Help with Chicago discos in the 70's (Addison, Harvey: appointed, to buy)

[Tujuleez1]

Originally Posted by Avengerfire

^Man those all (except Dingbats) sound like gay or at least gay friendly bars or clubs. Were they? I would assume that they were since those are the kind of clubs and bars that broke disco.^

They didn't start out as gay but turned gay over time. Disco music had that effect on people. The more you listened to it or danced to it, the quicker you'd become gay. Mr. T started out as a homophobe but after working in disco bars for a long time ended up becoming a flaming gay. He later went into therapy with Steve Dahl as his therapist. It is said Mr. T's salvation out of gayness happened when his therapist held the Disco Demolition night at Comiskey Park. Many people were cured of their gayness that night. Hallelujah!

[Chicagodan]

Originally Posted by baileyvpotter

Which one of those places on Broadway had the tv screen above the entrance with a person tapping a guy on the top of his head to the tune "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover?"

I think it's safe to say it wasn't Carol's or Broadway Limited cuz I would've remembered that!

[baileyvpotter]

^^^^
No, I think it was Broadway Sams (on Broadway north of Diversey and just before Surf St).

[ChgoDeb]

Originally Posted by skyjack60

My sister and her friends were regulars there, but we're trying to remember the name of another club on belmont ave. and menard across from the "ihop" aprox. 5800 west . any help???

We're looking for people that went to Bubba's Zone One Disco. Please pass on this link to our Facebook Group [url]https://www.facebook.com/groups/1609351172625868/[/url]

I'm Debbie W. I went there in the mid to late 80's. I hung out with several different groups there. Anyone remember Lenny, the DJ? He knew how to get people out on the dance floor.

[ChgoDeb]

Originally Posted by Pink Shirt

My boyfriend of 3 years was the owner of Bubbas Zone one disco. It's nice to hear positive things about his old place. He is still a good dancer, and we love to go dancing to the old disco tunes which are usually only played these days at class reunions and dinner dance benefits, like for "Paws" humane society in Rockford recently.
I can't wait to show him this! Lot's of people still call him Bubba. I just call him John. He still lives in that neighborhood.

Hi, I'm Debbie W. I went to Bubba's in the mid to late 80's. I knew John, through Lenny the DJ. Lenny and I dated for a short time.

I loved the place and people so much, I even went there when he changed it over to a country bar, with the bull. But it was during that time that the regulars would slowly fade away, including myself.

Please let John know that we have a group on Facebook, for Bubba's Zone One Disco. He should join. I bet he knows a lot of people from way back in the day.
[url]https://www.facebook.com/groups/1609351172625868/[/url]

[Jon Ford]

No Mr. t came after we advertised on WVON in 1976 and the club turned mostly black. Rons original partner in Dingbats was gay as was Ron and they had a short stint as a gay club, but it did not work. Ron had a after hours disco behind Marshell Field's on Wabash as it was a burger joint by day, when he started Dingbats. Took about a year to take off. but what a blast we has when it did.

[oldhousegirl]

Originally Posted by Jon Ford

No Mr. t came after we advertised on WVON in 1976 and the club turned mostly black. Rons original partner in Dingbats was gay as was Ron and they had a short stint as a gay club, but it did not work. Ron had a after hours disco behind Marshell Field's on Wabash as it was a burger joint by day, when he started Dingbats. Took about a year to take off. but what a blast we has when it did.

Dingbats!! Used to go to the "kiddie disco" there on Sunday afternoons. I was still in elementary school and had a blast. Don't think any clubs could do that now. We would go to the bar and get non-alcoholic drinks.

Another odd but cool thing at Dingbats were the many neon sculptures. One kid would touch and hold a piece of the sculpture while touching another kid to give an electric shock. So weird, so 1970's.

Went to Dingbat's on a Sunday and seemed like the next day Steve Dahl was at Comiskey breaking albums and saying that disco sucks. I remember saying to someone, "I thought we LIKED disco?" Anyway...

[Jon Ford]

I remember the Pheonex on Broadway, great little Disco, them it went big and ruined itself, There will never be better music to dance to than Disco.... Just ask the 1000's that came to Dingbats every night, I would got home at 4:30 am fly from Migs field across lake Michigan to Michigan City and fly back at 10:30am the next day, 6 days a week, loving every minuet of it. Dingbats was a cash cow. Even today when I am in Chicago I can't believe how many people I run into that remember the club. Supergroovealistic profuncafication at it's finest. Short Dog

[KLove7557]

Originally Posted by snoylekim

Zorines ...wasn't that where Lawrence Tero ( aka "Mr. T" ) was the bouncer ?? Another Google adventure

He was the bouncer at Ding Bats

[goofy328]

Originally Posted by Tujuleez1

They didn't start out as gay but turned gay over time. Disco music had that effect on people. The more you listened to it or danced to it, the quicker you'd become gay. Mr. T started out as a homophobe but after working in disco bars for a long time ended up becoming a flaming gay. He later went into therapy with Steve Dahl as his therapist. It is said Mr. T's salvation out of gayness happened when his therapist held the Disco Demolition night at Comiskey Park. Many people were cured of their gayness that night. Hallelujah!

Funny as hell not sure if you're serious or if this is a backhanded joke.