. >> bobby tramonte: basically that's how it happened, the three of them put up, uh, i think they puth. >> joe rinaldi: i know they got it for a song because the place was boarded up. and, you know, the chairs, and the tables, and the chains, and the dust, and the dirt had been there since the speakeasy days. you know, in other words, when they opened that place, they took the boards off the door and they were ready for business, cobwebs and all. >> bobby tramonte: my father and mother had been on a vacation, and, you know, the bayou was all over new orleans. my dad said, what an appropriate name. >> bill whelan: oh well, mike munley came down to the charles. he said, i want you to take the band in there, but i want my nephew, bobby conway, to be the leader of the band. i said, great. bill it like this: bobby conway and the dixie six featuring "wild" bill whelan. that way i don't have to worry about the band's problems, and i said, i get my money on the side, got my name up in lights, got all the pleasures. >> mike tramonte: the bayou was a hit right out of the box. >> bobby tramonte: