Murals

One of the reasons Tony Mafia was a bit disenchanted with Chloride is that a large mural hab been painted over in the 'Tennessee Social Club and Saloon" in 1990. Many have spoken to me about the loss they still feel about this. Luckily a few other murals are still around. If you take a room at the Shep's Miners Inn (part of the Yesterdays Restaurant) then you can can ask for one of the two Tony Mafia rooms, mentioned in 'dessert currents' issue of June 2007 in an interview. Somewhere around 1988 he stayed a couple of days there when 'Linda' still had the place. He took his paint and left his mark. He liked Chloride because it was the West, a real old Wild West town. When I arrived here first in 1991 there were still many artist living in the small community: 307, they said, when you two are home. There were some other painters, potters and two writers beside myself. Tony despaired about the people taking classes and all doing the same old pot and the same quail... There were a lot of musicians around too but since he played according to his own inner rhythms, he seldom jammed with them.