Terry McDaniel: “I’m from Pine Prarie, which was somehow a dry ward in the 1950s. I was a regular patron at both the Evangeline Club and Club Rendezvous from 1956-64. My buddies and I would take dates to the Evangeline Club to dance, then we’d take them home and go to Club Rendezvous, where the girls had looser restrictions and hours. They were nice girls- but Club Rendezvous was ...[Read More]
Dancehalls in Evangeline Parish
Dilly Duck Club
Included in a 2006 Louisiana Cajun dance hall list compiled by WYNK Cajun DJ “Tee Mick” Abed, sent to me in personal correspondence from David Marcantel
Duff Martin’s Dancehall
In Deville Building: Newspaper reports of dancehall fire killing 28: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064250/1919-11-29/ed-1/seq-1/ Newspaper article concerning lawsuit of Duff Martin dancehall fire coverage: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064250/1920-03-20/ed-1/seq-5/ 28 people died in a fire on November 22, 1919: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064069/1919-11-27/ ...[Read More]
Foxy Lady Lounge
From scn.org/zydeco/backissues/zguidela.html :” Zydeco Dancer’s Travel Guide to Louisiana” Last updated in January 1998: “(Foxy Lady Lounge is)ÉSoutheast of Ville Platte on Highway 167”
Hick’s Wagon Wheel Club
Photo from Johnnie Allan Image Collection, Center for Louisiana Studies, Univeristy of Louisiana at Lafayette: L-R, Preston Manuel, Morris ÒT-BoyÓ Courville, J.B. Fuselier, Elvis Soileau Courtesy of Preston Manuel and Ann Savoy. Opelousas- Ville Platte highway Cajun- b/n Point Blue & Opelousas on 749- Aldus Roger & the Lafayette Playboys were frequent performers- Nick Fontenot met his wi ...[Read More]
High Life
corner of 167 & Hwy 10- T Mamou- Fontenots from Belair Cove always involved in fhuge fights- put weevils under horse saddles so they would be irritated and jumpy, dumped red pepper on floor to break up dance
Jungle Lounge
Listed in “Readers recall clubs where they danced to Louisiana Music” from The Daily Advertiser, December 29, 1998: “Readers of The Daily Advertiser were asked to submit names of’ the clubs where they danced to Louisiana music in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, with a brief recollection of what the club was like and who played there.” 1636 W. Main Street- Owned by Cliff ...[Read More]
Unknown club
Mentioned in “Louisiana Fiddlers” by Ron Yule and Bill Burge: Ed Johnson recalled that Country fiddler Bob Henderson played at a club in Turkey creek, name unknown, during 1948 and 1949. “The band included Jimmy Johnson, (electric guitar and fiddle), Happy McNichol (drums), Pete Singley (upright bass) and Bob (fiddle and guitar).”
Electric Golden Spur
Pic from 1974
Jack Bogard Bar
owner Jack Bogard