[1] It was a venue of the Southern Chitlin' Circuit, particularly as a stop between New Orleans and Houston on US Highway 190.

By the late 1990s, the club was regarded as "zydeco's answer to the Grand Ole Opry.

"[2] In 2008, journalist Nathan Stubbs described the club as still having "7-foot high ceilings, the small wooden tables and 1970s bucket chairs, the well-worn uneven wooden floor, the screen windows with no glass.

[4] In 1984, Boozoo Chavis started playing regularly at Richard's Club,[5] a moment Scott Billington has identified as significant for zydeco.

The same year, Michael DeClouet purchased the building and, after upkeep renovations and a legal battle over the "Richard's Club" name, reopened the nightclub under the name Zydeco Hall of Fame in 2008.