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TENNESSEE TALES
By Laiy Foster & Kathy
it’s been a hectic month in
Tennessee. With the Miss Gav
Tennessee Pageant and the
Xmas holidays. I’ve been doing a
lot of traveling.
So lets start off with Ten
nessee's largest city, Mem
phis.....
I went to three hot bars in
Memphis.......
MEMPHIS
The Body Shop
The Rah Check
George’s Theatre & Lounge
The BODY SHOP has a
nice, calm, quiet atmosphere. A
very nice place to go and get
away from the maddening
crowds, Don’t forget the Body
Shop's beer bust on Sat. night.
Stayed for one really great show
and drove over to the RAIN
CHECK. The Rain Check was
Memphis’s disco-bar. I say was
because on Jan. 6 the bar was
gutted by a firebomb. For
tunately the bar was closed and
no one was injured no
flaming queens!
They expect to reopen
within two months.
After dancing my heart
away, buzzed down to
GEORGE’S THEATOE AND
LOUNGE and watched their
fantastic shows. Terry Wells,
Renee and the whola cast were
fabulous. But Joanne stole my
heart away with “Love &
Happiness Unreal. ”
None of the gay bars serve
liquor, so you brown bag which
is really abt cheaper And you
get drunk quicker.
Speaking of getting drunk,
remember George’s beer bust
every Wed. 9-12 and Sundays' 3-
7. $2.00 for all the beer you can
drink and setups. Plus shows!
These festivities are very
popular.
I would like to express my
Blanks to Jerry, Frank andUncle
Ricky for helping to make my
stay a marvelous one.
Jamie has been bringing in
top notch entertainment every
weekend. This past month she
has brought m such top stars as
Miss Gay Tennessee ‘75, Kerri
Dennis, Candy Cane and Adrian
Sanchez from Chattanooga,
Mellisa Manning from Lost
Angeles, Qneente and the
electric Brillo herself, Toni
Carlyle.
But never before have I
mentioned Daffodil Morphy. An
outoftowner might ask, “What
is a Daffodil Murphy?’* Daffodil
is a who and not a what and
every gay person in Knoxville
knows and love Daffodil. Daf
fodil is the most versatile
performer I nave ever seen. She
can make you roll on the floor
laughing or break down crying.
And to top it all off - Daff is a
fantastic person.While .onstage
she may sometimes appear
rather; flamboyant, offstage
Daffodil Murphy is as soft and
gentle as a flower.
Downstairs at the Carousel
is one of the South’s hottest
discos. Eddie Lyons is your
Disco Queen and the beautiful
boys keep rolling in.
frank and John are two
new waitresses and Barham and
“Boobs” Paidousis is a new
bartender.
EUROPA CLUB is always
bumpin' with a larger and cuter
crowd (Tm in there.) Bob and
Vernon have put all kinds of cash
in the bar and it looks and
sounds really great New lights,
two huge mirrored balls and the
best sound system I've heard
anywhere. Hot Mama Missy is
as charming and sweet as ever,
playing those tunes you want to
hear.
vio-go boys are looking
better and better and wearing
less and less!
There is a new bartender
named Rick who is out of this
world
The hottest men in town are
always found either working or
playing at the Europa.
Before leaving Knoxville,
my love and deepest thanks to
those who helped defray the
expenses of our trip to Memphis
tor the Miss Gay Tennessee
Pageant. Thanks to Tersa, Marie
Jackson. All my love to Mandy
and Dabney.
NASHVILLE
The Other Side
The Jungle
On the way back from
Memphis we decided to stop in
Nashville. While looking for the
OTHER SIDE, I had a car wreck.
Nothing serious except a big
dent in my door and an angry
Nashville driver. Fortunately the
other driver knew how to get to,
the bar. After finding it, we
discovered it was closed because
it was Monday night
We drove downtown to the
Jungle. Walked in die door only
to find Miss Gay Atlanta, Rosbl
Fernandes, Eddie and Bobble
Sue from Chattanooga, standing
at the bar. We all had a very
good time. The folks there are
real friendly and Philip House
handles the piano with grea'
finesse.
Your bartenders are Scotty
and Jim. Wayne Caldwell ahd
Aaron Bower ate the owners.
Lots of nice cruising.
Reluctantly we all decided
since we still had about!70 miles
to drive we had better head for
home. So we all climbed in my
dented up Duster and made our
way toward....
KNOXVILLE
The Europa Club
The Carousel
It was good to get home.
Now that winter quarter has
started, all the boys are back and
this town is just too hot!
The sexy and sweet Crystal'
lambada is bade in town. Last
week she broke it up with “Add
Queen,” fire jumping from,
finger tips. She is the newest'
member of the ’’Jamie
Chandler’s Evening of Enter
tainment” upstairs at the
cakuuselclub.
also let me congratulate
Jamie, host of the shows at
the Carousel, on bringing home
the “Miss Gay Tennessee
Crown” to Knoxville. We love va
babe.
And now Hodanta’s favorite
neighbor....
CHATTANOOGA
The Powder Puff
The Go Go Chib
Chattanooga was hot over
the holidays. The GO GO CLUB
held their own Miss Gay
Chattanooga Pageant. Of the
four contestants: 2nd alternate,
Cristy, 1st' alternate, Adrian
Sanchez, Miss Gay Chattanooga,
INTEGRITY
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and 1 Wednesday,' Thursday,
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
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