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Name Dropping: Tales from My Barbary Coast Saloon

by Barnaby Conrad

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When El Matador opened in 1958, Bennett Cerf called it "the most attractive room in America." Part saloon, part salon, Barnaby Conrad's nightclub was nestled in the heart of San Francisco's cabaret and nightlife district. On any given night, one might find Noël Coward, Marilyn Monroe, Truman Capote, Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner, or Tyrone Power in the club or might hear Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Eva Gabor, George Shearing, or André Previn take over the piano.

In Name Dropping, Barnaby Conrad vibrantly evokes this bygone era. Charming, personable, and witty, the author is both celebrity and fan as he shares vivid, hilarious, and surprising anecdotes, delightfully dropping famous names all the while.

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Tales from The Matador, a cabaret in the Barbary Coast section of San Francisco, where you went to be seen and to see the stars.

Now gentrified, The Matador stood as one of the ‘hip’ places to be in the 1950‘s and 1960‘s . Opened with the proceeds he received from writing his best selling novel of the same name, the cabaret became the watering hole for some of the entertainment industry’s elite. Ava Gardener, Bing Crosby, Orson Welles, Sinclair Lewis, Lucille Ball, David Niven and Truman Capote among others, spent time relaxing, drinking and signing in on The Matador’s guest register.

Conrad Barnaby, the Matador’s owner was quite a character in his own right. Writer, artist (several examples grace the pages of the book), and bullfighter, Barnaby opens to us a slice of a bygone time.

A significant portion of the book tells of his bullfighting escapades, some history of the sport and some of it’s greats and their great battles.

Constantly intriguing and entertaining, this book will keep you turning the pages while reveling in stories of the famous visitors to The Matador. ( )
  iluvvideo | Dec 15, 2010 |
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Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. HTML:

When El Matador opened in 1958, Bennett Cerf called it "the most attractive room in America." Part saloon, part salon, Barnaby Conrad's nightclub was nestled in the heart of San Francisco's cabaret and nightlife district. On any given night, one might find Noël Coward, Marilyn Monroe, Truman Capote, Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner, or Tyrone Power in the club or might hear Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Eva Gabor, George Shearing, or André Previn take over the piano.

In Name Dropping, Barnaby Conrad vibrantly evokes this bygone era. Charming, personable, and witty, the author is both celebrity and fan as he shares vivid, hilarious, and surprising anecdotes, delightfully dropping famous names all the while.

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