sentences:  Initially opened as a jazz club by Ted Cowell under the guidance of Acker Bilk in 1968.It started hosting regular rock nights in 1969, when a collective called Plastic Dog, whose club night had become too busy for the Dugout club on Park Row, took over the poorly attended Monday nights.By early 1970 they had removed 'Old' from the title of the venue, which completed its transition to an all-rock club by 1978.