At the time of the raid 2 am there were 35 patrons in the place. About 1950, the bar met hands again, and a new name emerged—the Turf Club, a name thought to derive from the stables, racetrack, and clubhouse built nearby in 1881 by Norman Kittson, merchant and one-time mayor of Saint Paul. Paul — jazz venue. The building has had a number of social establishments in it. French Press, downtown St. Under the gun from police for being the scene of prostitution and assaults, the city closed the club down in September 1978. The reasons why men pursue sex in public are multiple, with no definitive answer: for pleasure, because file men eroticize the spaces or activities of cruising; or because they are married or in the closet, and must keep their sexual desires secret. Below is a photo by Darrell Brand that shows the stage: The movie Mad Dogs and Englishmen contained minneapolis hookup spots of this performance; for an excerpt.
If you have any to add or corrections to make, please. I also appreciate any personal stories! NOTES: When I cite Stebbins, I am referring to a Ph. Stebbins in 1964 The Jazz Community: The Sociology of a Musical Sub-Culture. See the section on Sources on the Home Page. Many of these photos and information come from the folks on Facebook. I try to get permission to quote people and give credit on the photos. This site got switched over to WordPress and swallowed up a lot of my photos. So if you see a big empty space, imagine me cursing! I have BOXES of additional information and hundreds of additional photos to insert, so watch this space! Web High Priestess Heidi is in the process of making this long page into individual venue pages for better ease of use. Stay tuned for a big improvement! PROTOCOL If there were more than one club at a single location, I have alphabetized them with pointers to the original club. VENUES: Acme Palm Garden, St. These images of the Air-o-Inn came from the Bloomington Facebook page. Ours begins with Al Baisi who played for the Chicago Bears in the 1940s. He was a tough, uncompromising SOB. By the early 1960s Lehner was out of the picture but Al continued on. Al passed unexpectedly on April 15th, 2005. Neither pro football nor this world will see many more like him. Paul — jazz venue The Aloha Club Ballroom was on Highway 13, 2 miles west of Prior Lake in 1954. Dance by Moonlight — comfortably heated — on Beautiful Spring Lake. Percy Hughes, Judy, and Dickie Mayes performed Fridays and Saturdays in April. Alpine Room: See the Chalet. The Alps: 801 E. A new 1999 building sits there today. The A-frame building had three levels and was frequented by stewardesses, pilots, and other airline folks due to its proximity to the airport. The Insider reported that as of December 1968 it had been closed for many months because it was too noisy for an adjacent trailer court. Alvin Burlesk: Not sure a strip joint belongs here, but their ads appear in every paper, including the Minnesota Daily! One from December 1944 in the Republican Register advertises a show with a cast of 40, including Jessica Rogers and Jack Diamond. In 1952 Dagmar was all the rage. The Percy Hughes Trio was the house band from 1973 to 1982. It was apparently renamed Manders. Ad below from 1944. Tafi had been a dining car waiter for the Great Northern Railway, got a degree in political science and worked for Honeywell and the Institute of African-American Studies. An article from July 1971 said that brothers Danny and Gary Stevens were trying to line up financing to buy it and convert it to a rock venue called the Fillmore, but it was gone by 1972. It was an unpretentious establishment owned by a heterosexual married couple, Harold and Elizabeth Sutton. Managed by Pete Rhodes. He claims the two guys were Jimmy Jam… and Terry Lewis! The Taste interior scenes with Apollonia 6 were shot at the Union Bar in NE Minneapolis and the exterior, I believe, was shot in LA, where a few other shots were filmed, including the Hotel Huntington exterior. Photo below right around 1981, Minnesota Historical Society. Anglesey is an island off the north west coast of Wales. An undated and unsigned memo probably from the mid 1940s says that the owner of record was the Minneapolis Bridge Co. In March 1946 owner George Sampanis was charged with discrimination by two black men who were not served at the bar. The Minneapolis Spokesman reported that others had contacted the paper with complaints about discrimination. In 1970 there was the Regency Room for dining and dancing and the Surrey Room Piano Bar. The eBay matchbook says the Anglesey was celebrating its 25th anniversary. James Lileks found this cool postcard! Anoka Armory The Apartment: See the White House below. Aragon Ballroom: See Dreamland Dancing Pavilion below The Arcade Bar, 932 Arcade Street in St. This was a popular venue for dances in the black community in the 1920s. Not to be confused with the other Arcadia Dancing Palace in Minneapolis, although both were formerly known as Dreamland? Unless this ad from the Northwestern Bulletin is wrong. Owned by Timothy Bender and Phillip Archer. Jazz venue; in 1970 it featured entertainment in the piano lounge. Paul — jazz venue. The Bank: 770 W. Changed from the Cabaret in 1969, owned by Bob Mecay. THE BARN The Barn was located south of Highway 494 and east of Highway 169 then 18 in Eden Prairie. It was variously known as the Purple Barn Phil Kitchen says to sound more psychedelic and the South Barn. The front at least was painted purple. We played at the Purple Barn regularly. Photo courtesy Bob Burtis, shown on keyboards Another contestant at the Battle of the Bands was a band called Flight 69, show above. Photo courtesy band member Harry Eddie Eiss Photo of the South Barn courtesy Susan Shallman Anderson. Neal Bond: My recollections of the Barn go back to working as a band boy for the Stillroven way back when. I was in High School with Phil Berdahl and Danny Kane. They were playing there on a school night with the Underbeats. There was a very popular television show called The Fugitive which was having its television finale that night and the drummer from the Underbeats was giving a blow by blow description of what was going on in that finale between songs. An item in a December 1968 Insider said that Bill Roslansky formed Young America, Inc. In 1969 it was owned by Roslansky and Timothy Millette and was a teen club. Went there only once…pretty freaky for a couple 16 year old guys from South St. By 1973 it was the only teen rock club left, open only on Fridays. North Barn: This was in Plymouth, on Highway 18 now 169 and 42nd Ave. Another band in 1960 was the Aristocrats. Someone remembers another Barn in Plymouth, off Highway 18 and Bass Lake Road, on the north shore of Bass Lake. It was apparently a rough place, with chicken wire to protect the musicians from projectiles from the appreciative audience. After h
