From the ABS:
Date: Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Time: 7:00 PM sharp!
Place: The Victory Grill
1104 East 11th St, Austin, TX
Mark your calendar and plan to join us for an evening of southern style food, a viewing of the documentary film Austin: East Side Blues, plus Q&A with the director, and live Blues music at the historic Victory Grill.
All FREE to ABS members! Bring your card or sign up at the door.
The Victory Grill is a historic music venue. The nightclub was on the Chitlin' Circuit and hosted famous African-American acts such as Bobby “Blue” Bland, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, W. C. Clark and B. B. King during the age of racial segregation in the United States. Johnny Holmes, a booking agent and band manager, opened the Victory Grill on Victory over Japan Day, 1945 as a restaurant and bar for black soldiers returning from the war. Holmes was also familiar with both the burgeoning Texas blues and jazz scenes, and soon, the club became known for its music as well as its food and drink. The club began attracting music lovers, no matter what their race.
During its heyday in the 1950s, most of the popular national blues, rhythm and blues, and jazz acts that played Austin performed at the Victory Grill. Ike & Tina Turner, James Brown, Etta James, Billie Holiday, Chuck Berry and Janis Joplin were some of the artists who graced the stage.
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