By Soulaholic (68.41.47.183) on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 10:55 pm:

Hello All:

Fayette, you mentioned you remember some clubs from Atlanta. Which ones where they? I worked in Atlanta 1977/1979 for a while, Casbah, Krazz's, Backstreet, VIP. There was also some club out in Marrietta tha Dan Miller use to spin at?

I am originally from Boston so I remember spinning at The Surf, Friends, Yesterdays, Zeldas,Jacob Ladder(Jimmy Forneia), Mirage (Joey Carvello), Elephant Room, Lansdowne (Danae Jackavidis) and the other clubs I remember where the Other Side, 1270 (Jimmy Stewart), Rhinoceros (John TC Loungo)

Also did some guess spots in NYC, Limelight, Danceateria, Roseland Ball Room and I remember going to the Billboard conventions and going to a whole slew of clubs in NYC: Hippo, Funhouse, Gentlemans club, 54, Stringfellows, 12 west, garage plus to many just vaguely stuck in my mind some where.

Finally I spun for a while in Pittsburgh, 2001, VIP, Heaven, Happy Landing, BYM.

Does any one here know what the Detroit and Chicago scene was like then. I spun a little in Chicago put that was the 90's and I live in Detroit now.

Soulaholic

By Eli (151.197.183.125) on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 11:25 pm:

Soulaholic,

Do you know Eddie B??

By STUBASS (64.12.97.7) on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 11:38 pm:

HEY SOULAHOLIC!!!...IF THERE WAS A CLUB VENUE AROUND DETROIT...ESPECIALLY AS RELATED TO SOUL MUSIC...I PLAYED THERE...WHEN I WAS WITH "THE STRIDES" AND SOME OTHERS!!!...I FOUND ALL OF MY EXPERIENCES PLAYING IN THOSE CLUBS IN THE MID-LATE 60'S...20 GRAND...MR. KELLYS...CASINO ROYALE...GINO'S...AND MANY MANY MORE...QUITE INTERESTING...AND IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYONE I MET ALWAYS TREATED ME NICELY!!!...DETROIT CLUBGOERS WERE ALWAYS GREAT AUDIENCES...AND WOULD GET BEHIND CERTAIN GROUPS AND ACTS!!!...DETROIT ALSO HAD A BIG "CABARET" SCENE WHERE I PLAYED MANY SHOWS...AT LARGE HALLS WHERE TALENT WOULD BE BOOKED...AND PROMO SIGNS WOULD START POPPING UP AND LOCAL RADIO STATIONS WOULD PROMO THESE EVENTS!!!...STUBASS

By soulaholic (68.41.47.183) on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 11:44 pm:

Hello Bobby:

Yes Eddie B is a very good friend of mind. Eddie bing a little older than me and him being into the soul more than disco stuff, he would only come to the clubs now and then (no ride was tuff)

I talk with him and look for records, and buy records and talk the crap with him every now and then.

Great Soul Eddie is.

Soulaholic

He knows me as Brian H. from Revere

By soulaholic (68.41.47.183) on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 11:47 pm:

Hello Bobby:

Do you have copies of all the stuff you played on?

I bet I might?

Soulaholic

By Soul Sister (65.43.167.42) on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 11:58 pm:

In N.Y. in the 1960's we went to:

Go-Go Lounge-Congers,(Upstate)N.Y. ***
Riviera Lounge-(Yonkers),N.Y.
Maxim's-(Bronx),N.Y.
Baby Grand-(Brooklyn),N.Y.
Baby Grand-(Harlem),N.Y.
Small's Paradise-(Harlem),N.Y. *
Minton's Playhouse-(Harlem),N.Y.
Palm Cafe-(Harlem),N.Y. *
Shalimar-(Harlem),N.Y.
Wagon Wheel-45th.Street(Mid-Town),Manhattan ***
Peppermint Lounge-45th.Street(Mid-Town),Manhattan
Trudi Heller's Trik-(Mid-Town),Manhattan
The Cheetah-(Mid-Town),Manhattan *
The Metropol-(Mid-Town),Manhattan
Tommy Smalls-(Mid-Town),Manhattan
Lloyd Price's Turntable-Broadway(Mid-Town),Manhattan
Roseland-(Mid-Town),Manhattan *
Bottom Line-(Greenwich Village), Manhattan
Village Corner-(Greenwich Village), Manhattan
Limelite(original one)/(Greenwich Village),N.Y.
Peppermint Lounge-Newark,N.J.
Pete's Club-Jersey City,N.J. *
Billy Stewart's Night Club- (N.W.)Washington,D.C.

***=main hangouts!!
Numerous others all over can't even recall their names!!!

By David Meikle (81.130.211.124) on Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 03:42 am:

Nice list Soul Sister.

By Musicchef (68.104.25.189) on Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 05:31 am:

Did someone mention the "Cheetah" ? Here's a Sam and Dave live show from the Cheetah in NYC 7/28/69




Sorry bout the logo, but I can't be to careful

Da Chef

By Soul Sister (65.43.167.42) on Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 08:32 am:

Hey Chef;
One of the times when I was at the Cheetah with Smitty(Manhattans), George Clinton and Parlament-Funkadelic were on the same bill. That was the first time I ever saw George Clinton in his get-up and he scared the ____ out of me (He-He-)! The start of a new era. I hated those strobe lights at the Cheetah, they were blinding!
S.S.

By Soul Sister (65.43.167.42) on Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 08:36 am:

David M;
THANKS! Those were some adventure times, who'd ever thought we'd be talking about all that era and our experiences today (?)... Never thought it was anything special back then, but glad I was there now.(smile).
S.S.

By Musicchef (68.104.25.189) on Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 05:32 pm:

LOL @ being scared... I'm mad that I missed out on all of this great stuff ! Sometimes being 39 isn't so cool growing up in a small city...

Da Chef

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 05:52 pm:

Geez...being from the not-so-soulful city of Rochester NY there weren't many "hip clubs" around when I was growing up but here were some "hangouts" that did exist during the soul era:

The Pythodd Club (owned by the Fraternal Order of the Pythodd; mainly a jazz/blues club in a large converted house - Chuck Mangione "cut his teeth" playing there)

Tiny's Bengal Inn (located near Lake Ontario & Ontario Beach; R&B bands such as the Brass Buttons and Wilmer & the Dukes played there)

Club 2-On-2/Club 747 (aaahh...disco comes to the Flower City)

Rochester Community War Memorial Auditorium (James Brown played here several times during the 1960s & 70s; Parliament/Funkadelic showed up with the Mothership and the city wasn't the same since!).

That's all I can remember....for now...

Kevin Goins - KevGo

By dvdmike (68.72.175.101) on Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 07:15 pm:

Chicago in the house. Here are popular clubs from the '70s & '80s:

THE COPHERBOX I & II
THE GODFATHER LOUNGE
DINGBATS (Formerly the Chez Paree)
THE HIDEAWAY
THE WOODLAWN GARDENS
THE SHEBA (A young Arsenio Hall was the M.C.)
THE NIMBUS
THE NEW APARTMENT LOUNGE
PERV'S HOUSE (Owned by Pervis Staples)
THE TIGER LOUNGE
BARBARA'S PEPPERMINT LOUNGE
SWEET GEORGIA BROWN'S (Owned by Lisa Raye's dad)
CHIC RICK'S
THE COTTON CLUB
There was a popular club around 79th & Western that I can't remember the name of

That's all I can remember off the top of my head. I know some other Chi-Town people can take it a little further

By Eli (151.197.218.227) on Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 08:15 pm:

In Philly the clubs were:
Second Story
Catacombs
Kim Graves
Impulse
Cadillac Club
G Wiz
The Biarritz
Scruples
The Ritz
Christine
PT's
Flannigans
Phoenix
The Apollo
Mousies Paradise
Ciro's
Wrec-a poom-poom
Hi Line Club
Dick lee's
Dio's
Continental Safari
Pulsations
Black Banana
Purgatory
The Cave
Ripley's
Grendel's Lair
London Victory Club
Bijou

By Marv (205.188.209.109) on Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 11:43 pm:

I remember Second Story in Philly well ,also Pulsations and Flannigans on South Street. What about Chestnut Street Cabaret and J.B. Winchells?

By Marv (205.188.209.109) on Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 11:47 pm:

Some Detroit Clubs some of you might remember:

Taboos
Ben's High Chapperell
Chassie's
Ortheia's Place
The Sting
Nichols
Detroit West Club
Bakers' Keyboard Lounge
Bert's
Emmanuel Stewarts Place

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 12:15 am:

HEY MARV!!...AND TO ANYONE WHO REMEMBERS THE ULTIMATE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES DREAM...TO OPEN THEIR OWN CLUB!!!...NOT TALKING LARGE CHAIN RESTAURANTS LIKE MICHAEL JORDAN WOULD HAVE TODAY...OR EVEN THE UPSCALE HAUNTS OF A JOE NAMETH OR MICKEY MANTLE...BUT WHO REMEMBERS FORMER PISTON JOE STRAWDER AND FORMER TIGER WILLIE HORTON...WHO BOTH HAD MORE INTIMATE CLUBS DOWN ON LIVERNOIS SOUTH OF THE SIX MILE AREA!!!...STUBASS

By stillsoulin (81.132.154.63) on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 12:41 pm:

hi all, i love this thread, were these soul clubs as such or just disco bars where everyone hung out, nice to see our american friends listing clubs they went to as youngsters as apposed to us english bombarding them with ours, no offence meant at all, but am genuinely interested in what these clubs would play, record wise, and are we talking 60,s 70,s or what?
cheers rob hurcomb

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 01:15 pm:

STILLSOULIN!!!...AS FOR THE DETROIT CLUBS...AT LEAST...THE ONE'S THAT I WAS FAMILIAR WITH WERE EITHER SHOW CLUBS...WITH LIVE ENTERTAINMENT...USUALLY ARTISTS OR GROUPS BACKED BY A BAND...DOING MOTOWN OR EVEN SOME MEMPHIS STUFF MIXED IN!!!...MOST OF THESE ARTISTS AND GROUPS WERE LOOKING TO GAIN A REPUTATION...OR CATCH THE EYE OF SOME RECORDING STUDIO (HOPEFULLY MOTOWN) PEOPLE!!!...THESE WERE PRIMARILY THE CLUBS THAT I PERFORMED AT!!!...THE CLUBS THAT I WOULD PREFER TO HANG OUT AT...WERE USUALLY JAZZ ORIENTED CLUBS...WHERE SMALL JAZZ COMBOS WOULD PERFORM...MANY OF THE MUSICIANS PLAYING R&B ON THEIR DAY GIGS...OR GOING OUT TO PLAY R&B SHOWS WHEN THE WEREN'T PLAYING JAZZ!!!...THESE WERE THE CLUBS WHERE LOCAL MUSICIANS REALLY MADE THEIR MARK AND GAINED THEIR REPUTATIONS!!!...STUBASS

By Soul Sister (65.43.167.42) on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 03:08 pm:

STU; Joe Nameth's club in Manhattan was called "Broadway Joe's".
S.S.

By STUBASS (205.188.209.109) on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 03:37 pm:

SOUL SIS!!!...HATE TO CORRECT AN "ANGEL"...BUT I THINK THE CLUB THAT JOE HAD AN INTEREST IN WAS CALLED..."BACHELORS lll"...ALTHOUGH JOE NAMETH WAS KNOWN AS "BROADWAY JOE"!!!...STUBASS

By Scratcher (65.238.127.48) on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 03:42 pm:

Akron, OH checking in:

The Heidi-Ho Lounge on Wooster.

That's it.

By Soul Sister (65.43.167.42) on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 05:24 pm:

Stu;
You may be correct but thats what I remember from the media, I passed it in midtown back then but its all a blurr now, then again my memory gives me fits sometimes of late.
S.S.

By Fury13 (12.2.196.17) on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 05:32 pm:

Detroit, 1945-1970+:

Flame Show Bar
Chappie's
Phelps Lounge
Lee's Sensation Lounge
Royal Blue
Madison Ballroom
Apex Bar
Broad's Club Zombie
Willis Show Bar
Club Gay Haven
Falcon Show Bar
Club Cliche
Ethel's
Walled Lake Casino

By STUBASS (152.163.252.68) on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 05:39 pm:

HEY FURY!!!...I MAY HAVE THE DISTINCTION OF HAVING PLAYED ON THE LAST SHOW *EVER* AT THE WALLED LAKE CASINO...AND IT WAS HORRIBLE!!!...EVERYTHING AT THE PARK WAS CLOSED DOWN EXCEPT THE CASINO!!!...I HAD HOOKED UP WITH A GUY FROM PHILLY WHO THOUGHT THAT HE WAS GONNA BE THE NEXT BERRY GORDY!!!...BOOKED MY MUSICIANS AND A COUPLE OF ACTS...NO MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE SHOWED UP...THE GUY BOUNCED OUR CHECK...AND WROTE ME A LONG LETTER APOLOGIZING TWO WEEKS LATER (POST MARKED PHILADELPHIA)...!!!...SO MUCH FOR BG-2!!!...STUBASS

By fayette (64.12.97.7) on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 05:49 pm:

hey this is fayette here,
THE most popular clubs in atlanta,in the 70's were in UNDERGROUND
ATLANTA, clubs such as THE MINE SHAFT,
SCARLET OHARA WHERE THEY served a drink
that look like fruit punch with fire on
it and it make you drunk for two weeks(lol)
first met blue magic at a club in 1973,before
that major hit(side show) they were at a
little hole in da wall called the paladium
club on simpson street.by the way eli it was there that i still have the photo we took. met david and saw
eddie kendrick in buckhead at a club
called THE BLUE SHADOW.

By Fury13 (12.2.196.17) on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 05:52 pm:

Stu, that's really unfortunate... so the place burned down soon after? When was that?

By fayette (64.12.97.7) on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 05:55 pm:

let me make a correction the club in met david ruffin in was called the moon shadow in buckhead

By STUBASS (152.163.252.68) on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 06:03 pm:

I BELIEVE THAT I PLAYED THERE IN 67 OR 68!!!...STU

By dvdmike (68.72.168.232) on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 07:17 pm:

In 1930s through 1950s Chicago we had:

THE CHEZ PAREE (Top nightclub in town during it's day)
THE BLUE NOTE (Top jazz supper club located in the Loop, all the greats played there)
THE LONDON HOUSE
MISTER KELLY'S
THE CLUB DeLISA (Top club on the South Side)
THE RHUMBOOGIE (Owned by Joe Louis)
THE CROWN PROPELLER
THE GREEN MILL (North Side jazz joint)
THE BEE HIVE (Popular Hyde Park jazz club)
THE PALM TAVERN (Around the way from the Regal)
THE SAVOY BALLROOM
THE GRAND TERRACE BALLROOM

By David Meikle (62.252.128.6) on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 07:24 pm:

DVDMIKE

What do you know of the sixties clubs?

By STUBASS (152.163.252.68) on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 07:25 pm:

DVD MIKE!!!... I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING TO BOTH THE LONDON HOUSE AND MR. KELLYS ON TRIPS TO CHICAGO IN THE 70'S!!!...SAW THE GREAT GEORGE SHEARING AT THE LONDON HOUSE!!!...ALSO HAD FUN ON RUSH STREET DURING THOSE DAYS!!!...STUBASS

By Soul Sister (65.43.167.42) on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 07:30 pm:

dvdmike;
Jimmy often talks about the DeLisa and tales from the 40's, 50's & beyond. It was also a main spot for Little Miss Cornshucks. Joe Louis'place too.
S.S.

By Fury13 (12.2.196.17) on Friday, July 11, 2003 - 07:36 pm:

dvdmike, I understand that the Grand Terrace building is still there, as a hardware store on E. 35th. Is that right?

Was that one of the clubs that James T. Farrell referred to in "Studs Lonigan"?

By stillsoulin (81.132.154.63) on Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 05:31 am:

hi, most of the clubs mentioned are obviously geared with live artist/group as the main entertainment, a big differance to the clubs in england, although there were clubs putting on acts it was nearly always as a special night, unless you lived in the big cities, maybe this is why us brits know so much about the record side of things as this was the only way of getting any information on the groups, scouring the label for any info as opposed to chatting with them at the bar before or after a gig as you seem to be implying is what happened. If i saw a group of any stature it would be at big theatre or hall where in reality you had little or no chance to speak to the artists, which is why it is fascinating reading your tales on the forum.
rob hurcomb

By Eli (205.188.209.109) on Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 12:31 pm:

Hey Fayette,
What was the name of the Club on Auburn Ave. that featured a lot of well known r&b acts??
There also was a motel nearby where all of the acts stayed.
I have worked there several times but my brain cells aren't functioning this morning so maybe you can hep me, urrgggghh, good gawd!!!!!

By STUBASS (152.163.252.68) on Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 12:35 pm:

HEY FAYETTE 2!!!...HAVE YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE OUR OLD FRIEND...AND FORMER MEMBER OF THE "FABULOUS COUNTS"...ORGANIST MOSE DAVIS...WHO PLAYS AT A LARGE HOTEL LOUNGE IN ATLANTA???...IF YOU SEE HIM...TELL HIM ALL HIS FRIENDS IN DETROIT AND L.A. SAY HEY!!!...STUBASS

By R&B (138.238.41.118) on Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 01:48 pm:

HEY GANG DO YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT THE OLDEST CLUB WAS...THE ONE THAT THE CAVEMAN USED TO GET HIS WIFE[WHEN YOU HIT THAT CLUB YOU REALLY SAW SOME STARS]...DON'T KILL ME GANG I COULDN'T RESIST!HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!!!

By fayette (152.163.252.68) on Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 06:27 pm:

eli the club on auburn avenue called
the royal peacock is still there, it's
in looking distance from martin luther
king's memorial site. it housed acts like jackie
wilson, otis redding,james brown. joe simon etc.