If they had hardware — captains, for instance — they'd get a ham.
They'd go to him and he'd tell them the deal straight up.
My step-grandfather worked for the construction company that was building what was to become One Main Place, as it was known in the 1970's, when my folks picked him up from work periodically, we drove right by it, although I was about seven years old at the time.
Two birds with one stone.
Here's a link to part of the Warren Report that talks about the cellar.
The Cellar was a strange mix of old-style club management and the innovative music of the '60s and '70s.