Teche Club
Status: Closed
Parish: Iberia
Location: New Iberia
DL Menard saw Hank Williams play there- “It costs a lot of money to go to the clubs. I was working and paid my own way to go see Hank Williams Sr. It cost me three dollars and my autogrpahed picture I bought cost fifty cents. In 1951. It was just country stars back then- now superstars like they have today. You can’t imagine $3 in 1951. The one who brought me there didn’t have $3 to go in, but I was working in the fields making my own money so I could go. I talked with him (Williams) for about 10 minutes. He was a real nice fella- he talked to everybody. One thing he told me and I’ll never forget- the more popular you get, the more you need to talk to the people. It’s not cats and dogs who buy them records! The more you talk to the people the more records you sell. I asked Hank to sing ‘She’ll never take her love from me’ and he did- he sang it low- not high like he recorded it.” lots of fights, burned down- Bobby & Marella Caffey & Eldine & Ernest (Ben) Benoit: the woman who owned it lost two husbands in similar accidents. There was a huge fan up in the ceiling and it ‘accidentally’ got turned on while they were working on it.”
Randal
I was wondering if anyone has or can get the address for the Teche Club. I have a medicine cabinet door with a mirror that used to be in my grandfather’s house. On it it has a picture of a lady,and at the bottom it has TESH CLUB on Hiway 90 one mile of New Iberia,La./ Orchestra every night /Bingo every -Tuesday 8:30p.m. 2 JACKPOTS -Thursday 8:30p.m. 2 GOLD ROLLS – Sunday 8:00p.m. 10 PRIZES. Everything is spelled like it is on the Mirror. I was wondering if it is the same club that y’all mention . I always wondered why the mirrored did not spell it like the Bayou Teche in New Iberia. Thought it might be named after someone,maybe. With gold rolls for a bingo prize, I wounder if the Highway 90 on the mirror,is what we call Main Street or Highway 182 now? Any information would be appreciated. Also I could send pictures if anyone would like to see it.
Roger
The Teche Club was located on Old Highway 90 (Hwy 182) just east of New Iberia, about 1 mile from the city limits. It was located on the south side of the highway. (not bayou side)