I woke up on the bus last Friday morning after a great night of well-deserved sleep. The previous night in Wantaugh, Long Island marked the end of an eight-in-a-row run that took Loaded from Detroit and weaved us through to the Northeast. Often, it’s the THINGS and PEOPLE I see on the road that make for much more interesting stories than the common backstage view. As I stumbled out of the bus, I found myself in the parking lot of a quaint bayside hotel called the Freeport Inn and Boatel. Sound familiar? This is the one-and-the-same place where Joey Buttafuoco and his “Long Island Lolita” Amy Fisher had their much-publicized daytime trysts back in the early ’90s. But it wasn’t this experience alone that made that day interesting for me. Coming around the back end of the bus was a man who, obvious to me, had something to do with the hotel. He introduced himself as the general manager and commenced to show me to the café to get some coffee. Joseph Creamer, 29, spoke with rapid-fire excitement about what he was going to do with this hotel and the things he hoped to do for the community to help bring it back around from this latest recession. He also told me of his new position as vice president of the Freeport Chamber of Commerce, and the problems he was having with the old-guard mayor and his ilk. Right on the bay in Freeport, there sits an ugly and dilapidated… Read More »
Due to the increase in hotel occupancy, in 1986, the outrigger officially closed it’s doors and13 new guestrooms were created in it’s space. At this time the pool was filled in and turned into a parking lot.
Over the years several notable people have come through the doors. Professional wrestlers, actors, musicians and television personalities have all spent time at this creek side lodge. (General Manager Joe Creamer Pictured with Duff McKagan of Guns N Roses/ Velvet Revolver. (2009)