Rare 50-year-old album connects two generations of Stillwater music and business
When KICKER founder Steve Irby walked into Velvet Fudge with a sealed 1974 album, two Stillwater business stories found their common soundtrack
Aaron Malin was still turning over a question — how could KICKER connect with a new record shop downtown? — when he walked past a Moses album hanging on the wall at company headquarters. His boss, Steve Irby, had played keyboards on that record in 1974. One of those copies, Malin thought, belonged at Velvet Fudge.
Malin had first noticed the shop when it opened in the space that had previously been a bookstore and before that an art studio on South Lewis Street. He stopped in, bought a Dave Brubeck album for a friend, and recognized the 22-year-old behind the counter — Henry Ramsay, whose mother had catered Malin's wedding. He struck up a conversation and liked what he found.
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