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Milly's Tavern first opened its doors in January of
2002 at the location of the former Stark Mill Brewery.
Milly's opened through the hard work and love of the
craft of Master Brewer Peter Telge, a New Hampshire
native, who has been brewing his own beers for the better
part of 20 years. With the closing of the Stark Mill
Brewery and the many changes that have befell the city
in the recent years, Peter felt that Manchester, as
New Hampshire's Queen City, was sadly falling the way
of commercial and contract beers. He, with a dedicated
following of fans of his brew, set to work reopening
the brewery as "Milly's Tavern," proudly operating
as Manchester's only brew pub. We welcome you as our
guests to stop by and try a glass of Peter's hard work.
November 14, 2004
Union Leader
By: CAROL ROBIDOUX, Union Leader Staff
Rob Thomas Didn't Show, but the Band Rocked
The New Left: The band, with matchbox twenty guitarist
Kyle Cook, kept the crowd happy at Milly's Tavern in
Manchester.
There are two lessons - no make that three - learned
by Friday night's show at Milly's Tavern featuring The
New Left, a side project of matchbox twenty lead guitarist
Kyle Cook. Lesson 1: Don't believe the hype.
Lesson 2: The cult of personality is alive
and well and living in Manchester. Lesson 3:
Rob Tomas is OK, but Kyle Cook rocks.
It all started with the pre-event hype, as promoters
spread the word that matchbox twenty lead singer Rob
Thomas was expected to sit in on a few songs with his
band mate at Milly's.
For those who stopped watching MTV sometime after Flock
of Seagulls fell from grace, Thomas is a really cute
guy who has a certain charisma with the ladies that
launched him into the solo spotlight, most significantly
with a single, "Smooth," he co-write and performed
with Carlos Santana back in 1999.
Anyways, the Milly's buzz extended to local newspapers
and regional radio programs, reaching Rob Thomas fans
from around the Granite State and even south of the
border, like Lindy and Michele of Tewksbury, Mass.,
who came to Milly's early, exclusively to breath the
same air as Rob Thomas, and left early, disappointed
that he was not coming.
"Is it OK if he's not here? Not really,"
said Michele, anticipating the worst.
Peter Telge, who brews Milly's signature beers, said
at one point Thomas actually was supposed to join Cook
on stage for a few songs.
"But the promotions got out of hand, and it was
becoming a Rob Thomas moment, and he didn't want to
take that away from Kyle, so he decided it was better
not to come," Telge said.
Too Much Hype
Cook, well aware of the hype, tried to assuage disappointment
after taking the stage right around 11:30pm.
"We read something that was a little misleading...
Rob is not coming tonight. If someone feels they were
brought here under false pretenses, well, I'm sure they'll
take care of you at the door," said Cook.
The crowd hooted and hollered in support, and nobody
- except maybe Lindy and Michele - rushed to the door.
And from that point, Cook was in charge, rising above
the shadow of his identity - as backup guy for Rob Thomas
- emerging as singer/songwriter Kyle Cook, a talented
front man in his own right, singing with longtime friends
and high school chums Eamon Ryland, John Kibler and
Brett Borges.
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