York Club

Parish: Lafayette

Location: Lafayette

Mentioned in Louisiana and Texas garage magazine Brown Paper Sack, issue #1, January, 1997 in the article “Toga A Go-Go″:

“The Roamin’ Togas solidified their rep throughout ’67 at most of the famed venues in South Louisiana at the time like the Beaconette in New Orleans, the Golden Slipper in Baton Rouge, the Puppy Pen in Lake Charles, Paul’s Lounge in Jeanerette, and the York Club in Lafayette…”

In the article “The Bad Roads″:

The Bad Roads guitarist Bryan Smith: “We’d play at the Golden Slipper in Baton Rouge, the York Club in Lafayette, LeFleur’s Roller Rink in Sulphur, the Catacombs in Houston…”
The Bad Roads drummer Danny Kimball: “The York Club used to get real crazy. We were playing there one night when these hoods- about six of them- came in and started hassling everybody. And one of them started giving Milton, our roadie, a lotta shit. And we’re right in the middle of a song, right? So Buz got Kenny and Duane- who were justing waiting for the opportunity to kick your ass- to shut these guys up. So Duane walks up to one of them and asks the guy if he wants to dance. Well, the guy hit Duane with a sucker punch, and Duane just looked at him and smiled. And he and Kenny commenced to kicking’ the shit outta the greasers- they beat ’em into pulps! The people at the York Club didn’t try to stop it- they loved it ’cause those guys were always causing trouble there.”