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Went there when I was very young with all my freinds. It was a very pretty disco. All stainless steel walls on the dance floor and a great sound system. It was very pretty and downstairs there was also area to sit down. We had so much fun there.
R/NYC

I was just wondering if the Dewayne Dixon, that is listed above in this article, is the same Dewayne Dixon who was the President of "Intermetro Record Pool" back in the early 80s. If it is can you pass along my Email Address to him, or maybe give me his.
Thanks Benny

yes, that is the Dewayne Dixon who owned Intermetro Record Pool. I haven't heard or seen him since the late 90's.

Tony Smith

I lived a couple blocks south of Barefoot Boy, and Tuesday nights a now deceased famous classic musician and I would go first to Uncle Charlie's on Third Avenue for the 2 for 1, I think beers, but maybe also gin and tonics, then around 11:00 p.m. when the 2 for 1 ended, we'd head over to Barefoot Boy with the most wonderful Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens Puerto Ricans I have ever seen, before, during, or since. I am old now, but travel the world, and nothing approaches the glory of those days, Thurman Capote, Tennessee Williams, all the cast from "the Boys in the Band", several famous singers still alive (I saw one on tv here in Europe), etc. It was the most glorious period of New York night life.

Kids, even those under 30 have no idea. You can have The Saint, Studio 54, Paradise Garage, but for true experts, Barefoot Boy was the tops!

Tony Smith,

Oh my God, I have been looking and ASKING about you for YEARS! This will refresh your memory, Phillip Morris security at Magique /Chippendales front door. Remeber my green Buick Appllo, your crates were in the trunk, it was a rain slicked street night, a yellow cab cut us off and we hydroplaned into the side of a oil trucks gas tank parked on second avenue and we totaled the car but THANK GOD we BOTH LIVED to WALK AWAY from that wreckage!!!!
I believe we were on our way down to Tory's or the 82 Club for after hours drinks after locking up Magique/Chippendales. Last I remeber you had owned I believe a vieo rental shop in alphabet city. I did ALL kinds of searches to track down contact information for you. Email me at phillipmorris@mail.com and then I will give you my REAL email address as we know there are immature clowns on this site that will be sending me junk email.

Hello Tony,

I live at the South Jersey Shore and I doing great. I would like to communicate with you and others from the past.

Dewane's e-Mail: Man1Music@comcast.net

I was a Jersey boy and Barefoot Boy was one of my first dancin hangouts. Loved the place and the vibe. I think it changed its name to Zeus after awhile. I remember a sweet bartender by the name of John. Great music, great club.

I went there when it was the Barefoot Boy and when it was Stix. When it was Stix, one Tuesday night I took the train from Brooklyn to meet my cousin there from the Bronx. He wasn't there so I sat down at the booth behind admnission. After a few minutes, one of the waiters came over and told me I had to leave because the club wasn't a "social" hangout. Not a social hangout? Holding my anger, I left and right douwn the block I met my cousin on his way to the club. I never went back again! Good thing about the club? When it was the Barefoot Boy, I met my lover of 12 years one Monday morning at 2:30AM. He too was from the Bronx. It's just something about Bronx men! lol So, the club was worth something!

I forget something in the club haze of the late 70's I remember Barefoot Boy, but what was the name of the club in the "dirty 30's" between 8th and 9th? It was a largely black gay club with amazing music. This was circa December 1977. Cloud One and patrick Adams were BIG. This was the first place I heard Marta Acuna's Dance Dance Dance. I remember going in there at the height of a big snow-storm and dancing in my snow boots until they threw me out. THe Softones, "Old Black Magic" was already old, so that was 76' Anyone with an old copy of "Michael's Thing" might be able to fill me in. I seem to remember a westbound street so could it habe been 37th or 39th, or uptown in Hell's Kitchen.

A lot of posts forget the Ice Palace which was on 57th Street and 6th Avenue. As a downtown boy, I am not quite sure why we found our way up there but we did. Imagine opening a funky gay club in that space THESE DAYS! Sunday's had a brilliant dj who mixed in older cuts like "Makes You Blind" by the Glitter Band or Birthday by the Beatles. Genius.

Jeff

Did any of you know a gal, ( yes, a f** hag) Sharon Kaufman ? She was a regular there. I went to NY (from ATL) with friends several times a year, I got out of the cab a half block down from The Barefoot Boy and suddenly I heard heels running, bleach blonde hair and a fake fur flying screaming "robbie!" yep, Sharon, a native New Yorker who had lived in ATL and been a close friend, SAME thing happened in Los Angles, New Orleans and again in ATL. I used to kid her saying she stalked me coast to coast. We lived together (roomates in 1 bed ) for a short time in the early 80's, she got into drama there ( we lived in the French Quater) and she blew town! Haven't seen her since, hope she survived the early 80's holocost, (sadly most of my friends going back to 1973 didn't, NOT sure why I have) She was as "buzy" as I was in the 70's and 80's.. "so many men so little time" as Miguel Brown sang... Sharon fancied herself as a "Jean Harlow" Look alike. She always hung in the Gay Bars, most guys thought she was a trans...IF ANYONE HAS SEEN HER PLEASE LET ME KNOW, Peace, Rob G. Atlanta, GA