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A dude named Joe Gayles bought a strip club downtown at 211 South 3rd street and named it the Carnival Club, and then changed the name to The Beat Club. He did some shows there then bought a bigger building on Main St. and called it The Beat Exchange (or 'The Beat') for short. Apparently there was some cocaine (it's a hell of a drug) issues going around and the place didn't stay open for very long. | A dude named Joe Gayles bought a strip club downtown at 211 South 3rd street (before the convention center expanded out through the block) and named it the Carnival Club, and then changed the name to The Beat Club. He did some shows there then bought a bigger building on Main St. and called it The Beat Exchange (or 'The Beat') for short. Apparently there was some cocaine (it's a hell of a drug) issues going around and the place didn't stay open for very long. | ||
The Courier-Journal mentioned the main street version of the club on July 1st, 1983 as follows: | |||
Playing at the Zanzibar will be Willie Dee and Mr. Melody, The Payne Brothers, Sam Stockard, Cosmo Friends, The Yellow Pages, Redwing and Ralph Tiffany. The Beat Exchange will have Jil Thorp and the Beat Boys, Mike McGrath, Poor Girls, Will Cary and the Nightcrawlers, Phase, and As Is. Bogies, which used to be Trixies, will celebrate its grand opening with Fantasy, Tight Squeeze, Aura, the Full Moon Band, Justus, Cato Watts and the Bottom Line Band. Stage II's lineup will be the Jonathan Marlatte Band, Riversyde, the DeBow Brothel's, Sherry Edwards, Moviola, the McNicol Brothers, Lon-nie Mack and The Marlins. | |||
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* https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/110445789/ | |||
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Latest revision as of 11:42, 12 February 2024
A dude named Joe Gayles bought a strip club downtown at 211 South 3rd street (before the convention center expanded out through the block) and named it the Carnival Club, and then changed the name to The Beat Club. He did some shows there then bought a bigger building on Main St. and called it The Beat Exchange (or 'The Beat') for short. Apparently there was some cocaine (it's a hell of a drug) issues going around and the place didn't stay open for very long.
The Courier-Journal mentioned the main street version of the club on July 1st, 1983 as follows:
Playing at the Zanzibar will be Willie Dee and Mr. Melody, The Payne Brothers, Sam Stockard, Cosmo Friends, The Yellow Pages, Redwing and Ralph Tiffany. The Beat Exchange will have Jil Thorp and the Beat Boys, Mike McGrath, Poor Girls, Will Cary and the Nightcrawlers, Phase, and As Is. Bogies, which used to be Trixies, will celebrate its grand opening with Fantasy, Tight Squeeze, Aura, the Full Moon Band, Justus, Cato Watts and the Bottom Line Band. Stage II's lineup will be the Jonathan Marlatte Band, Riversyde, the DeBow Brothel's, Sherry Edwards, Moviola, the McNicol Brothers, Lon-nie Mack and The Marlins.