Here is my .02
It depends on how much fingers-guitar-amp interaction that you want. Higher wattage amps need to be pushed, volume wise, to give up the goodies, so, you did say small clubs. Here are my candidates;
Fender Super Reverb, late black or early silver face.
or Deluxe Reverb, same era.
If your into tone/interaction, at a more respectable level for home/recording usage, look at the amps that Gary Gerhart provides
www.gerhartamps.com . He has a tube Gilmore Amp that is built specifically for this purpose. You can also build his tube Gilmore Kit. I liked my first unit so much, I built a second unit in a 2 x 8" donor CRATE SS combo chassis. Huge tone/interaction, big happy factor.