ALTA CIENEGA MOTEL/ HOTEL CALIFORNIA

by | Oct 30, 2021 | Uncategorized

Unlike the fictional Hotel California from the hit song by the Eagles, where all manner of strange guests stayed, The Motel Alta Cienega had only on famous guest and that was Jim Morrison. THE ALTA CIENEGA HOTEL IS seemingly run-of-the-mill for West Hollywood;...

BARON HATS INC. LOS ANGELES

by | Oct 24, 2021 | Autumn 2021, Clarion Rock

I went to Los Angeles for a family reunion and to play a couple of gigs with my band The Ghost Cowboys. My black Stetson hat got beat up in my suitcase and it needed some tender loving care so I want to the nearest Hatter called Baron Hats in downtown LA. Mark...

THE LIZARD OF OZ.

by | Oct 16, 2021 | Autumn 2021, Clarion Rock

  Excerpted from:   I Remember Jim Morrison.   By: Alan Graham.   Countless stories, many of them outrageous, have grown up over the years regarding the reason or reasons why Jim claimed, in his official Elektra publicity biography, that his parents and siblings were...