Where The Action Was Rock History Tour February 2, 2008

$55/person

Leaves from intersection of Sunset & Rodney (behind Children's Hospital)

This edition of the tour features guest appearances from Carl "King of the Freaks" Franzoni, and John "King of the Prank Callers" Trubee. On the bus Carl Franzoni will share personal tales of how his troupe danced across the US with the Byrds on their first tour and later with Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, and answer your questions on the weird and wonderful world of freaky 1960s Los Angeles, and John Trubee will share hilarious tales from his time as an Enigma Records artist and Dr. Demento Show favorite for his single "Blind Man's Penis."

Where the Action Was is Esotouric's Hollywood and West Hollywood rock and roll history tour, co-hosted by pop music historians Gene "Catalog of Cool" Sculatti and Kim "Scram" Cooper.
In the mid-1960s, the Sunset Strip and Hollywood were ground zero for musical teen youth culture, with scores of great clubs, music shops, recording studios, boutiques, hipster hangouts, radio stations, record stores, and film and TV studios. On the Esotouric bus, you'll travel back in time to map the musical history of Hollywood and West Hollywood, from Beatlemania and folk rock, glitter rock through punk. Along the way we'll follow the career highs and lows of a selection of fascinating LA artists: Bobby Fuller (was it murder or suicide?), Phil Spector, Arthur Lee & Love and the Byrds.

From the teen riots over the closing of Pandora's Box (inspiration for the Buffalo Springfield hit "For What It's Worth") to the late night Canter's Deli scene, from adolescent groupies holding court at Rodney's English Disco to the wild dances invented at Ciro's, and so much between, Where The Action Was is a high-energy voyage to a time when music was thrilling, immediate and deeply tied in to the city of LA.

Official Website: http://www.esotouric.com/rock