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LOCATED ON LOS ANGELES’ SANTA MONICA Boulevard, Gold-Diggers is not your typical recording complex. Dating back to the 1920s, the East Hollywood building has gone through various incarnations: first as an inn and tavern; then as a film studio where scenes for Ed Wood’s infamous sci-fi flick Plan 9 From Outer Space were shot; and later as a rehearsal space for the likes of the Doors and Guns N’ Roses; After it was bought and renovated a few years ago, the property now houses nine studio recording rooms, an 11-room boutique hotel and a bar. For Grammy winning R&B singer-songwriter Leon Bridges, Gold-Diggers became a second home where he lived as well as wrote and recorded his latest music.

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