WHISKYAGOGO.COM OFFICIAL SITE + 50th ANNIVERSARY
Well, you could try and bribe the bouncer to get in?
Here's the link to the official web site for the club that has launched a lot of bands. Celebrations include tribute nights.
We've written about the Whisky in this blog, mostly when we're writing about Johnny Rivers. You can use the Google search feature embedded in this blog to pull up past posts about The Whisky and Johnny Rivers.
Showing posts with label The Whisky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Whisky. Show all posts
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Thursday, November 7, 2013
(482) PLACES TO GO THINGS TO DO : BEN FRANKS DINER
CHARLES PHOENIX ON BEN FRANKS DINER link
IN OUR PLACES TO GO THINGS TO DO posts, we wrote about the Palamino for mostly Country Music (post 335 on Marty Robins and Jerry Lee Lewis), the Red Velvet - one of the few clubs Elvis used to go to and where P.J. Proby performed (post 334), and the dinner club, Ciro's, known for the Rat Pack, but also Johnny Rivers before The Whisky. Post 333 was about Trino Lopez. Post 336 Ciros. We've recently updated the videos and links for these posts from 2010.
All of these clubs were performance spaces.
One of my hangouts for just having coffee, talking, hanging out, was Ben Franks Diner. It was a good place to meet with friends, co-workers, and people I wanted to do business with, on the Sunset Strip, which has been active with entertainment for more than half a century.
Here's a link with a good picture.
EXCERPT: "Today, forty five years later the classic coffee shop structure still stands. But about decade or so ago Ben became Mel when Ben Frank’s quietly closed and morphed into a trendy retro diner called Mel’s Diner. I wonder if they have Liver and Onions on the menu."
IN OUR PLACES TO GO THINGS TO DO posts, we wrote about the Palamino for mostly Country Music (post 335 on Marty Robins and Jerry Lee Lewis), the Red Velvet - one of the few clubs Elvis used to go to and where P.J. Proby performed (post 334), and the dinner club, Ciro's, known for the Rat Pack, but also Johnny Rivers before The Whisky. Post 333 was about Trino Lopez. Post 336 Ciros. We've recently updated the videos and links for these posts from 2010.
All of these clubs were performance spaces.
One of my hangouts for just having coffee, talking, hanging out, was Ben Franks Diner. It was a good place to meet with friends, co-workers, and people I wanted to do business with, on the Sunset Strip, which has been active with entertainment for more than half a century.
Here's a link with a good picture.
EXCERPT: "Today, forty five years later the classic coffee shop structure still stands. But about decade or so ago Ben became Mel when Ben Frank’s quietly closed and morphed into a trendy retro diner called Mel’s Diner. I wonder if they have Liver and Onions on the menu."
Saturday, June 29, 2013
(471) MOTOWN HITS THE SUNSET STRIP : STEVIE WONDER : JOHNNY RIVERS
This Motown hit was the first song co-writing credit the now famous and legendary Stevie Wonder ever got. The song was written by the team of Sylvia Moy and Henry Cosby and the lyrics were put into Braille for Stevie. A hit for him in 1966, Johnny's version soon followed.
MOTOWN HITS THE SUNSET STRIP
Link here to STEVIE WONDER'S OFFICIAL SITE! STEVIE WONDER.NET
MOTOWN HITS THE SUNSET STRIP
Link here to STEVIE WONDER'S OFFICIAL SITE! STEVIE WONDER.NET
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