In the Eighties I DJed at a nightclub called Rubber Soul which was in West Melbourne at the Spencer Hotel. With the closing of the Venetian Room Ronnie and Michael came up with the idea of running a sixties club. The opening night was massive but for the next six months or so it was kind of touch and go. It was at a meeting round at my flat one night when we came up with the idea of theme nights. One Friday a month we'd highlight a sixties band.
By far the biggest result came from The Doors nights which were legendary. We'd play a Doors song every forth song which was the policy we came up with. Roadhouse Blues was a big hit For a club that held 200 tops we had 900 in one night. In the end no one would leave and the cops had to come and bust up the crowd.
From the first night of the Doors Rubber Soul never looked back and there were queues snaking around the building each Friday. Gradually we took over the whole building. But the DJ turntables were always on top of the billiard table. Until the last days in 91.
On a different note the first time I heard this song it was by Status Quo on their Piledriver album.
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