"Acquiring a new cachet as the living quarters of Tom Waits, the Tropicana filled up with struggling musicians. A pre-Fleetwood Mac Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham holed up at the Tropicana when they came to Hollywood and got their first recording contract; their debut album, Buckingham-Nicks, was released in 1973.
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