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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Feb 20, 2011 18:01:56 GMT
The group began practicing in a place called Venice in LA its a beach town with the atmosphere of a dying arcade
Our first job, our first job was a Xmas party at a house of some relative of Robby.
Then our first job was at the London Fog on sunset strip, it's a small club that no longer exists.
The most people it could hold is about 50, on a good night.
There was a bartender named George and a doorman named Sam; sometimes Joey would be at the door.
A waitress named Suzy a dancer named Rhonda who danced in a little cage across from the band stand
Jesse James was the owner. He was a young man who was dying of cancer and it was kind of a struggle to keep the place going.
Jim Morrison to Mike Lazar & Steve Flesser University of Oswego radio interview.
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Post by gizmo on Feb 20, 2011 19:06:21 GMT
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Post by darkstar3 on Feb 20, 2011 19:36:59 GMT
As you know The London Fog occupied the building that how houses Dukes Coffee Shop. Very close to the Whisky. Heres two photos I took of the place. One photo was taken while standing on the sidewalk looking west down Sunset Blvd (you can see the 9000 building to the left) and the other was taken from across the street (Sunset Blvd.)   |
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Post by gizmo on Feb 22, 2011 9:04:59 GMT
great pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by darkstar3 on Feb 22, 2011 13:51:43 GMT
great pictures!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you. I also took photos of the Hyatt aka The Continental 'Riot' house, which used to be my favorite place to stay until the new owners gave the building a face lift, shaving the balconies off of the rooms. Before the building was changed you could stand out on the balcony which was attached to the rooms facing Sunset Blvd. I have a photo of Robert Plant standing out on one of those balconies. Jim hung from his hands from one balcony which upset the management, forcing them to move him to a balcony-less room at the back of the hotel. With all the rock n' roll history associated with that hotel it was a shame to see the building changed from its former self. When I visit L.A. now I stay at the Chateau Marmont which is a little further east on Sunset but still has it's old charm. |
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Post by gizmo on Feb 23, 2011 18:10:04 GMT
i'm happy some buildings survived the modernisation of the world. old buidings still carry the vibes from the past, and that's what i like
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Post by kristyob on Mar 8, 2011 22:08:59 GMT
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Post by darkstar3 on Mar 9, 2011 1:01:51 GMT
WOW Kristy thats awesome! I saw this website when I was doing research but I didn't notice the resemblance of the go go dancer. You could be right.  Wasn't Jim's girlfriend, Mary, (who followed him to LA) also a go go dancer? She had some occupation that caused a tiff between her and Jim. Heres what I found re: London Fog that has any photos - the rest of the entries on this venue just have text for the time being. newdoorstalk.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=calendarview&thread=182 |
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Post by gizmo on Mar 9, 2011 10:26:21 GMT
that's great to see, but now there is another question. almost halfway the page (besides the photo of the 3 go-go dancers in a cage) they are writing about rhonda lane spinning records. i haven't got a clue if that's a name wich 1 in 3 girls have, but she ought to be dancing in the london fog at that moment? |
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Mar 9, 2011 12:18:35 GMT
It has her look true but many thought the girl walking with jim in the Mexico shots was her so she is easy to mistake.
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Post by darkstar3 on Mar 9, 2011 14:44:37 GMT
It has her look true but many thought the girl walking with jim in the Mexico shots was her so she is easy to mistake. Good point, Alex. In my research I've come across a few photos that indicate that it is Jim & Pam. One of the most frequent photo mistakes is Vogue Magazine where Jim is shown with Donna Mitchell. newdoorstalk.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=calendarview&thread=408I have to say the photo that Kristy pointed out shows a resemblance to Pamela. |
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Post by kristyob on Mar 9, 2011 21:20:50 GMT
I looked at a few of the known pictures of Pam in profile and then back at the go-go dancer and do see a slight difference, so I can't be sure it's her. I guess the only way to really find out is to track down the providence of the picture. There are a few pictures of Pam as a model still floating around ready to be discovered. Darkstar, I don't have all my Morrison books handy for reference but I believe that Ray said Mary Werbelow was Miss Gazzarri's at one point (it opened 1965) and later became a belly dancer. In the 2005 interview with Mary, she said she broke up with him because she needed to find herself, her own identity. www.sptimes.com/2005/09/25/Doors/Mary_and_Jim_to_the_e.shtml |
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Mar 9, 2011 21:30:25 GMT
Jim wrote The End about Mary Werbelow. Ray on his awful films special features takes you to the exact spot  under Venice Pier where Jim first sang The Doors The End. It was a goodbye to Mary. It expanded a bit after that ##awful filmLove Her Madly...has to be seen to be believed |
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Post by darkstar3 on Mar 12, 2011 15:29:35 GMT
Jim wrote The End about Mary Werbelow. Ray on his awful films special features takes you to the exact spot under Venice Pier where Jim first sang The Doors The End. It was a goodbye to Mary. It expanded a bit after that ##awful filmLove Her Madly...has to be seen to be believed A friend gave me his copy of Ray's film but I have never watched it. I will make a point to pop it in my dvd player. I'm not promising I will get through the entire dvd but I will put it in my dvd player and press play. The history of Santa Monica/Venice (includes newspaper articles, photos, etc) including the huge fire of 1975. "Venice Beach - getto by the sea." pacificoceanpark.tripod.com/ |
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Post by kristyob on Mar 16, 2011 18:05:12 GMT
What a great website on Venice Beach! Thanks! I can remember that the circular wooden pagoda/seating thingys were still there in the early 90s but sadly were removed the last time I checked.
https:/.../images/medium/Venice%202.jpg
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Post by gizmo on Apr 26, 2011 18:42:18 GMT
does somebody know where to find the sunset strip on google maps? i'd like to "drive" around la and where jim used to walk but i can't even find sunset strip.
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Post by kristyob on Apr 26, 2011 20:40:42 GMT
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Post by gizmo on Apr 27, 2011 14:49:15 GMT
great link!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it took a while before i found out i had to copy and paste the full url. but it´s worth it
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Post by kristyob on Apr 27, 2011 16:18:30 GMT
I'm sorry, I don't know how to properly post links or photos *blushes*.
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Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Aug 23, 2011 14:24:17 GMT
It now seems that a tape of The Doors recorded at The London Fog in 1966 has appeared, The Doors have one reel and a second one is who knows where.
Of course it would be a fantastic piece of History if it were released.
Sadly as with The Matrix release The Doors management tell a lot of lies and are proven incompetents so we will have to wait and see.
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