There’s a small blue and red building that sits back from a busy highway in Little River, and one regular customer describes it as an “artistic mecca” for musicians.
The Star Tavern, no ordinary bar, has been in business since 2014.
Everything about it, from the nightly, live music to the comradery of customers and musicians, embodies one man’s vision to create “that bohemian feeling that we had when I was in college when the musicians all got together and jammed and played,” said Star Tavern owner Ron Johnson.
Johnson, who had been playing in a band at another Little River bar, decided to open his own place to create what he remembered from his early days of music. Through the years, “We never tried to chase any trends. We basically just stayed with the music of our time and figured that people of the same age range would still like what we like.”…