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The Penetrations - More Photos

Andy and Becky on Tennessee Street, January 1972

On the road with the Penetrations - Lincoln, Nebraska; Dodge City, Kansas, Summer 1973

	The Mad Hatter, on the southeast corner of 7th and New Hampshire, had long been a 3.2-beer bar for KU fraternity/sorority types.  You can see in these photos some of the Alice-in-Wonderland-themed murals on the wall, at least the White Rabbit.  The bandstand was long and narrow and directly behind the bar; the band, looking down, would be looking at the bartenders.  I don't know why Brad's photo isn't in this series...

Potter's Lake (or Potter's Pond, if you will) Late Spring 1973 K.U. or one of its agencies would pay for these short outdoor "concerts".

The Red Baron was a rather large and newish 3.2-beer bar on the south side of 23rd Street, run by an adventurous guy named Jim Smith.  I remember seeing Buddy Rich and his big band there (I didn't like them too much, as all the tempi were rushed), and Willie Dixon another time (liked them a LOT). Anyway, we had good crowds and good times there, the pinnacle of which was warming up for Muddy Waters for three nights. I would return to the same building, rebranded as the Billy Spears Country Playhouse, four nights a week into the wee hours, around 1980. These photos were taken, I would guess, in the late Summer of 1972.

$1.50 to get in and free beer?  Wow!



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