Texas Dance Hall Opens its doors
5/13/1981
Ronnie McDowell & Charly McClain Our first concert at Texas Dance Hall
6/7/1981
John Anderson Carried all his band gear in a U- Haul trailer
7/23/1981
Hank Williams Jr Put Texas Dance Hall on the map
8/20/1981
Ricky Nelson Ozzie & Harriot send their son
9/10/1981
Ernest Tubb One of country music pioneers
10/1/1981
Ronnie Milsap Sold out two shows. This was the only time it was accomplished
10/28/1981
Ricky Skaggs He brought red hot blue grass to big Baton Rouge
12/17/1981
George Jones He was a big act back then, too
1/28/1982
Jerry Lee Lewis Rock and Roll style of country music
Jerry Lee Lewis 1.28.82
2/17/1982
George Strait Low-dough. Charged a $3 cover charge. He had one hit song called “Unwound”
3/3/1982
Merle Haggard Serious country music superstar
3/17/1982
Steve Wariner He did a great Beatles set
5/5/1982
Lee Greenwood Charged a $3 cover charge
6/23/1982
Jerry Jeff Walker Texas Country Music comes to town
8/12/1982
George Jones Sold out – got drunk – David Allen Coe saved the day
7/30/1983
Texas Dance Hall Closes 405,000 Customers in 119 weeks
10/28/1983
Texas Club opens Our first night with 2,444 friends
11/15/1983
Juice Newton Angel of the Morning spread her Wings
12/15/1983
Jerry Lee Lewis Returns after stomach surgery
George Strait 2.17.82
1/20/1984
Johnny Lee Original Urban Cowboy- Lined up the beer
2/28/1984
David Allen Coe First of 18 appearances at Texas Club
3/22/1984
First male revue show We thought it may be a “one time” promotion
4/20/1984
Sawyer Brown Star Search Wonder Band helps celebrate our third birthday
5/24/1984
Jerry Jeff Walker Back by popular demand
4/12/1984
George Strait He was becoming a huge star
10/18/1984
George Strait He was still becoming a huge star
4/11/1985
George Strait The fourth and last time he would visit. The best yet.
4/30/1985
Emmy- Lou Harris She was as good as she looked
5/30/1985
Steppen Wolf Texas Clubs first rock concert
Merle Haggard 3.3.82
6/27/1985
Molly Hatchet All original members. Guitar Southern Rock
8/6/1985
Bachman Turner Overdrive Randy Bachman, C.F. Turner, And company
9/12/1985
Greg Allman & Elvin Bishop This was a great show
10/31/1985
First Bud Light Fright Night A Halloween Party
10/3/1985
Zebra Randy, Guy and Felix. A lot of great rock from three guys
8/15/1985
Hurricane Danny
10/24/1985
Blackfoot One of original bands last concerts.
11/21/1985
Bonnie Raitt Best Artist without a record deal at the time
12/3/1985
Romantics Have a party band and it will rock
12/10/1985
X Our very first Alternative show
Bonnie Raitt 11.21.85
12/17/1985
George Jones He made up for getting drunk on stage on 8/12/1982
2/26/1986
Merle Haggard Some great acts never change
2/27/1986
Stephen Stills Man can this guy rock, acoustic he is not
3/20/1986
3 Dog Night Joy to the World & Fun for us All
3/15/1987
New Law 18 Year olds cannot purchase goes into effect but they can drink
7/10/1986
Dwight Yoakam California kid on the rise
2/12/1986
100th male show SO much for the “one time” promotion
8/28/1986
Fog Hat Lonesome Dave and Company- Bikers Ball
9/11/1986
Spyro Gyra Jazz at the Texas Club. It worked
10/8/1986
Z 98.1 New Tradition Begins- Turkey eve
Emmy- Lou Harris 4.30.85
11/6/1986
George Thorogood To this day he is the best rocker I have ever seen
1/20/1987
Allman Brothers Band Sold out- Dickie Betts opens for Gregg and they jam till the wee hours of the night
2/5/1987
Skaggs returns Sold out
9/4/1987
Muscular Dystrophy Fund Raiser To Spud McKenzie (Bud Mascot)
Labor Day weekend
8/27/1987
Highway 101 The real deal- too bad it went away
9/17/1987
True Value Showdown w/ WYNK
2/19/1987
John Schneider Dukes of Hazard- Powerful
2/27/1987
Sammy Kershaw And Roundup 54 people drop by. He was still a local boy
4/30/1987
Marshal Tucker Band Fire on the mountain- beer in the belly
4/2/1987
Al Stewart Year of the cat- Night of cool music
Dwight Yokam 7.10.86
4/14/1987
3 Dog Night 2 of the 3 dogs had their day
3/17/1987
Leon Russell And Edgar Winter
5/7/1987
Jason and the Scorchers Alternative country hits town
6/11/1987
Lee Greenwood Sell out: he sang “God Bless The USA”
9/24/1987
John Schneider returns Ladies man and he was good too
11/19/1987
Ricky Van Shelton Young east coast country crooner
2/5/1988
Snowed in Baton Rouge
12/10/1987
Charles Daniels Band He is one large guy and he can play too
12/18/1987
Christmas Party With Bud/ Z 98 666 people showed up- weird
Allman Brothers 1.20.86
1/28/1988
Patty Loveless Young, Beautiful, the next big thing
2/25/1988
Sweethearts of the Rodeo Shot a video that aired on CMT
6/9/1988
Taylor Dayne Sold out; Dance diva at Texas Club
12/23/1987
1,000,000Th Customer enter
7/28/1988
Blue Oyster Cult Euro Rockers- Don’t Fear the Reaper
8/25/1988
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts She is serious about her rock baby
12/28/1988
250th male dance show
5/23/1989
Nancy Griffith Hank Jr. Crowd disrupts her show late
6/13/1989
Stevie B. Sold out; more dancing- more N-R-G
8/26/1992
Hurricane Alex
Charlie Daniels 12.10.87
7/18/1989
Noel Sold out; we are on a roll with this
9/5/1989
Mary Chapin Carpenter/ Desert Rose Band She came along for the ride with Chris Hillmans group
9/19/1989
Clint Black A better man- getting even better
9/26/1989
Garth Brooks How could anyone know about this guy?
10/26/1989
27th Birthday WYNK Bellaway Bross Free show
11/21/1989
Verne Gosdin He came with George Jones in 1985
11/14/1989
Kyper Sold out; come dance with us
12/19/1989
First “Feed the Need” show With Rockin’ Sidney and Joel Sonnier
Bellamy Brothers 10.24.89
9/30/1993
R. Dela Font Hypnotist ‘You will spend more money’ says me.
10/2/1993
Doug Supernaw He never tasted tequila he did not like- crazy
7/17/1993
38 Special Fun southern rock
10/15/1993
Cheap Trick Crazy Yankee Rock
11/11/1993
John Micheal Montgomery A very special show- Thanks
12/16/1993
Toby Keith ‘ feed the need” on the way to the top
11/19/1993
Jerry Jeff Walker
10/16/1993
Crown Royal Tour Restless Heart, Marty Stuart, Pirates of the Mississippi
4/6/1994
Carrot Top Yes – Can call 1-800…
6/26/1994
Warrant Came to visit in-laws and played a gig
John Prine 1.23.90
7/16/1994
Smithereens Blew the place to… yes, to smithereens
7/25/1994
David Lee Roth How did Van Halen let this guy go?
7/31/1994
Wide Spread Panic Coolest show we ever did
8/17/1994
Loverboy Just working for the weekend
3/24/1995
Cinderella Rocked so hard their glass slipper broke
9/22/1995
Kenny Chesney With Amy Comeaux Few people knew how memorable this show would be
5/17/1994
Great White There was no pyro man
3/20/1996
Candle Box They were as hot as their name
6/21/1994
Chippendale Dancers
8/9/1994
David Ball ‘He got a thinkin’ problem’ is one of his songs
Garth Brooks 3.20. 90
2/24/1995
Bud Light ladies night We all dress in drag- the biggest in the entire USA
8/14/1995
Last night 18 Year olds can drink legally
12/19/1995
Toups ‘Feed Need’ Sold out
3/21/1996
Lonestar Usually Country Western bands do not do well but they did fine
2/13/1996
Bryan White The girls love him
9/22/1995
2,500,000th Customer
8/29/1996
Trace Adkins What you see is what you get
12/17/1996
Mark Wills feeds the need He is a great guy and a fine talent.
8/8/1997
CMT comes to Texas Club They heard we had a ‘cool’ country crowd
1/23/1997
Deana Carter First Saturday show
Look ma- no shoes
Garth Brooks 3.20.90
10/17/1996
James Bonaney Sold out; free cat show; no doe show
4/18/1997
Singled Out with MTV Huge crowd; MTV singled us out
3/14/1997
Neal McCoy
6/20/1997
Rick Treveno
8/19/1997
Cheap Trick Free; Eagle 98
9/19/1997
David Kersh
10/7/1997
38 Special The boys are back where they belong
11/7/1997
Pat Benatar Monday Concert was sold out.
She’s still got it.
12/4/1997
Wayne Toups “Feed the Need” Sold out; Raised more food for the hungry
12/8/1997
Ratt Sold out on Monday. How much fun can we have on a Monday night?
Alan Jackson 5.1.90
12/29/1997
Kenny W. Shepard Young Blues Rocker who is hot
1/29/1998
Crown Royal Tour Mark Chesnutt, David Lee Murphey, Gary Allen
3/19/1998
Rhett Akins Sold out; Free; CAT Country
3/3/1998
Bad Company Powerful Stuff
4/21/1998
Robin Trower Eagle 98
5/22/1998
Mark Wills
5/5/1998
Louisiana Leroux Leon got them back together
6/23/1998
Original Foghat Lonesome Dave is back
8/11/1998
America Horse with no name in a Cowboy Club
10/9/1998
Shepherd Returns Kenny Wayne does the blues
Vince Gill 6.11.90
7/29/1998
750th male show dancers
7/1/1998
3,000,000th Customer
12/15/1998
Ty Herndon
1/22/1999
Crown Royal Tour Mark Chesnutt, Gary Allen, Chely Wright
2/18/1999
Chris Ledoux Rode his bull on stage. Sold out
12/18/1998
Don Gay And Bull riders come by
3/9/1999
Little River Band Before they became a casino band
3/19/1999
David Kersh Sold out; CAT Country
4/27/1999
G. Thorogood Sold out; 13 years later, he is just as bad to the bone as before
5/11/1999
Eddy Money He was a hard worker who had many hits
Travis Tritt 5.28.91
9/16/1999
Tracy Lawrence Sold out; he is peaking
11/5/1999
38 Special
10/28/1999
Toups ‘Feed The Need’ Sold out; Raised 3 tons of food for the needy
Merle Haggard Yes, Merle is still a great one.
4/27/2000
Tracey Byrd Free; Sold out; He was tall, dark, and handsome. Happy 19th Birthday tiger.
5/4/2000
Began “First Row Ticket” A TV show featuring country music
8/11/2000
Chippendale Dancers Big time buff hits big Baton Rouge
8/22/2000
Ratt/ Warrant Two legend rock bands
9/21/2000
Ronnie Milsap Returns after 19 year hiatus
10/31/2000
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Halloween to the extreme
11/14/2000
Merle Haggard He liked us so much he came back for more
11/28/2000
Wayne Toups Feeds the need – again
6/13/2001
900th male revue show 900th “one time” promotion
2/22/2002
Dancers moved to Friday
2/13/2002
Last Wednesday open Now closed on Wednesdays
Trisha Yearwood 9.19.91
4/30/2002
950th male show once a week since 1984
6/15/2002
3,500,000 people
11/26/2002
“Feed The Need” with Wayne Toups 3 more tons of food for the Sisters of Mercy
10/12/2002
News on wheels model search Whose the lucky girl?
1/24/2003
Coe plays 18th time Every show is a surprise
3/26/2003
Willie Nelson He is bigger than life. This was one of his only club dates ever.
6/4/2003
38 Special Rockin’ into the night again
3/6/2003
1000th male revue show this has got to be some sort of a record
6/26/2003
Craig Morgan His fans serenaded him
9/05/2003
Rebecca Lynn Howard WYNK Showcase
Brooks and Dunn 11.19.91
9/19/2003
James Otto WYNK presents a super star of tomorrow
9/23/2003
Queen Ryche and Echo 7 Never in our days has this club seen such high tech
10/09/2003
Brad Wolf Baton Rouges First Bite of Music Mafia
10/17/2003
Billy Dean No Hot Sausage – Just Hot Vibes
11/06/2003
Chris Cagle Hundreds of Chicks Dig Him
11/19/2003
Warrant & CheeWeez Big Hair Ruled
11/25/2003
Wayne Toups Feed The Need Fed The City Again
12/03/2003
Shania’s Twin At Least She Was From Canada
01/28/2004
REO Speed Wagon & CheeWeez Classic Rock Classic
Tracy L. 10.13.92
01/31/2004
Julie Roberts CMT Filmed her 21st B-Day at the Club For The Nation To Enjoy
02/13/2004
David Allan Coe It Ain’t New – But It’s Always Good
02/018/2004
Craig Morgan
03/09/2004
George Thorogood & Los Lonely Boys If You Missed This One, I’m Sorry
04/02/2004
Big & Rich We Told You To Come – But you Didn’t Believe Us
04/14/2004
Mark Chesnutt He’s Like Family Around Here
05/05/2004
Wayne Toups Zyda Cajun Was King For A Night
06/02/2004
Jonny Lang Blues Rock Legend – And He’s So Young
08/18/2004
Wane Toups LSU Loves Wayne
09/23/2004
Blue Country Country Fun And Soap Star Too
Jonny Lang 6.2.04
10/31/2004
24th Anniversary Huge Crowd
11/05/2004
David Allan Coe He’s Still Kickin’
11/10/2004
Pat Green He Played Golf -Then He Played The Sell Out Crowd
11/16/2004
Nashville Star Auditions From Texas To Florida Folks Came To Try Out
11/18/2004
SugarLand Now That Was One Sweet Show
11/24/2004
Turkey Eve Bash Biggest Party In B.R. Every Year
12/08/2004
Wayne Toups Feed The Need #17. They’re All Good For The Soul
02/03/2005
Kenny Chesney “Keg In The Closet” Tour If You Were One of The Lucky Few – A One In A Life Time Opportunity
04/01/2005
Blake Shelton “Some Beach”…that guys was good!
Pat Green 11.16.04
04/21/2005
Trick Pony w/guest Buddy Jewel and Blue Country Nice 23rd Anniversary huh? Hope you were there.
04/27/2005
Chevelle w/Dark New Day and Liquid Sand “SELL OUT” crowd “ROCKED OUT”
05/04/2005
Wayne Toups
07/13/2005
Jeff Bates The “Rainbow Man” sang his huge hit “Long Slow Kisses”
07/29/2005
David Allen Coe The Real “Outlaw Man” Cometh!
08/17/2005
Wayne Toups
11/06/2005
Lonestar / Tracy Bird “Storm Aid ’05” A benefit for Hurricane Katrina victims
11/22/2005
Wayne Toups “Feed the Need” #18 brought in 2 tons of food for the needy
12/01/2005
Tracy Lawrence (unplugged) Benefit for our troops
Zebra (An Evening With)…Mardi Gras Eve A new concert tradition with our good friends Randy, Felix and Guy
03/01/2006
Clint Black “Partners in Hope benefit concert for St. Jude Hospital…Thanks Clint!
03/15/2006
Kevin Fowler “Austin James Texas Country Live” Kevin=NRG
03/29/2006
Little River Band Their music just “keeps on rolling”…and rocking
03/30/2006
Diamond Rio WYNK welcomed a C/W hit machine
04/19/2006
Todd O’Neil and Big Cat Daddy Billy got sick…Todd and Company thankfully did not
05/15/2006
Sevendust / Soil / Hourcast Rocked Texas to it’s foundation….HUGE SELLOUT
05/17/2006
Jason Aldean Country / Rock / Cool / Talent / Cool / Hot Band / Country / Great Show / Cool
05/26/2006
David Allen Coe What would the year in country music be without D.A.C.?
06/20/2006
Buckcherry / Nonpoint / Revelation Theory Tatoos, skin, and kick-ass R&R baby!
06/22/2006
Rio Grande WYNK presents another up and comer
Clint Black 3.1.06
06/22/2006
Billy Currington “SELL OUT”! Now we know how many women it takes to fill the Texas Club!
07/13/2006
Gary Nichols Introducing another WYNK and C/W newcomer
07/26/2006
Jason Boland and the Stranglers Oklahoma drinkin’ and Hell-raisin’ country music
08/04/2006
Sister Hazel Major cool alternative blast from the 90’s
08/10/2006
Rodney Atkins “When you’re going through Hell” hit #1 this week…great timing!
08/16/2006
Leon Russell A room full of 50-Somethings acting like 20-somethings…Truly Timeless
08/30/2006
Craig Morgan “Redneck Yacht Club” meets at the Texas Country Club…Fun
09/13/2006
Jarrod Birmingham w/ Big Cat Daddy Texas outlaw music returns
09/28/2006
Steve Holly He’s got a brand new girlfriend and a brand new #1 hit…this week!
10/06/2006
The Wreckers Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp…HOTTEST “cool” girls in country music.
The Wreckers 10.6.06