Jim Musil, Sr.

Under Appreciated

JIM MUSIL, SR.

 
Phil Kelsey was a hustler, and his band Phil and the Frantics was playing at the Arizona State Fair by 1963.  They even had their own nightclub called The Cave, where his band was the headliner.  The band attracted the attention of a local character named Jim Musil, Jr., who had a lot of friends in Los Angeles, including the now infamous Phil Spector.  Jim Musil, Sr. owned several night spots and leased one of them to Phil Kelsey, who reopened it as the Frantic Den in 1965; but problems with the Fire Marshal led to their relocation to the club downstairs called JD’s
 
(August 2012)
 
Last edited: March 22, 2021