1956 photo of the hall’s exterior is in the Ralston Crawford Jazz Photography collection in the Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane University. Kid Clayton’s band played an afternoon picnic there in 1956. http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16313coll4/id/323/rec/49 ...
Artisan Hall
1950’s jazz club on Derbigny Street in New Orleans, 1958 photo of the dancehall’s exterior is in the Ralston Crawford Jazz Photography collection at Tulane University http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16313coll4/id/250/rec/4 ...
Labor Temple Hall
1953 photo of patrons at the Bon Temps Carnival Ball in Labor Temple hall is in the Ralston Crawford Jazz Photography collection at Tulane University. http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16313coll4/id/247/rec/3 ...
Jeunes Amis Hall
1961 photo of Albert Jiles playing the drums, next to Billie Pierce playing the piano, next to DeDe Pierce playing the cornet, recording for the Riverside record label in Jeunes Amis Hall is in the Ralston Crawford Jazz Photography collection at Tulane University http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16313coll4/id/619/rec/2 ...
Caravan Club
1953 photo of Henry Jackson on the drums there is in the Ralston Crawford Jazz Photography collection at Tulane University http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16313coll4/id/484 ...
American Legion Hall
1950 photo of Lefty Eirmann on the sousaphone and Charlie Favrot on drums at a dance at the American Legion (Gentilly Post) Dance Hall is in the Ralston Crawford Jazz Photography collection at Tulane University. http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16313coll4/id/127 ...
Happy Landing Lounge
1950’s jazz club in New Orleans 1951 photo of Joseph “One Eyed Babe” Philips playing acoustic bass there is in the Ralston Crawford Jazz Photography collection in the Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane University http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16313coll4/id/876 ...
T Noon’s Place
Also known as the New Lake Inn Owner was T-Noon Bailey “The little fella with the biggest spot on the Levee” Cocktail Lounge “Wine, liquor, beer, mixed drinks, soft drinks” Dancehall- “Beautiful Dance floor, always good music” “If you don’t drink or don’t dance…just come out and visit.” “Live it up on the Levee” Photo courtesy of Regina Duval ...
Four Corners Bar
Photo courtesy of Robert “Robbeaux” Herbert LouisianaDancehalls.com reader comment by Robert “Robbeaux” Herbert: “Growing up in Abbeville, La. many people in the area had camps you could rent, and you could go down to the Cajun Riviera and let your hair down. Sometimes it was not all play, as we would go there and pull a seine hoping for a load of speckled trout, often ending up with a bunch of croakers and gafftops. Well one night I snuck off to the Four Corners when everybody was sleeping ( i was about 12 years old) and would go check out who was playing. It was a rock band called ‘Nickelodeon’ and as i remember, were pretty good. I was getting into guitar at that time, and my future bandmates all thought of playing the Four Corners as achieving Rock Star status…My friend Bobby Charles lived there and one of his sons had acquired the lease on the club, ‘Wanna play the Club?’ he says, and we booked it in September 2005, one week before Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown was to appear. We went as ‘Willie Purple’: Chuck Leger on Guitar, Kevin Weekly Bass, Gary LeBlanc (R.I.P.) on Drums, and myself on Lead vocals and Harmonica. Even Miss Cameron 1955 was in there too, kicking up some cornmeal on the dancefloor. Had a blast, packed house, only one fight, made some money. Unfortunately, we were the last band to play the Four Corners Bar, as the following week a Hurricane named Rita changed all that.” ...
Theriot’s Western Lounge
Crowley Post Herald article, October 9, 1970 describes at is being on “west Highway 90” and “providing the finest Country and Western music backed up by traditional French music on Friday and Saturday nights.” Photo courtesy of T-Bert and A.J. LeBlanc ...