The Metro St. Louis Live Music
Historical Society
The Purple Crackle
East Cape Girardeau MO
The Purple Crackle was and still is a night club in Southern Illinois. (East Cape Girardeau). Right across the Mississippi river from Cape Girardeau, Mo. It has been there since the 30's or 40's and has been burned down several times over the years by rival club owners and vandals. in the 70's it was a dinner club and had a downstairs disco tech. After that burned in the late 70's they rebuilt and through the 80's it was a dance club with live rock bands performing on the weekends.
The Crackle is now a strip club
If you have any photos, facts or memories of this club, please email me at: greg@dejawho.com