It wouldn't have been too easy to live there with shows that linger on into the wee hours of the night and motorcycles coming and going often.
It was not a "biker" bar until Jim Richardson bought the lease in 1971 and called it Chateau Liberté which means "House of Freedom".
So, Dave and Fred, you must be a year off in your estimate for closing the place, I'm positive.
There were many rumors of Chateau Liberté about drugs, crime, music, fun, and danger.