![]() Many a celebrity has danced among the Catch One crowd, including Madonna, Sandra Bernhard, Chaka Khan, Sammy Davis, Jr., Gregory Hines, and others. ![]() I’m not gay nor were the friends I’d go with, but Catch One was always such a fun, friendly place. (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need access to the original image.) ![]() Then, they’d turn the lights off, the music would resume, and everyone would keep dancing till dawn. We’d dance until 2 A.M., when the lights would come on and all the alcohol was cleared off the tables. It was exhilarating, to say the least, and the vibe was infectious. The women in my group would swoon and fret over the men, complaining that there were so many good-looking but unavailable men. At the time, I didn’t even know quite what house music was. Handsome young men of all races and colors dancing to the throbbing beat of house music. Security would greet you at the top of the stairs with a metal detector, whereupon you’d enter into a sea of pulsing bodies in all manner of dress adorned with the glitter of revolving disco balls overhead. We’d often stay until 4 o’clock in the morning, and even at that late hour-or early for some-things were still in full swing. I would go with my then-girlfriend and some of her friends. The end of an era: Catch One closes its doors.īack in the mid-1980s, I used to go with friends to a happening gay disco spot in LA, a place called Catch One.
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