Eddie,

I played one in New Orleans back in the mid 60's that had chicken wire around the stage. The doorman/bouncer would jokingly offer the band a knife if we did not have one, he said, just to make the fights a bit more fair.

25.00 bucks per man for a 9:00PM - 1:00AM gig, plus one drink(our choice)from the bar on all four 15 minute breaks. And never stop the music when the fights broke out unless we are told to do so by the police. The smoke stains from those old joints are still on my old ES 335.

Yeah, I was a star back then.

Later,