You Might Be from Lubbock If You Remember…

Do you remember the Windmill in Winchester Square?  For that matter, do you remember the Winchester Theater in Winchester Square?  I was there the day the wrecking ball hit the theater. It was a sad day indeed.

The Rox made the previous list for its unique rock bookings. Fat Dawgs should be remembered for it's blues, comedy and latter day rock bookings. I sat across the table from the legendary Billy Hicks a number of times at Fat Dawgs.

Okay, since someone else brought it up, The Breakfast Flakes were a very cutting edge morning show in Lubbock. The show was originally Dale Dudley (now of KLBJ-FM Austin) and a local news and sports anchor. The show quickly transistioned to Dale and Me (and later to me and another guy after Dale moved on).  We did  A LOT of humor that Lubbock had never heard on the radio before.  I give Dale all the credit for bringing this kind of show to Lubbock, I was hungover most of the time from going to rock shows.

I have no idea why more shows are not booked at the Lubbock Coliseum. It used to be the place to go. One problem. For the longest time it either had no, or incredibly insufficient air conditioning. It was absolutely brutal (plus you could smoke in there which just made the whole mess nasty, and I was one of the smokers). I can't even remember all the shows that happened there. Heart, Foreigner, Judas Priest, a ton of Iron Maiden shows and more.

Yes the legendary Lew Dee (and Bill Maddox) hosted some horror movies but that was even before my time.  The Gene Messer Horror Theater brought us cheesy horror movies interspersed with car commercials.  I guess hosted a couple of times and later on, Jacqui and I hosted another series of late night horror movies.

What used to be "Bromley Hall" is now nice dorm rooms. Even then, it's not that Bromley Hall wasn't nice, it's that it was the original Animal House. It was the only off campus housing close to Tech. The first time I visited Bromley Hall, they were rolling actual kegs down the staircases. It was simply nuts.

Remember that weird plantation style house that was strangely out of place at 4th and Slide?  It was originally a home, but in my time it was both a restaurant, club and the offices for Rip Griffin.  It was supposed to be moved to the Depot District, but evidently ended up being sold to a private owner and is now located somewhere near the Stars And Stripes Drive in (that's what research tells me, I haven't see it over there).

Lubbock only really had one comedy club to speak of.  I'm sure others have tried, but every time I talk to a comedian from the area, they mention Froggy Bottoms.  The place helped make Captain Rowdy into a regional phenomenon.

My memory is failing me now.  I can't remember if the original jam was Sunday's or Wednesdays. Either way, I remember Main Street Saloon being the place for rockers, punkers and even country folk to just let loose. I may be wrong, but I think The Spoon was the second to the table, with one having a "Jam" on Wednesdays and the other on "Sundays" and everyone would just make the circuit.

Some of you are familiar with the flooding on 66th street. The last time I checked there are still some problems over there, but it USED to flood to the point where every year the homeowners in the area would be on t.v. ankle deep in water in their front rooms from the flooding.  Every year we'd yell at the t.v. "WHY DON'T YOU MOVE?" (now that I'm older I understand why these folks fought through it).

The place to go for hard to find alternative, punk, metal and indie stuff was located at 2424 Broadway (Broadway and University). It was THE place to go to find what was "NEXT".  Also, the store supplied FMX with all of it's c.d.s in it's infancy.  Interestingly enough, the owner of the business is now one of our salespeople (Ken Corbin-ask for him by name).