San Francisco Club: NATION
Ann Dee, 85, club owner
Ann Dee, a singer and San Francisco club owner who helped boost the careers of Johnny Mathis and other entertainers, has died. She was 85. Dee died March 22 at her home in Joshua Tree, Calif., of unspecified causes.Born Angela Maria De Spirito, Dee had success in her youth as a cabaret and supper club singer. But for several years, she suffered vocal problems.During that period she became better known as owner of Ann's 440 Club in San Francisco's North Beach...
San Francisco Club: Deaths of note
Ann Dee Ann Dee, a singer and San Francisco club owner who helped boost the careers of Johnny Mathis and other entertainers, has died. She was 85.Dee died March 22 at her home in Joshua Tree, Calif., of unspecified causes.Born Angela Maria De Spirito, Dee had some success in her youth as a cabaret and supper club singer. But for several years, she suffered vocal problems.During that period she became better known as owner of Ann's 440 Club in San...
San Francisco Club: Live Music On Life Support
Things change. That's the only constant on the San Francisco club scene of late. One after another, local clubs that book live music have been going the way of the fuchsia Mohawk, or threatening to. The Transmission Theatre has canceled all its bookings for the new year. Bruno's, once the anchor of the swank new Mission District, is closed. Mick's Lounge recently stopped presenting live music, and the Hotel Utah has just changed hands.The San Francisco...
San Francisco Club: Time may run out for Watters
After see-saw year, sulking 49er could be salary-cap victim
MIAMI -- They're loose. It's what separates the current 49ers from San Francisco's four previous Super Bowl teams. Real fun guys, these.What makes this ironic is that while the NFC champions have grown more relaxed, running back Ricky Watters, their most outgoing player before this season, has become withdrawn.Watters seems to be striving to act more responsibly than he did through his first three NFL seasons, when he frequently was ruled by his...
San Francisco Club: COWBOYS' IRVIN DENIES ASSAULT MAN CLAIMS STAR RECEIVER PUNCHED HIM
Dallas wide receiver Michael Irvin denied Friday that he assaulted a man in a San Francisco club and said he is willing to discuss the case with police.San Francisco police spokesman Jim Leach confirmed Irvin was named in a complaint filed Thursday by a man who said the Cowboys' All-Pro receiver punched him and held him captive in a club basement. ``There was a complaint filed,'' Leach said. ``The person said they were assaulted and sustained minor...