Flashback to BR Rock Bars & Bands

No mention of The Kingfish? (Where the Sex Pistols played)

Treedog, I know me and you shared the same smoke filled rooms growing up. 24K used to crash on my floor at my apartment because they didnt want to drive back to New Orleans that late at night. They would eat up my food and leave money on the way out. I lived behind Bon Marche working at 2010 (Rock era). But back on topic: Some of the Racks had music. Also, There was a club on Airline close to Old Hammond next to the Car Wash but cannot remember the name.

I thought The Kingfish was laffy?

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Also, There was a club on Airline close to Old Hammond next to the Car Wash but cannot remember the name.

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I've been to that place but damn if I can remember the name of it.

Here ya go Fot........

The Raven (but not acoustic):

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Belaire '78 Grad here

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LOL In 78, I was an 8th Grader at Park Forest Junior High.

maybe more Lafayette, dunno... War Babies. Did see them reunited in recent years in BR.

If anyone knows, tell me if I remember right... Jeff Pollard was the lead singer. He later went on to front LeRoux. They opened for Kansas on a tour. Pollard was a devout Christian. He led Kerry Livgren (chief songwriter/lead guitarist) for Kansas to being a heavy duty Christian. Livgren then left the commercial world for a music ministry. Pollard now a church pastor somewhere.

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Head East, Eddie Money, The Police, Edgar Winter

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Great times!!!!!!

Mirphy's had some great live shows too.

Found this on the War Babies referencing a 2010 reunion...

From the Smiley Ander’s column in the Baton Rouge Advocate of September 8, 2010:

If you were into music in Baton Rouge in the ’60s and ’70s, chances are you boogied to The War Babies.

The band has a Live After Five performance Friday, says former drummer (and former Baton Rouge TV weatherperson) Terry Burhans, who’s coming in from California for the gig.
Terry and Ed Lakin put together a history of the band:

Courtney Westbrook, Randy LeRay, Leonard Wyatt and Russ Thibodeaux, of Baton Rouge High, were joined in 1966 by Skippy Varnado and Tim Rockett, of Woodlawn High, to form the original War Babies.

When Russ and Leonard left the band, Terry, a Broadmoor student, joined.

Danny Kertacy got the band gigs at The Speakeasy “and almost every house on Fraternity Row.”

The band bought a 1948 38-seat bus and toured Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Arkansas and Texas.

At the White House Inn they opened for The Lovin’ Spoonful, The Cyrkle, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Eric Burdon and The Animals, and other groups.

Terry says, “Road managers Hunter Barrilleaux and Doug Payne helped to make The War Babies a sought-after act from Bogalusa to Boutte, from Dry Prong to Ville Platte.”

In the late ’60s, Terry was drafted into the Army and replaced by Billy Shumski. Later Henry LoVoy and Terry Blackwell played drums.

In the early ’70s, Randy LeRay retired and was replaced by Jeff Pollard, later lead singer for Louisiana’s LeRoux.

After a national album release tour with Casey Kelly, who left the Greek Fountain to try a solo career, the band split up. But many of its members still make music.

Recently Courtney and Skippy joined Kicks members Bob and Clay Coleman and drummer Keith Simoneaux to form a new version of The War Babies. And on Friday, Terry joins them.

Used to go see the Circuit Breakers wherever they were playing around BR back in the mid 80's. Last year I ran into Bruce Lamb playing the same stuff at a restaurant in Perkins Row, was fun.

There were some pretty good local bands and better bands visiting. Probably saw A-Train a couple dozen times and Asleep at the Wheel visited frequently. Things sure went south.