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From iberianet.com/forum/do-you-remember: “Éthe Teen Disco on Lewis Street- later Red’s SaloonÉ” ...

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.” ...

Listed on “Night Clubs I Remember”: http://louisianamusic.yolasite.com/night-clubs-i-remember.php ...

From iberianet.com/forum/do-you-remember: “ÉParrains on Lewis StreetÉ” ...

Russell Broussard: Mexican facade on Hwy 14- was a night club ...

From iberianet.com/forum/do-you-remember: “Anyone remember the club Our Gang- it was on Hwy 182 and used to be the Golden Pheasant. Waaaay back when.” “Éoff 182 by the Navy Base and in the woods by spanish LakeÉ” ...

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Mentioned in the New Iberia book, chapter by Louis Paul Bryant: corner of Julia & Hacker Streets; sometimes rented foor private affairs, but generally held a dance every Saturday and Sunday night. The band was a trio: Joe LeBlanc on fiddle, and another fiddle and accordionist. They played on a bandstand fashioned from the frame of an old four post bed with a canopy. The mattresses were removed and replaced with a wooden deck. Food was distributed: gumbo, coffee, & anisette. ...

Linda LeBlanc: 60’s, diverse ages, Black crowd, I saw Ike and Tina Turner there for $.50!!! concert venue, bring your own bottle, ice, mixers. ...

A Mexican entertainer, Filo Gonzalez, was a regular here- Bobby & Marella Caffey & Eldine & Ernest (Ben) Benoit: DL Menard- right in the middle of town on Center Street- where Arceneaux Ford is now. The only one I remember that would play in there regular was Al Perry. ...