1978 Picture of Balfas playing there in Richard Deshotels video ...
Mutti’s Hotel
Newspaper item mentions upcoming dance, 1905: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015387/1905-07-08/ed-1/seq-5/ ...
Jones’ Bar
Mentioned in “Louisiana Fiddlers”: “Milton Vanicor recalls that, while he was playing with Iry Lejeune, many times Nathan Abshire and Dewey, after playing at Jones Bar north of Lake Charles, would come to the Shamrock Club in north Lake Charles and play until 1:00 a.m. The two groups would join in a jam session everyone enjoyed.” ...
Lil Chief’s Tepee
Johnnie Allan played there in 1984-86. ...
Emile Clause’s Dancehall
Newspaper article about a boy who was struck by lightning from the Tensas Gazette, St. Joseph, October 14, 1910 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87090131/1910-10-14/ed-1/seq-1/ ...
A.M. Wilks Beer Garden
From old matchbooks: Lee St. Extension- Hwy 71- “All soldiers welcome- terminal bus passes every 40 minutes” ...
Club 20
Mentioned in “Louisiana Fiddlers” by Ron Yule and Bill Burge: Country fiddler Bob Henderson played there with Matt and Smiley Bennett in 1951. The club was on Highway 1. From Louisianafolklife.org: “In the early 1950s, Herman on guitar and his brother who had taken up fiddle began playing country music shows at theaters and schools. Gradually, the band grew to an eight-piece band known as the Louisiana Ramblers and played area clubs such as Club 20 on Highway 1.” ...
Club De Soto
3019 Lee Street, “Dining and Dancing Nitely to Louisiana’s Finest String Bands” ...
Dub Hall
Mentioned in “Louisiana Fiddlers” by Ron Yule and Bill Burge: Activity Center for the Alexandria Catholic Church. Country, swing, and old time fiddler Ray Beebe played there in the early 1950s and again in the 1970s- every Saturday night. Country and western swing fiddler Jack Kay played there in the mid 1960s. ...
E & E Club
105 n. 3rd Street, Papa Cairo poster in Accordions, Fiddles, Two Step & Swing: A Cajun Music Reader ...