Jolly Rogers
Status: Closed
Parish: St. Martin
Location: St. Martinville/New Iberia
DL Menard: “We played the Jolly Rogers Club quite a bit. It was the first place that we sold copies of “La Porte d’en Arrire (The Back Door).” It cost $175 to record that song at Floyd Solieau’s studio in 1962. “The night we got that record we sold 300 copies @ $1 each! I got my money back that night! Mr. Badeau had to go and get some more! The next Saturday night we got to the Jolly Roger, the owner Simon Thibodaux said that when he opened the club that morning at 7:30 am to clean, a guy came in and played “The Back Door” on the jukebox and that was the only song that got played all day long. That night the crowd made me play “The Back Door” seven times! For a long time after that it was still playing it 5 or 6 times a night.”
Jo-EL Sonnier
Just was hoping that ya’ll might have some photo’s of the club both inside and outside
with us performing on stage
That little boy that was playing there
it was me
Jo-EL Sonnier and the Duson Playboys
along with Badeau and the La Aces
along with the famous DL Menard
singing and playing on a Jumbo 200 Gibson .