ForDaisy Jones & the Six,they needed to recreate it as it once was.
All of that technical stuff was amazing."
“We shut down the Whisky on my birthday,” Neustadter tells EW with glee.
Riley Keough as Daisy Jones.Lacey Terrell/Prime Video
We’re pretending like it was a different place, but that’s in that space also."
“We did all that stuff in the actual space.
It also marked the location forElton John’sfirst U.S. show.
Sam Claflin as Billy Dunne.Lacey Terrell/Prime Video
For Neustadter, it’s always been a sacred space.
And it is home to plenty of concerts on the series.
“When I first moved here, I feel like I lived there,” he says.
Riley Keough as Daisy Jones arriving at the Troubador.Lacey Terrell/Prime Video
“I was there like four times a week.
It’s where all the bands I liked played.
So, I’d been there a million times and taking that over was such a dream.
Sam Claflin as Billy, Josh Whitehouse as Eddie, Will Harrison as Graham, Sebastian Chacon as Warren, Suki Waterhouse as Karen.Lacey Terrell/Prime Video
We shot where the bands hang out, the equivalent of backstage, which is up the stairs.
I’d never been in any of those rooms.
It was also the easiest space to use in terms of period accuracy.
“That looks like it used to look,” adds Neustadter.
“It’s pretty well maintained.
A lot of the stuff we had to do there was lighting stuff.
But the space itself, not much work had to be done there.”
It required some minor redressing to match the pool chairs and layout of the 1960s and ’70s.
“Which is why she never comes back here.
We had the same location manager who worked onAlmost Famous.
They did it in the lobby for some reason.
We were able to come up here and shoot, and that was pretty cool.”
One thing you won’t see on screen?
Neustadter recreating a famous moment in rock history that also inspired a scene inAlmost Famous.
“We had the room when we were shooting here, so I tried to replicate the picture.”
(Fans ofAlmost Famouswill recognize Billy Crudup’s iconic piece of dialogue that references the same photograph).
Not to mention sessions with Neil Young, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Nirvana, and more.
Their analog equipment captured some of the world’s most beloved music.
Now, it’s also where Daisy Jones & the Six created their multi-platinum albumAurora.
“Now, I know my way around there.
“WhereBuckingham Nickswas recorded is where the Dunne Brothers start recording,” he explains.
“Sound City was the biggest re-dress we had,” he adds.
“It looks nothing like it did.
But they would take a lot of pictures back then.
“They kept it as-is a little bit, especially the outside facade,” Neustadter says.
“They were like, ‘Don’t take that down.
You want to retain that.'”
Eateries
Throughout the series, the characters eat at various Los Angeles restaurants and hot spots.
So, of course, it’s where these characters would choose to live.
But when it came to residences, that’s where the show had to do a little fudging.
“Teddy’s house is up in Baldwin Hills, which is a great location,” Neustadter details.
“We didn’t actually shoot Laurel Canyon for Laurel Canyon because it looks very different now.
Daisy Jones & the Sixepisodes 1-3 are streaming now on Prime Video.
New episodes drop Fridays.
