Thee Experience (night club) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Thee Experience was a psychedelic nightclub

Nightclub

A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...

in Hollywood, California, United States

United States

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. It was located at 7551 Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

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, on the Sunset Strip

Sunset Strip

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History

Thee Experience was Located in Hollywood,California on Sunset Blvd. from the grand opening on March 14 through December 1969. It has been erroneously listed as located at 7751 Sunset Blvd. however the address is clearly visible on advertisements as 7551 Sunset Blvd. Thee Experience was the brainstorm of owner and founder Marshall Brevetz, who initially opened a night club of the same name in 1967 in Tampa Florida and later opting for a larger location, moved the club in 1968. Marshall had located a disused bowling alley and converted it to a psychedelic ballroom changing the name of the club to "Thee Image" and by early 1969 was persuaded by the likes of Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...

and Eric Burdon

Eric Burdon

Eric Victor Burdon is an English singer-songwriter best known as a founding member and vocalist of rock band The Animals, and the funk rock band War and for his aggressive stage performance...

to relocate to Southern California. Once Marshall had found the new location for his club, he changed the name back to the original "Thee Experience" and hired someone to paint the exterior to an enlarged portrait of Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...

with the front door as his mouth.

Performers

Here is a partial list of some of the bands and performers that played and or recorded at the club during it's brief existence:
Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper

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(who played the opening night), Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

,Jean Luc Ponty Experience

Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio

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,Albert Collins

Albert Collins

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, The Flying Burrito Brothers

The Flying Burrito Brothers

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, John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

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, Big Mama Thornton, Joe Cocker

Joe Cocker

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,Eric Burdon

Eric Burdon

Eric Victor Burdon is an English singer-songwriter best known as a founding member and vocalist of rock band The Animals, and the funk rock band War and for his aggressive stage performance...

, Buddy Miles Express, Elvin Bishop

Elvin Bishop

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, George Duke Trio

Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio

, Captain Beefheart

Captain Beefheart

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, The New Yardbirds (Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

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), T.I.M.E. (Trust In Men Everywhere), Steve Young, Magical Berri Lee, A.B. Skhy, Fair Be Fall, Rockin' Foo. Pogo (before they changed their name to Poco), Blues Magoos, Southwind, Black Pearl, Junior Markham & the Tulsa Rhythm Revue, Bobby Doyle. Colwell-Winfield Blues Band, SRC, Blues Image,Screaming Lord Sutch & the Mighty Fat, Fields, Illinois Speed Press, Linn County, C.K. Strong, Sons of Champlin, T.S. Song, Joe Cocker & the Grease Band, Bluesberry Jam, Bangor Flying Circus, Roxy Music

Roxy Music

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, War (with Eric Burdon), Lonnie Mack, Baby, Stoneface, Grand Funk Railroad

Grand Funk Railroad

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, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Tarantula, Albert Lee

Albert Lee

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, Spencer Davis Group and many others.

History

Performers

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