Club Avalon
Status: Closed
Parish: Evangeline
Location: Basile
Photo from the Johnnie Allan Collection at the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Caption: Harry and the Louisiana Aces, Club Avalon, Basile, 1949 (L-R): Roland Prudhomme, Harry LaFleur, Whitney Doucet, Bill Haye, Eston Bellow
Closed in 1956 after owner Quincy Davis’s death from a heart attack- Davis was from Oberlin. Nathan Abshire moved to Basile because Davis offered him a regular gig there- Louisiana Music- p. 19- JA 1955: From “Louisiana Fiddlers” by Ron Yule: Abe Manuel Sr. played there with Leo Soileau in the 1940s.
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Photo Credit: Photo from the Johnnie Allan Collection at the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Larry LaFleur
I’m Larry LaFleur, a retired pastor in Sulphur, La. at my birth my dad managed the Avelon. Mr earlier memories are riding my tricycle in the dance floor and sitting on
The bandstand listening to Doug Kirshaw play fiddle and sing.
MARK SIDNEY DENETTE
Hello, does anyone know of a book that covered the old dancehalls in cajun country? I seen it one time with a long article and pictures of John Quincy Davis but do not remember the name of the book. I found one that is called Ghost of Good Times but I do not think that was it. Any help is appreciated.
John Sharp
It might be Johnnie Allan’s book: Memories: A pictorial history of South Louisiana music, volume I & II combined, 1920s-1990s : South Louisiana and East Texas musicians