![]() ![]() Pat Crowe (“Tiny Tina”), a one-time tour manager for the Paul Dainty Corporation, kept house. Others, fearing its reputation, simply stayed away. The house became well known to musicians, roadies and girlfriends, along with most of Hollywood’s wannabes. Hello Sailor lived at this address from the end of August 1978 to mid-February 1979. Lisle Kinney and Harry Lyon rehearsing in LA. We continue past the ruins of the Harry Houdini mansion, turning up Lookout Mountain Ave and into Wonderland Ave. Turning up Laurel Canyon Boulevard, David points out the Canyon County Store (a one-time hangout for artists like Joni Mitchell, David Crosby, Graham Nash and The Doors). Back then a billboard on Sunset Strip promoting your new record meant you’d really made it fast forward a few years and all that money would instead go into producing music videos. We weave our way through traffic, eventually picking up speed and turning into Sunset Strip with its monstrous look-at-me music billboards (one, a roller-skating Linda Ronstadt promoting her new Living In The USA album). ![]() Graham Brazier at a private Christmas party. When other stations were playing Donna Summer and The Bee Gees, K-ROQ would play new songs by Blondie, Elvis Costello, The Clash, B52s and Devo, mixed in with classic rock from Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, KISS and Led Zep. This was revolutionary programming for its time. It’s my first time in LA, my first time in the States, and everything’s good until we hit a massive traffic jam, all six lanes of freeway traffic going nowhere fast.Ĭut to the car radio, where one song blends into another with no ads, no interruptions. I don’t have sunglasses with me but it doesn’t matter. The sunshine’s so bright it burns your eyes. David’s son Richard is with us, and Lisle Kinney, the band’s bassist. I remember the day quite clearly, even now: I’ve just arrived in LA and I’m with Hello Sailor manager David Gapes, who’s driving, the sunroof down, radio on. Jeremy Templer was with them in LA for three months and tells the story. Instead, they went straight to Los Angeles in a bold bid for international success. The logical next step was Australia – that’s what every other NZ rock band had done. WARNING: Do not go to the house that claims to be the Houdini Mansion, we won't be there! We'll be on the ruins of the estate where his beloved wife lived for many years.ĭon't forget a chair and/or blankets! See you there.Hello Sailor’s debut album had gone gold and they had two Top 20 hits under their belt. ![]() WARNING: The little "A" that appears on the google map is not our exact location.just come to the intersection at Willow Glen and look for us! Look for parking on Willow Glen Road ( Watch out for the phantom carriage!). Here's a map to the intersection of Laurel Canyon and Willow Glen Road, just one block up from Laurel Canyon and Lookout Mountain. This film screening is not for everyone.but it is FOR YOU. you may feel a chill creep across your delicate cheeks as you shiver.and wait. winding roads uncharted by gps.you may encounter uncomfortable seating. You will face mildly daunting parking scenarios. Haunted Films in Haunted Places | Houdini Silent Short Films 7:30pm (Halloween!)įor the daring film viewer only! Join GHOULA and Echo Park Film Center as we brave the haunted ruins of the Bess Houdini estate in Laurel Canyon for a screening of Houdini short films on the anniversary of his death. ![]()
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