Silver Slipper

From http://library.mcneese.edu/depts/archive/SWLAMusicians/encyclosz.htm#stmary: ” The Silver Slipper was a club located on Highway 90 between Lake Charles and Sulphur in the 1950s.” ...

Speedy’s Broken Mirror Club

Rumored to be once be owned by Quincy Davis, who sold it to buy the Avalon Club in Basile. possibly owned by Quicy Davis- the Pine Grove Boys played there weekly in 1948: http://www.bopping.org/nathan-abshire-pope-of-cajun-accordion/ Photo from the Johnnie Allan Collection at the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Caption: Speedy’s Broken Mirror Club, Sulphur 1947, (L-R) Harry Choates, Johnnie Mae Smirle (Manuel), Joe Manuel, Eddie Pursley, B.D. Williams, courtesy of Arhoolie Records ...

Unknown Dancehall

Newspaper item about suicide at dance: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064402/1913-05-30/ed-1/seq-3/ ...

Wayne & Lane’s

Ellis Vanicor & the LaCassiene Playboys every Sunday 3-7: 588-4273 ...

Carnival Beach

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.” ...

Ledoux’s Bar & Lounge

Old phone book ad: ” Relax and Enjoy Yourself in Modern Surroundings in Modern Sunset: Air-Conditioned” ...

Maurice Lavergne’s

Included in a 2006 Louisiana Cajun dance hall list compiled by WYNK Cajun DJ “Tee Mick” Abed, sent to me in personal correspondence from David Marcantel ...

Paul’s Playhouse

Chickeen and Gwen Miller in Grand Coteau? 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.” ...