About a decade ago, Patrick Gleber -- who, along with fellow FIU grad Kevin Rusk, had taken over Tobacco Road in 1982 and transformed the dingy dive into Miami's best dining-drinking-entertainment complex -- was meeting with a local radio personality who wanted to launch a new live-music night in the club's upstairs cabaret. Gleber liked the idea, but he had one stipulation: "If we don't always draw a crowd, even if we have to lose money, I want the musicians to be paid fairly." It was a stunning moment, a businessman in this town's shark-infested nightlife scene setting aside cynicism for... More >>>