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While working in a record store for two years in the mid-90s, future Spinnin' Records co-founder Roger de Graaf realized the importance of distinctive logo branding.

Spring Place in Beverly Hills finds itself situated smack in the middle of Grammy weekend action. The West Coast branch of a private membership club that’s only been open in the glamorous neighborhood since late last year (one of its early events was a private birthday party for Leonardo DiCaprio, which attracted a group of people so famous even Madam Tussaud would be jealous), it’s located just down the street from the Beverly Hilton, where Clive Davis threw his famed Pre-Grammy Gala on Saturday night, and a short jaunt from Island Records’ own Grammy event nestled in the Hollywood Hills the day before.

The Americana Music Association corralled the biggest names in the genre to laud, praise and perform the music of John Prine at its annual Pre-Grammy Salute at the Troubadour in Los Angeles.