Best Historic Rock Club

Inside the wood beamed walls of the Troubadour there is a feeling that anything is possible. This small club on Santa Monica Blvd is where careers bloom, which is damned impressive considering how long it's been open. Most venues wax and wane over the years and usually ultimately disappear, but the Troubadour seems to be the exception. Why? They seemed to be blessed with great booking. It's not just the place where James Taylor, Joni Mitchell and Elton John flourished. It's not just the place where John Lennon and Henry Harry Nilson got kicked out for mocking the Smothers Brothers. It's where Florence and the Machine, Alabama Shakes, Lana del Rey, Odd Future and tons of other up and coming bands played their earliest gigs in LA. It's where you can go to see futures sprout before the rest of the country knows what hit them. -Molly Bergen

Source: LA Weekly

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