What was the Sunset Strip scene like in the 60s?
JN: I dont really remember specific incidents, but I do remember the feeling and some of the things that may or may not have happened. Pandoras Box was the first club that we played frequently. It was small and kind of triangle shaped like the lot it sat on at the corner of Crescent Heights and Sunset. During breaks we would go down the street (Sunset) and listen from the kitchen door of the Trip to The Byrds do their set. One night (I think it was) Roger McGuinn, asked us to help him push start his car. There was a really interesting place close by as well – I think it was called The Fifth Estate – which may have been a club or a bar or a restaurant (or all of the above) where you could still see beatniks hanging out engaged in animated discussions, reading books and drinking coffee from small cups. Everywhere you went you could see something interesting going on. As I remember there was great music every night and not just on the Strip. We played a high school show in Hollywood with
