Unknown hall

Newspaper item mentions a Bud Scott dance held there, 1915: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87090131/1915-02-12/ed-1/seq-5/: 1915: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87090131/1915-05-21/ed-1/seq-4/ ...

Sabine River Opry

Mentioned in “Louisiana Fiddlers” by Ron Yule and Bill Burge: Country fiddler Elton Brindley played there in the 1950s. “It was a hotspot for forties- and fifties-style country music and fiddling. People came from Texas and southwest Louisiana to listen to and play music every Saturday night in the seventies and early eighties.” ...

Club 26

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.” Hwy. 13 used to be Hwy. 26: Crowley Road- old phonebook ...

Coz’s Blue Goose Lounge

Photo from the Johnnie Allan Collection at the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. 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.” North 2nd: Burned down- originally called just The Blue Goose: Charles Cardela owned it. ...

Crystal Cocktail Lounge

142 N 2nd, old phone book ad: “Relax with your friends in an atmosphere of refinement: real bar-be-cue sandwiches, hot tamales, boiled shrimp, special bar-be-cue orders taken; One of Southwest Louisiana’s Most Beautiful” ...

Dup’s Beer Garden

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.” North of town on 13 (Veteran’s Memorial Highway) near Mariaun Road ...

Etley’s Lounge

Mentioned in “Louisiana Fiddlers”: Merlin Fontent played there regularly in the early 1970s: also the Louisiana Ramblers ...