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off the wall… where do I begin? The concept was a simple one. The brothers Spinella, Michael and Mark, wanted a place to go out that played good music. The problem was that “good” music wasn’t in vogue in the sleepy Idaho mill town where they were living. Shortly after this idea sprung to mind, a fortuitous moment arrived. It seems a small tavern on the North Side of town, one that had 6 owners in the previous 3 years, was once again for sale. The brothers dropped in one night to check the place out. They were greeted by fluorescent lights and six old drunks nursing beers at the bar. The place was dirty, the place was boring, the place was a dump. Three days later they owned it! On a Thursday evening in the summer of 1984 the brothers marched into the old “Lucky Inn” and proceeded to put the jukebox on a hand truck and wheel it out the front door. The bemused alcoholics leaning on the bar watched silently. After removing the source of their musi ...