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This is a tribute site to one of the oldest and most 'notorious' clubs, ever, on the Sunset Strip.If you love rock and roll, and can remember what Gazzarri's and 'The Godfather of Rock and Roll' was all about, then 'welcome to the jungle' ...BILL GAZZARRI ...


THE LAST KNOWN INTERVIEW WITH BILL ...BILL'S WAKE (PART TWO) ...BILL'S WAKE (PART THREE)

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who was a customer, performer, employee or fan of Gazzarri's 'supper club' .... from the early days of the Sunset Strip 60s' to the the last days of the 90's.Anyone who can remember 30 years of food, music, dance and romance ... and thousands of lifetimes of ... rock and roll memories.Anyone ... who wants to ROCK!!!If you have any flyers, photos, stories or videos that you would like us to add ... we'd be honored.

My Blog

The 60’S ... THE DOORS ... Live at Gazzarri’s

We get a ton of messages from our 60's 'friends' about doing more 'coverage' of the scene back then.  ESPECIALLY The Doors .... and their relationships with Bill and the club. SOOOO here's a tast...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:21:00 GMT

POST YOUR MEMORIES ... and keep the vibe alive!

We want to use this page in the BLOG to post all your memories. Send us a 'message' and we'll post it. (Don't wory, we'll spellchek everythin. aoo!)We'd especially like to hear stories about the club ...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:48:00 GMT

GAZZARRI DANCERS BRING GO-GO TO HOLLYWOOD

A big part of the early 60's rock and roll revolution on the Sunset Strip was the birth of 'discotheques' ... or dance clubs with live bands playing rock and roll music.  In 1963, Gazzarri's was ...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:49:00 GMT

The BANDS of GAZZARRIS

Starting Feb. 28th, 2008 ...We're going to try to list every band that played the club in order of the decade in which they did their first show ... We can use all the help we can get and would love t...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:43:00 GMT

THE LAST SHOW ...

We are tying to get everyone involved in that show, artists, employees and fans to give us their memories of that night ... the final night of Gazzarri's. Here's the brief article that appeared in Va...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:15:00 GMT

GAZZARRIS ADDS A SECOND FLOOR ... AND MIKE COCHRANE IS THERE.

GAZZARRI'S STARTED OUT AS AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT ON LA CIENEGA ... AND MOVED TO SUNSET IN 1967. (The DOORS opened the new club) IN 1971 BILL ADDED A SECOND FLOOR TO THE CLUB TO HOLD THE CROWDS THAT WER...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:34:00 GMT

GAZZARRI'S AND THE WHISKEY START THE ROCK AND ROLL TALENT WARS.

Johnny Rivers and Bill Gazzarri brought rock and roll to the clubs in Hollywood ... starting at Gazzarri's in 1963. But soon after, a second club opened, modeled after the famous Paris Club, Whis...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:43:00 GMT

ARTHUR BLESSITT - THE PREACHER OF THE SUNSET STRIP

Some people never knew Reverend Blessitt ... the ’Preacher Of Sunset Boulevard’ ... but it’s an interesting ’behind the scenes’ chapter of Gazzarri’s hist...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:55:00 GMT