Forty Deuced

Ivan Kane’s Forty Deuce @ Mandalay Bay

Late night tonight vague recollections of the evening, it’s Monday morning I know because when I left the house six hours ago I was barely sober and now I have to keep one foot on the bed and one on the ground to make the room stop spinning. After successfully making it home from the Vegas strip I can now lay back and smile about the gorgeous Australian woman, the midget and of course the beautiful burlesque performers. As my vision spirals away toward an unknown complicated vortex I shall recant my adventure.
Ivan Kane’s Forty Deuce is what many consider a club however unlike the unimaginative Tangerine at T.I. Forty Deuce showcases some of the world’s best burlesque dancers. When I say burlesque I mean the whole package including a live jazz band that play’s the alcohol drenched, money grabbing sounds of raw jazz that a woman can strip to! Yes despite Forty Deuce being fully entrenched in tourist nirvana the vibe screamed professional’s only! This was a Sunday night in Las Vegas, while most are on a red eye back home wondering how to pay the mortgage and making sure the bruises are not noticeable, the real pro’s come out to play.

I met Michael Brown the Manager at Forty Deuce (not the Michael Brown of Katrina fame) we went through the club and he introduced me to some of the staff, which of course were friendly and courteous. The club itself is not a huge Vegas mega-club rather a small semi circular establishment, with a modest dance floor and a cozy VIP section.
The VIP section was perfectly positioned to view the stage, and view I did!

Dirty Jazz
At around 200am the dance music came slowly to silence and the raw sounds of trumpets and trombones were heralding the onset of something truly spectacular. Two beautiful women came strutting onstage and began a perfectly rehearsed routine that left most in the club searching the floor for their respective tongues.
Writing about Forty Deuce can really do no justice to the theme and attempts by the club owners to really showcase something new yet old, to this gin soaked, burnt out Vegas mob.
Highlights
The music before the Jazz band came on was decent a light house mix that kept the crowd moving and interested. Obviously the actual band was excellent good musicians with their hands on the pulse of what was once true and filthy Jazz…the type that made white people wince! The dancers unlike the endless stripper clones in Vegas were beautiful and enticed the entire crowd with less show and more show.
I recommend Forty Deuce to anyone visiting Vegas and anyone living here writing stories about Vegas.