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Marc BolanvisitedBeverly Wilshire
Blurb
Where Marc Bolan stayed the night before his August 1973 Los Angeles gig; a Rolling Stone pair met him in his room and found him "personable and sweet and delicate"[1]. Gloria Jones later recalled the lobby as a place they shared "pretty rock 'n' roll times"[2].
Marc Bolan’s sentiment
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[1]
Marc Bolan was interviewed at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel the night before his August 1973 Los Angeles show, per Los Angeles Times (2008).
“The pair went to interview Bolan at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel the night before the show, and Preston remembers him as an atypical rock star. 'He seemed personable and sweet and delicate – like he looks,' he said. 'He was the opposite of the John Bonham, bull-in-a-china-shop rock star. If he wasn't Marc Bolan the rock star, you probably wouldn't look twice at him.'”
[2]
Gloria Jones recalled Marc Bolan's affection for the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, per Daily Mirror (2007).
“Sitting in the lobby of the plush Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles, Gloria becomes wistful recalling the extraordinary life she shared with the 20th Century Boy. 'This was a very special place for us,' she reveals. 'Marc loved it here. And I can really feel his presence. We had some pretty rock 'n' roll times here.'”
MiscGloria Jones interview (Daily Mirror)2007