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Vulcan Gas Company

Submitted by ckh1971 on Wed, 09/10/2008 - 7:57pm. Bars

The Vulcan Gas Company was a downtown venue where bands performed with psychedelic light shows as a backdrop. It was a place to see and be seen, to listen and enjoy. It may not have been a bar, but I vaguely remember alcohol's being involved somehow.

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Vulcan

Submitted by strategym on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 1:42pm.

If you're in Santa Fe, find Librería Allá. Go have a short conversation with James Dunlap. Jim was VCG's sound and lights man. If you've never gotten to speak with someone who put Roky Ericson, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix all down on tape in live recordings, you're in for a treat.

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Vulcan Gas Company

Submitted by BadBuzz on Sun, 04/05/2009 - 12:27pm.

Yep, I grew up there, eatin, sellin acid. I dont think they did the beer tho. But sheeeesshh, that was back before christ. Anyway, the light shows with the oil in the plates was innovative for them days eh? I think the history went, Vulcan, Cactus Club(burned up)near the Armadigger, then the Dillo at the skating rink and armory. Yea, I remeber Conquero, Bubble Puppy, and of course the winters and all the startup bands in town. Eddie probably has best history of it.
Keep the peace!

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Vulcan Gas Company

Submitted by Crockett1969 on Sat, 09/13/2008 - 5:34pm.

I saw a new group called the Steve Miller Band open for Johnny Winter at the Vulcan. 3rd and Congress was cheap rent in 1967, and that was before liquor by the drink was legal in Texas so it had to be a beer bar.

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