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That was Trax, a “hole in the wall” type club and the first venue Coran Capshaw owned.</p>
<p>Story has it that Coran didn’t even like the DMB sound. He just saw kids pack the club every Tuesday and decided to apply the Grateful Dead touring practices to DMB. Obviously, it worked.</p>
<p>MusicToday, which does merchandising for a host of bands, used to be run out of the office at Trax. Customers would call to complain that merch they ordered smelled like smoke and the staff would act clueless, pretending not to know why that could be.</p>
<p>MusicToday is now housed in a warehouse just outside of town and Trax is now a UVa parking lot.</p>