re: Southdowns Lounge is Back

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Yes, my bad...it was Mac Brousseau. I remember a very crazy weekend on Macs houseboat with crabs iced down and steaks on the bar b q pit...a lot of liquor and crusing up and down the river...and I think CCR was still on the stereo

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He owned Uncle Earls with Missy Jackson and his brothers opened and owned The Caterie, O Briens and Parrains which they since have sold. Not sure what they do now but they did a good job on those. Caterie has gone way down hill food wise since they had it. Parrains food is good though.

He did indeed sit on the bar stool and Missy always sat in the rocking chair just inside the door with Mac's Bull Mastiff and Missy's two golden retrievers on the floor in front of her.

Not sure what Missy is doing these days either. I remember, although I was too young at the time, when Uncle Earls opened because next door was The Kingfish. I did get to see The Jeff Pollard Band at the Kingfish before it closed and that band became Louisiana's LeRoux. "New Orleans Lady."

Crap. Long time ago.

I remember when his houseboat burned down and all that was left was the barge and for several years he would just cruise the burned up barge up and down the Tickfaw river. He was a trip now.

I also remember when Apple Sanders was the bouncer at Southdowns. He was huge and knew it but one night I saw an old man knock him out with one punch. The whole bar sounded like when Eddie Fuller caught the touchdown in Tiger Stadium to beat Auburn. That was a funny site.

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Peppy's.

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That was when I was in my prime. Kingfish was going out just when I was coming in.

Forrest Ward was a bartender at Peppy's and could make a glass of vodka like no other.

Mac has passed on...don't know about everyone else.

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Yep, Glen Bynum, Forrest, Jill, etc..

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I think Glen is at Primo's for this week and Matt Merchant is there as well I believe.

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And didn't mean to slight Missy and their dogs by omission, as it's environs made for a great contrast to Peppy's club atmosphere. Uncle Earl's was a great Mon-Thurs pooldive, Peppy's was a Fri-Sat dancefloor.

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Didn't think about a slight. I used to play pool a bunch and that was a great place to do it. Wish it was still around. Back then there were several good places to play pool. Not so much so anymore.

What were the two places by Foxy's? Can't remember the names of those.

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...Matt has move on to Notoco Elect. in sales

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Must have taken Paul Maranto's place.

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MK

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She's a day older than me. We've known each other since we were 15. Great gal.

I met MK at fairway when she first started working their...just made 18....God, were old.

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fairway

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That was back when Whipper hung out there.

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You bet he did

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He's a good friend of mine albeit considerably older. We know a lot of the same people.

One of the pool halls close to Foxy's was Tony & Lela's. Nice older couple. Always had the coldest longnecks around.

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Tony & Lela's

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Originally at airline and I12 where Holliday inn is....The Honey Bunny Pool Hall...I still can see Lela with that old guitar singing "Big Boss Man"...."You need another beer honey bunny?"