Club Streamline

Status: Closed

Parish: West Baton Rouge

Location: Port Allen

Chitlin’ Circuit blues club

Mentioned in “South to Louisiana” by John Broven: page 145: Tabby Thomas played there in 1952 after returning home from serving in the Air Force on the West Coast.

Mentioned in “Flashbacks: Eyewitness Accounts of the Rock Revolution, 1964-1974” by Michael Lydon: page 49-50: In 1968, B.B. King was promised $650 for a gig and stiffed by the promoter, who only paid him $400. A late night food stop at a diner in Baton Rouge resulted in a run-in with local self described George Wallace supporters that ended with sax player Lee Gatling being stabbed in the arm and trumpet player Pat Williams being struck with a chain on the forehead with a heavy chain.