Owner of MadCity Music on Madison’s Atwood Avenue Dave Zero will sell the store to one of his employees come July.
The owner of MadCity Music on Madison’s East Side, announced this week that he will sell his record store to one of his current employees in July.
Dave Zero is selling MadCity Music to employee Bobby Hussy, who has worked at the 2023 Atwood Avenue shop for 13 years. Zero bought the store in 2007 after working there for roughly a decade. MadCity Music was located on Williamson Street until moving to Atwood Avenue in 2017.
Zero reminisced about how customers have become regulars and friends over the years, and said his favorite memories as the shop’s owner involve “just getting to share music with everyone” and “the day to day camaraderie that happens.”
“I feel like it’s a natural evolution. I’m very proud of everything I have done with the store,” he said.
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In Zero’s announcement on MadCity Music’s Facebook page, he said when “something is part if your life or such a long time, it’s hard to understand what you could be without it. For me, now is a great time to find out.”
His next chapter? Zero said he’s going to take some down time for now.
Since making the announcement to pass the shop’s reigns to Hussy, Zero said “it’s been very heartwarming” to see the community’s response.
“It’s very sweet, honestly,” he said.
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