This inspiring book evokes a raucous, revolutionary. Debs wanted to construct a new freeway and turn the sunset strip into a financial district, according to the book riot on sunset strip. He cowrote the drew title and composed the sidewalk sounds the sunset theme the word sunset appearing in three song titles. The sunset strip curfew riots, also known as the hippie riots, were a series of early counterculture era clashes that took place between police and young people on the sunset strip in hollywood, california in 1966. Riot is 265 pages of dense information with pictures on every page. Riot on the sunset strip by mark guerrero riot on the sunset strip by dominic priore, published in 2007 in the u.
Riot on sunset strip shows how this legendary scene came together, burned briefly but brilliantly, and then fell apart after the summer of love. Rock n rolls last stand in hollywood revised edition priore. Sights and sounds of the november 1966 sunset strip riots. Riot is a ridiculous name, he said in an interview. So out of touch, it is actually funny, not serious as intended. Riot on sunset strip 1967 movie clip night out with. When comparing this to an early70s soundtrack like zacahariah or the inconsistent 80s music put to the film soul man, the riot on sunset strip album delivers more bang for the buck. Ive wasted 90 minutes before, but it was seldom less fun. Sorrow is in my top 10 of all time, and the amboy dukes, to me, is the best garage band of all time. Read the full synopsis of riot on sunset strip, 1967, directed by arthur dreifuss, with aldo ray, mimsy farmer, michael evans, at turner classic movies. It serves as a startling evocation of the social and artistic revolution that was the 60s.
Rock n rolls last stand in hollywood revised edition. Riot on sunset strip rock n rolls last stand in hollywood book. Rocknrolls last stand in hollywood priore, domenic. The welldesigned book documents how each decade along the strip, a municipal no. The standells open with the title song, and it would be a. This books author, domenic priore, is a writer and television producer specializing in music and pop culture his compilation look.
When somebody cool writes a book they do a thing there. The sunset strip curfew riots would continue for days, although they were more like lowkey demonstrations and marches that clogged traffic and led to stareoffs between the hippies and police. This differs from mono release riot on sunset strip where those titles are located below spindle hole. So much remarkable music, art, and social revolution came from one place at. The riot itself was a longsimmering eruption triggered by weeks of. I was amazed at what an impact the mile and a half stretch of. The film was made for mgm but they could not move fast enough to release it so katzman sold it to american international pictures. Provided to youtube by curb records riot on sunset strip the standells riot on sunset strip. Book soup is right across the street from what used to be tower records and sits in the heart of the sunset strip. Psychout, or riot on sunset strip posted by tiger in texas on 15 at 9. Riot on sunset strip 1967 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Rock n rolls last stand in hollywood captures the excitement of this great artistic awakening, telling how the scene came together and then fell apart at the monterey pop festival, the tragic grand finale of the summer of love. Unlike other lost gems from the end of the 1960s, riot on sunset strip deserves its forgotten status. Domenic priores riot on sunset strip book steve hoffman. Sixties soundtrack albums have always held a special charm, especially those released on the tower label, from psychout to wild in the streets to this classic, riot on sunset strip.
From the moment the byrds debuted at ciros in march of 65 with dylan joining them onstage up to the demonstrations of 1966, clubs on the strip nurtured and broke the doors, love, buffalo. This inspiring book evokes a raucous, revolutionary time in american culture for those who lived it and contemporary youth culture fascinated by the time. Riot on sunset strip tells the story behind the stills song, a story that started decades earlier when the strip was home to gangsters and speakeasies. Rock n rolls last stand in hollywood captures the excitement of this great artistic awakening, telling how the scene came together and then fell apart at the monterey pop festival, the tragic grand finale of. Rock n rolls last stand in hollywood jawbone press, london, foreword by arthur lee of love.
The sunset strip teen riots, also known as the 1966 hippie riots or the riot on sunset strip, pitted police against teenage mobs on the sunset strip in hollywood, california. Inside buffalo springfields anthem to the sunset strip. This film lacked a grasp of the time, mood and the music. Jawbone press is an independent publisher of books about music and popular culture.
This book is a pop culture history of a brief period 1964ish to 1967 of a very small place. The sunset strip riots sputtered out in late december, but they signaled that the culture wars were only to get more noisy and forcefula promise fulfilled in chicago in 1968, in multiple cities during the holy week uprising that same year, and at kent state in 1970, to cite just a few of the most highprofile examples. From the moment the byrds debuted at ciros in march of 65 with dylan joining them. The nautically themed sea witch at 8516 sunset was the first strip nightclub to regularly feature rock n roll, particularly rockabilly, according to riot on the sunset strip.
Stephen stills wrote the song in response to the first of the sunset strip curfew riots, on november 12, 1966 47 years ago today, and bs, just off. This inspiring book evokes a raucous, revolutionary time in american culture for those who lived it and contemporary youth culture fascinated by. As reefer madness was to the youth of the 30s, so riot on sunset strip was to the baby boomers. Riot on sunset strip, a classic song in the genre of garage punk, was written for the film by tony valentino and john fleck of the standells.
No matter the novelty of aldo ray in schizophrenic peacemakerpowder keg mode, or the amazingly awful din thats supposed to pass for hipster music here, the movie remains inert in both its approach and appeal. Rock n rolls last stand in hollywood revised edition priore, domenic, lee, arthur on. Iirc this track was listed in dave marshs top book. If youve ever seen american graffiti, the strip used to be like tha. Predatory hippie herby schuyler hayden, disappointed that virtuous andy mimsy farmer has declined the acidlaced sugar cubes, resorts to a trick, while her friend lizann laurie mock gets into it, and tripping begins, in quickieproducer sam katzmans riot on sunset strip, 1967. The sunset strip curfew riots, also known as the hippie riots, were a series of early countercultureera clashes that took place between police and young people on the sunset strip in hollywood, california, beginning in the summer of 1966 and. Inspired by the actual police riots on hollywoods sunset strip, at one time a hangout for hippie youths bearing protest signs. The mood of the 60s was antiwar, not i dont like my mommy and daddy. This book brought back great memories of hanging out on the sunset strip in.