5/2/2023 0 Comments Grateful dead liveLena Horne, Nancy Wilson, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Liza Minnelli, Forĭecades, the hotel's famed Cocoanut Grove nightclub hosted well-knownĮntertainers, such as Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland, Hoover to Nixon, along with chiefs of state from around the world. presidents stayed at the Ambassador, from Fromġ930 to 1943, six Academy Awards ceremonies were hosted at the hotel. Which included the main hotel, a garage and several detachedĬelebrities, some of whom, such as Pola Negri, resided there. In 1921 until 1971 it was set back from Wilshire Boulevard on 24 acres, The Schine Family owned the Ambassador from its opening Santa Barbara property burned down soon after on April 13, 1921, and theĪlexandria left the chain in 1925, while the Ambassador Palm Beach Los Angeles, the Hotel Alexandria in Los Angeles, the Ambassador Santaīarbara, the Ambassador Atlantic City and the Ambassador New York. The hotel opened in January 1921, the chain consisted of the Ambassador MaFugazi Hall, San Francisco, CA: Warner Brothers Record Release Party for The Grateful Dead Debut Albumįormerly located at 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, between Catalina Street and Mariposa Avenue in present-day Koreatown, the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles was built as part of the Ambassador Hotels System. Kaleidoscope ownersĪre considering continued use of the Embassy Room as a "totalĮnvironment" until the use of the Vine St. To be satisfied with the behavior of the clientele. Representatives of the Ambassador claimed Phosphorescent and stroboscopic lights played over the bobbing Reagan's speeches and sundry other materials wereīounced off mirrors, and mixed in bizarre juxtaposition with pattern The sides of the room, film clips of the love-ins, psychedelic body The silhouette of a girl dancing was superimposed over the projection. Multi-color pattern backgrounds flashed in and out of the focus while Pigpen, of the Grareful Dead, who looks like Jerry Colonna inĭrag, was a vocal success with his modern interpretation of screaming'Įmbassy Room's crystal lighting fixtures and mirrored walls was made by Life," which seemed to voice a popular existential stance in theĪudience. All three rock groups were happily received.Įffective was Airplane leader Marty Balin's version of "This Is My Sample of the latest in the art of the freak-out dancehall.Īmbassador's new Banana Grove, as some dubbed the room, featured theĮlectronic vibrations of Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead and theĬanned Heat Blues Band. John Hartmann, Gary Essert and Walter Williams were able to provide a Up the psychedelia in the Ambassador, Kaleidoscope managers Skip Taylor, Opening, prevented all persons from entering Los Angeles' second A supoena served last Thursday before the announced Presence in the Embassy Room foiled an injunction against the club's Than just a stipples victory in social integration, the Kaleidoscope's The celebration of International Kaleidoscope's opening. There, amidst a whirl of colored spots, strobe light, far-out films andįloor shaking rock bands, 1,300 other teeny-hippies gyrated joyously in Guests from the the Cocoanut Grove, strolled under the elegantĬhandeliers and and turned in at the ornate doorway of the Embassy Room. Think you're in the wrong place." But he didn't.Ĭontinued into the hotel lobby, mixing with the expensively attired Weekend, you could almost imagine the doorman saying, 'Excuse me, I Miniskirted companion approached the entrance to the Ambassador last The shaggy-haired boy in a checkered mod suit and his equally hirsute Kaleidoscope Opens at Embassy Room by Digby Diehl (Los Angeles Times, April 18, 1967) The hotel was sold in 1971, and closed to guests for safety reasons in 1989. The Ambassador Hotel, central to the Los Angeles entertainment ecology, is now recalled as the site of Bobby Kennedy's tragic assassination on June 5, 1968.One of their road crew, Phil Hartmann-the younger brother of their manager-is now widely beloved for his entertainment career, and rightly so. Canned Heat were influential, and sold a lot of records, but thanks to bad luck (and an unfortunate trip to Denver) never made the money they deserved. The Kaleidoscope, on Sunset, opened in Summer '68.The building has a remarkable history in its own right, like a metaphor for Hollywood, and of course Alison Martino and VintageLA have the complete breakdown. Taylor and Hartmann continued to work on the Kaleidoscope concept,Įventually taking over the Earl Carroll Theater at 6230 Sunset ( I have written about that venue at length).1968 (formerly the Earl Carroll Theater, then The Hullabaloo, and later The Aquarius) The Kaleidoscope Theater at 6230 Sunset Boulevard, ca.
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