Ponderosa Ballroom (now Guitars & Cadillacs)  
                                       Abilene   est. 1975


 
   L.C. Agnew played fiddle for mare than 50 years, playing on The Louisiana Hayride, a radio show in Shreveport, Memphis, Tennessee where he played with Chet Atkins and many other places. He eventually returned home to Texas, taking a job in Abilene. In 1975, he and his wife Dorothy leased the building on Vine Street that would become the Ponderosa Ballroom and operated it for about 18 years. 
    1n 1984, the Ponderosa was proclaimed the #2 nightclub in Texas by Texas Monthly behind Austin's Broken Spoke. L.C. & his band played there 5-7 nights a week. The club also booked well known acts such as Asleep At The Wheel, Johnny Bush, Rodney Crowell, Toby Keith, Hoyle Nix, Jody Nix, Eddie Raven, Jerry Reed, Joe Stampley, Keith Whitney, & many others. L.C. was inducted into the Western Swing Music Hall of Fame a few years ago. The Ponderosa is still going strong today as "Guitars & Cadillacs" & and is still one of the best places in Texas to enjoy live music. With one of the largest dance floors in Texas, it is a great place to waltz, jitterbug or do the Texas Two-Step.