Small Clubs Are Where Rock History Is Made. How Many Will Survive?

The loss of small concert spaces would be devastating to musicians, said Wesley Schultz of the alt-folk group the Lumineers. “These clubs are where you cut your teeth and really develop who you are as an artist,” said Schultz, who readily recounts his band’s artistic baptism in small clubs in Denver and New York. “If you took those away,” he added, “there’s no bridge between starting off and ending up somewhere else.”