THE CHEETAH APRIL 11, 1967 PICS

[alfredovu]

Some pics from Mr. Billy Name camera:

[velvetfan]

that last pic with Lou/Country Gentleman; is that supposed to be Moe on drums? And if yes, who's kit is that? ??
oops, that is Moe viewing first picture. Can anybody read the name on the drum kit?

[MJG196]

that last pic with Lou/Country Gentleman; is that supposed to be Moe on drums? And if yes, who's kit is that? ??
oops, that is Moe viewing first picture. Can anybody read the name on the drum kit?

Looks like "MIKE ?I SHAW" - I can't make out that letter before the I.



There is a pic on Olivier's site that has the missing letters, but it is too small to see! http://olivier.landemaine.free.fr/vu/li ... erf67.html

EDIT: I found the following info on this club here: http://streetsyoucrossed.blogspot.com/2 ... chive.html

I can't believe I didn't consult Popism: The Warhol '60s by Warhol and Pat Hackett (New York: Harper & Row, 1980) for the Cheetah entry. While researching info for the next site I'll be investigating, I came upon this:

Toward the end of April, a club called the Cheetah opened on Broadway and 53rd Street. It was a big operation, with a fifteen-hundred capacity, done up very slick with colored lights and vinyl strips hanging off the ceiling, and movies and slides and closed circuit TV, and spin-offs like a television room and a boutique.

And bands--the Velvets played at the opening; I saw Monti Rock III dash by in a glittering gold outfit, looking, he said, for Joan Crawford.

The Cheetah was the brainchild of Olivier Coquelin, and when it was in the planning stages, Olivier had asked me and Edie to be the host and hostess there--Andy and Edie's Up, he wanted to call it. But he and his backers were good business people and in those days we weren't--we were so loose when it came to things like schedules and contracts, and also, we never wanted to commit ourselves to anything; all we wanted was to run around and have a good time. So the next thing I knew, their beautiful slick club was opening--without me--and it was a sensation.

The clothes the guys wore at the Cheetah shows that they were catching up with the girls, discoing in the new styles--polka-dot shirts and bell-bottoms and boots and little caps.

But the most remarkable thing was that there was not one drop of liquor on the premises (they figured it would be impossible to check I.D.'s for thousands of kids who would all be right around the legal age limit), and nobody missed it. The kids weren't really drinking anymore anyway--drugs were a new thing on their minds; liquor seemed old-fashioned.

[peppergomez]

Fantastic pics. Thanks!

Where did you find them, and are there larger versioons?

[taxine]

Thank you for bringing this excellent set of pictures back here dear Mr.Inevitable.It's a kinda pain can't get to the fantastic
Name's web,Always been amazed about VU.playin' along all those NYC clubs !!!

The first picture looks as a Factory neighborhood with Internacial Velvet and the couple of dancers,Gerry and Mary waiting back for dancing out on the next song and realize is Ondine at the second picture hanging on the EPI. show .....

[alfredovu]

Found them all at Ovoworks -Billy name web Site years ago, ans saved them.
Then I found that the pic on the Drella Deluxe CD was not from the Bizarre 65 but Cheetah 67
Drella´s pic you can see the drum kit much better.

Name´s site was great. He used to change pictures very often, so saving them wa a good idea. I have been trying to find the web site lately but seems is not available ...

I have a few from the Open Stage, Gymnasium and at the Factory (alt takes of the pic used for the All Tomorrow´s Parties picture sleeve)

[Jez]

Thanks for posting the great pics. Always like to see them.

Billy has a website here -

http://billyname.net/index.html

Not so many pictures but may be updated in the future.

The article below is two years old but suggests he 'lost' many of his original negatives to Kevin Kushel, formerly of the Associated Press. Old news I know and many Velvet era pictures have been available since then.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/arts/ ... wanted=all

Thanks again Alfredo.

[peppergomez]

Thanks to all for pics and info. Man VU were so ahead of their time during the factory era, both musically and visually. They look like an 80s indie-art band.

[alfredovu]

Thanks for posting the great pics. Always like to see them.

Billy has a website here -

http://billyname.net/index.html

Not so many pictures but may be updated in the future.

The article below is two years old but suggests he 'lost' many of his original negatives to Kevin Kushel, formerly of the Associated Press. Old news I know and many Velvet era pictures have been available since then.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/arts/ ... wanted=all

Thanks again Alfredo.

Thanks Jez... I had no idea of this! What a shame... but there were hundred of pics at his old web site, so at least they should be preserved with the Ovoworks people.

[taxine]

Yeah,thank you for the link Jez, Billy's pictures are so great.I came across this super cool factory one this morning,my guess is an Stephen Shore's shoot,but actually have no clue,the truly soul of the place..... !!!