R.I.P. LEN FAGAN

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L-R: Al Teman , Leslie Knauer and Len Fagan,  4 years ago at a San Fernando Valley music club. 

3 years ago Len Fagan had suffered a devastating stroke, negating his speech and requiring extensive care thereafter. Irreparably weakened, he passed away yesterday from the CoVid virus.

Len, generous person, forward thinker, "fun dude," and a musician himself, was a very important personage in our local music scene as booking director of Hollywood's Coconut Teaszer from 1987 to 2000. 

The Teaszer was L.A.'s hard rock, punk, soul and metal personal clubhouse as well as go-to small venue. Its spacious outdoor patio meant that scenesters who wished to chat or gallivant loudly never competed with the acts inside. He once initiated a residency for P.J. Harvey there when hardly anyone on either side of the Atlantic knew who she was. My own photos of Bo Diddley and Ron Asheton were taken at the Teaszer as well as most all non-arena acts of that era, my clients or otherwise. The loss of this man leaves an irreplaceable void...

 Bo Diddley with Nancy Lucas at the Coconut Teaszer;  Ron Asheton at the Coconut Teaszer 1992.

THE DOGS at the Coconut Teaszer