The Copper Room at the Yucca Valley Airport (L22) seems to have been the favorite destination “amongst the big money guys” who flew in with guests for dinner in their aircraft. At one time, you could call in your drink and dinner order from the air. You could talk to the bartender on the Unicom radio and order ahead. It was pretty cool according to Tim Bullock. “Yeah, a lot of these guys flew in with real style. The owner himself, Mike Larrimore, had a beautiful Mooney painted real slick with the Red Baron logo painted blood red on a jet black plane. But there was only one guy who could drive into the same restaurant with the same kind of class – Gram Parsons.
Gram would roll up to the Copper Room driving his pearl gray Aston-Martin followed by an entourage of six or seven fancy and exotic cars. A real Grand Entrance at 3:00 in the afternoon at the Yucca Valley Airport. The first couple of times he came in, I didn’t even now who he was as he ordered pitchers of Margaritas for himself, this bright blonde headed guy, and numerous other semi-famous rock stars and groupies that were with him. Gram always said he loved the bar in the late afternoon with the windows facing the desert sunset”
Tim Bullock worked as a bartender from 1972-1975. Gallery — The Copper Room (copperroom1957.com)
Fun read! Thanks!