If you want to see some sin,forget Paris and go to Kansas City

pdf new link 16/2/12 (321 pages/3MB) with thanks to the original sharer

The clubs ranged from rough, bucket-of-blood joints with sawdust on the floor and a stomp-down piano player, to elegant nightclubs, presenting elaborate floorshows accompanied by full bands. Club owners christened new clubs by giving a cab driver five dollars and the key to the front door with instructions to drive as far as he could and throw away the key."The clubs didn't close," recalled bandleader Jay McShann."About 7:00 in the morning the cleanup man would come and all the guys at the bar would move out of the way.And the bartender would serve them at the table while the place got cleaned up.Then they would go back to the bar.The clubs went 24 hours a day."