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On 3/13/2013 at 2:14 PM, jklein1 said:

I'm glad to hear that people still remember the Agora Ballroom, as my Dad (Jack Klein), who passed away on March 10, 2013, was co-owner of the Agora and it's predessesor (The Palace). Bands that played there included The Police, Talking Heads, B-52s, Go-Gos, Iggy Pop, The Ramones, Judys, Pat Benatar, Joan Jett, AC/DC, REO Speedwagon, Stevie Ray-Vaughn, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Todd Rundgren, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Herbie Hancock, Spyro-Gyra, Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Joe Cocker, and Harry Chapin.

 

Boy, the stories I could tell...

Also Polyrock, The Fabulous Poodles, Jerry Jeff Walker, Psychedelic Furs, John Cale and Black Flag played at The Palace/ Faces/ Agora Ballroom.

Dome Shadows near the Astrodome. St. James Club? In southwest Houston.

Subdude, you wouldn't by chance have pictures of the old Windsor theater would you? Always wanted to know what that place looked like. I worked there when it was a tejano nightclub. (still turns my stomach whenever I think about it). Used to always wonder about it when I was there.

Is that the current location of 24-Hour Fitness or Galaxy Golf?

"Does anyone remember the old restaruant at 6400 Richmond that used to be train cars. I think it waa cheesy steakhouse. What was that place called?"

Could that be where the Railhead Restaurant was located. That may have been my first time out to the Richmond Strip in 1978. A supervisor took a co-worker and me out for dinner in appreciation of our work.

Crooner Jack Jones was married in the Park Place Methodist Church in the mid to late '70's. Houston's rock band, Josephus, played in the hall on May 8, 1970.

I attended kindergarten at Park Place Elementary School during the 1962-63 school year myself.

Crooner Jack Jones was married in the Park Place Methodist Church in the mid to late '70's. Houston's rock band, Josephus, played in the hall on May 8, 1970.

I went to Liberty Hall one time only to see Tuff Darts with a handful of friends. There must have been only about 14 other patrons at the show. The show must have been performed some time between the Spring of 1979 to the first half of 1981. I remember the lead guitarist towards the end of the set turning a knob on the speaker and stepping to the side of the stage. I anticipated a loud barrage of guitar sound, so I stepped away from the seating area to stand along the side wall for the rest of the set. That set ended with a real loud, sonic guitar.

My brother and a member of the Inanimate Objects went to the Ramones show at On The Border Club in 1978 (Spring, Summer?).

The Paradise Island/Rock Island/Island Club was opened from the Summer of 1978 to May 1983. The Virgin Whores, Inanimate Objects and the Businessmen played the last show at the Island Club.