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The club included a balcony level, with tables and chairs, and two standing room only bars. The main floor bars were fed bottled liquor from a "tap" room that was situated above the entrance. Bottles placed upside down into funnels feeding long tubing led to the downstairs bars. The Bayou backed up
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of musical groups and solo artists. The club, which was a regular stop on East Coast tours by UK bands from the late 1970s on, featured artists including
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The Bayou was known for hosting benefits, including one for Toni Wilson, a singer who would frequent the club with her family.
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located on the second floor balcony, overlooking the stage. During the
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on their first US tour and other artists that influenced the evolution of rock as well as
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performed for the last time with "What a
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for forty-six years. The club opened in
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In the late 1990s, The Bayou was owned by Dave
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