By Brian Rill Songwriter Peter G. Israel is one of the many weighty names from Salida’s long musical history. He is best known for the song Midnight at the Palace Hotel, and the 2007 album that bears the same name. This catchy tune celebrates the old multi-story brick building where countless outlaws and first-class connoisseurs have held court and bedded down for the evening or in some cases, a lifetime. “Joey’s bringing strangers to his room upstairs; they might be undercover, he don’t care. You can hear the couple fighting in the room next door; there’s noises in the night ...