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Tour parts One and Two. Club South 29 in Spartanburg, South Carolina is hard to find. The address is a number on U. Only from the alleyways could I hear a distant thump-thump-thump over the other night sounds. On another pass I saw a break in the chain link fence that I assumed was the auto body yard, but was actually the parking lot.

Only the thumping and orderly cars showed a club was nearby, signaled only by a man with a metal-detecting wand, two traffic cones and a chair outside the only door.

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He gave me an ass-grabbing pat-down and I walked into the plain utility shed into a strobing, thumping nightclub. A shirtless old man checked my ID and gave me my wristband, the young man at the window took my entry fee, and I walked into the vast, split-level nightclub:. Out on the Astroturf patio, my night was saved by the The Greenville Sisters of The Abbey of the Grand Palmetto, the local chapter of the charitable and spiritual powerhouse Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.

I asked where everyone was: the big show was going to begin in 20 minutes but there were only about people in the vast space. I was incredulous:. How far away is Atlanta? I asked were all the Black folks were: there were fewer than 20 in the club, this in a county that is half African American:. As the show went on people kept coming into the club, most of them African American.

Before I realized it, the club was one-third Black by the time the show ended around midnight. I felt bad leaving early, but as I keep telling myself, this is a marathon not a sprint. Great post. Like Like. June 22, Like Loading…. Categories: Who Needs Gay Bars? Previous Post. Next Post. Thanks as always Patrick! Leave a comment Cancel reply.

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