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Sitting here in Flipper's.

kemajic said:
stilwtrgrizz said:
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"Officers from the Missoula Police Department stand with their motorcycles and cars in front of City Hall Police Department. Missoula Courthouse in background. Library note: The building, which no longer stands, was on the corner of Woody and Broadway in Missoula."
Are those Studebaker patrol cars? Only in Missoula.

Yes those are Studebaker cop cars. That building was constructed in the 1890’s as a livery stable. Housed many buildings in the following years. In the early 40’s it was actually the Studebaker dealership. Thousands of Studebaker trucks were built in the 40’s for the military and lend-lease to the Soviet Union. It was the cop shop for several years and then fell into disrepair for many years. My business partner and I purchased the building in 1997 and rehabilitated it and called it the STUDEBAKER Building. We sold it in 2007.
 
kemajic said:
stilwtrgrizz said:
5dd81edb4cb2e.image.jpg

"Officers from the Missoula Police Department stand with their motorcycles and cars in front of City Hall Police Department. Missoula Courthouse in background. Library note: The building, which no longer stands, was on the corner of Woody and Broadway in Missoula."
Are those Studebaker patrol cars? Only in Missoula.
Yes they are. Good eye. Not a lot on here prolly knew what those were. I remember them well, too well I think ! :lol:
 
argh! said:
sad to say, i have not heard of a bar yet in this thread that can match lukes, for, like anything. especially when the lone amoeba was playing. or was he the first amoeba? i think he was the lone amoeba, but...

Saw Eric “Fingers” Ray play there many a night.

Pabst Blue Ribbon on tap.
 
Ursa Major said:
argh! said:
sad to say, i have not heard of a bar yet in this thread that can match lukes, for, like anything. especially when the lone amoeba was playing. or was he the first amoeba? i think he was the lone amoeba, but...

Saw Eric “Fingers” Ray play there many a night.

Pabst Blue Ribbon on tap.

Well, today I learned that one should not Google "Eric Fingers Ray" at work. Wish me luck with HR, fellas.
 
Ursa Major said:
argh! said:
sad to say, i have not heard of a bar yet in this thread that can match lukes, for, like anything. especially when the lone amoeba was playing. or was he the first amoeba? i think he was the lone amoeba, but...

Saw Eric “Fingers” Ray play there many a night.

Pabst Blue Ribbon on tap.

he also played at the top hat often. I also just had a vision of the big sky mudflaps lol.
 
The Turf. Watched it burn from an upper Jesse floor. Red Pies have never been the same.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26168145/turf-bar-msln-oct301979/
 
horribilisfan8184 said:
The Turf. Watched it burn from an upper Jesse floor. Red Pies have never been the same.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26168145/turf-bar-msln-oct301979/

yup the Turf was classic.
 
CDAGRIZ said:
Ursa Major said:
Saw Eric “Fingers” Ray play there many a night.

Pabst Blue Ribbon on tap.

Well, today I learned that one should not Google "Eric Fingers Ray" at work. Wish me luck with HR, fellas.
POTY. Unchallenged.
 
retiredpopo said:
Ursa Major said:
Saw Eric “Fingers” Ray play there many a night.

Pabst Blue Ribbon on tap.

he also played at the top hat often. I also just had a vision of the big sky mudflaps lol.

:thumb: His brother did the Yahoo yodel, sister is the Lt. Governor.
 
retiredpopo said:
Ursa Major said:
Saw Eric “Fingers” Ray play there many a night.

Pabst Blue Ribbon on tap.

he also played at the top hat often. I also just had a vision of the big sky mudflaps lol.

jeezus, a flashback to eric ray and the skates. thank you.
 
This thread has been very entertaining fellas. My dad talked about him and his buddies playing music at a bunch of these bars mentioned.
They played in the seventies in Missoula, Pablo, and up the Bitteroot. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Makes me miss my Pops and his stories.
 
retiredpopo said:
horribilisfan8184 said:
The Turf. Watched it burn from an upper Jesse floor. Red Pies have never been the same.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26168145/turf-bar-msln-oct301979/

yup the Turf was classic.

The back bar was priceless.
 
When I was 16 years old, the drinking age was 18. Those of us whose voices had changed drank at Connies’ Lounge, the Flame and the Flamingo Lounge at the Park Hotel. Ah yes, those were the good old days. Wait, actually, any days when you were way younger were “good old days.”
 
AllWeatherFan said:
When I was 16 years old, the drinking age was 18. Those of us whose voices had changed drank at Connies’ Lounge, the Flame and the Flamingo Lounge at the Park Hotel. Ah yes, those were the good old days. Wait, actually, any days when you were way younger were “good old days.”

Same here but when you were 15 and looked like it you bought booze at gay nineties and the forest lounge which was owned by Connie forest who owned Connie's.
 
AllWeatherFan said:
When I was 16 years old, the drinking age was 18. Those of us whose voices had changed drank at Connies’ Lounge, the Flame and the Flamingo Lounge at the Park Hotel. Ah yes, those were the good old days. Wait, actually, any days when you were way younger were “good old days.”

....Ahh the memories of Missoula pre 18 youth lore... Drinking Zombies at dark lit Connies...or if you were low bucking it... tapping the frig for 1 or 2 family favorite Schlitz or Colt 45 malt liquors. Every now and then there would be some Micky's big mouths stashed behind the cheese.
 
Friday in Spring quarter: happy hour at the Stockman's, move on to the Candle, move on to the Northern, and then, more often than not, Missoula Country jail, in a cell, in the basement with a dirty blanket. Took me a while to realize I had a problem.
But it was fun....;
 
Kabooom said:
AllWeatherFan said:
When I was 16 years old, the drinking age was 18. Those of us whose voices had changed drank at Connies’ Lounge, the Flame and the Flamingo Lounge at the Park Hotel. Ah yes, those were the good old days. Wait, actually, any days when you were way younger were “good old days.”

....Ahh the memories of Missoula pre 18 youth lore... Drinking Zombies at dark lit Connies...or if you were low bucking it... tapping the frig for 1 or 2 family favorite Schlitz or Colt 45 malt liquors. Every now and then there would be some Micky's big mouths stashed behind the cheese.

Curly’s
My Place
Carousel
Trading Post
Gay Nineties
Duelin’ Daulton’s

I tried to stay out of downtown for the most part….mostly because of the 2 am drive back to the south side! Lol….
 
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