What a great story about Wallach's Music City and David Crosby- I remember the place well. From the early-'60s and all through the '70s, the Ash Grove was the very best "coffeehouse" in Southern California to hear all types of folk music done by the very best singers and players. Three other places we all went were the Troubador in West Hollywood, McCabe's in Santa Monica, and the Ice House in Pasadena, but the best of all was the Ash Grove. Ed Pearl, who owned and ran the place, was a pretty wacky guy, though, and the place was always two feet away from bankruptcy, and often was burned down because some people thought it was a hotbed of Communists and dangerous leftists. Some of these places actually served coffee- they were sort of the folk revival version of the real Beatnik coffee houses. Great, great days.