Jackie's and JP McDermott host Quarry House staff fundraiser

In case anybody has stumbled here looking for news, rockabilly star J.P. McDermott and Jackie's bar are staging a fundraiser tonight to help Quarry House staff thrown out of work by a fire this week.

The party starts at 10:00 pm and the $10 admission will help tide over Quarry workers until the bar reopens. Jackie's Restaurant is at 8081 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.

If you can't make it, you can contribute to the fund here.

You've already heard about the fire that closed the basement Quarry House,

Bombay Gaylord Indian restaurant above it and the Mandarin Chinese restaurant next door. Investigators believe an electrical fire broke out before 1 a.m. Thursday morning. One firefighter was hurt and 12 residents were displaced.

Washington Post columnist John Kelly details the catastrophe that hit this historic Georgia Avenue stretch of downtown Silver Spring.

The Quarry House is one of the region's few mainstays of local roots music, featuring rockabilly, country and garage rock. McDermott, a Buddy Holly fan, used to book the joint and he continues to perform (and work in banking risk management) in Orange County, California.

JP McDermott and Western Bop at the Quarry House
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