“No One Got Hurt by the People Burning Their Clothes on the Dancefloor” (–Dave Malone on the Radiators, the Dream Palace, and Frenchmen’s early days)
“No One Got Hurt by the People Burning Their Clothes on the Dancefloor” (–Dave Malone on the Radiators, the Dream Palace, and Frenchmen’s early days)

THE RADIATORS’ ORIGIN STORY
[Rhapsodizers, Luigi’s, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Dream Palace]

Dave Malone, 10/29/22: My experience in the Radiators was that “Frenchmen Street” was based almost completely around the Dream Palace, which became the Blue Nile. When we were starting the Frenchmen scene–and I firmly believe that we were a factor in starting it–the Dream Palace and Snug Harborwere the only two places there with music. [The Dream Palace opened in January, 1977. Snug Harbor’s predecessor, Valentine’s, opened sometime in the late ’70s.]

Valerie Bernhard