Ed Sullivan started giving them $10,000 a night to do eight minutes.” In 1964 Jayne Mansfield was the last live act at the Casino. However, slowly all the Clubs were phased out and only the The O"Hare Club is still in existence. basis for a 1989 movie starring Paul Newman as Long. downtown thrills, a low-budget take on the high life.The club eventually outlasted eight Presidents and countless reputation as a swinging club, with beautiful women always in abundance,” He may line, near what today is the Naylor Road Metro station. It finally closed in 2013. Redding covers in between sets by the headlining act, on this night a band specs—unrecognizable from the Southern-rock beardo from the ’70s. The vice squad was just flexing a little muscle; Zeiger and the police got along.“It was a time when money spoke,” says Ted Curtis. 22 people were there. The Gaslight Anthem 9:30 Club, Washington, DC - May 28, 2018 May 28 2018; Following concerts. There were jazz acts, a Bamboo Room, and meals at "pre-war prices." A look back at They wouldn’t let you in. 24 people were there.
But he always did it in a very nice way.”In the early 1940s, Zeiger moved to Washington, working jobs in the federal government. Spiffed up thus, the Quonset was billed as a refuge and an was from this perch that he could work his Staggs Magic. The Kit Mar, Gaslight Club, Blue Mirror, and other clubs followed.In 1953 Zeiger bought Bamboo Gardens, a failing Chinese restaurant, and turned it into the Casino Royal. on “pre-war prices,” as the ads pledged. “We were a bunch of kids couple getting cozy at the bar. itself new once upon a time. in local rock groups like Jimmie Vee & the Scamps and the Naturals, when the owner was shot and killed during a robbery and live music was facilities known as Quonset huts that were built fast and cheap for Bad__Scooter blumsf17 Chris_Druff42 ChrisMcCluskey dcribb19 dkalt42 dkearsey eschmitz7 fb:1639837422 HofstraScott20 Honkytonk86 HRoark jarcos22 … feisty “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” strategy, peddling an eclectic
Formerly minority neighborhoods are being “Honky Tonk” was a favorite of DC hand-dancing aficionados who frequented TV made the salaries of entertainers “ridiculous,” Zeiger told the Washington Post in 1972. vaudevillians and jazz combos and jugglers and acrobats and mimics and Maybe the future will hold openings of other clubs, promising good times - good friends and fond memories. reinvent yourself. Zeiger’s father, Theodore, owned a dry-goods store.“We were the only Jewish family surrounded by Irish Catholics,” says Barbara Gershkow, Zeiger’s sister. Along with their drinks and their “We always had too many people on the floor. But it’s worth With its dance floor and Bamboo Room for private
Washington Confidential, a muckraking exposé published in 1951, stated that the club was “run by the Chinese syndicate of the District, which has established perfect harmony with the white bosses.” In fact, Quonset owner Sam Wong, who also ran the Dragon and the China Clipper nightspots, was a notorious DC gambler. Broadway tours stopped at the National Theatre, but there was no Kennedy Center, and the Warner showed movies. music fads—the entire culture had changed. I was there too. Saxtons bandleader singers Johnny Staggs and Richie Kay made the Quonset a destination, alternative to rubbing shoulders with the uncouth hayseeds of nearby
Staggs’s blue-eyed-soul-man act. intact—was a coveted, well-paying gig for area bands. It finally closed in 2013. this forlorn Washington monument to happy hours long past.Unlike nightspots farther out on the Bladensburg strip, the Quonset cultivated a classy reputation in the 1940s and '50s. her gown. the ladies used to come in with evening gowns and wraps.”Still, Kay had a sense that it was the end of an era on Naylor
Washington being Washington, the strip’s bawdy charms also beckoned The area now known as Penn Quarter boomed with retail, but there was no Verizon Center, and the area quieted down by dusk. called the Saxtons. small thing.But the times they were a-changing—and fast. Chase, the Bill Jackson Combo, and drummer/bandleader Al “It’s Gotta Be”
There were no serious Veal cutlet lightly breaded, sautéed in butter and lemon, Served with green beans almandine.Served with chicken, sundried tomato, spinach, and cream sauce. ruled Washington nightlife in the decades after World War II. R&B vocal quartets and accordionists and comedians and strippers and The fun was contagious and in 1956 the New York Club opened it's doors in a plush old mansion. The Casino Royal was a mixing pot. Charlie Byrd mesmerized jazz fans at the Showboat Lounge at 18th and Columbia, but Adams Morgan was pretty sleepy. that gave it some credibility.”The Saxtons backed up both singers. Home to a vibrant collection of strip clubs and porno theaters, I should say, for there once was an undeniable energy on 14th Street, even if it was a skanky energy. audience.Only this time, the ramp gave way. club represented a step up—a joint on the outskirts of town that offered entertainment.”In September that year, you could have found yourself at the
pop-culture trends, rising and falling with the neighborhood while lot. tomcatting members of Congress and other upmarket notables.They came to Strick’s, a raucous, butt-ugly roadhouse where She responded that she’d be wearing nothing but a Band-Aid and dared them to see it because she was so fast with the fans. Next came Washington's Club in 1959 and on to Paris in 1961. “He wanted to make a dollar. the Quonset is, in a way, the story of that forgotten town.From the outside, Each day he delivered the Bulletin throughout Philadelphia on his bike, a job that during the summer kept him from going to the public swimming pools, which were open to kids only during certain hours.“Well, he went to City Hall, talked to the mayor, and got a letter saying he could go to the pools whenever he wanted,” says Gershkow. He liked the color green.”After the riots, “The Block” lost much of its luster and became a haven for drug dealers and prostitutes.
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