South Sound musicians held a proper wake for the Mandolin Cafe at the Tacoma music and sandwich shop's last open mic on Sunday.
A who's who of Tacoma's music scene was there to say fairwell to the place that gave most of them their first time at a live microphone that wasn't located in their garages.
In just the first hour of performances, more than 30 musicians has added their names to the play list, and the night grew from there as seats filled up and standing room was even at a premium.
Denny Foreman, the open mic emcee for the last year and a half, was nostalgic throughout the night.
"There have been a lot of really good musicians come through here," he said. "Hopefully, we can all stay connected."
The set list included the likes of KC. Brakes, Rafael Tranquilino, Gina Belliveau and Jeff Ross, who did a folk version of Vanilla Ice's "Ice, Ice Baby" that was surprisingly cool.
