Hey everyone,
Some surprising news coming in from one of New England's most popular music equipment chains. Daddy's Junky Music inexplicably shut down all of its locations yesterday at the close of business after 39 years of business. The owner and founder, Fred Bramante said that yesterday was "one of the worst days of my life."
Daddy's first opened in 1972 in New Hampshire and quickly spread throughout the Northeast. They had a total of 12 locations including stores in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and New York. Fred said that he first got the idea of opening a music retail chain when a friend needed to sell a guitar in order to raise bail money. The business quickly grew and spread throughout the entire New England area. However in recent years, the company has struggled due to the down economy and the expansion of the Internet into music retail sales, driving the company's profits down. The company employed 52 full time workers and 14 part time workers who are now all out of a job. There are no reasons as to why the stores have shut down due to ongoing legal issues.
Such a shame...they were never the best deal, but they knew their products well! Got my first microphone at the Dedham store.
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