This page is dedicated to the nightlife from the past!
THE RAINBOW CLUB WAS OWNED BY KENNETH EDWARDS AND WIFE, AND LOCATED ON WARDS RD. IN LYNCHBURG! THE CLUB IS NO LONGER THERE, AND WAS ALMOST ON THE LOCATION WHERE THE GOLDEN CORAL IS NOW. DJ’S LIKE “SIR CHARLES, SAM THE BEAST, MR. MUSIC, COUNT JAY, AND VOICE MACHINE” WOULD ROCK THE HOUSE! IF IT WASN’T FOR A FEW PATRONS THAT CAUSED A FEW INCIDENTS, THE RAINBOW WOULD BE WITH US NOW! HAS ANYONE NOTICED THAT MOST CLUB-OWNERS LEFT US EARLY IN LIFE??
THE 707 CLUB, PER IT’S NAME WAS LOCATED AT 707 5TH, ST, LYNCHBURG! THE CLUB WAS OWNED BY KEVEN EDWARDS, KENNETH’S BROTHER! THE BUILDING IS NO LONGER THERE, AND WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE NEW FIFTH & FEDERAL STREET ROUNDABOUT!
IF YOU EVER WENT TO THE CLAIMJUMPERS, GLASSHOUSE, RAINBOW, OR THE 707 CLUB, YOU REMEMBER THESE SONGS, courtesy you tube.
(CLICK HERE) Jam on it-Neucleus
(CLICK HERE) Knock some Boots-Sam the Beast
(CLICK HERE) Sam’s latest (2013) DMV-Sam the Beast
(click here) Another one, the latest from Sam the Beast-“Get ya Bag Up!”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK_93OkCKAQ
REMEMBER THESE CLUBS? SPORTSMAN CLUB, WW LOUNGE, EVERYDAY PEOPLES CLUB, MOONLIGHT INN, PLAYHOUSE AFTER DARK, WHITEHALL SCHOOL, T.J. CALLANDS, TIPPIN INN, ALTAVISTA ARMORY, ROSES TERRACE LOUNGE, DILLARD’S PLACE, HARVEY’S PLACE, BLUE LIGHT, STARLIGHT CLUB, PHASE III, FOXX TRAP, STUDIO 12, OJ’S, SMITTY’S PLACE, PALIMINO CLUB, AND LOTS MORE!
REMEMBER IN THE LATE 70’S, THE PLACE TO BE WAS HACK’S DISCO IN PALMYRA, VA! HARVEY HACK WAS THE MANAGER! HERE ARE A FEW SHOTS OF “BEAST FROM THE EAST” FROM NOVEMBER 1977!
BELOW WE REMEMBER THE GUY THAT BUILT FEVERS! THE LATE “BILLY” EANES, REMEMBER ERNEST DISCO IN FARMVILLE?
A SHORT TRIP DOWN RT29 FROM LYNCHBURG, AND DOWN MARYSVILLE RD, AND YOU WILL RUN INTO DILLARD’S PLACE! TYRONE & JEANETTE BRIGGS RAN THE CLUB AND RESTAURANT IN THE 70’S AND 80’S! THE FOOD WAS THE BEST IN THE AREA! IF THE SOUL BROTHERS PLUS WEREN’T THERE, THE LATEST IN DISCO DJ’S WERE!
North of Lynchburg in Clifford, Va. in the late 70’s was Clifford Hall! Oscar Thomas known as the “Disco Dr.” would have different dj’s there, and the house rocking! Clifford Hall, yaull!
THE SMALLER THE CLUB, THE BIGGER THE PARTY! THIS WAS TRUE ABOUT THE GLENDOWER COMMUNITY CENTER IN ESMONT/KEENE, VA! THESE SHOTS WERE TAKEN AROUND 1977!
DILLARDS PLACE IN HODGES, VA, IS STILL STANDING, AND I UNDERSTAND FROM MS. BRIGGS THAT IT IS OPEN EVERY NOW AND THEN? LET ME KNOW WHEN IT IS OPEN SO I CAN GET ANOTHER FISH SANDWICH!
THE PLACE TO BE IN BROOKNEAL, VA WAS THE BLUE LIGHT IN THE EARLY 70’S. THE CLUB WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF BROOKNEAL! I WONDER WHERE THE CLUB OWNER IS NOW? I FORGOT HIS NAME, BUT I REMEMBER HE DROVE A LONG CADDY!
RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE BLUE LIGHT, THERE IS A VACANT LOT NEXT TO THE OLD TRIANGLE MOTORS WHERE THE PINE CREST GRILL ONCE STOOD! I REMEMBER MY PARENTS GOING THERE IN THE 60’S. THERE WAS A BIG SPEAKER OVER THE DOOR SO YOU COULD HEAR THE JUKEBOX OUTSIDE!
RIGHT SOUTH OF RUSTBURG NEAR THE TRACKS WAS THE PALIMINO CLUB, NOW THE RUSTBURG RURITAN CLUB!
A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH ON RT. 501 WAS T.J. CALLANDS! THE TIPPIN’ INN WAS ALSO LOCATED THERE FOR A SHORT TIME!