Riot On Sunset Strip Rock'n'roll's last stand in Hollywood

by Priore, Domenic; Lee, Arthur

• ISBN13: 9781906002046
• ISBN10: 1906002045
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-12
• Publisher: Jawbone Press

Summary

On the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles in 1965 and 1966, an electrifying scene appeared out of nowhere, exploded into creativity, and then suddenly vanished. From the moment The Byrds debuted at Ciro's in March of '65 - with Dylan joining them onstage - up to the demonstrations of 1966, clubs on the Strip nurtured and broke The Doors, Love, Buffalo Springfield, The Standells, The Mamas & The Papas, and many others. This book captures the excitement of this great artistic awakening and explains its tragic disappearance.

Author Biography

Domenic Priore is a writer and television producer specialising in pop culture and music. He is the author of Beatsville (with Martin McIntosh) and Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece (with forewords by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks), and was the main writer on the AMC documentaries Hollywood Rocks The Movies: The Early Years 1955-1970 (hosted by Ringo Starr) and Hollywood Rocks The Movies: The 1970s (hosted by David Bowie). A native of Los Angeles, Priore has now returned there after living in New York City and San Francisco.Widely hailed as a genius, Arthur Lee was a character every bit as colorful and unique as his music. In 1966, he was Prince of the Sunset Strip, busy with his pioneering racially-mixed band Love, and accelerating the evolution of California folk-rock by infusing it with jazz and orchestral influences--a process that would climax in a timeless masterpiece, the Love album Forever Changes.

Table of Contents

Going to a Go	p. 16
That's the Hollywood Nightlife	p. 26
The Roots of Los Angeles Rock'n'Roll	p. 46
Progenitors of the Broader Social Consciousness	p. 70
Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White	p. 104
Surfink a Go Go: Pop Art in 1960s LA	p. 132
Far Out	p. 142
A Giant Amoeba	p. 162
Folk Rock is a Beautiful Thing	p. 174
Some Other Kinds of Bands...	p. 194
TV a Go Go and the Battle of the Bands	p. 208
There's Battle Lines Bein' Drawn	p. 240
Aftermath	p. 260
Where It's At	p. 268
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