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Aug 8, 2020 · Dave Shelton, founder of Medusa’s, the legendary Chicago nightclub that attracted a “melting pot” of teens and young adults from across the Chicago area for cutting edge music, dancing and ...
Aug 14, 2020 · With his open friendliness and his mane of curly hair—which earned him the nickname “Medusa”—Dave Shelton was a magnetic presence on Chicago’s nightlife scene in the mid-1970s. DJ Teri ...
- Leor Galil
Aug 10, 2020 · Dave ‘Medusa’ Shelton, owner of legendary Chicago house music club Medusa’s, dead at 64 He opened the all-ages club at 3257 N. Sheffield Ave. on the North Side in 1983, and it became a haven ...
- Madeline Kenney
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May 29, 2024 · Feature Thu Sep 24 2009 A Look Back in the Mirror at Medusa's. By Sheila Burt. For the second article in an occasional series on long lost music venues in Chicago, Transmission takes a look at Medusa's, an all-ages music and dance club that was one of the first New York-style nightclubs to open in Chicago.
Aug 11, 2020 · Dave Shelton, the founder of Chicago club Medusa's, has died age 64 of natural causes. Shelton, whose curly blonde locks gave him the nickname "medusa," opened his club with a $16,000 loan from his mother in 1983. A "juice bar" with no alcohol license, the club was originally positioned as an afterhours venue, with the late crowd arriving at ...
Aug 12, 2020 · Chicago’s one-and-only godfather of nightlife, Dave Shelton—known to most as Dave Medusa—passed away last week. Shelton spent decades earning a reputation for lavish, cutting-edge parties and events that pushed the envelope and displayed his knack for imaginative entertainment. Medusa’s on Sheffield was Shelton’s greatest achievement.
Aug 10, 2020 · People left candles, flowers and a bust of the Greek goddess Medusa. “Music saved my life” was written on the sidewalk in chalk. Dave “Medusa” Shelton hasn’t lived in that building for nearly three decades. Back when he rented it in the 1980s and early 1990s, the place was a legendary all-ages dance club known as Medusa’s.
