Matchbook cover: “Cajun music nightly” Mitchell Cormier and the Can’t Hardly Playboys: Cajun Cabin 1995 ...
Dancehalls in Orleans Parish
Caldonia Club
1940s era French Quarter R&B club on corner of Rampart & St. Philip Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm ...
Caldonia Inn
African American club- Featured in the 1949 Negro Motorist Green Book: Corner of St. Phillips and Claude Avenue ...
Carrington’s
Jazz club on east side of S. Rampart (Circus) between Lafayette & Girod (Notre Dame): Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm ...
Casino Cabaret
Storyville jazz club: West corner of Iberville & Liberty: Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm ...
Charlie Palooka’s
From the New Orleans Jazz History Decatur Street/ Vieux Carre Walking Tour brochure: “Originally the fashionable Ursuline Row designed by Gurlie and Guillot c.1831, the Decatur St. nightclub area came about because of the French Market, the demise of the Gallatin St. district, the derelict nature of the lower French Quarter in the early 1900s, and the closeness to the wharves. By the 1930’s the street had many bars and small dance halls with jazz bands. This club was one of that number.” ...
Ched’s
From 60sgaragebands.com: Mid to late 1960s New Orleans club where local garage bands such as The Better Half Dozen played ...
101 Ranch
1900s era Storyville Jazz club on west corner of Tremé (old Franklin Street) & Iberville: next door to Tuxedo Dance Hall: Opened in 1910 by Abraham Sapiro (later changed to Harry Parker): http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064433/1913-03-29/ed-1/seq-3/ ...
102 Ranch
Changed name from Cafe 101 to 102 Ranch- Owner William “Billy” Phillips ...
500 Club
1940s era French Quarter Jazz club on corner of St. Louis & Bourbon: 441 Bourbon Street (now Bourbon Street Blues Company): From the New Orleans Jazz History Central Vieux Carre Walking Tour brochure: “One of the early jazz spots on Bourbon St., Prima’s 500 Club was operated by Leon Prima, Louis’s older brother and himself a trumpeter of some repute. Prima and Frank Federico were highlighted at the opening in 1946, and music historian Hank Kmen later played in the band here.” ...