EVENT: Remembrance: A Night at the Whisky with Elvis Costello

Everybody at Mondays tribute to Elmer Valentine, the co-founder of the Whisky a Go Go who died in December at age 85, had a story about a favorite moment they'd spent in the venerable West Hollywood club. Mine stems from Elvis Costellos first L.A. appearance at the club, back in November 1977. Id spent five weeks the previous summer traveling through the U.K. during the height of the British punk explosion. The Sex Pistols were touring under a string of assumed names because theyd been banned...

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