The Ponderosa

The Ponderosa was located in the woods outside of Martinsburg, West Virginia, but it was like a Baltimore club because owner Dave Boyd hired Baltimore bands to play there. Boyd lived in Sharpsburg, MD, not far from the Maryland/West Virginia line, and Martinsburg was roughly the same distance on the West Virginia side.

This was a unique place. It can't be denied that part of it's success was the 18 year old drinking age in WV (for low alcohol beer only), compared to 21 in MD.