Whisky A Go Go

Legendary live music venue on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA.
It often appears as
[i]Whisk[b]e[/b]y A Go Go,
Whisk[b]e[/b]y À Go Go
or Whisk[b]e[/b]y A Go-Go[/i]
on releases.

Opened 15th of January 1964 in a former bank. The "Whisky A Go Go" was the first rock club in Los Angeles. [a=Johnny Rivers], with backing musicians [a=Eddie Rubin] and Joe Osborn, was the very first artist to perform at the Whisky a Go Go, and became the initial house band. Since then the Whisky A Go Go has played host to rock 'n' roll's most important bands, from [a=Alice Cooper], [a=The Doors], [a=Janis Joplin] and [a=Led Zeppelin] to today's up and coming new artists.

The Club was founded by Elmer Valentine (1923-2008), a former policeman from Chicago.

"The Whisky" is a recording-venue for a lot of prominent live-albums.