![]() ![]() For example seat 1 in section '5' would be on the aisle next to section '4' and the highest seat number in section '5' would be on the aisle next to section '6'. Please sign up to our free newsletter to receive exciting news about music memorabilia auctions. The standard sports stadium is set up so that seat number 1 is closer to the preceding section. Seen our superb range of music history for sale? The awning from New York punk nightclub CBGBs achieved $30,000 at Sotheby’s last year. The infamous cages that housed its go go dancers, from which the club took its name (or was it the other way round?), are no longer present. Today, Whisky a Go Go mainly attracts up and coming bands. “It has been recognized as one of the most influential and important musical venues in the world.” The auctioneer said prior to the sale: “Performing on its infamous stage is one of the true rites of passage in the world of rock ‘n’ roll and it is credited with having launched the careers of countless bands including The Doors, Frank Zappa, Buffalo Springfield, Van Halen, Motley Crue, and Guns N' Roses. Many leading punk outfits passed through in the 70s, and the top heavy metal groups of the 80s were also often to be seen there. Whisky a Go Go opened on the Sunset Strip in 1964 and quickly established itself as one of the country's leading music venues, with local bands the Byrds, the Doors and Buffalo Springfield all regulars. That price is a reflection of the importance of the venue in the story of popular music. The iconic 13-foot-wide sign, which hung above the club in the 70s and 80s, sold above estimate at Saco River Auction in Maine, US on January 25. Rivers rode the Whisky-born "go-go" craze to national fame with records recorded partly "live at the Whisky." The Miracles recorded the song "Going to a Go-Go" in 1966, which was covered in 1982 by The Rolling Stones, and Whisky A Go-Go franchises sprang up all over the country.A neon sign from legendary Los Angeles nightclub Whisky a Go Go has auctioned for $48,300. When the girl DJ danced during Rivers' set, the audience thought it was part of the act and the concept of Go-Go dancers in cages was born. ![]() Though the club was billed as a discothèque, meaning only recordings with no bands, the Whisky A Go-Go opened with a live band led by Johnny Rivers and a short skirted DJ spinning records between sets from a suspended cage at the right of the stage. ![]() Flier, former press agent Shelly Davis, and Phil Tanzini. Valentine's partners were lawyer Theodore F. It was opened Januat the site of an old bank building that had been remodeled into a short-lived club called the Party, by a former Chicago policeman, Elmer Valentine. It has been called the first real American disco. The Whisky A Go-Go is a nightclub in West Hollywood, California, at 8901 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip. Live music would remain the main business for all these discos, but the seeds of a record-oriented club scene had been planted. ![]() The idea moved to the USA in the 1960s: the first New York disco was the " Peppermint Lounge", opened in 1961, and the first California disco was the "Whiskey-A-Go-Go", which opened in 1965 on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood. We went all over the place from New York to Chicago and Florida. During the 1950s, Paris lived its own "dolce vita" and the "discotheques" were its headquarters. We did a six week US tour in December and it was very hard work. In 1947 Paul Pacine opened the " Whiskey a Go-Go" in Paris. ![]()
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