The High Noon Saloon was never a gay bar. I was one of the first bartenders. The first owner was Paul Smith. He also created Zithers Pub on Waugh drive south of The High Noon a couple blocks. The High Noon was a neighborhood bar with a mix of local blue collar construction workers, musicians, hippies, etc. Paul Smith sold the bar to Cyril LaGroue who involved it in the weekend local Live music scene featuring the likes of Lightin Hopkins and Gatemouth Brown, as did Anderson Fair. Cyril LaGroue took on two silent partners. The bar also had a biker customer base for a while before the punk rock era took over. Soon after it was sold and became Rudyard's which it currently is today.
