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This is Sleepy House, the house which the band Blind Melon moved into in Durham, NC, after getting signed and leaving Los Angeles. They wrote a song about it (called Sleepy House natch), which appeared on their debut album Blind Melon: My sister
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Alas no cool mementos from the band were left behind... Cheryl said the place was completely empty except for aluminum foil covering the windows from the inside, a red light bulb in one of the light fixtures, and melted candle wax all over. On the big front porch there were some flower pots on which had been written "Sleepy House" and "Blind Melon" but they didn't think much of them at the time... (Now Cheryl wishes she would've taken them when she moved out!) |
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BTW, Sleepy House was also within walking distance of the Durham Bulls old El Toro Field featured in the movie Bull Durham... Cheryl reports having had a beer or two in that old stadium! |
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March 1991 - Shannon Hoon and his new band, Blind Melon, sign a
$500,000 recording contract with Capitol Records. He tells the Journal
and Courier "I wanted to make a CD they would sell at Musicland in
Tippecanoe Mall. I wanted to show them I could do something with my
life, and I have." Blind Melon moves from Los Angeles to Durham,
N.C., to work on new material and to live together in a home they dub
"Sleepy House."