Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards - Mercury Records 1972
Art by Roger Dean Like many French Canadians in the early 20th century, my grandmother immigrated from Quebec to Lewiston, Maine in 1921 to work in the textile mills. After the textile mill boom of the 1850s to the mid-late 20th century, these mills began to close down. This gradually led to a run-down and abandoned downtown area. Within this downtown was Lisbon Street. It had once flourished as the location for many prominent department stores and businesses that shut their doors or moved to malls on the outskirts of town. One building on Lisbon Street was even owned by my great grandfather. This building even adorned our family name of Laplante engraved on top of itself. Sadly that building is gone like many of the prominent businesses that lined Lisbon Street. By the 1990's, few businesses remained except for the head shop, the insane bright yellow five story Lewiston Pawn Shop and a few more seedy businesses. One busi...