A (Mostly) 80s Music Podcast: What Difference Does It Make?

Documenting The Palomino Club

A (Mostly) 80s Music Podcast: What Difference Does It Make?

Show Notes

The Los Angeles Times referred to it as "Country Music's most important West Coast club". Artists from Willie Nelson to Elvis Costello to Linda Ronstadt played there. Happy Hour started at 8 in the morning. And it all happened in the East San Fernando Valley.

The club was called The Palomino, and now we have a film documenting its storied history. Director Adrienne Isom, script writer KP Hawthorn, and country punk legend Rosie Flores join us to reminisce about their own personal stories, as well as those that made this fabled club so special. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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