by gigi » Tue Mar 12, 2019 2:53 pm
Ron Pearson and the Ron Dons were huge locally in the 70's. After Ron closed "The Place" on Whitesbridge Avenue, he opened another smaller club on East Belmont called The Chateau. It had a waterfall in the front that was made from coral. I know because one Saturday night after walking out of the club with friends, I climbed on top of it and fell off. Shredded my leg. Oh the memories!! I read he passed away some years ago. Those were the days of Ara's Apartments at Weber and Clinton. Ara Arax owned it and it became a bit of a biker bar. Ara was a great gentleman and was murdered during a "robbery gone bad." His son Mark is an author and wrote a book about it called "In My Fathers Name." A great read if you remember those times. We had the best music!! I miss those days.
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Ron Pearson and the Ron Dons were huge locally in the 70's. After Ron closed "The Place" on Whitesbridge Avenue, he opened another smaller club on East Belmont called The Chateau. It had a waterfall in the front that was made from coral. I know because one Saturday night after walking out of the club with friends, I climbed on top of it and fell off. Shredded my leg. Oh the memories!! I read he passed away some years ago. Those were the days of Ara's Apartments at Weber and Clinton. Ara Arax owned it and it became a bit of a biker bar. Ara was a great gentleman and was murdered during a "robbery gone bad." His son Mark is an author and wrote a book about it called "In My Fathers Name." A great read if you remember those times. We had the best music!! I miss those days.