Whit’s Lounge

Status: Closed

Parish: Lafayette

Location: Lafayette

Don Gassie: Whit’s was a nice bar, well run by Whitney Leger. Sometimes the music would be just a piano player, and at other times maybe Lazy Lester or another similar band. Never heard cajun music there. Whit died not too many years ago (2011) and the Advertiser had an obituary if you are interested. Mirrored posts to check out your hair/clothes. Obituary states that Leger “was in business for twenty years with Whit’s Lounge and twenty years at Carnival Beach in Sunset.”

Photos from the Johnnie Allan Collection at the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Caption: Van Preston and the Nite Rockers, Whit’s Lounge, Lafayette, 1960 (L-R): Ivy Vanicor, Van Preston, Poochie Benoit
Caption (full band): Whit’s Lounge, Lafayette, circa 1965. (L-R): Abe Manuel, Pee Wee Trahan, Pee Wee Whitewing, Bobby McBride, Al Foreman

Matchbook photo from FaceBook group Lafayette Memories

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Photo Credit: Photo from the Johnnie Allan Collection at the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Courtesy of Poochie Benoit and Jay Miller