Exclusive | John Lennon's violent drunken night at The Troubadour

LA’s world-famous Troubadour will be recognized by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a landmark in music history Wednesday, hours before hosting a tribute to incoming inductee Gram Parsons.

To mark the occasion, The California Post looks back at the night Beatle John Lennon got kicked out of the hotspot as told in the book, “The Beatles in Los Angeles.”

Lennon’s inner demons and rage shook the Sunset Strip on the evening of March 12, 1974.
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“He was a bad drunk, if he had two or three or four drinks those inner demons would manifest themselves, a kind of rage would permeate the air,” Lennon’s longtime publicist Elliott Mintz revealed.

“He liked Brandy Alexanders, that was his drink when he drank,” Mintz explained.

Lennon was deep into what’s been called his “Lost Weekend” during which he had left his wife, Yoko Ono, at her suggestion.

“This was his chance to be ‘Bachelor John’ since his first marriage,” Mintz said.

John Lennon, May Pang, and Harry Nilsson sitting together at a club with other people, drinks on the table in front of them.
Singer-guitarist John Lennon attends a comedy performance with May Pang and Harry Nilsson at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, California, March 12, 1974. Michael Ochs Archives

John Lennon, May Pang, and Harry Nilsson sitting together at a table with drinks and other people.
Singer-guitarist John Lennon, center right, May Pang and Harry Nilsson, far right, attend a performance at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, Calif., March 12, 1974. Michael Ochs Archives

“As the weeks turned to months, as his drinking increased, as his yearning to get back to Yoko intensified, as he got a little bit out of control . . . he wasn’t all that happy,” Mintz continued.

John and his drinking buddy, singer Harry Nilsson, were among the celeb-studded audience at the Troubadour for a Smothers Brothers show which included everyone from Paul Newman to Peter Lawford to Pam Grier, the sexy rising star of the new movie Foxy Brown.

Source: nypost.com/Jeremy Louwerse

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