Calling the tune: nightclub impresario John Lyons, who came to town in the 1960s as an 'errant youth,' has returned to revive the flagging Hollywood Palace.(People)(House of Blues co-founder)

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: October 27, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

AMID the light fog of construction dust at his Avalon Hollywood (formerly Hollywood Palace) nightclub, John Lyons cuts an imposing figure. Dressed in jeans and a Hawaiian shirt, and big enough to double as a bouncer at one of his two dozen clubs, the 47-year-old Buffalo, N.Y. native and House of Blues co-founder got into the business when he was a teenager working as a doorman. He now leads a group that includes fellow club operator Steve Adelman and actor Dan Aykroyd in the renovation of the 76-year-old Vine Street institution. The building, whose main hall holds 1,450 people, ...

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