CINNAMON
CINDER
This
photo of Cinnamon Cinder, 7578 El Cajon
Blvd, pops up on Facebook on a regular
basis. Did you ever go there? Me
neither. Did you know it was a chain,
owned by LA disc jockey Bob Eubanks? Me
neither. Click HERE to
read all about it. Below is a current
Google Street View of Helix Environmental
Planning, which today occupies the site at the
northeast corner of El Cajon and Comanche.
I strongly suspect the old building was dozed to
make way for this new building.
Back in
the early days of Horace Mann -- 1958 --
myself and best buddy, Frank Bucheit served
as President & Vice Prez of the
Bowling club. We bowled what was then the
bowling alley on 7578 El Cajon Blvd. After a few
years it quietly turned into the Cinnamon
Cinder. Thanks for the memory -- Gary Deines ’61
In the
mid-1960s the Comanche Bowling Alley was
repurposed as the Cinnamon Cinder. Note the
marquee, in the photo at the top, showing the
Coasters playing Fri/Sat. On Sunday it's the
Contrasts, a band featuring several Crawford '68
members. The attached photo shows us
performing at the Scottish Rite Temple in Mission
Valley in a benefit for Cerebral Palsy. It's
Bill Keller on sax, James “Skinny” Bolan on guitar
and lead singer, Donny Arnold on drums, Jan
Tonnesen on lead guitar, and Kenny Jiampa on
bass. We did a recording session at the
famous Gold Star Studios in
Hollywood. Though it didn't get much
airplay, you can still hear one song on YouTube
-- She
Didn't Care -- Bill
Keller ’68
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