Dancehalls in Caddo Parish

Lake Cliff Club

Philip Dutton: “When I was in high school and college in the 70s there was a bar and dance hall on the north side of Cross Lake called The Lake Cliff Club. As I recall it was primarily a country western honky-tonk. I was only in it once. Long haired hippies were uncomfortable there. :))” ...

Glass Hat

Matchbook covers The Glass Hat Cocktail Lounge 427 Crocket St. Shreveport, LA Continuous Entertainment The Glass Hat Cocktail Lounge 323 Texas Street Shreveport, LA Just the place for the perfect evening Continuous Entertainment ...

American Legion Hall

Mentioned in “Louisiana Fiddlers” by Ron Yule and Bill Burge: Bill Kirkpatrick played bass in the eleven piece big band Milt Chapman Orchestra there after WW2. ...

Gay 90’s

716 Louisiana Street: 1965 Polk Directory: In the Arlington Hotel on cotton street. Several popular clubs were located on the ground floor. http://downtownshreveport.com/media/2011/12/historic17.jpg ...

Zeigler Home

Third floor dance hall on the third floor of a private home, 1897: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064460/1897-01-09/ed-1/seq-3/ ...

Southland Park

From www.garagehangover.com: Teen Club that Shreveport garage band The Group/Noel Odom and the Group played there 1964-1969 ...

Skyway Club

Mentioned in “Louisiana Fiddlers” by Ron Yule and Bill Burge: (Owners Pete and Hilda”Peaches” Hardin) are most noted for the Skyway Club on Highway 80, which they operated during the Louisiana Hayride years of the late 1940s and 1950s. This club was frequented by Òeverybody who was anybodyÓ and wanted to party away from the Louisiana Hayride. Peaches recalls Hank Williams, a young Elvis Presley, Webb Pierce, Slim Whitman, and a host of other Hayride stars visiting the club. She believes Pete met Hank at the club, which led to his playing on the Hayride and at a few local dates with the Drifting Cowboys. She also noted that Hank played at the Skyway with Pete and his house band and that she had sung with both Hank and Elvis at the Skyway Club.” ...

Shindig

From www.gargehangover.com: Shreveport garage band The Rogue Show played there for several years- ending in 1969. ...

Progressive Men’s Club

From www.garagehangover.com: On Cross Lake- New Years Eve dance poster of the Rouge Show and Eddie G and the Jive Five ...

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. ...