I'll let the Detroiters set it straight, but as I understand it, cabarets evolved out of speakeasies after Prohibition. When alcohol was legalized again, they went legit but kept up the jazz band tradition that had grown up in that environment. As the decades have gone on, eventually DJs supplemented the bands. I gather a cabaret these days *could* mean a strip club, but not exclusively.
http://detnews.com/2001/entertainment/0109/30/c01-304935.htm http://www.ipl.org/exhibit/detjazz/Stompin.html http://www.lilytomlin.com/reviews/time_mag_1977.htm http://www.submerge.com/electrofunkjoinssubmerge.htm By the way, nightclub laws are often known as "cabaret laws," and not just in Detroit: http://www.mml.org/pdf/detadul.pdf --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
