Re: [bomp] More on NRBQ/Wax Museum

[John Leonard <john.leonard19@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I remember the Safari Club, which had stuffed lions and gorillas and 
stuff like that. Other than that, it wasn't such a great place to play 
because even the hardcore nightclubbers were scared to go there.

On Wednesday, August 11, 2004, at 01:08 PM, E Innes wrote:

>
> NRBQ actually played three shows there with J Sebastian opening, 
> technically six because they probably did two shows per night.  Other 
> acts that opened for NRBQ there were Carl Perkins, Professor Irwin 
> Corey, Rev Billy C Wirtz and the best of all, Henny Youngman. All 
> killer shows.
> I also saw Fats Domino there and a bunch of other great acts.  It had 
> actually been a wax museum... a failed tourist trap that was turned 
> into a huge club with many of the wax figures intact, and astronaut 
> suits etc hanging from the ceiling, with a stage at one end with cool 
> sunken ampitheater style seating.  After the club closed in 84 it was 
> interesting to come across the wax figures here or there; I remember a 
> record shop bought the Louis Armstrong one and a restaurant had the 
> Sinatra.  The property (4th&E SW) was recently redeveloped
> Regarding NRBQ inventing "we'll play any request", i know they started 
> doing it in early 1978, I always wondered if the Tonight Show "stump 
> the band" started earlier than that
>
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