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Downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Owners:
???
DJs:
Mike Mayberry
Bob Miro
Michael Tompkins
Legendary disco where only the best Hi Energy, Euro and Italo Music was jammed!
This Fort Lauderdale institution was a gay disco that welcomed a mixed crowd. I remember the resident DJ being Bob Miro who played obscure Dance tunes that later became popular...he mixed Laid Back's White Horse...(If you wanna ride...ride the White Bitch) Fun Times.
Backsteets was an emporium styled after a saloon, huge wooden bar around the perimeter, bleechers where Anything Goes and people would crowd and dance on the stairs or speakers when Hazel Dean, Sylvester or Sharon Redd would come to town.
Backstreets had an outside pool and jacuzzi area, tiki bar and an outside courtyard stage and dance floors. I heard stories about the locker rooms. Wrap around balconies would lead you back into the main club where a spinning horse carousel spun over the DJ booth. It had separate bar areas with Cowboy murals and the best shows.
There was a Backstreets in Key West and Atlanta, the one in Atlanta is still open, but I would love to hear more from this icon of South Florida. Anyone have any pix?
Photo above submitted by: S. Martin
Description: I know its not much of a pic, but it was taken at Backstreets in the back yard.
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The following nine photos submitted by David
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marcomarco
on Feb 19, 05 | 5:18 am


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