Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Mumblety-peg (also known as mumbley-peg, mumbly-peg, [1] mumblepeg, mumble-the-peg, mumbledepeg, mumble peg or mumble-de-peg) is an old outdoor game played using pocketknives. [2] The term "mumblety-peg" came from the practice of putting a peg of about 2 to 3 in (5 to 8 cm) into the ground. The loser of the game had to take it out with his teeth.
1960 in Los Angeles (5 P) 1961 in Los Angeles (7 P) 1962 in Los Angeles (8 P) 1963 in Los Angeles (8 P) 1964 in Los Angeles (5 P) 1965 in Los Angeles (9 P)
1960 Kentucky Country blues [121] Casey Bill Weldon: 1909 Unknown: Arkansas Country blues [122] Peetie Wheatstraw: 1902 1941 Tennessee St. Louis blues [123] Bukka White: 1909 1977 Mississippi Delta blues [124] Josh White: 1908 1969 South Carolina Country blues [125] Big Joe Williams: 1903 1982 Mississippi Delta blues [126] Sonny Boy Williamson ...
The venue was a staple of the Los Angeles music scene from the 1960s until the early 1990s. The Doors and Van Halen were featured house bands there before being signed to major record labels. Another prominent local band, L.A. Rocks, was also the house band there in the early 1980s.
Al's Bar was a Los Angeles bar in the American Hotel that served as a gathering spot for that era's downtown art and music scenes. At the time of its closing, it was primarily known as the West Coast's oldest punk club, but over the years it regularly hosted theater plays, art exhibitions, and "No Talent Nights". [1] Al's Bar
Alexander Douglas Weston (December 13, 1926 – February 14, 1999) was an American nightclub owner, known as the owner of The Troubadour nightclub in Los Angeles which in the 1960s and 1970s was particularly responsible for promoting many successful singer-songwriters in the early stages of their careers.
Both Krieger and Densmore believe that the Doors’ debut album from 1967 and their fast, loose last record with Jim Morrison, 1971’s “L.A. Woman,” were their band’s finest recordings.
Pamela Des Barres (day-BAR; born Pamela Ann Miller; September 9, 1948) is an American rock and roll groupie, writer, musician, and actress.She is best known for her 1987 memoir, I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie, which details her experiences in the Los Angeles rock music scene of the 1960s and 1970s.