The Metro St. Louis Live Music
Historical Society
Bruno's Bat Cave
in the basement of Club Imperial
6324 West Florissant at Goodfellow
Sam the Sham and KXOK's Johnny Rabbitt
I got this note from Tom Hartman of The Aerovons on 4/9/12:
My band, The Aerovons, played
there many times.
It was a tiny place, but it was prestigious, and not easy to get a gig at. We
became favorites there for awhile, and I still remember on a break, sitting at
one of the tables and hearing a strange song playing from the speakers (they
would play music while the band was on a break. We were big Beatles fans, and I
said...'That's ....John....!" whereupon we got up from the little table and
stood by the speaker. We were hearing an early, bootlegged copy that Johnny
Rabbitt had gotten, of "A Day in The Life" off the not yet released "Sgt
Peppers" album.
Lots of pretty girls there, lots of appreciative fans, and I always loved
playing the club because it sounded good in that small area
.
The Blues Magoos with KXOK's Delcia backstage at the Cave!
Sam the Sham onstage at The Bat Cave
Gayle and the Klassmen
In the 80's, The Husbands snuck downstairs and took this in the stairway, The Bat Cave, frozen in time
If you have any photos, facts or memories of this club, please email me at: greg@dejawho.com
Thanks to Greg Edick