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Double 10 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 1: Elvis and before I knew it, I was sitting on 11 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: the thirteenth floor of Capitol Records with my acoustic guitar 12 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 1: in one hand and a couple of label executives sitting 13 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:52,160 Speaker 1: around a large office in the house that Nat built. 14 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: It was the dead middle of the odds, where after 15 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: putting out your first album you could still get some 16 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: magical radio played just by mailing c d s around. 17 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: C d s are technical name for compact laser discs. 18 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 1: A laser reads a piece of mirror stuck inside a 19 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: small plastic circle and delivers excellent audio. I believe the 20 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 1: Aliens delivered the technology, but I can't be sure, I'm 21 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: not Indiana Jones. Anyways, my album was called Goodbye Red 22 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: Bullet after the car that was sold to finish paying 23 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: for its production. A lot of level irony to sell 24 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: a car and end up in l a the city 25 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: where you need one the most. Clearly, I had no 26 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,199 Speaker 1: idea what I was doing when I produced my first 27 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: album without computers, on vintage equipment, barely a budget, and 28 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: I had no idea what I was thinking. When I 29 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: gave up my car, I would needed to tour around 30 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: and promote the album. There was no plan, just a reaction, 31 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: a chain one. Thankfully I had friends with cars and 32 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 1: lucked out with some love from XM Radio. Two months later, 33 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: phone rings top floor of Los Angeles' most iconic building. 34 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: Time to start the free fall and participate in that 35 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: twentieth century ritual. Go to these places of musical dreams 36 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: and legends. Play your song, gets signed, and the reins 37 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: of the world be handed to you, and it will 38 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: be your job to hold on for dear life. I 39 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: played my songs in the President's office to an enthusiastic staff. 40 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:12,359 Speaker 1: I'm sure if they really were enthusiasm in certain buildings 41 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: in l A is synthetically manufactured. It can work, but 42 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: it may also not be real. Afterwards, I walked out 43 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: onto Vine and into my friend's ride. Remember no car. 44 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: We went out for drinks. The future was on its way, 45 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: and baby was it. Ever. The next week the President 46 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: who Heard Something and My Songs was called and replaced Goodbye, 47 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 1: Red Bullet Part two. Every month another titan of the 48 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: Old Guard fell off, something to do with the legal downloading. 49 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 1: Nobody was paying twenty five dollars for CEDD at Tower 50 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: Records anymore. Tower Records was a place where people could 51 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: go buy things that aliens gave us. So I found 52 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: myself running up that hill against an avalanche, and then 53 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 1: the deal with God was suddenly gone, and with it 54 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 1: the mountain. Didn't I know the thirteenth floor was the 55 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,679 Speaker 1: unluckiest one. The whole damn building is built in a 56 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: sur goal or a boris no beginning and no end, 57 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: It's just the journey. Well, they say this place is evil. 58 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: That ain't why I stay, Because I found something that 59 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: will never be nothing, and I found it in l A. 60 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: It was midnight into Panga. I heard the DJ say, 61 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 1: there's a full moon rising. Join me in l A 62 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: warren Zevon in a simple twist of fate. One solitary 63 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 1: winding road that makes its way from Beverly Hills where 64 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: the movie stars live, all the way down into Hollywood 65 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: where the movies get made, was never incorporated into the 66 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: city of Los Angeles. It existed as a wild strip, 67 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: unmoored from the law of the land, eventually becoming a 68 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: bedrock of roadside houses, brothels, and even casinos until the 69 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: mob bosses that lorded over those golden goose back room 70 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: gambling dens turned the streets red with blood when they left. 71 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: The rockers set in, eager to play stages along the 72 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: infamous strip with a wicked used to run games, thrilled 73 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: to make a deal with the devil. As the counterculture 74 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: scene of that glittering sunset strip began to rise up, 75 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: gods among the people turned tiny dirty clubs into the 76 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 1: stuff of legends. The doors Frank Zappa led Zeppelin and 77 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: the Rolling Stones, whose fans through attention that turned into 78 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 1: a riot after West Hollywood residents decided rock gods make 79 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: bad neighbors. Undeterred, glam rocks settled in next and punk 80 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: and new wave black Flag the Dead Kennedy's The Misfits, 81 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 1: motor had Motley Crew poisoned guns and roses, and even 82 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: Metallica made Rainbow bar and Grill into a shrine, a 83 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: house of the and holy and extremely unholy. In Los Angeles, 84 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 1: that's where they want you to start and where they 85 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: want you to end. Go back now in search of 86 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,679 Speaker 1: those old kings buried under hotels and no aspiring artists 87 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:53,799 Speaker 1: can afford into venues dead and dying. Visit the vessels 88 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,239 Speaker 1: of the past instead of searching for where the spirit 89 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 1: wandered off too. Do you know how big this city is? 90 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: Because the truth is the Sunset Strip has only ever 91 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: been a fraction of the tale l A has to tell. 92 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: We are here to go deeper into the belly of 93 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:11,359 Speaker 1: the beast, where the music lives. Celebrity bands may disappear, 94 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: fame itself may vanish. That's because locals in the city 95 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: don't trust a name as far as they can throw it. 96 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: What would happen if you explored l A, I mean 97 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: really explored it. The scene isn't on Sunset Strip. Come on, party, 98 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,839 Speaker 1: you already need that. That's the part that's ready to journey. 99 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: Loving l A is just as much about being here 100 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 1: as it is about missing home, And even if you're 101 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: from here, this is a city about longing in nostalgia 102 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 1: and a certain kind of sadness that only entertainment cities 103 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: really know. Even the hometown films cheat around the edges, 104 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 1: pasting Musso's and Franks next to the California incline, pretending 105 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: Golden Hour always hits when you need it to, or 106 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: that there are actual downpours where you can kiss someone passionately, 107 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 1: or brawl with an assortment of bad guys attacking one 108 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 1: at a time, maneuvering around fog and trap fake in 109 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: the bitter crack of fake smiles everywhere that part's fake, 110 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: leaving the real stuff on the cutting room floor. Loving 111 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: l A is just as much about missing home, even 112 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: if the rolling sea of mythic megastars who call it 113 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 1: home it's just about as deep and wide as the 114 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: Pacific itself. Even deeper and wider is the ocean of 115 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: hopefuls who come here to serve those same waves, only 116 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: to crash into the rocks. And for each heavenly music 117 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 1: star we vault to the top of our consciousness via 118 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 1: l A, there are thousands of burnouts in the City 119 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:33,840 Speaker 1: of Angels, the wisest of which have a grateful and 120 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 1: comfortable acceptance of their sonic space on Earth. Relieve they 121 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:41,919 Speaker 1: avoided the American pop art meat grinder's insatiable assimilation of 122 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: apocryphal rock and roll storylines needed for biopic Hollywood movies. 123 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: There are already plenty of those to choose from. When 124 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: it comes to music. Out of l A Buffalo, Spring 125 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:56,600 Speaker 1: from the Guns and Roses and w A. Van Halen, 126 00:06:56,680 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: Motley Crue, Black Flag, Los Logos, The Doors, Anita, The 127 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:06,239 Speaker 1: Beach Boys, Red Hot Chili, Peppers, Ice Cube, Ice Tool, Wheezer, 128 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: Local Natives, Carpenters, Best Coast, Chris Christofferson Bengals, Kendrick Lamar, Eagles, 129 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: Eagles of Death, Metal Dogs, Flow and Eddie Kumasi Washington, Anderson, Poppins, Stables, 130 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: Snoop Dogg, Randy Knew, Jackson, Brown Schoolboy, que Or Joyce 131 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: Made dr Dre No Effects, no Doubt, Three Dog Night, 132 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: System of a Down, Phantom Planet Isis Oxygen, Bad Religion, 133 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: Edward Sharper, The Magnetic Zero, Dumb Dumb Girls, Time in 134 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 1: Weird al Yakovic. All Right, that's enough. The cacophony of 135 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 1: bands could go on and on, welcoming the transplants and 136 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: the natives alike. Anyone can be from l A if 137 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: they live here long enough. It's a flexible city, borders 138 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 1: always expanding, suburbs are always welcome to fall in or 139 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: splinter off as they see fit, And the Linnean names 140 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: doesn't even include those who came here to seek out 141 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 1: a respite from the endless tread of East Coast lifestyle, 142 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: the ones who want to ake and solitude, or need 143 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: to heal by the water and bake in the sun 144 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: until their whole again. The city of Angels, it takes 145 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 1: them all under their wing, whether they're seeking that dream 146 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:12,239 Speaker 1: like strip in Hollywood, under the eaves of East Side Hips, 147 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 1: to runoff in Silver Lake and Echo Park, in the 148 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: gorgeous strut of Santa Monica Boulevard, or the glittering ocean 149 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: view city that Drag takes its name from. The city 150 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: is a country in itself, stretching out to the cliffs 151 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: of Malibu, where bards like Dylan and Neil go to 152 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: retire and meditate in mall on the songs that make 153 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: them even more legendary than before They've beached on l A. Sands. 154 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: There's not enough space in Wyoming to hold these poets. 155 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: They need to be within spitting distance of the city, 156 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 1: just in case zoom or blood on the tracks takes off. 157 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: You know, and it all plays a role in your 158 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: American life, even if you've never been to California. It 159 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 1: winds on down and across Mall Holland to the valley 160 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:54,599 Speaker 1: where the vampires moved. West, ever west, down Ventura Boulevard. 161 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 1: L a is in so many recordings, the city itself 162 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 1: is practically a song. It's stories we've been told and repeat, 163 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: both in the art and in the legends of making 164 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: the art. Debaucher's folk tales smog accounts of studio sessions 165 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: that take on new life every time you drop the 166 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: needle on rumors, l a woman, the color in the shape, 167 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:17,319 Speaker 1: Norman fucking Rockwell, or pet sounds, glitz, drama, dreams achieved 168 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,679 Speaker 1: and dreams sun bleached and left to wither. The creation 169 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 1: of some of the greatest sonic works of art from 170 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: humankind from a sunny, lazy corner of a country not 171 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 1: yet three years old. At what point do we call 172 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: these things of Renaissance? Where did Shakespeare read pages with 173 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 1: friends over a pint to check his flow. Where did 174 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 1: Van go by? Pain? I want to go to there? 175 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 1: So much of American art is continuously scrolled through our 176 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 1: consciousness on the musical airwaves, a century of movies in 177 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 1: the ever expanding universe of don't miss TV everywhere, all 178 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: the time. But those are just parts of the stories 179 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 1: we tell ourselves, legends of our own existence. The truth 180 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 1: lies in the rooms together, in being there. The Sound 181 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: of Our Town as a podcast about the music that 182 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 1: shape the city you are touching down in. It is 183 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 1: also about finding, hearing and understanding it's best music happening 184 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 1: right now, What sounds and places of shape the city's culture, 185 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 1: and what new sounds continue to define it. It's about 186 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: getting together in a room to listen and why that matters. 187 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 1: And as we explore and listen, we may find a 188 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: more perfect union and people through our live music cultures. So, 189 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: whether you're quickly dropping in, landing for a long stay, moving, 190 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: or just dreaming, in each episode of Sound of Our Town, 191 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: I'll introduce you to the real spaces and sonic stories 192 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: echoing in a particular town, so that your time is 193 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: enriched with music. My name is Will Daily. I'm an 194 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: independent songwriter, performer, and all the things that come along 195 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: with that. I've lived my life on stages, iconic venues, 196 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 1: impromptu jams, and electrocution via bad wiring, just figuring it 197 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 1: all out as I go. I'm always on a quest 198 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 1: to find my way to that perfect room and that 199 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 1: perfect audience. And with this podcast we find ourselves at 200 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,840 Speaker 1: a very special episode seven, and this is part one 201 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: of our time in Los Angeles, California. It may seem 202 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,839 Speaker 1: like the machine of entertainment runs everything when we look 203 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,560 Speaker 1: through the lens of Los Angeles, But like every hot 204 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: rod on the Sunset Strip, the machine goes where the 205 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 1: driver takes it until it runs out of gas or battery, 206 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:27,320 Speaker 1: un till the end of the road, the end of 207 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,079 Speaker 1: the fad, wearing the needle down on sounds and styles, 208 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,679 Speaker 1: and then the machine goes searching for a new driver. 209 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 1: Any true to the soil music town needs a well 210 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:38,559 Speaker 1: to return to when the reserves are depleted. If it's 211 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 1: a place worth visiting as a passionate live music fan, 212 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 1: then there must be pockets of gold in them hills. 213 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: And we'll get to the riches right after this. If 214 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 1: you want to stream all the podcasts, and music you 215 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 1: love without having to give up any of the sound quality. 216 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: You should get the son Nos Rome, a portable smart 217 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: speaker for all of your listening adventures. Setting up your 218 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: sons room is extremely simple and it only took me 219 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: a few minutes. 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The Doors and 235 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: Zappa went for that connection over coffee and a meal 236 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: in the hours when TVs used to turn to statics, 237 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,079 Speaker 1: and you may have mixed it up in Canters before 238 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:26,679 Speaker 1: in episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Madmen Are Entourage, Valley 239 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 1: Girls ham shot their album cover. There worked the counter 240 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: put it back on the map. For generation of nostalgic 241 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 1: millennials who craved the sanctity of diners for the after 242 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 1: show Haven, these classic spots used to provide. To be clear, 243 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: there's no music at Canters. For live music, the restaurant 244 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: Delhi is attached by umbilical steps to the Kibbetts Room, 245 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 1: an unassuming bar. Well maybe you'd say dive. It's certainly relaxed. 246 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: Old school, opened and unchanged since nineteen sixty one, and 247 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 1: at the dawn of the nineteen nineties, when the younger 248 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: siblings of the pay to play Sunset Strip glam hair Metal, 249 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 1: corporate convey your Belt Stink wanted to escape all of 250 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,559 Speaker 1: that and needed a place to hang to call their own, 251 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: they started playing in coffee houses on Fairfax around where 252 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 1: Canters and Kibbits sit. See, you didn't need to sell 253 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,839 Speaker 1: tickets or bring in drinkers. America runs on caffeine. There 254 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,319 Speaker 1: were people for their indie shows in the Java joints, 255 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 1: jacked up on joe. They could eat at Canters any 256 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 1: time a day or night, and then they could also 257 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 1: get a drink after at Kibbitts. And oh look there's 258 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: a piano in the corner where one foggy and now 259 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: legendary night Rammi Joffy, Jacob Dylan and Morty Coyle just 260 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 1: start making some music. They sang melodic tunes from the 261 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 1: never ending catalog and their hearts and their beer soaked brains, 262 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: and then they stumbled out into the night, waking up 263 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 1: the next morning with the bright idea of bringing an 264 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 1: amp in next time and inviting some friends. A month later, 265 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 1: at p A on its last legs is set up, 266 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 1: Morty Coyle can actually use a mic instead of trying 267 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 1: to sing over the growing ensemble. Soon there's music every 268 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 1: Tuesday night. No stage, just what looks like a band 269 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 1: lined up against the wall, single file, easy to swap around, 270 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: jump in and out on songs and hand off instruments 271 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: to one another. A free form ragtag music movement under 272 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: the noses of companies trying to sell a twenty five 273 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 1: c D Southern California versions of Americana sounds start to 274 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 1: take shape. Organic music is the main ingredient. Echoes from 275 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 1: Laurel Canyon and the great song Smith's of the past. 276 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 1: Tuesday Nights turns into a thing, and on that year 277 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 1: everything fell on a Tuesday on Christmas, the Jews needed 278 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 1: a place to rock out, and the ensemble had been 279 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: hyping a free night of music on New Year's Eve, 280 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: which was right around the corner. You could feel something 281 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 1: happening when the year turned to the legend of Kibbitts. 282 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: Tuesday's exploded and there was no turning back. Friends of 283 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 1: Cantor's Kibbitts Room Fokker's was officially form. A moment arrived 284 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: an assortment of players those that can't be denied and 285 00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: it is a scene crowds in the street kind of scenes, 286 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 1: flowing the traffic. Jacob Dylan and Rommi Joffey went off 287 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 1: to kick off the wall flowers. From those coordinates, everyone 288 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: starts coming to Canters and Kibbits, eats drinks in live music, 289 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 1: Slash Chili Peppers, Fiona Apple, Cindi Lauper b York are 290 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:19,080 Speaker 1: all stopping in and sitting in record execs now know 291 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: of the spot and bring in a young band to 292 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 1: test their metal and rage against the machine plays a couple. 293 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: When it is that organic, the artists that are already 294 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: in the machine desire a return to Earth where they 295 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 1: can check their tank and make sure their truth gage 296 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 1: is full. Remember Metallica at the Metro in Chicago. So 297 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 1: then the Black Crows stop by while on tour, Lenny 298 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 1: Kravitz and Chrissy him. The list goes on and on. 299 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 1: If there were a list at Tivts, Grunge and hip 300 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 1: hop had taken over America, the labels were looking elsewhere. Seattle, Tempe, Boston, 301 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: the Sunset strip went dry, hair spray had ruined the 302 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 1: ozone and lost the rock and roll wars. The Fockers 303 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 1: reinstilled something vital and to believe l A is a 304 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:06,640 Speaker 1: music town and not just a music machine. You can 305 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: go to Kibbits on a Tuesday night. Cantor's Delhi is 306 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 1: the perfect first stop. And once again that's true with 307 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 1: every town. A scene worth saving will need it every 308 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: decade or so. And now you'll find Morty Coyle is 309 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 1: doing just that post pandemic, revitalizing Fokkers and Tuesday Nights. 310 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 1: Recall he has answered many times since. And like the 311 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 1: kids who first fled the gluttony of the strip, a 312 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:33,879 Speaker 1: stop here now is a lot like December right before 313 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 1: you can't find parking. It is history, the present and 314 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 1: all that. It's possible tomorrow when the right people are there, 315 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 1: the music, and that includes you. The problem with l A, 316 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 1: aside from a lifetime spent in a car, can be 317 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,680 Speaker 1: the choosing. There's a reason this is a double episode. 318 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 1: There are many places for that is point away into 319 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 1: feeling like you arrived without having to buy a T 320 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 1: shirt or wait in line. Canters and Kibbits is big 321 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:08,439 Speaker 1: within its legends. However, sometimes the first stop in a 322 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 1: town like l A needs to be a counter to 323 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:14,639 Speaker 1: the city's size and overwhelming nature. Los Angeles doesn't tower 324 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,399 Speaker 1: over you like a New York or Chicago. It spreads 325 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 1: you out and out and out. Some towns are easy 326 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: because they are small. Some cities are huge, and we 327 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 1: need to go small to attenuate ourselves to them. And 328 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 1: maybe I shouldn't share this next spot because it is 329 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:34,119 Speaker 1: small and special and beloved. I shouldn't tell you to 330 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 1: seek an open iron gate on West Temple Street two 331 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 1: to be exact, not so much a hole in the 332 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 1: wall bar, but a hole in the wall to a 333 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:45,399 Speaker 1: better world. Poets and artists in the corner, scribbling in 334 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 1: notebooks with a glass of peno. New lovers at a 335 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:51,400 Speaker 1: two top, eyes tethered hovering over candle light. A table 336 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:53,959 Speaker 1: of friends who love each other's company as much as 337 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,160 Speaker 1: they love what can happen when you just sit and 338 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,440 Speaker 1: listen to your surroundings. Thoughtful regulars who want to imbibe 339 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: in more than just a perfect pint, Because at sixteen 340 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 1: forty two bar, it is the live music that is 341 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 1: the finishing touch to the wonderful spirit of the place. 342 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: A secret spot for jazz heads, fret board ensembles for 343 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 1: the studio hounds, for the people who know how many 344 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: songs the masses love bear the fingerprints of Tibo and 345 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:20,679 Speaker 1: Burnett rich Hinman on pedal steel, Jay Beliro's delicate Thunder 346 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: on the Tubs, Ragtime Tuesdays with the likes of John Reid, 347 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: Torres and Eve Elliott, all creating the perfect soundtrack to 348 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 1: the perfume of hot pink. Bouganvillia outside a neighborhood bar 349 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:33,199 Speaker 1: in l A is different from any other in the 350 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: US because most are ubering home for many miles. Sixty 351 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: two Bar is a portal to a small town field 352 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: with riches galore. This is my usual first stop, just 353 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 1: to get a glass of wine or a cold beer, 354 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 1: shake off the dust of the road, and settle into 355 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 1: a melody. Whatever it might be coming from someone else 356 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:53,160 Speaker 1: I know who spent hours on their craft. They might 357 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 1: never get recognized on the street, never see a dime 358 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 1: of publishing, and likely sixteen forty two is one of 359 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 1: the few stages and artists here plays where they are 360 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: the star. That's exactly why it's worth seeing Ja beliros 361 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: out from behind Plant and Krause. This is their sweet spot. 362 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:09,639 Speaker 1: And when you see an artist playing in their sweet spot, 363 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:13,920 Speaker 1: well everything else starts to buzz too. For instance, two 364 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 1: has picked up a local cache with the foodie scene 365 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 1: for their excellent bar selection. Excellence breeds excellence, and game 366 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: recognizes game in this city. Knowing which dive will have 367 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 1: the glass of wine that impresses a psalm is half 368 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 1: the fun. Don't get me wrong, It's not like this 369 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 1: place we'll ever get any attention from the James Beard crowd, 370 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:34,880 Speaker 1: but there is a reason. It's frequently closed for filming. 371 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 1: Two is the kind of bar everyone is looking for 372 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:41,160 Speaker 1: when they come to l A. So go and vibe, 373 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:44,719 Speaker 1: just don't harsh the vibe. Ever, these classic spots are 374 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,959 Speaker 1: getting few and far between, even in a city as 375 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 1: big as l A, so we need to preserve them 376 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:59,919 Speaker 1: by respecting the space. But for our coveted no covers, 377 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 1: But I want to go to the kind of bar 378 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 1: that has velvet couches. Stay with me, not everything in 379 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 1: the city as it seems. Tramp Stamp Grannies is only 380 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: four years old, spending a few of its toddler years 381 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 1: in a pandemic, but it feels like it's been here 382 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 1: for decades that possibly l A built itself around it. 383 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:17,959 Speaker 1: It was opened by Mia Chris, a New York transplant, 384 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: and her husband Darren Chris, and brings a Jerry McGuire 385 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 1: level of completion to Hollywood. It's glitter personified, but not 386 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 1: the kind you find in bed after a long night. 387 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:27,520 Speaker 1: It's the kind of sticks to your face even though 388 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 1: you're hungover and still looks good. I'm not watching this 389 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 1: off for breakfast at tramp Stamp. The decor is part 390 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: of the score, an arrangement of the music within. It's 391 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: got a vintage funkiness that rides the line between nightclub 392 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 1: and every beloved community theater across small town America. It's 393 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 1: titilating and the fun kind of sexiness, which is the 394 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:51,120 Speaker 1: best kind of sexiness. Tug and Blow in Great Rack 395 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: are the titles of award winning drinks and sex Positivity 396 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 1: never went down so smooth. This is the new era 397 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 1: of Hollywood, and thank god. As soon as you realize 398 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:02,919 Speaker 1: there's nothing derogatory about the name of this spot. The 399 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:06,119 Speaker 1: tramp and the stamp in question are revered. You'll be 400 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:09,119 Speaker 1: in on the joke or the joy rather. The live 401 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 1: music at tramp Stamp is a piano in a microphone 402 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 1: and whomever is sitting at them in a small booth 403 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,560 Speaker 1: across from the bar. That's it. But also maybe the 404 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 1: bartender and the server and the doorman gets on the mic. 405 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 1: Theater is alive and we are all on stage at 406 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: tramp Stamp. If you know the words to Guys and Dolls, 407 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: Rent rocket Man, I feel pretty under the sea, don't 408 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 1: stop a leaving the Abbot catalog, wonder Wall. Do you 409 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 1: want to build a snowman? I mean, really, a Google's 410 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: worth of songs, or in every brain and every set 411 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,120 Speaker 1: of fingers behind the piano that night. Sometimes, Darren Chris, 412 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 1: we're not working on award winning theater, and TV is 413 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:44,159 Speaker 1: back there. Maybe the reason it feels like it has 414 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:47,160 Speaker 1: always been here is because singing around the piano half 415 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 1: in the bag is our closest link to the parlor 416 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 1: room or the old bar, where all we had to 417 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:56,360 Speaker 1: entertain ourselves was a song and a story. We need 418 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 1: this kind of ship now more than we know. So 419 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,159 Speaker 1: even if we end up disagreeing that the modern kitchen 420 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:05,120 Speaker 1: glamor of tramps damp grannies is serving our impulses, give 421 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,720 Speaker 1: it a night and see if a few great racks 422 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 1: don't break down your walls. It has to be tongue 423 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 1: in cheek to counterbalance its confidence and representation of all 424 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:17,919 Speaker 1: our stories. Get in there, get over yourself, and believe 425 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 1: in the sound of your own voice. If you can't, 426 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:25,159 Speaker 1: order a boob soup, and soon you'll believe in the 427 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 1: sound of music. Tramp Stamp is in a surprisingly walkable 428 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 1: part of l A, just down the street from Capitol Records, 429 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:38,679 Speaker 1: around the corner from the Palladium. The fond of the 430 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 1: Pantages up from Amiba Records, moved from one grand location 431 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:44,920 Speaker 1: to another a block away. You can stumble any way 432 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 1: you want and get somewhere that sounds good. Doubtful that 433 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 1: is what Tom Waits meant when he's sang better Off 434 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: in Iowa against your scrambled eggs and calling down Coena 435 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 1: on a pair of broken legs. Though I'm sure many 436 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 1: lustful dreamers have felt that way in their US for 437 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 1: a solid gig in Los Angeles. But I found an 438 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,360 Speaker 1: oasis to get my live footing in l A directly 439 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,399 Speaker 1: across the street from where Tramp Stamp Granny's now sits. 440 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 1: In the central arteries of the Glitz and Glamor rests, 441 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 1: the Hotel Cafe, the first career hurl for aspiring pop stars, 442 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: folk singers, songwriters and rockers. You'll never get to the 443 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: Hollywood Bowl without holding the attention of less than two 444 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:26,119 Speaker 1: hundred people in this legendary indie club where Katie Perry, Miko, 445 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:29,680 Speaker 1: Jason Mraz, the Luminears, and endless others got their starts. 446 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:32,120 Speaker 1: It can be a jumping off point for an incredible 447 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 1: musical journey throughout Los Angeles. Here in indie rock band 448 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,360 Speaker 1: with the pedal to the floor receives the same reverence 449 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 1: as a solo singer songwriter with a Gibson J forty 450 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 1: five in front of a single microphone. A gateway not 451 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,399 Speaker 1: only for the artist in pursuit of writer lights, but 452 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 1: the listener in pursuit of songs and artists to fall 453 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: in love with the perfect setting for what everyone outside 454 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,840 Speaker 1: imagines l a to b a machine for making stars 455 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 1: and or for breaking hearts. Walk away from that line 456 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 1: form on Coanga. That's the line for dow trust me, 457 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: you don't want to go in there. Hotel Cafe is 458 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 1: the antithesis of some of its neighbors, which can make 459 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 1: the whole thing that much more fun. Go through the 460 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,680 Speaker 1: alley to find the door. Eventually, it might be hard 461 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 1: to locate a door that's integral to careers like Damien 462 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 1: Rice and Ingrid Michaelson and Sarabarellas. The elusiveness of the 463 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 1: entrance can clue you in on how difficult it is 464 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:24,399 Speaker 1: to get to those heights. Hotel became a farm system 465 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 1: for the music supervisors of Grays and Atomy to populate 466 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 1: their TV show with songs that would be instant download 467 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 1: trends as soon as the credits rolled. If you were 468 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 1: riding with a friend who can't shut up, then leave 469 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:36,920 Speaker 1: them across the street of tramp Stamp Granny's to sing 470 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,959 Speaker 1: along to Broadway classics. Don't let them embarrass you at 471 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,639 Speaker 1: Hotel Cafe. This was the gig that got me to 472 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 1: l A. Right when I released my Little d I 473 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:46,960 Speaker 1: Y record, a friend had a couch and recommended I 474 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:48,920 Speaker 1: hop on a plane and fly out and try getting 475 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,399 Speaker 1: a gig in this room tailored for the song, for 476 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,119 Speaker 1: listening and for breaking in. It still endears me to 477 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,120 Speaker 1: Hotel Cafe that, upon emailing them about my first album, 478 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 1: No Car, never been to l A. I got a 479 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,639 Speaker 1: gig on Wednesday night. That was a dozen Hotel Cafe 480 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 1: shows ago. They've all blurred together now, the dead silence 481 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 1: after applause between songs. You don't get that in New York. 482 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,399 Speaker 1: It can be disorientating at first. I can see the 483 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:15,760 Speaker 1: soft faces of the five friends I have in town. 484 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:18,480 Speaker 1: One of them shout whispers to me that the VP 485 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:21,360 Speaker 1: of Epic Records is here. Right before I walk on stage, 486 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,640 Speaker 1: Kay Hanley is there in the audience, hometown music hero 487 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: from Boston. I better not suck or I'll never hear 488 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 1: the end of it. I see an outline that looks 489 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 1: like Ben Harper along the back wall. No way, that's him. 490 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 1: Third song to my set. I finally opened up my 491 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 1: eyes and I see actress Freedom Fighter author Busy Phillips 492 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 1: at a two top table and she might be crying 493 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:45,400 Speaker 1: or laughing. I can't tell, but both are good, I suppose. 494 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 1: And there's Jacob Dylan solo at the bar. He seems 495 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,439 Speaker 1: to be listening. Yes, there's a songwriting legend here, but 496 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 1: more importantly, it's a kid. It's a lum, a true falkker. 497 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: I'm one step closer to the real l A. As 498 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,719 Speaker 1: I walk off stage into the tables and crowd, there 499 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 1: is no other way around. A full tated, gold chain 500 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 1: giant of a man approaches and tells me he wants 501 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 1: me on his TV show Everybody and Their Dog as 502 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,399 Speaker 1: a TV show in l A. I politely say that 503 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,680 Speaker 1: would be great, and I immediately forget what he says, 504 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:15,240 Speaker 1: and as he's walking away, a small hustler takes his 505 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 1: shadow and says, why are you just talking to the 506 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:19,920 Speaker 1: producer of c S. I do you need a manager? 507 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:22,240 Speaker 1: I don't know who that was, and yes, I do. 508 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:25,359 Speaker 1: Hotel Cafe is a listening room, but in a town 509 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: with so much chatter, it is up to the artist 510 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 1: to keep out the noise. And if this podcast existed 511 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 1: in two thousand and eight, maybe I would have suggested 512 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 1: a stop at the Hotel Cafe and maybe you would 513 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,360 Speaker 1: have gone there on March twenty, when it was selected 514 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: as one of two stages to help launch the career 515 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:46,440 Speaker 1: of one of this century's biggest artists before they were 516 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 1: a household name around the world. The first gig was 517 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,439 Speaker 1: in New York City. The next night, the future Grammy 518 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 1: Darling was playing the intimate Showroom on Coega. The night 519 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 1: would have cost you thirty bucks with drinks, and you 520 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 1: would have heard Chasing Pavements right his rein Feel My 521 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,399 Speaker 1: Love for the second time in the States. The show 522 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: even slips by some online Adele Tour blogs. It could 523 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 1: have been the only time in the US you could 524 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 1: have seen her in such an intimate setting. The move 525 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: to put her there when the pop world had a 526 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 1: plan says a lot about the authenticity impossibilities at Hotel Cafe. 527 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:19,359 Speaker 1: And if you were there and at Kibbitz New Year's Z, 528 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 1: well that's one hell of a live music bingo card 529 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 1: I spent a year or two in l A touring 530 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 1: the West Coast, got to flirt with all those old 531 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:35,120 Speaker 1: school music busins stereotypes right when it seemed a whole 532 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:37,879 Speaker 1: wake up call was coming for the most gluttonous. It 533 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 1: was thrilling and frustrating and formative free falling, but not 534 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 1: in a tailspin, at least not yet. I went home 535 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 1: to Boston and made a second album with my friends. 536 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 1: That's what felt right. The music business will always get 537 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: itself in knots. The most vital artists are here to 538 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 1: instill in us that we are always moving forward, That 539 00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:00,240 Speaker 1: there is no singular mountain poor destination. There is bound ones, 540 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 1: and there is harmony. That is the quest and the 541 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 1: best experiences I've had and continue to have in the 542 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:10,040 Speaker 1: sound capital of the world, as Capital Records put on 543 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:13,840 Speaker 1: their early pressings, were in the rooms where music just existed, 544 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 1: where the best players went to have fun, where the 545 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 1: stars then went to remember what it felt like with 546 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,480 Speaker 1: that kind of intimacy, where you didn't have to choose 547 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 1: between living and dying in l A. You just had 548 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 1: to play, Which also brings us to the crux of 549 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,080 Speaker 1: a different question, who gets to play, who gets to 550 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 1: go to the show, Who is tapped to get up 551 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 1: on stages because they're safe to raise their voices and 552 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:37,200 Speaker 1: sing because their communities help nurture their talent, and there 553 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:40,239 Speaker 1: is space enough for leisure telling. The Hollywood side of 554 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:42,640 Speaker 1: l A is only ever half the story, and we 555 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:45,440 Speaker 1: must dig into l A's West side and the incredibly 556 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 1: influential hip hop culture of this city if we're ever 557 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 1: going to understand the whole story and do with justice. 558 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:55,000 Speaker 1: That is all to say we are not done with 559 00:29:55,200 --> 00:30:02,720 Speaker 1: l A. And one more thing. There is more, you 560 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:04,840 Speaker 1: know that right? There is a part two to this. 561 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:07,560 Speaker 1: We have to find out where faces get melted, and 562 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:09,840 Speaker 1: which spot is going to be called the Vatican the 563 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:11,600 Speaker 1: hit and gem? And how do you choose a hitting 564 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,760 Speaker 1: gem in the town this big? And what happened to Adele? 565 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 1: Did you ever make it? In between Adele and Christina Aguilera, 566 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:19,040 Speaker 1: which one do you think stopped by Kibbits on a Tuesday? 567 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 1: For all that and more, I will see you in 568 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:36,200 Speaker 1: part two of our time in Los Angeles, California. Okay, 569 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 1: that was part one of l A. I'm gonna fly 570 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:40,520 Speaker 1: here so you can get to part two. You've been 571 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:42,720 Speaker 1: listening to Sound of Our Town. In case you didn't know, 572 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:45,760 Speaker 1: We've got twelve episodes for you this season. This one 573 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,520 Speaker 1: makes seven point five. If you want to chat about 574 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: the music scene in your city, hit me up on 575 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:53,480 Speaker 1: Instagram at Will Daily Official or Twitter at Will Daily. 576 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,120 Speaker 1: Sound of Our Town is a production of Double Elvis 577 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 1: and I Heart Radio. Hit us up on I G 578 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,800 Speaker 1: at Double Elvis or Twitter at Double Elvis f M. 579 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,000 Speaker 1: If you want us to cover your town, your venue, 580 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:05,880 Speaker 1: your basement, concert series, or whatever, just hit us up. 581 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 1: The show is executively produced by Jake Brennan, Brady Sadler, 582 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:12,680 Speaker 1: and Carli Karioli for Double Elvis. Production assistance by Matt Boden. 583 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,400 Speaker 1: The show is created, written, hosted, and scored by me 584 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:19,120 Speaker 1: Will Daily. Additional writing on this episode by Taylin White. 585 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 1: For sources, see the show notes. Music for this episode 586 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,160 Speaker 1: was composed and performed by me. You can check out 587 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 1: my music on Spotify, Apple, band Camp, and always at 588 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,360 Speaker 1: Will Daily dot com. If you like the sounds you 589 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:32,480 Speaker 1: hear in the show, check out my latest release, It's 590 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: called Easy to Be Around. If you want to see 591 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 1: me play live, you just go to Will Daily dot com, 592 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:40,960 Speaker 1: w I L L D A I l e Y 593 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:44,960 Speaker 1: dot com and all my shows are there. Okay, I'm 594 00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 1: off to start Part two. I believe you might be 595 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:49,720 Speaker 1: as well. We got business.