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"Fortunately,
an extremely sexy, pixie-voiced blond named Ronnie Harran, who
booked the Whisky, saw us…She had an ear for talent…the
Whisky was finally a gig we could be proud of…"
-John
Densmore, The Doors' drummer ("Riders
On The Storm")
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"Chris
Hillman (of the Byrds) recounts…'What happened to the Buffulo
Springfield at the Whisky was similar to what happened to us
at Ciro's…everybody wanted to be there. It became the place
to be…a great gig.'"
-Johnny
Rogan ("Neil
Young: The Definitive Story of His Musical Career")
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"During the stay in L.A., the Stooges played a five-night stand…at
the Whisky in Hollywood…a Back Door Man article
said "The Stooges Whisky performances were the best live rock
'n' roll I have ever witnessed…"
-Per Nilsen with Dorothy Sherman ("The
Wild One - The True Story of Iggy Pop")
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"Fortunately,
an extremely sexy, pixie-voiced blond named Ronnie Harran, who
booked the Whisky, saw us…She had an ear for talent…the
Whisky was finally a gig we could be proud of…"
-John
Densmore, The Doors' drummer
("Riders
On The Storm")
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"Chris
Hillman (of the Byrds) recounts…'What happened to the Buffulo
Springfield at the Whisky was similar to what happened to us
at Ciro's…everybody wanted to be there. It became the place
to be…a great gig.'"
-Johnny
Rogan
("Neil
Young: The Definitive Story of His Musical Career")
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"During
the stay in L.A., the Stooges played a five-night stand…at
the Whisky in Hollywood…a Back Door Man article
said "The Stooges Whisky performances were the best live rock
'n' roll I have ever witnessed…"
-Per
Nilsen with Dorothy Sherman
("The
Wild One - The True Story of Iggy Pop")
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"Johnny
Rivers…returned to L.A. to accept a lucrative offer from
Elmer Valentine to open at his lavish new nightclub based upon
the popular European discotheque concept. Johnny Rivers at the
Whisky A Go-Go turned Hollywood upside down. His first Imperial
album, "Johnny Rivers At The Whisky A Go-Go," (produced by Lou
Adler) was high in the charts for 45 weeks in 1964."
-Glenn
A. Baker
("Johnny
Rivers - The Singer, Not the Song" - Goldmine Magazine)
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"I
was glad to see other blues guitarists like Albert King have
crossover successes like me. We played in the same places like
the Whisky and the Filmore. When Albert made his guitar cry,
he could cut you so deep!"
-B.B.
King as told to Dennis Loren
(B.B.
King - "From Kilmichael To Memphis" - Record Profile
Magazine)
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"Eric
Burdon…from the Animals, right? I saved his life one time.
There was this guy on the third floor. I forgot his name, but
I know his face. I went upstairs and I see this guy go to stab
Eric, so I grabbed him and threw him down the stairs and out
into the back lot. The next day Eric brought me a box of cigars…'Thanks
for saving my life, Mon'…you know how he talks."
-Mario
Maglieri as told to Susan Schneider & Anne Moore
(Masters
of Rock Magazine)
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"When
LOVE played the still hipper Whisky A Go-Go, further west along
Sunset, Arthur Lee claims they 'started the whole hippy thing'
in tandem with an in-crowd of freaks led by aging beatnik sculptor
Vito Paulekas. It was Vito, Carl Franzoni, Sue, Beatle Bob,
Bryan Maclean and me…people would come to Ben Frank's to
hang out with us after we played shows."
-Barney
Hoskins
(from
"LOVE - Through the Keyhole" - MOJO Magazine)
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"The
Whisky was on the forefront of every musical trend including
Motown, Rock 'N' Roll, Heavy Metal, Punk and New Wave," says
Mikeal Maglieri, son of Mario.
"That
hasn't changed," says Scott Lenz, a contributing music editor
for Buzz Magazine…"Because the Whisky…has held true
to its original focus of nurturing emerging talent."
-The
Los Angeles Independent
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"I
first saw Greg & Duanne Allman in a band called the Hour
Glass opening for the Buffalo Springfield at the Fillmore. They
had been playing in L.A. at the Hullabaloo and the Whisky while
they were recording for Liberty."
-Dennis
Loren
("Way
Out West - In the Sixties" - Record Profile Magazine)
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"After
the week at the Fillmore we flew down to L.A. to hang out and
pick up whatever gigs we could. We did a gig in Santa Barbara
on July 1st and then the next night we opened for Sam &
Dave at the Whisky…"
-Mitch
Mitchell as told to John Platt
("The
Hendrix Experience")
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"The
first time I was in the Whisky, I was hanging out right here;
it was raining. It was either Moby Grape or Janis Joplin…playing
inside…I was huddled here listening. Mario was over there
and he yelled at me, 'What's the matter, you don't have any
money?' I go 'no'. He goes 'Get inside!" That's Mario for ya…he
watched us all grow up here…he's the best!"
-Len
Fagan as told to S.L. Duff
("Club
Data: Sunset Strip As Memory Lane" - Music Connection)
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"In
1967 Sweetwater started the first of several full week stints
at the Whisky A Go-Go, headlining over Steppenwolf for 4 weekdays
and opening for Big Brother and the Holding Company on the weekend.
Within an amazingly short time they were signed to Reprise;
evidently every record company executive in town had been at
the Whisky gig to see Janis Joplin & Big Brother."
-Mary
Katherine Aldin
("The
Bittersweet Tale of Sweetwater" - Goldmine Magazine)
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"The
Mothers had no contract until a night late in November (1965)
when they were playing the Whisky for the umpteenth time. Tom
Wilson (MGM producer) and Herb Cohen (artist manager) were in
the audience."
-David
Walley
("No
Commercial Potential - The Saga of Frank Zappa")
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