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Location: North Texas | Do any of you old Californians remember the Palamino club in North Hollywood? It used to be quite a hangout back in the day. Lots of big time pros would go in there to drink and sit in. Later on, the joint got "discovered", and that kind of killed the scene, but for a long time it was super cool. Clint Eastwood used that bar, or a soundstage copy, to film his Any Which Way but Loose movies. I hope I'm not the only one in the group to have stories about that place. Oh, have I got stories.... |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Buckaroo
Never went there, but it was California country when I lived in San Diego from '62 till I left in 1980.
They used to have open mike nights during the week that I recall as being frequented by some who have since became legends.
Sigh, I am not one of those.
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Location: Tampa, FL | I once went to the Palamino Club in Vegas. It was a slightly different kind of place. :rolleyes: |
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Location: North Texas | Back then, country music was not mainstream and there were not many places for fans to hear that sound. The place was in the S.F. "valley". For a while Haggerd had a place down the street, called the Hag, or something like that. I got to see Doc and Merle do a two man show there back in '70 or so. Great show. As far as the Palamino club, everyone in the business played in that joint. It was not a big night club, only a neighborhood bar, but when an act came to town they stopped by. |
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Location: Tennessee | Growing up in SoCal, had the opportunity to frequent the Palomino ... in fact I remember seeing Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen there. Also got stories about Gazzari's and the Hollywood Palladium. ;) |
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Location: North Texas | I was there too. Shared a few adult beverages with the band. Did you catch Sir Doug and Elvin Bishop? How about the Dead, and the Commander, at the Hollywood Bowl? Great show. Sunset Blvd. had some great bands. The Whiskey, Gazzaris', the list is too long. No wonder you passed the test! Where did you grow up? I'm glad you had a chance to live through that era. Those are one of a kind experiences. |
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Location: Tennessee | Whiskey A Go-Go. :cool: Do you remember the Hari-Krishna parades that went down Hollywood on Saturday nights? I grew up on the South Bay ... most of the time in Portuguese Bend, between Redondo and San Pedro on the peninsula. Remember Marineland? I grew up looking at that and Catalina. Special place - LA was back then. Did you ever see Honk? From Laguna Niguel, lots of country flavor to their music. They did the soundtrack for Five Summer Stories. |
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Location: North Texas | Yeah, I remember all that stuff. I was a native Valleyite, born on Van Nuys Blvd. Lived in No. Hollywood, Burbank, and Sunland-Tujunga. That should tell you something. Do you remember Pacific Ocean Park, Teen Fairs in Hollywood, Balboa island, Big Bear, and the all night pre- Rose Bowl parties in Pasadena? What a blast!
Ovation guitars had not yet been invented. |
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Location: SoCal | I lived on Balboa Island for 5 years...... |
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Location: North Texas | Rich folks have all the luck! Great place, for sure. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Good thing you weren't run over, Buck, being born on Van Nuys Blvd. |
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Location: closely held secret | He was born in a delivery van. |
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Location: North Texas | Covered wagon! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | ...lived through "Chinatown"? |
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Location: Tennessee | I used to work on the Rose Bowl floats every week between Christmas and New Years. I have only vague memories of POP, but spent much time at The Pike in Long Beach, before they tore it down so they could clean up the neighborhood. ;) Used to go cruise Van Nuys Blvd and Ventura Blvd through the valley ... Encino, Reseda, Van Nuys were spots where a lot of hot cars would show up to show off. Mine was a 68 Camaro SS396. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Another good choice of cars, Stoney. I had a 68 Javelin. The only one in Colby, Kansas. Unfortunately, it only had a 232 6 in it. Everyone wanted to race me and I took a lot of flack for declining. I always wanted it to grow up into a 390 AMX. |
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Location: North Texas | That's what I'm talking about. Cruising Bobs'Big Boy and checking out the cars and the babes. Not necessarily in that order. The '68 camaro was a highly sought after car, still is. The Pike was a wild, rickety ride. You always felt like you were going to die, and there were some accidents. The Palomino was such a dinky little bar to have all those big names play there. To hear those players from a distance of six feet away was amazing. It was like they were jamming in your garage. Ricky Nelson, Willie, Linda Ronstadt, Walon, etc.. were booked there frequently. There were not really any other C+W joints around, because it was considered unhip to like that stuff. When some celebs were playing, other big names would come in to listen, sit in, and party. The whole scene was very casual, and a heck of a lot of fun. These days, Austin, Tx. still maintains that kind of vibe, and some of the same people are still down there jammin'. The ones that are still breathing. |
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Location: Tennessee | There's a place in the DC area (Alexandria, VA)that's still pretty good ... called the Birchmere. In fact, Richard Thompson is playing a couple of shows there next week. I bought some tickets to see Emmylou in early November when I'll be back there (I hope). |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | know the Birchmere well...saw RT there last time round. You can always catch a good Blue/New grass act. |
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Location: Orlando, FL | I spent some time around DC back in the mid 80's. I went to the Birchmere a few times and saw some great acts, Jerry Douglas, Jerry Rice and Bela Fleck - pre Flecktones. Glad to hear it's still around. :) |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Opps, not Jerry Rice, How about Tony Rice! |
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