Top 10 rock'n'roll landmarks in the US
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Top 10 rock’n’roll landmarks in the US
Want to stay in the same hotel trashed by Led Zeppelin or sip soda in the very seats a young Elvis once sat? Find out where you can with our top 10 US rock’n’roll landmarks.
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- Guardian Unlimited
- Friday August 3 2007
Sun Studio … sing into Elvis Presley’s microphone and admire Johnny Cash’s dollar-strung guitar. Photograph: Gaven Hellier/JAI/Corbis
1. “Riot” House
Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, California
Recently renovated, the hotel still retains a sense of its famous past. A poster of a long-haired musician posted at the front desk reads: “Be kind to this customer. He may just have sold a million records.”
2. Elvis
Arcade Restaurant, Memphis
3. Gram Parsons
Joshua Tree Inn, California
While staying in Room 8 on September 18 1973, Gram Parsons, a veteran of the Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, died aged 26 after consuming a cocktail of tequila and morphine.
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