Aku Aku, Toledo, OH (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

CS Capt'n Skully Member The Lost Lagoon Joined: May 28, 2005 Posts: 418	CS Capt'n Skully Posted posted on Wed, Dec 13, 2006 10:17 AM Owens.edu site had this blurb: "During the early sixties, here in Toledo, a number of Toledo musicians got their break and had the opportunity to tour with the Glen Covington Trio. For Covington, originally from Kentucky, Louisville to be exact, Toledo became a mainstay. The Covington Trio performed at the old Aku-Aku Lounge on Monroe and Bancroft. Of course, the Aku-Aku, like many Toledo landmarks is vanished. In fact a Rally's fast food restaurant stands where the entrance to the Aku-Aku once rested. Local musicans like Butch Stewart (bassist), Swing Lee (drummer), Clifford Murphy (bassist), Claude Black (pianist), and Clanton Ellis (pianist) went on the road, played, or substituted in the Covington Trio. "

Owens.edu site had this blurb:

"During the early sixties, here in Toledo, a number of Toledo musicians got their break and had the opportunity to tour with the Glen Covington Trio. For Covington, originally from Kentucky, Louisville to be exact, Toledo became a mainstay. The Covington Trio performed at the old Aku-Aku Lounge on Monroe and Bancroft. Of course, the Aku-Aku, like many Toledo landmarks is vanished. In fact a Rally's fast food restaurant stands where the entrance to the Aku-Aku once rested. Local musicans like Butch Stewart (bassist), Swing Lee (drummer), Clifford Murphy (bassist), Claude Black (pianist), and Clanton Ellis (pianist) went on the road, played, or substituted in the Covington Trio. "

Post #272150 by Capt'n Skully on Wed, Dec 13, 2006 10:17 AM