Troubadour (West Hollywood, California)
West Hollywood, United States · built 1957
The Troubadour is a nightclub located in West Hollywood, California, United States, at 9081 Santa Monica Boulevard just east of Doheny Drive and the border of Beverly Hills. Inspired by a visit to the newly opened Troubadour café in London, it was opened in the 1950s by Doug Weston in a 65-seat coffee house on La Cienega Boulevard, in 1957 it moved to its current location which seats 300. It was a major center for folk music in the 1960s, and subsequently for singer-songwriters and rock. In 2011, a documentary about the club, Troubadours: Carole King / James Taylor & The Rise of the Singer-Songwriter, was released.
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