the pub, and some of the older regulars were talking about how the three men should be kicked out because they might cause trouble. But Megan recognized them as members of the Guns N’ Roses rock band and told her father. “Just the biggest rock band on the planet, Dad,” she recalled saying. “No big deal. “So he had bought them a shot of Jameson, Jameson 12 probably, and he goes through this whole spiel about how it’s this fancy Irish whiskey and you’re supposed to sip it, blah, blah, blah,” his daughter said. “And he says, ‘Cheers.’ And he just downed it. So they all thought that was very funny and they joined him, and they downed theirs as well.” John P. Kelly, a Chicago firefighter who was the longtime proprietor of Kelly's Pub 4 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Why do all pubs in America have Irish names? O Malleys, O Rileys, Paddy McGintys, Phil the Fluters etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sosso Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Len Cnut said: Why do all pubs in America have Irish names? O Malleys, O Rileys, Paddy McGintys, Phil the Fluters etc etc Probably because most of the owners of those pubs have Irish roots. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratam Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 7 hours ago, ludurigan said: Taken from here: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-met-john-p-kelly-obituary-20190215-story.html If anyone was ever part and parcel of the Lincoln Park community, it was John P. Kelly, a jovial city firefighter who was the longtime proprietor of the storied pub that bears his family name. He lived his entire 82 years on the same block, just a short jaunt from Kelly’s Pub on Webster Avenue. But his reputation as a good-natured, quintessential Chicago archetype rippled across the city. (...) Kelly’s daughter, Megan Kelly Wolf, likes to tell the story about the time a trio of long-haired, tattooed men came into the pub, and some of the older regulars were talking about how the three men should be kicked out because they might cause trouble. But Megan recognized them as members of the Guns N’ Roses rock band and told her father. “Just the biggest rock band on the planet, Dad,” she recalled saying. “No big deal. “So he had bought them a shot of Jameson, Jameson 12 probably, and he goes through this whole spiel about how it’s this fancy Irish whiskey and you’re supposed to sip it, blah, blah, blah,” his daughter said. “And he says, ‘Cheers.’ And he just downed it. So they all thought that was very funny and they joined him, and they downed theirs as well.” John P. Kelly, a Chicago firefighter who was the longtime proprietor of Kelly's Pub Nice story !! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnR Chris Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Funny story! Thanks for sharing. I haven't been to Kelly's since my early 20s. I steer clear of the DePaul area these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lame ass security Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 I wonder which three it was. Two of the three is a given, Slash and Duff. It doesn't mention the time frame, if it was during the Illusion tour I assume the third guy was Matt, maybe Gilby. Hell I don't know, I'm just bored😄. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludurigan Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 26 minutes ago, GnR Chris said: Funny story! Thanks for sharing. I haven't been to Kelly's since my early 20s. I steer clear of the DePaul area these days. too expensive? too far? too dangerous? too crowded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ludurigan Posted February 16, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 16, 2019 5 minutes ago, lame ass security said: I wonder which three it was. Two of the three is a given, Slash and Duff. It doesn't mention the time frame, if it was during the Illusion tour I assume the third guy was Matt, maybe Gilby. Hell I don't know, I'm just bored😄. it was most likely in 1989 during the chicago sessions when the band "moved" there to write for the illusion albums. it was most certainly slash, duff and steven you can find an extraordinary amount of information about this on the extraordinary website THE HISTORY OF GUNS N ROSES IN THEIR OWN WORDS that @SoulMonster and @Blackstar are putting together they have an entire topic dedicated to "SUMMER OF 1989 - RELOCATING TO CHICAGO" http://www.a-4-d.com/t2847p60-the-history-of-guns-n-roses-in-their-own-words#12224 4 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lame ass security Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 29 minutes ago, ludurigan said: it was most likely in 1989 during the chicago sessions when the band "moved" there to write for the illusion albums. it was most certainly slash, duff and steven you can find an extraordinary amount of information about this on the extraordinary website THE HISTORY OF GUNS N ROSES IN THEIR OWN WORDS that @SoulMonster and @Blackstar are putting together they have an entire topic dedicated to "SUMMER OF 1989 - RELOCATING TO CHICAGO" http://www.a-4-d.com/t2847p60-the-history-of-guns-n-roses-in-their-own-words#12224 Ah ok, thanks for that, I had forgotten about the Chicago sojourn in '89. Like you said, more than likely that's when it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnR Chris Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, ludurigan said: too expensive? too far? too dangerous? too crowded? None of those things, actually. I still live on the NW side in Chicago. Kelly's and the bar across the street always had really cheap drink deals cause they're considered unofficially just part of the DePaul campus. I don't go anymore because they are, or at least were, big college bars and I'm in my 30s. I don't have the desire to hang out with a bunch of drunk college kids. haha Edited February 17, 2019 by GnR Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludurigan Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share Posted February 17, 2019 3 hours ago, GnR Chris said: None of those things, actually. I still live on the NW side in Chicago. Kelly's and the bar across the street always had really cheap drink deals cause they're considered unofficially just part of the DePaul campus. I don't go anymore because they are, or at least were, big college bars and I'm in my 30s. I don't have the desire to hang out with a bunch of drunk college kids. haha hahahaha, understood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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