When the Hound Dog was broadcasting from the Zanzibar Lounge on William Street in Buffalo, we used to go down and try to get in and watch and listen. His broadcasting booth was about halfway in the lounge.
The Zanzibar was a pretty classy place then and probably equivilant to New York’s Cotton Club. We couldn’t even afford a beer there so we’d chip in, buy one beer and three of us would nurse it for an hour.