Slim’s Club
Status: Closed
Parish: Allen
Location: Kinder
Listed in “Readers recall clubs where they danced to Louisiana Music” from The Daily Advertiser, December 29, 1998: “Readers of The Daily Advertiser were asked to submit names of’ the clubs where they danced to Louisiana music in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, with a brief recollection of what the club was like and who played there.”
The owner was Slim Naquin: photo by June Faul
Dwight Pittman
Played bass there every Saturday night with “The Showmen” in 1966 until I got my draft notice from Uncle Sam. That was my first house band job and the beginning of my career as a life long musician.
Dwight Pittman
I was the bass player/vocalist in the house band ‘The Showmen” from mid 1966 until I got drafted in February 1967