Jon & The Nightriders had several gigs at the Whisky A-Go-Go in the early 1980s. One of the more important ones was appearing with The Blasters over two nights in January of 1981. More on that in a week or two...watch this space.
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The Whisky A-Go-Go in the early 1980s
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Joined: Aug 23, 2007 Posts: 614 Monterey County, California 
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Posted on Mar 29 2018 01:57 PM
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Posted on Mar 29 2018 02:25 PM
While we're waiting for the big announcement, let's take a trip down the Sunset Strip in 1981, and take a peek inside the Whisky.... Last edited: Mar 29, 2018 14:42:06 |
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Posted on Mar 30 2018 05:00 AM
Good surfin' there Jon! Ah yes the Whiskey. Been there a time or two. My band played on a bill with Phil and Dave, The Blasters at The Spirit in San Diego. Last edited: Mar 30, 2018 05:04:36 |
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Posted on Mar 30 2018 06:22 AM
Oh my, have the master tapes of "Live at the Whiskey" turned up again after all? Los Apollos - cinematic surf music trio (Berlin) |
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Posted on Mar 30 2018 09:15 AM
dragonsurfer wrote:
I'm curious. Which band were you in at that time? — |
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Posted on Mar 30 2018 11:12 AM
SanchoPansen wrote:
Good question, I'm trying to remember myself as I was in a few at that time, the times and events are a blur. The usual lineup was several bands a night and a mixture of the many around at that time, a veritable zoo. Madalene and Jerry's club was really busy and I was there many times. Where you there during that era? |
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Posted on Mar 30 2018 02:08 PM
Actually I used to live in the states in that time, but I was a kid. So no, I wasn't around. But looks like you folks were having a good time. — |
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Posted on Mar 30 2018 03:22 PM
SanchoPansen wrote:
Yes, those days everything was working. The economy was great especially for bands who made it and bands wanting to bring all their own gear was SOP. Trying to control where music and artists could go was largely unheard of and the sky was the proverbial limit. Downside was video was not as it is today and unless you had someone with good video/film gear, good luck getting anything on video which is why finding video from that era is hard if you were an indie. MTV was still on the drawing board about then making video killed the radio star a reality changing the way music is perceived forever. A good film camera costs, the lenses, the film and the developing another cost and then getting that film on a Rank Cintel at a video editing suite was not cheap. Reminds me of my grandfather who liked filming back in New York and if he didn't have friends in the Mafia who had the money to buy a color film portable camera to lend him, we would not have videos of our family. But the bands that coursed through original venues like The Spirit were varied outside of Top 40. Up in L.A. it was places like Madam Wongs. The guy who played Jimmy Olsen in the first Superman movies, Marc McClure had a band, he came down played drums at The Spirit. I was on the bill that night too. A lot of the known first wave bands ended up playing there. I only went when I had a gig there. Those were the days of Kim Fowley sending Liam Sternberg swooping in looking for another Runaways. Here's a 'video' of Steve Vai's 1985 Spirit performance. |
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