It Happened in Windsor - Revisiting the Loop Complex

[@yjwrangler7819]

I just watched this again. I adore these memories.

[@BboyBlackout]

Rip. Me and my breakdancing crew used to go there on Sunday nights and perform during 1 song. It will forever be missed.

[@sarahmfi]

The Loop is, and will always be, the greatest bar in Windsor. So many memories there but nothing beat Halloween night. I would kill for one more Saturday night there.

[@robmathias7222]

The Loop for the party......then Acapulco Delight.........and pick from a handful of after party offers..............every single Loop night was amazing !!!!

[@9999bigb]

Dude what about Slices after? Done deal

[@nadine4945]

Favourites from The Loop were disco Sundays!! How everyone knew everyone:) The climb up the black stairs with red walls!! Best times xxx Sekerak sisters!!

[@district5198]

Great video brings back so many memories,

[@Drakonant]

What I wouldn't give to have 1 more Saturday night at the Loop...

[@MikeEvansWindsor]

Exactly! I wouldn't even mind waiting in line.

[@scottyhughes9179]

a great doc Mike and Al!!!

[@coltonboros2974]

I'd love to win that sign. My fav loop memory is being there right at 10pm so we didn't have to pay cover, and then staying until last call. I would go there every Saturday for YEARS. One time I brought about 10 people from all walks of life, hipsters, bros, book worms, and only at the loop did everyone have the absolute best time, what a night.

[@laurahammett4549]

Priscilla’s line “ If you are not staff or sleeping with staff, get the eff out!”

[@brothercass]

I miss The Loop so much. I have yet to find another place that even compares! Hearing Come On Elieen blaring on the dance floor, just letting loose! The absolute best.

[@laurahammett4549]

That was near the end of the night rotation in Liam’s lineup....the starting to wind down cue. Shortly thereafter... Let’s Stay Together and probably Mercy Mercy Me or... Sexual Healing.

[@seanhayes701]

Ugh. I miss it all so much. No substitute.

[@jonasamelotte8866]

Jimmy Bronco killed it at The Coach!!!

[@kurtismoore5501]

I got into the loop at the end of the era but it was hands down my favourite place. Everyone would just dance, no fucks given. The double muds and windex were the best.

[@earworm]

Me and my band buddy would cross the bridge to go to the coach and horses to watch the bands, drink dark beer and bloody caesars. They would always ask how spicy you wanted your caesar. We would venture up to the loop at times but the coach was where it was at for us. It was a great place, this had to be around 1995-1998.

[@kellyvendrasco1945]

I have so many amazing stories from the Loop. I'd be here forever. Loved Sundays Funk nights. But for real there was no place like it. I miss being young. Lmao

[@gentlefire100]

So many memories.

[@jayzeman7187]

Great job Michael ! Thank you for compiling all the photos and footage... especially in the days before cellphone cameras were a thing. For me it was like a 25 year long day. I would wake up when the sun was setting head downtown and throw a party for hundreds and hundreds of people seven days a week ! Everyone was a regular. We had generations of "alumni" who were our family and most importantly the best bar staff ever, not to mention all the amazing artists, DJs, musicians, bands and national acts (and Pete Best too)... My tattered old booking calendars tell me that I booked over 1000 musical acts every year between the Coach and the Loop - in the early years - when people couldn't get enough live original music ! Talking about the Double Mud, I calculate we served over 2 million of those, probably even more Purple Haze and quite a few Windexx as well. Thanks again to you and Al ! By the way we never kicked out at 2:15. The music would play till 2:30 , the FU lights would come on and you had till 2:45 to finish your drink(s), after that if you didn't want to leave we would hand you a broom and you had to help us clean up... only to do it all over again the next night! Cheers! Jay.

[@MikeEvansWindsor]

Thats really great Jay! Thanks for sharing.

[@sarahlarmish1157]

Awwww hey Jay! Hope you're doing well. Definitely have many great memories. Youre infections smile was/ is awesome. Thank you for the many years of great memories Jay. Sara C, sheina ( Nicole's sister) carissa and I often reminisce.

[@thomasplante6012]

Thank you Jay for giving a generation a place to come and be themselves. No judgement zone! You ROCK brother!! Miss those days but dont think that any of us could survive them a second time 🍻🍻🍻🤪🤪🤪

[@laurahammett4549]

Or Priscilla would kick them out Jay :)

[@laurahammett4549]

Jay my pick up pen was still there! 😂😂😂

[@UDX-340]

Great memories , good building , special humans , I spent so much time there i can close my eyes and still smell it .

[@MikeEvansWindsor]

Did you ever try a double mud?

[@reiiigns]

some of the best and worst Saturdays of my life started and ended at The Loop. miss that place

[@juliadarby]

Oh the loop is very special to me. I met my husband there, 16 years and four kids later we still long to go back. It was a staple for Richard and I for many years, more him than I because he's a few years older than me. He used to go swing dancing there, and I always looked forward to the 70s/80s nights. Amanda, one of the DJs even performed her skills at our wedding. There weren't many weekends that we missed going to the loop. Loved this video so much, thank you for putting it together.

[@MikeEvansWindsor]

Thats great. One more Saturday would do it!

[@jussymane]

My favoruite part was that you could bring any friend from any frineds group and guaranteed, everyone would have a great time.

[@MikeEvansWindsor]

That is so true.

[@golddustwoman83]

For real. I’m from Toronto but have a bunch of friends from Windsor. I went there once in 2007 and I STILL remember how much fun I had.

[@majatyme1978]

I loved Sunday nights at the Loop. And remember going there one night, during the week, and watching the movie Krull. lol.

[@aaronpalmer4706]

Really appreciated this video-thanks for putting it together Mike, and for the commentary Al. The first time I went to the Loop was in 1995 or 1996 to see The Inbreds. Then many weekends after that were spent on one or more levels of that iconic and in many ways-mysterious building. I was fortunate enough to have played there with several different bands. One great memory was when The Scarecrows played for over 24 hours with the aim of securing the Guinness record for longest gig. Does anyone know how long they held this title?

[@EatHealLove]

Ah, the memories! The Loop in the 90s. Unforgettable.

[@seanhayes701]

Loop was the first bar I hit when I turned 19.

[@yjwrangler7819]

I'm PROUD to say I never fell up OR down the stairs at the Loop!

[@MikeEvansWindsor]

Ha!

[@Danielle1976]

Not the stairs, but I did fall off the stage...

[@danielyaworsky9748]

I also never fell, but I really owe that to one of the security staff who helped me down on one of my more crazy nights

[@TeeMcbee1]

Somehow so many people didn’t

[@majatyme1978]

I never fell off the stage either. But I did fall after I jumped off the stage... I was wearing platforms. And I tried to get up and grabbed this metal small fencing surrounding the DJ booth... and toppled it over and myself. lol

[@MilitiaLys]

Taking anyone who’s everyone to the Loop! We would meet after school on a Friday night, then we’d go home and sleep until Saturday and then come Saturday, we would contemplate going out, which would be The Loop for round 2.

[@alanpenner3328]

Awesome! Memories and gigs and memories!

[@daliverti]

Favourite memory...random spontaneous outings there!

[@brianbelchuk9612]

Remember they used to close down Ouellette Ave thur,fri sat nights...cruising

[@johnholler]

Great video! The photos really took me back. I also went to Massey (Class of 2000) and spent most of the Saturdays and Sundays of my 20's at the Loop. Everything you guys said... I felt deep in my soul

[@MikeEvansWindsor]

That's great. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheOzzmanify]

That's great I miss the coach and horses scene. Great staff I grow up there seeing lots of metal shows. Then heading over next door to slices for a slice of pizza.

[@dropkick50]

Home for a rest anyone? :) This was an amazing video. The best bar Windsor ever had at least since I've been drinking. Dax didn't like me much I was always to damn drunk... lol So many great Saturday dance nights and metal shows. I was in one of those pics lol

[@stevefleury3625]

RIP in peace, loop.

[@Caligulove]

I graduated high school in 2003. Nothing beats or even compares to Saturday nights at The Loop. Halloween was the best!

[@kristenmathias3978]

So many great memories there every weekend, with the best of the best. Best music, best dancing, best people... It was nice not having to worry about what anyone thought of anyone else because everyone was accepted. I loved dancing without being judged on how I was dancing or what I was wearing. Was sad to see it go but happy that I was able to experience it all. 🎶💞

[@patchlus]

Fav Loop complex memory... had our wedding in FM lounge! Mike & Jay created the most incredible haven for Windsor in that building. Thanks for making this video. Brings back a flood of memories.

[@laurahammett4549]

My favourite part was always when Al Green would come on “Let’s Stay Together”, bc that meant last call was done and we were in clean up mode (and tired!) lol

[@thomasplante6012]

Favorite moments....? Wow, 1995 till they closed. I ended up marrying one of the bartenders, used the pickup pen and all! I'd like to say that I've forgotten more than I remember from my nights there. Thanks for the awesome visual 'trip' down memory lane.

[@LocoRosannuh]

Awesome. I love the Loop - it's been such a hugely warm space to explore and have fun in. Much love!

[@seanhayes701]

I would describe the feeling of Coach and Horses as cold, but cozy. Old world medieval metal roadhouse. The basement from Amityville Horror. Super intimate place to catch a band. Much missed.

[@EatHealLove]

Perfect description!

[@laurahammett4549]

You should have seen the flood water behind the doors when there was a leak! It felt like a scene in Titanic walking up the stairs to the Fishmarket kitchen!!! And the smell... don’t even get me started lol

[@3katfox]

Hell yeah

[@cujo8400]

Great video. Brought me back and I miss it so much.

[@owen3485]

COME ON EILEEN

[@streetviewservices]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

[@DustinAndrew]

I miss the loop :(

[@SmilezWithShane]

Dope video Windsor in the buildin. I went to Oakwood for grade school. My Cousin was the All-star basket ball player

[@MikeEvansWindsor]

I went to Oakwood as well. Who is your cousin?

[@SmilezWithShane]

@@MikeEvansWindsor my cousins were. Darnell Charles(before ,00) & Kaliph Young(after 02) I went to Oakwood from grade 4-8 graduated in 2001

[@jessrobson3029]

I miss this place. My favourite memory was making smores at the Coach fireplace.

[@DANE842]

Holy crap! How did I never do that?!

[@danielyaworsky9748]

Loop is where I spent my 19th birthday in 2009, and I basically didn't leave the place until it shut down. What an unforgettable place!

[@tlex86]

I met my partner there almost 8 years ago! We both frequented it every weekend with our friends from about 2005 to 2010, never met. But just by chance one night I decided to go back and he was there playing pool with his buddies :)

[@sarahlarmish1157]

Great job boys! Love this place- Sara, Nicole and I made it in the video= so honored. Love, love, love all the memories; wouldn't trade any of it for anything.

[@MikeEvansWindsor]

I thought that was you. I remember you from the old days. Dan Kennedys niece?

[@sarahlarmish1157]

Haha yes! Mike, I had no idea you had a KZbin channel! Gladly subscribed. You've done a great job. This literally couldn't have come out at a better time, I think its a great reminder of the awesome comrodery we all had there. Thank you so much for the ear to ear smile and reminder of these great times. Gotta love Al! You guys both are awesome

[@rankinroderick]

Really special place for me. First started going DT to watch Huladog on Thursday nights -- played the FM many times over the years. Upstairs, I remember the Saturday around Halloween being absolutely wild!

[@MikeEvansWindsor]

Hi Cameron. I remember some awesome Halloween parties as well!

[@3katfox]

I'd give anything to have the loop back Played the best music and had the best Halloween party

[@dennisschwartzentruber3204]

Well done ...Windsor night life was amazing during this period and the Loop was the cutting edge !

[@canadiandirtsurfer]

My favourite memory was meeting my wife, second was definitely the double mud. That drink made for some beautiful ruckus. Even Wednesday night swing nights were amazing, thanks for the memories!

[@stevetaylor6279]

No place like the Loop ! I loved the atmosphere in every part of that building . So many memories but honestly, I think the best part was having a good buddy who worked there. Even on the nights that were not so busy it was so much fun to sit up on the spaceship and watch everyone having a blast while the awesome music shook the room . The staff were so much fun to hang out with. Truly a special place like no other. Thanks for sharing this . I really enjoyed looking back .

[@MikeEvansWindsor]

Thank you. It was a lot of much fun making it. Having the buddy that worked there must have been nice!

[@stephanielocke4652]

“It felt, for that night, that it was the centre of the universe... everyone that you were friends with, going to be friends with... they were all there” This sums up the Loop complex perfectly

[@dwbegley]

Favorite memory: New Year's Eve show, 1997/1998, at the Loop. Sunday night with Soul Glo as the main act. Their rendition of Panama was epic. We made up a fake band to open called Pünkjabi. Did shrooms, donned costumes (our friend Jagir sang while swinging a cricket bat), pretty terrible but we had fun. We probably could not get away with that today, most likely.

[@angelomarignani8733]

Going down to the coach and horses with Trevor Malcolm bartending in maintaining the fire. Playing the game of darts and enjoying a beer with friends. Good Times

[@ryanmarcuz1004]

Massey alumni here class of 99. Yeah remembering playing hackey sack at d.b row...lol...one of my favorite things was us Massey guys go out to the Coach to watch and support Al play in Mr. Bones. Also go upstairs throughout the night too.

[@MikeEvansWindsor]

Hi Ryan. It was the same for my class going to the Coach to see our friends bands. Royal Dose, Big Daddy A and Village Idiot

[@ryanmarcuz1004]

@@MikeEvansWindsor that's cool, I was probably there for some of their show's too. It was a great time to be around that age in Windsor.

[@abandonthecar]

Man, so many great shows and memories there! Stairway to a grungy-ass heaven right there.

[@seanduncan402]

Reopen the loop after the COVID pandemic

[@grandmastertymmx]

Loop was such a great venue. Coach and Horses had the greatest metal atmosphere.

[@gentlefire100]

Back in the 1960,s, Massey & Kennedy had quite the foorball rivalry that my brothers kidnapped the Massey horse & hid it in my dad's shed. I was horrified. It was eventually returned. Those were the days.

[@dwbegley]

VMSS 1992 graduate, I was on student council even. I have had dreams of D.B. Row, and running around the school, getting up to various shenanigans. I once remember running past D.B. Row when I was late for my piano lesson, and my mom opens the car door and starts yelling at me, and pretty much knew I was gonna be a nerd for the rest of high school then. But I didn't get beaten up at the bush parties, so that was nice.

[@MikeEvansWindsor]

Ah man. Great story Darren. I started at Massey in 1992 and was also a band nerd. But like you I never got beat up at the bush parties! Perhaps Bush parties in the Oakwood Bush will be the next video!

[@dwbegley]

@@MikeEvansWindsor Amazing! By the way, did you ever hear stories about the 1991 frosh assembly, and someone tossing a piglet into the crowd? Would have been the year before you started...

[@seanhayes701]

I remember Closer by NIN getting A LOT of play in the Loop too.

[@leechak3583]

Lol me too

[@yjwrangler7819]

That UFO dj booth, I BELIEVE, was the cashier spot at that old skate shop called Dickies on Ouellette.

[@MikeEvansWindsor]

Interesting. I never knew that.

[@alancrouse]

The shop was called Duckies (although it was spelled different than that - can't remember how).

[@yjwrangler7819]

@@alancrouse DUCKIES! Yeah that's it

[@kristenstockstill8274]

Walking the halls of Massey Monday mornings, hung over and most definitely smelling gross after an insane night of Sunday night funk. Best times ever! We were so lucky to grow up then and there. Xoxox

[@rabidturtle]

This was a good watch. I miss dancing at the Loop enjoying a Purple Haze or a Double Mudd getting as drunk as my broke College student ass could afford. Nostalgia hit hard. So many friendships formed, great bands good times.

[@laurahammett4549]

Want the recipe to the purple haze? Lol. I’ll give it to you... lol

[@laceymarshall6358]

That was a fun trip down memory lane. I loved swing night on Wednesdays and dancing on Sunday nights. Such a dive. I remember going with some friends and getting pretty silly and asking for random drinks that didn’t exist, but Derek came through and made us things like Spicy Mexican Banana Hammock. Lol. Such a fun place. Come as you are. Everyone welcome.

[@echoezra]

The A/Amherst/Jimmy’s Pub was my first and favourite hangout spot. But the Coach was a close second, and basically the setting for my entire adult social life, lol. Our friends’ various bands’ playing was the only excuse good enough to get me to go through the hassle of a night downtown once we had kids. It was a very weird transition once smoking wasn’t allowed in the Coach anymore, lol. The whole place would just completely empty between sets as everybody went outside for a smoke break. I remember really liking the Loop when it first opened, less claustrophobic than downstairs, lol. But it didn’t have the same cozy feel so I spent a lot less time there, and it’s been a million years, so I really don’t even remember the look of the place at all, so it was really nice seeing some pictures. Those stairs definitely familiar though, it took a deep breath and a pep talk every time you started up, and felt you deserved a high five every time you made it down in one piece! Lol. As incredibly nostalgic as I am, one thing I’ve never had a happy reunion with is the Coach’s bathroom. Never not revolting.

[@CCNutritionist]

The smoke used to be so thick in the Coach, especially before the Loop opened and the population spread out through the complex, that even as a smoker, myself, the second hand smoke would become unbearable and I'd have to go outside. Who remembers the secret door in the Coach that led to a natural underground waterway?

[@MikeEvansWindsor]

What??? That natural underground waterway sounds cooooool!

[@CCNutritionist]

@@MikeEvansWindsor It was in the southwest nook, across from the stage. There was a wall panel that could be removed and you were behind the stairs, or something. I think the area was used for storage. I never really went in there, but I believe I was told there was running water, down toward the river.

[@jayzeman7187]

@@CCNutritionist We called it the "moat". Sorry to tell you it only drained into the sump pump.

[@cujo8400]

My favourite memories are the camaraderie, Jay the bartender and those purple hazes that knocked you on your butt.

[@sarahlarmish1157]

My husband was just talking about the same drink

[@laurahammett4549]

Want the recipe? Lol... I got u. Lol

[@jayzeman7187]

@@laurahammett4549 So what's in the Purple Haze ?

[@rabidturtle]

@@laurahammett4549 Yes please; that was my go-to drink

[@cujo8400]

@@laurahammett4549 I absolutely do...lol

[@craigfjord]

Falling down the big flight of stairs with two large suitcases of cd's after a night, trying to spin around to save the day, discs went flying, everyone below heard the cascade as my pants popped off and i slivered the goods on a reverse

[@mtremblay1971]

Helped a lot of people down those stairs in one form or another...really was a second home for most of the staff who would spend their nights off having a pint in Pogo's with Joe

[@jefferyseeger11]

Miss this place great times for sure I think the last time I was in that place was dec 2010 so many great memories

[@DANE842]

I shook SO many hands there! That huge dude with the long trench coat and beard, I used to call him "Steak Hands". Derek Stonehouse was a monster behind the bar, and Dax at the door was like Professor Hulk. My idiot friends and I would parade around the bar when Safety Dance would play. And we'd all go to Slices when the lights came on. What a place to grow up!

[@MikeEvansWindsor]

I loved slices. I hear they opened back up at another location.

[@HeyMcFlyMusic]

A bass player from another school... (thought I was about to get a mention) 🤣🤣🤣

[@MikeEvansWindsor]

Long live the bass player from Kennedy!

[@alexpetrovich5946]

If this is Mr Shreve, my apologies my brother! I realized only afterwards I probably should have mentioned more names but I clammed up!!!!

[@alexpetrovich5946]

Or is this Mr Palmer? Either way ya both were massive influences and I wish we all could get together again soon!

[@HeyMcFlyMusic]

@@alexpetrovich5946 it's OK. U introduced me to dream theater. U can do no wrong. Hope you're doing well.

[@jonannett]

SWEET SASSY MOLASSEY i want that sign. I told literally the best joke of my life at the loop one night. It cannot be repeated here but just know, it was a banger.

[@yjwrangler7819]

Al Yeti Bones sent me a friend request on FB ages ago and I feel terrible for not knowing him :(

[@josephgaliwango216]

Mike this is amazing!! You need to come talk to me man! This is our history!!

[@MikeEvansWindsor]

Sure. Anytime.

[@brandim.7702]

If you can remember it, were you really even there? 😂 (I miss those nights, but so grateful for the lasting friendships I made along the way! -And never breaking my neck on the stairs like I always figured I would.)

[@robmathias7222]

And Miller High Life on tap

[@sarahlarmish1157]

Hey Rob- so many good memories eh.

[@jayzeman7187]

Man , I can't ever remember having Miller on tap. We were pretty proud of our micro brew and import selection - before micros were even a thing. 20 taps pouring great beer , but not Miller.

[@robmathias7222]

@@sarahlarmish1157 that place was truly amazing.......it was a different planet when it came to bars

[@robmathias7222]

@@jayzeman7187 I'm talking about in the 90's .....lol... But they did start craft/micro beer before it was cool

[@aaronfram7501]

Double Mudds

[@juliadarby]

Also, there where no better Caesars anywhere. It was like a full meal lol

[@brianbelchuk9612]

Don't sit on the couches

[@yjwrangler7819]

Aw....I can taste the people in the air on a summer night lmao

[@ADHD_collector_in_the_YYJ]

Some great memories from that place. Definitely had water from the bathroom leak down my back once. Not the best memory lol

[@kristenstockstill8274]

Only once?! Lucky! I vividly remember knowing where NOT to stand when hanging out downstairs to not get dripped on. Still the best place I've ever been! Lol

[@hbz7120]

From having fun in the basement, to playing Golden tee on the main level, to shaking our booty upstairs from a Lessor Graduate 1993

[@scottlarsh3119]

The Loop was the first bar I ever got into with a fake ID back in May 1999. The next weekend not so lucky and the doorman stole my ID....lol

[@MikeEvansWindsor]

I used mine there too! Good times.

[@jayzeman7187]

... not stole - confiscated. LOL !

[@hastingshastings72]

Pistacho’s!

[@DarthHater100]

Just like high school? I hope not! Clearly my high school experience wasn't as good as yours lol

[@MikeEvansWindsor]

Like high school but with more alcohol and smoking.

[@MrDarthmarklar]

Cigarette burns on the dance floor lol sorry no worries

[@MrDarthmarklar]

Halloween 2000s drunk as a skunk dressed as Lt. Dan from Forest Gump wheel chair and all....my friends picked me up and sat me on the Dj booth for a solid hour because I was so drunk just to give themselves a break the entire bar loved it I sat that grooving lol

[@yjwrangler7819]

Oh also can I win that? Lol

[@MikeEvansWindsor]

It is looking good so far.