House of Blue Lights

Mentioned in “Louisiana Fiddlers” by Ron Yule and Bill Burge: post WWII era club located on Market Street in Shreveport. It was the first club that Pete and Hilda Hardin ran. Featured country music with Pete playing utility man in the house band- he played fiddle, saxo- phone, clarinet, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass, mandolin, and piano. ...

New Tuxedo

African American club- Featured in the 1949 Negro Motorist Green Book: 611 East 70th Street ...

Pete ‘n’ Peaches Club

Mentioned in “Louisiana Fiddlers” by Ron Yule and Bill Burge: “Following the closing of the Skyway, (Pete and Hild “Peaches” Hardin) opened Pete ÕnÕ Peaches Club, also on Highway 80, which followed the same formatÑshe ran the club and he handled the music. She notes he also barbered a lot in the shop he had on the premises.” ...

Unknown Dancehall

Newspaper ad about dance & baseball game to welcome home WWI vets: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064250/1919-06-28/ed-1/seq-8/ ...

Wawaron Club

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 ...

Woodsmen of the World

Photo from the Johnnie Allan Collection at the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Caption: Eva Boudreaux Benefit Dance, WOW Hall, Rayne, 1958. (L-R) Luby Landry, Cotton Top, Paul Bacque, Berlin LeBleu, Edward Junot, Merton Thibodeaux, Charles Bob Theriot, Doc Guidry, Al Terry, Ulysses Broussard, Dalton Delcambre, (unknown), and Eva Boudreaux (in front) ...

Jack Bogard Bar

Photos courtesy of Richard Deshotels Owner Jack Bogard ...