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Post by erik on Dec 27, 2011 16:00:50 GMT -5
Bob Hare, the owner of the Hermosa Beach club called The Insomniac, where Linda performed and frequented during her early years in SoCal, has passed away at the age of 80. More details are in the link below: www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-bob-hare-20111226,0,5061187.story |
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Post by rick on Dec 27, 2011 18:23:55 GMT -5
Hi, Erik --
Thanks for posting this.
It says it closed in 1963.
I remember when Linda was on Marian McPartland's "Piano Jazz" on NPR, Marian asked about Linda's days with The Stone Poneys. And she remarked about the cockroaches at a certain place in Hermosa Beach being so big you "could ride those suckers."
There are quite a few clubs in Hermosa, or were, back in the 60s/70s. I remember The Lighthouse was a club in Hermosa Beach. Am thinking by the time Linda was performing with The Stone Poneys that the Insomniac would have been a parking lot, according to article written by Val Nelson.
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Post by erik on Dec 27, 2011 19:32:56 GMT -5
This would probably mean that Linda was out here on sabbatical in '62 if she went there.
It's a shame that such places of that kind are a dying breed. The only three big clubs in L.A. that I can name off the top that are still around are the Troubadour, the Roxy, and the Whiskey-A-Go-Go, all places where Linda helped build her reputation.
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