Cohn, whose act has died in many a seedy club, finally dies himself at Dachau.
But the film's real heart is in the very places Carlito speaks of escaping: the seedy social clubs and slick dance palaces where the story's main action unfolds.
Reduced to performing in seedy clubs in Hamburg's Reeperbahn, he retired around 1970.
She later becomes a taxi dancer at a very seedy club to get by in the city.
The music, even in seedy clubs, was sustenance, never work.
Act II lets the students test their comic chops between bingo games in a seedy club.
It's not some seedy after-hours club that has captured Mr. Miyamoto's attention.
"I was performing at a seedy club in SoHo one night when Arthur called and left me a message."
They also stated, "Goldfrapp will take you on a journey through the darkened slums, the seedy clubs, the flamboyant nightspots and the palatial high rises."
Like "Blues Suite," this work appeared to take place in a seedy club.