Claude’s Greenwood Inn

Pat Tatum: pretty notorius place- Momma and Daddy would zip right by there- especially at night- there’d be cars on both sides of the road and people walking all over. My husband (then boyfriend) would drop me home and go back. I think it was older than that- but I don’t remember. ...

KP Hall (Knights of Pythias?)

Newspaper mention about dance in St. Tammany Farmer, February 22, 1908 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015387/1908-02-22/ed-1/seq-5/ ...

Purple Pickle Club

Mentioned in Louisiana and Texas garage magazine Brown Paper Sack, issue #1, January, 1997 in the article “Time Remains: A Subjective Side to South Louisiana Rock ‘n’ Roll Singles, 1965-1967″: “(The Glory Rhodes) were all pals at Ridgewood High in (New Orleans) and honed their sound playing the neighborhood joints like the Purple Pickle Club and the American Union Hall.” From www.garagehangover.com: “From 1967 on, (New Orleans garage band) The Local Traffic developed a reputation as a hard-driving force in the local music scene. This led to better-paying gigs at psychedelic teen clubs, such as The Purple Pickle in Slidell…along with high school dances and private parties.” ...

Redmen Hall

Newspaper item mentioning a dance, 1908: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015387/1908-09-19/ed-1/seq-7/ ...

Unknown Dancehall

Newspaper item about Marshall being killed at a dance: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015387/1911-08-26/ed-1/seq-1/ ...

Melancon’s Hall

Newspaper item about a dance there, music by the Claiborne Williams Orchestra in The Donaldsonville Chief, January 26, 1918 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034248/1918-01-26/ed-1/seq-3/ ...

Lemail Club

Bois Sec Ardoin’s first cousin’s club near Caesar’s Palace ...