The band was hand picked by Minneapolis trumpet/guitar player Mike Olson and named after a street with many "dive" bars in his hometown.
Admission to the bar in the United States | American Bar Association | bar | Bar | Bar Harbor, Maine | New York State Bar Association | Bar, Montenegro | Bar Harbor | Bar-le-Duc | bar (law) | Bar (establishment) | State Bar of California | Bar-Ilan University | Temple Bar | Temple Bar, London | Bar/None Records | Bar Association | Bar association | State bar association | Potters Bar | Bar-sur-Aube | Bar Kokhba | Bar Karma | Bar examination | Virginia Bar Association | Duchy of Bar | Diamond Bar, California | Diamond Bar | Bar Girls | bar association |
Patrick "Burly" Bohan (1860-?) was an American saloonkeeper and owner of The Doctor's, a popular Park Row dive bar and hangout for panhandlers and professional beggars known as the "Bowery Bums".