Fifty years ago, Neil Young and the Santa Monica Flyers walked on stage at a brand-new Sunset Strip nightclub and the Roxy Theatre was born.
On Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 – 50 years to the day later – Young returns to the West Hollywood theater to celebrate the kind of anniversary few music clubs ever achieve.
In the half-century in between, the club co-founded by Lou Adler and the late Elmer Valentine, and still co-owned by Adler, now 89, with his son Nic Adler, has held a rare place in the history of pop culture and the dreams of artists and fans alike.
The Roxy Theatre was co-founded by music and film producer Lou Adler and club owner Elmer Valentine, who also owned the Whisky A Go Go and the Rainbow Bar & Grill. Adler, seen here second from left, who still co-owns the club with his son Nic Alder, also had a handful of investors, seen here with him outside the club around the time it opened. Left to right are concert promoter Bill Graham, Adler, Chuck Landis, who owned the Largo burlesque club that preceded the Roxy at its Sunset Strip location, Asylum Records founder and music manager Elliot Roberts, and music executive David Geffen. (Photo courtesy of the Roxy Theatre and Lou Adler)
Exene Cervenka, left, and John Doe of the band X perform at the Sunset Strip Music Festival on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, at The Roxy in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Maneskin performs on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
John Lydon of The Sex Pistols performs to a sold-out crowd at the Roxy in West Hollywood, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007. The concert marked the legendary British punk rock band’s first-ever club performance in Southern California. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Billy Zoom of the band X performs at the Sunset Strip Music Festival on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, at The Roxy in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Maneskin performs on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
A neon sign above the Roxy Theatre is pictured Monday, May 11, 2020, in West Hollywood. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
A photo of the Roxy Theatre circa 1970. (Photo by Robert Landau, Courtesy of The Roxy)
Keanu Reeves of Dogstar performs onstage at The Roxy Theatre on July 18, 2023 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter, Getty Images for Dogstar )
Foo Fighters performed a NoCap livestream concert on Nov. 14, 2020 from the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of NoCap)
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Between Young’s six shows over the Roxy’s first three nights and the end of 1973, the Roxy hosted multi-night runs by Cheech & Chong, Linda Ronstadt, Frank Zappa and Genesis.
And throughout the ’70s and ’80s
Source:: The Mercury News – Entertainment
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