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Whisky Bar (other)
Whisky Bar or Whiskey Bar can refer to * Whisky Bar, a bar in the Sunset Marquis Hotel * Whisky a Go Go, a bar in California sometimes referred to as "The Whisky" * " Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)", a song notably covered by The Doors and David Bowie * ''Whiskey Bar'', a weblog by Billmon {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunset Marquis Hotel
Sunset Marquis Hotel is a luxury hotel in West Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California. It is owned by George and his son Mark Rosenthal, and located at 1200 Alta Loma Road, and situated just off the Sunset Strip. Known for its celebrity clientele, especially musicians and people in the film industry, the hotel offers 100 suites and 52 villas located on 3 1/4 acres. Cavatina, the hotel restaurant, is popular for an expansive al fresco dining area and Bar 1200 was the original Whiskey Bar. NightBird Recording Studios, a professional recording studio in the lower level of the hotel is very popular with professional musicians and many GRAMMY winning songs have been recorded here. The hotel is also home to the Morrison Hotel Gallery which features fine art photography of rock legends. As of October 2017 room rates range from $350 to $10,000 per night. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whisky A Go Go
The Whisky a Go Go (informally nicknamed "the Whisky") is a historic nightclub in West Hollywood, California, United States. It is located at 8901 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip, corner North Clark Street, opposite North San Vicente Boulevard, northwest corner. The club has been the host for musicians and bands including Taj Mahal, Otis Redding, Hugh Masekela, Alice Cooper (who all recorded live albums there between 1966 and 1969), The Stooges, Parliament-Funkadelic, The Doors, Cheap Trick, Golden Earring, No Doubt, System of a Down, The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Chicago, Germs, Elton John, Oasis, Buffalo Springfield, Steppenwolf, Van Halen, Johnny Rivers, X, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, KISS, Guns N' Roses, Death, AC/DC, Linkin Park, Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Stryper, and Phil Seymour. History In 1958, the first Whisky a Go Go in the United States opened in Chicago, Illinois, on the corner of Rush and Chestnut streets. It has been called the first real Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
The "Alabama Song"—also known as "Moon of Alabama", "Moon over Alabama", and "Whisky Bar"—is an English version of a song written by Bertolt Brecht and translated from German by his close collaborator Elisabeth Hauptmann in 1925 and set to music by Kurt Weill for the 1927 play '' Little Mahagonny''. It was reused for the 1930 opera '' Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny'' and has been recorded by the Doors and David Bowie. Original version The "Alabama Song" was written as a German poem and translated into idiosyncratic English for the author Bertolt Brecht by his close collaborator Elisabeth Hauptmann in 1925 and published in Brecht's 1927 '' Home Devotions'' (german: Hauspostille), a parody of Martin Luther's collection of sermons. It was set to music by Kurt Weill for the 1927 play '' Little Mahagonny'' (') and reused for Brecht and Weill's 1930 opera '' Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny'' ('), where it is sung by Jenny and her fellow prostitutes in Act I. Althou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
