scott, nightclub, music, venue, located, central, avenue, albany, york, capacity, approximately, opened, 1979, closed, 1982, after, damaged, fire, year, later, kids, fire, were, caught, although, only, around, relatively, short, period, played, import, role, c. J B Scott s was a nightclub and music venue located on Central Avenue in Albany New York Its capacity was approximately 600 1 J B Scott s opened in 1979 and closed in 1982 after it was damaged by a fire One year later the kids who set the fire were caught Although only around for a relatively short period J B Scott s played an import role in the Capital District s music scene Some of its performers included U2 John Mellencamp Stevie Ray Vaughan Bryan Adams Judas Priest Thin Lizzy Pat Benatar Meat Loaf and Iggy Pop the Go Go s Count Basie and Buddy Rich 2 In 1985 club owners Douglas Jacobs and Vinnie Birbiglia opened another nightclub in Albany named JB s Theatre References Edit AlbanyGroup Archive 2014 05 11 jb s theatre closing 1986 Flickr Photo Sharing Flickr Retrieved 2015 08 12 Keyser Tom 2012 04 30 J B Scott s party celebrates rock n roll Times Union Retrieved 2015 08 12 This article about a building or structure in New York is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title J B Scott 27s amp oldid 1065335928, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,