Police are piecing together how a quiet night out led to Lana Clarkson being shot in the face at Phil Spector's pad at 5AM Monday morning:
- In the hours before he allegedly killed a woman in his hilltop mansion, record producer Phil Spector visited a music club, had a post-midnight snack and left a $500 tip on a $55 tab — none of which seems to have been particularly out of the ordinary, according to those who saw him.
"He is always very generous with the help," said Dan Tana, whose West Hollywood restaurant has long been a popular hangout for celebrities. Tana said Spector turned up between 12:30 and 1 a.m. Monday, had a quiet meal with another woman and left at 2 a.m. after shelling out the over-the-top gratuity.
....Spector is known to have visited the House of Blues, the Sunset Strip club where Clarkson worked as a hostess. Employees saw her leave with him in his chauffeur-driven black Mercedes S430 when her shift ended about 2:30 a.m. But it is not clear whether Spector had been at the club earlier in the evening, when three metal bands were playing.
Before picking up Clarkson, Spector had been at Dan Tana's with the other woman, identified as a waitress at a Beverly Hills restaurant.
"They arrived together, and it looked like a date," said another customer, talent manager Martin DeLuca. "They were talking and laughing. It was a very quiet dinner. There was no arguing."
Spector and the woman shared salads and drank cocktails, and the woman pulled out a folder, which she showed the producer, DeLuca said.
Tana said Spector is a regular at the restaurant, and requested his usual spot, table No. 4, which is farthest from the entrance. The couple were in good spirits and "well-behaved," he said.
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