I love hearing about Laurel Canyon and the music of the 60's and 70's. I was born in 65 and loved the music since before I was 5. I still do. It's rather bitter sweet to go back in time really wanting to literally go back in time, knowing that it's impossible. Still, I really appreciate documentaries like this one.!! 🙂
And amazingly, nearly all these "kids" at the time were in their early 20's. Today they're in their mid to late 70's, some in their 80's. And in a way, it seems like just yesterday. RIP to all that are no longer with us.
Amazingly the majority of them were the sons and daughters of military or navy intelligence. Are we to believe that they were the only ones with the talent back then?
Thanks for this!! So glad I was a 60s 70s kid. I still have a 60s 70s heart. The music the music. Tg for the music. 'The stars lined up for him...he was supposed to be Jimmy hendrix' I read a story...Glenn Frye lived above Jackson Browne. He said every morning-early- he'd hear JB at the piano, writing & putting songs together & he said he learned from that; he thought to himself 'oh so that's how you write a song.' I love hearing about Frank Zappa.
I was in suburbia (Simi Valley) then, just a kid, in an early version of a planned community. I watch this, and remember there was this whole other place, that people actually lived in Hollywood and the hills. Thanks to my parents, and radio (KHJ, KRLA), the music came to me...and has never left. Very well done!😪
I grew up in North Hollywood and the street Laurel Canyon was near me. If you drive South then you actually are in Laurel Canyon. Also my Aunt and Uncle lived Laurel Canyon in the late 60’s, early 70’s. They told me back then that The Monkees lived near by. I love The Monkees!
I lived with Jimmy Conniff on Wonderland Ave.Jimmy was Ray's and he was with Columbia Records. Jimmy and I had a horrible fight so I ran next door to Pat Vegas's. Jimmy has on my new mustang. Yelling he wanted me to return home or he would set fire to the car. Pat didn't want me to go home. Jimmy acting a fool was given a match and proceeded to set my car in fire. What an experience for a 19 year old.
My friends and I would take several buses from Pasadena.To hang out on Sunset Blvd,and hitch hike to Laural canyon. Trying to catch a glimpse of any rock star. 12-13-14 yrs old.
When I arrived at Frank Zappa's log cabin in May 1968m I was taken down Sunset Boulevard to see the sights of Hollywood. Enormous cars with tail fins cruised along in a traffic jam, I presume just like you, looking for rock stars. I noted there were two groups: one lot scruffy hippies, the other polished young men and women in bright coloured velvet and satin clothes, each group ignoring the other. There was no one over 30 years of age in sight.
It's always nice to hear mentton of Harry Nilsson: he was such a wonderful musician and writer with the most beautiful voice in the world when he was at his peak
Fascinating history…I was a big fan of the Monkees growing up in the 60’s, but had no idea how integrated they were into the mainstream LA music scene…Jimi Hendrix was their warm-up act?! Amazing.
This is great! And so nice to see and hear Samantha Dolenz, who was one of London's top fashion models, Samantha Juste, prior to meeting Micky...though I have just notice she died in 2014 due to a stroke. Nice also to hear from Cass Elliott's daughter and Gail Zappa. Thank you.
And Gail's gone now too! I just watched the Laurel Canyon doc on I forget which streaming channel but it's much more current & several of those interviewed in this doc are no longer here 🥲And I realize in my mind - this is the time I still think we're in. No doubt that's bcse at 57, I still think I'm 36!!
I spent a long time in the Laurel Canyon scene in the 1960s. I grew up there. We would spend time partying up Lookout. I spent time at the old log home that Zappa lived in. Across from old Houdini’s castle on Laurel. I went to North Hollywood high. And remember all the parties that happened in the Canyon. Also the Strip. Topanga Canyon. Was also a big area for parties. I remember going to the Aquarius theater . The whiskey a gogo. The Palladian. Pandora’s box. And many more. A lot of satanic cults . And acid fueled memories. I’m thankful to have survived those times. I later 1967 ended up in the Haigt working light shows for the family dog and the straight Theater. History in the making. ❤️
Probably a book in this adventure wouldn't you think? To have BEEN there and remember enough to tell the tales is truly something that will never happen again. Calif in its finest. . .both good and bad. The music, the parties, the women. . .the artists, actors and musicians. You have lived some kind of magical life. Write it down.
Yes, write books. The most fun thing for me is to read them, or even better, listen to them, and get to see this incredible scene from many different perspectives. It's a gas!
Watching this video reminded me of my young days when I was 15 in 1976,you could say it was similar to 1967 the only difference was it was 10years later but the music was still the same but the singers were older and some where dead or gone solo or disappeared out of the spotlight like peter green from Fleetwood Mac,who died 8years ago,Sid barret from pink Floyd who died 17years ago? Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Brian Joan's from the rolling stones, Janis Joplin, Cass Elliot and many others of great talent of that time, Rest in peace to them,they may be gone but there not forgotten amen, for their music is still played and listened to by young people today,☀️🌈🎸✌️💟
What I take away from all these legends is the children they were , a perfect place in time that gives a romance to the music , a marriage of harmony .
I lived on Laurel Canyon Boulevard from 2005-2008, and it was still a great group of people in the neighborhood. I was right down on the corner of Laurel Canyon and Ventura Boulevard, but it was a quick drive over the mountain and you’d be right on Sunset. Studio City was one of the best cities I’ve ever lived in, and I’ve lived in cities and towns on the east and west coast. There was just something so beautiful and magickal about that place. I’m back on the east coast now, but I still miss it. Thanks for posting this! ❤️
I agree. I lived in SC also and would take the canyon over to Sunset for the clubs. Very cool area. It was even nicer in the late 80s. Weather was God sent, cool vibes. Basically all gone now. Even my haunt, The Rainbow next to the Roxy had turned into a tourist attraction instead of the club I remember.
Yes, indeed, Live there in the 80's & 90's @ different times and was my preferred route to Hollywierd. Sold Shoes and worked in Deli's in SC. Lots of Porn Stars and "Entertainment" Folk.lol.\m/-
A good friend of mine , her father is Richie Hayward of the band Little Feat and they had a house in Laurel Canyon that was "the hangout" for all the famous and about to be famous musicians and actors for partying in the early 70s. Harrison Ford is her God Father, Robert Palmer used to baby sit her, and all kinds of crazy stuff. And one of my cloaest longest time friends lives in a house now in L.C. that Harrison Ford built the kitchen cabinets, and on the wood siding outside of the house on one wall are two very detailed, beautifully painted pictures, one of a red tailed hawk and the other is a wolf and they were painted by Jim Morrison. I cannot remember whose house it was before she moved in but it was someone famous and obviously someone that was part of that scene. She was Slash's personal assistant for 13 years before she moved on to other things and moved into that house. Me, I was a beach kid and grew up with a whole different group of famous actors and musicians and their kids in Los Angeles. Westside beach people are very different than the Canyon people and the Valley people and all were different than the Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood people. Oh, L.A. what a crazy place it was in the 60s 70s and 80s
@@jeph33 --- in my opinion, you are correct to an extent. Those who were the generation of peace, love, drugs, were looking to make changes to the establishment, divided themselves into a couple different factions at that time and afterwards. There were the true hippies, the ones who wanted to be left alone to live off the land off grid, raise familes and food without any authority telling them they can't do what they want even though it isn't hurting anyone. I know people like that and kids of (now adults) people like that. Then there were the hippie commie intelectuals who were angry and looked at the way of life that the average family lived, working, raising a family, and considered them part of the problem of Capitalism and it all needed to be stopped and socialism was the only way to live in balance. (Obviously they weren't paying attention to those who tried that in other countries and how it ended for all of them, Russia, China, Italy, Germany, Cuba, Korea, and the other Communist death machines) Then there were the party crowd in colleges and universities who passively protested everything just because it was something to do. Well, the angry hippies became political radicals undercover as Democrats and the true hippies did stay off grid but had to conform to a level of maintaining legal statures, and they started health food stores and the farms that grew the natural foods. Then the educated party hippies eventually used their degrees and cleaned themselves up and became the lawyers and corporate giants in tech and bio and medical, clothing, sports equipment, and into film and music industry and merged with the angry hippies and got into politics and together pushed California's political system so far Left that even the Right followed along after the aerospace and defense industries were dying out or moving out because of taxes. That lead to the state government and local governments to create too many unnecessary, government offices that are used to only spend money with no returns and show no profits so they can continue to be funded and that kept compiling and the fact that these departments weren't doing the jobs they were supposed tp do or doing it so inefficiently that it created more problems and instead of figuring out the actual problem, which would be simple, they create another ineffective department that spends millions a year doing everything but their job correctly. Thanks Boomer Hippie Selfish Fucks.
@@13_13k great dissertation. It's very simple, a truth they never learned (cuz they didn't listen to the Jesus Freaks): people are inherently sinful, and when faced with the $ god, their inherent greed and love of easy lifestyle won out over their ideals.
I hung out at "It's Boss" which is now The Comedy Store, on Sunset. Had a girlfriend who lived up that street halfway through Laurel Canyon, where the little store is. Ah, the 60's, fun, weird, depressing, and unfulfilling. I went to my 50th hs reunion and talked to an alum who became a doctor and was now retired, but during his first two years of college, he was the bass player of the house band of Gazzare's. Who'da guessed? I was in bands all through hs and jc, 65-71. Saw a lot of great groups at the Pasadena Civic Aud, Shrine, Hollywood.
2/3/24 Those were the days, huh? Torrance/So Bay kid here, now 70. Our Strip was Catalina Blvd. Even had a head shop! lol. As I previously posted, the planets aligned from 1963 to about 1975. It was the Age of Aquarius & it was beautiful. ☯️ ☮️✌️✊️
Having lived on Lookout Mtn in the Canyon in the 80’s its history has always intrigued me. This is one of the best documentaries I’ve seen of it. Great work!
The problem with Joni Mitchell and Graham Nash's relationship was that Graham was already married with a wife back in England. Joni's "Conversation" song touches a bit on that. Eric Clapton was in love with Joni from the first time that he saw her perform.
I was watching Moon Zappa being interviewed last week, talking about being raised by Frank and Gail. She sounded like all the children of 70s hippies I've ever known...brilliant, nonlinear parents and children who, to some extent, raised themselves....
You know, people were aware of and seeking Consciousness then. How many people realise that 'dumbing down' meant allowing Consciousness to fade a little more with each generation.
Moon was seven months old when she lived at the log cabin with her mum, Gail, and dad, Frank Zappa. I lived there too along with seven others, and I write about it in a new edition just out of my memoir, Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa. It's my story, but reveals Frank's home life not shown in other books, from getting up to going to bed, composing at the piano, rehearsing with The Mothers of Invention, visiting rock stars, freaks, family squabbles, and more. It's not available in America for another two weeks, my publisher says.
@@user1.8.2. people haven't stopped seeking consciousness. It's just not making the news any more. It's not a "fad." This year's fad is murderous intent. 🤷🙏🕊
I was taling to a friend the other day and his brother was associated with The Doors, as some kind of manager, and he remembers hanging around Jim Morrison, as a kid, just casually. Said he was kinda quiet, but a nice guy, sort of introverted, but liked to smile. Take away the 'Hollywood' and he was just another guy.
Love were a great band. In 68 the band I played in covered "Little Red book" and "Signed DC" which were really good songs. Still are. Visited Morrison's grave at Pere Lache cemetary in Paris first week of July 1972, exactly one year after his death. You would'nt belive who else is in that cemetary. Oscar Wilde was my favorite.
Magical mystery days I loved it there as a child so much it was super right feeling like it was home I moved my parents wrecked my life I felt I has really hep relatives I hated leaving it every time I passed through it still felt like home 🏡 missed it always still do.
I’m here because a Jurassic park exec got his idea for the sci fi barbasol can during a visit to “laurel canyon” Which rang a govt bell for me because I recall the military family coincidence that comes with this area Interesting to note the tech and appearance and purpose of the object in the movie
Matt King who owns the house that Pam and Jim lived in is a cool guy. I was out in West Hollywood from Chicago for 3 days and just started going around to any spot related to The Doors and Jim Morrison. I went to the Canyon Store then walked over to the house and just then Matt was pulling up. I think he drove a 4 Runner at the time. It was around 2010. He stopped and shot the shit with me for a couple minutes and said he would have given me a tour but was in a hurry to get to something. Real down to earth guy. He’s definitely an appropriate steward of the estate.
It is legendary; a time & vibe that will never be repeated on this level. Rare air: you walk or drive around there now & it's still haunting. The smell of eucalyptus remains, but it's all Hollyweird psychos with too much money & too little time to be real. As one time Canyon chiller & "old man" @ age 24 Neil Young once um, chillingly sang; In a matter of time There'll be a friend of mine Gonna come to the coast You're gonna see him up close For a minute or two While the ground cracks under you By the look in your eyes You'd think that it was a surprise But you seem to forget Something somebody said About the bubbles in the sea And an ocean full of trees And you now, LA Uptight city in the smog, city in the smog Don't you wish that you could be here too? Don't you wish that you could be here too? Don't you wish that you could be here too? Well, it's hard to believe So you get up to leave And you laugh at the door That you heard it all before Oh, it's so good to know That it's all just a show for you When the suppers are planned And the freeways are crammed And the mountains erupt And the valley is sucked Into cracks in the earth Will I finally be heard by you? LA Uptight city in the smog, city in the smog Don't you wish that you could be here too? Don't you wish that you could be here too? Don't you wish that you could be here too? Nope, no I don't. Heard ya loud & clear. It's all a farce that'll very soon be completely underwater & unlivable.
As a 20yo kid, observing the Hippie culture around me back then, I realized that it was mostly just a group "party scene", with most of the partiers being young, attractive people...Just a typical, overblown situation, that paid lip service to cultural change, but in the end, most all of the "hippies" either died from drugs, or eventually just decided to become materialistic slobs--just like their moms and dads!
2/3/24 DAMN RIGHT, KIDS! WE "RAN THIS FUCKIN' TOWN" AT THAT TIME. THE WORLD WAS OURS! AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. ~~ Those were the days. I sure dont like being old (70) ... but Im SO glad I was young & growing up in LA at that time. Catalina Blvd in my area - Torrance/Redondo Bch - & the Strip (Sunset) were awesome local meccas. And of course, there was "The Haight" in Frisco & The Village in New York. ~ ~ Arthur Lee & Love ❤, CSN, Joni, Mamas & The Papas, Doors, Jimi, Dylan, Joan Baéz, Buffy St. Marie, Buffalo Springfield, The Seeds, KPPC, KMET, KSAN in Frisco, DJ B. Mitchel Reed, The Free Press, Rolling Stone mag - which you initially could only get in "head shops" ... I coud go on & on. ~~ The planets were briefly aligned for 10 to 15 yrs (1963 to 1975). It was the Age of Aquarius & it was beautiful. ✊️✊️✌️✌️ ☮️ ☯️ #Hippies #FlowerPower #FlowerChildren #GivePeaceAChance #HellNoWeWontGo #FuckNixon 😮 #CounterCulture #Underground #FreeLove #1967 #1967Revolution #TheRevolutionWillNotBeTelevised #BMR #BMitchelReed #KMET #KPPC #KSAN #SunsetStrip #CatalinaBlvd #Torrance #RedondoBeach #TheSouthBay #PacificCoastHighway
I came up on this video from searching for a Canyon only a handful of miles from me. I am happy to find this video, music is the greatest medicine that transends race, cultures, age, and sex. I was brought up on the hippie era sounds from my parents, and grew into my own personal style of favorite sounds, Heavy Metal , Groove Metal, Heavy Texas mud
Thought I seen you comment on an allman brothers video of Derek trucks and it being the tightest line-up of the band. Its funny how people Into this music all gravitate towards the same exact old videos of great music. Cheers.
Gee Tina, I will cherish this work of yours for the rest of my life! My Uncle. Ron O'Neal "SuperFly" lived on Gould Ave. in a house on stilts overlooking Laurel Cyn. I was there in 1979 and it was like a dream come true for me and yes, I went in the General Store! This is truly a special piece of work you have created as we are from "The Home of Rock & Roll", Cleveland, OH. 44108. I have lived in L.A. since April of 2004...I just had to live here and I am 10-15 from the Gen. Store. I'm right here in the Valley at Laurel Cyn. & Chandler Blvd. I am so drawn to this place, ever since I was a little boy.
Torchy, your uncle was a great actor. "The Last Gunfighter" (featuring Ron O'Neill and Tom Laughlin is still one of the great western/action features ever made.was one of
Absolutely joni was and still is the Queen poet painter composer musician second to knowone with the voice from the heavens she's the ultimate artist God bless her.🥰💥💫👁👀
I heard a different story about "Nowadays Clancy Can't Sing", Neil wrote the lyrics about a disabled kid in Middle School whose gift was singing, and when people picked on him, he would sing; but then came a time when he didn't. Anyway, I think the overall theme in this video is a historical glimpse of what it was like in Laurel Canyon in a time when California is the Promised Land. At least musically. And it was, along with The Haight. But there was a certain understanding across the United States that was developing at that time, at least among some. Like Joni said, "Some of us had a dream..." We still do; it's older now but that has its benefits as well as deficits. To me now, it's more like a development of Realistic Idealism that continues on from that source. Cass sounds like she had a certain social role in this, in addition to her singing. There was a great synthesis afoot, at least ideally. But the realistic side was just as important.
The sense of LC I get, is that in that 60’s era, post Cuban Missile Crisis, there was great optimism that one could follow one’s dream of fulfilling a creative drive, easily find collaborators and live a free life. The horrors of the over shadowing Vietnam War and naivety around the use of hard drugs were held off by belonging to the LC Community. But losing Jimi, Janice, Jim …and the anti climax of the mid. 70’s onwards, saw a disintegration of many dreams .
What was it like to live there in 1968? I was brought to Laurel Canyon and the log cabin by Frank Zappa from England and write about that extraordinary experience in 'Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa' to be released on November. As an outsider, I give an insight into life there at that time, mostly about the log cabin, of course.
Dunno if *Spirit* was technically a Canyon group per se, but they are certainly the most perpetually overlooked of all the great 1960s Los Angeles bands. If "Forever Changes" was America's answer to Sgt Pepper, then "Twelve Dreams" qualifies as its Abbey Road.
Alice Cooper says we played at The Whiskey a go go with a band called Led Zeppelin and nobody had ever heard of either one of us. We were just a couple local bands at the time. Wait, what? Led Zeppelin was not a local band. They were from England. And I don’t know how many people had heard the name of their band at that point but they certainly knew who they were.
The musical connection in the canyon continued well into the eighties. A boy named Saul growing up behind Alice Cooper's house found an old acoustic in his grandmother's closet was soon on his way to becoming a Guitar Hero.
Truth of Arthur Lee's unwillingness to travel outside of Ca was due to his anxiety of not having his heroin dealer available-according to Love band members and Arthur himself
It is interesting to me, that heroin usage was becoming very prevalent, even in the mid-late 60s among these musicians...yet the various documentaries on Laurel Canyon tend to gloss over this sad, but true, fact.,,,Truth be told, heroin and also cocaine was a part of the Hollywood scene, going back into the early years of the 20th century...and Hollywood was just a few miles away from the Canyon.
@@curbozerboomer1773 Those hard drugs were brought to US by the CIA and our very own govt. Now the needle and the damage done is for our "health and safety".
I loved visiting LC when my brother and I visited the Whiskey to see Robby Krieger last year. Visiting the love street house, Carole Kings Tapestry cover shot location, where CSN gathered, Morrison Hotel in skid row, the Viper Room, the Rainbow…..what a bucket list trip it was❤
2/3/24 A long, strange bucket list trip! You & your brother are blessed to have been able to make that trip & visit places where inspired & talented geniuses formed the heart, soul & progressive liberal conscience & beliefs of us *CULTURAL* Boomers (b. 1940 - 1957).
There was a very similar vibe in Boulder in the 70’s . Carabou Ranch was up Boulder canyon in Nederland . Pop stars lived in the mountains, you could hitch anywhere you wanted to . It was a time that will never happen again.
Yes, I agree. I hitched around Europe, summer of '70, with another male friend. Several times we were picked up by single women who didn't think twice about giving a lift to two young men. That would never happen today. Back then, if you were "of the tribe," you connected at once with others of your same subculture, and yet you were open to those outside as well. That same summer, in Vondel Park in Amsterdam, which had a sort of perpetual Woodstock scene, we met an Indonesian businessman who'd had everything stolen and came to the park where he could sleep for free. We helped him out, gave him food, and eventually helped him navigate his first acid trip. I often wonder what he became after that.
I was in Boulder in the fall of 1971. Yes, it was a great place full of students and hippies and music. I'd go to a vegetarian all-you-can-eat-for-a-buck buffet restaurant downtown. Lotsa miso soup, brown rice and jello served there. But it was cheap. I think it was run by Hare Krishnas. There was also a dive bar called the Sink. Next door to that joint there was a club that featured traveling Blues acts. I saw Big Mama Thornton in there at age 15. I'd just turned fifteen and fled from Boston, thumbing all the way to Boulder. Some really kind hippies took me in, named me Sam, and took very good care of me. Nobody took advantage of my innocent youth or virginity. I was treated like a "pet kid". But they convinced me that my parents must miss me because I was such a good kid. They didn't, having 5 other kids to feed, but I went back East and was basically tortured and locked up there by my parents until the day I turned 18. Wish I'd never left Boulder. Sigh.
@@jabbermocky4520 Hey Man I got there in 75 . The hippies were still there Pearl Street. Was still a street . People were still cool ,the radio station was KADE am . On from sunrise to sunset . Boulder wasn’t overloaded with people looking for paradise. It was just a nice place to be. Sorry you didn’t get back. By the way I’m from Waltham. I managed to stay in the west .
Lookout Mountain Air Force Station. Secret military film studio that produced films for the atomic energy commission, atomic tests in Nevada by lookout mountain labs 1352nd. The famous film Nuclear might: Ready but safe (1965)
The CIA created and managed the counterculture movement, read Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon: Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops & the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream by David McGowan.
@@belair90210you don’t? If you think cops have bad apples wait until you find out about the deep intelligence forces (which adopted naz!s into their ranks through Paperclip)
The public was " fed" this music. There was a concentrated pool of musicians and they were gathered and promoted and corporately pushed on the public through radio. Some were worthwhile while some gained currency beyond value. Right place at the right time...simple luck. Much like nashville became when this same model was employed. No doubt we missed out on some great music as a result of concentrated promotion. We are both the benefactors and the cheated as music lovers as a result.
Any "Legends of Laurel Canyon" should certainly also include The Wrecking Crew. And the number of high profile artists coming out of such a small area of the world at that time should cause one to wonder just what exactly was going on. It was not all "just magic."
When you talk about the canyon. Hopefully you will remember Danny whitten, Danny was with Danny and the memories, the psyrcle , the rockets and the first lineup of crazy horse. While with the rockets, neil young ask Danny, ralph molina and billy talbot to record on his album. Well those three would go forward as neil young and crazy horse. Danny was a very good guitar player that as neil described as being as good as himself or a little better, Danny could sing too, cinnamon girl wouldn't be the same without him. Whitten also was a song writer, before 3 dog night was fleshed out Danny was considered for the group. The sad, dark truth of why most haven't heard of him was heroin. The drug started to control his life and took his life before his talents could flourish. Rod Stewart would record one of Danny's songs, i don't want to talk about it. Danny was just one of many talented musicians that was taken too soon.
@@moebetta4224 i know his sister and mother was alive at that time. I can't find out where his share of royalties go, i found crazy horse company but then couldn't find anything on that. Hopefully his sister and mother received rights. I'd like to think that anyway. It was covered by numerous artists. He had written quite a few songs. I'm glad others have found his contributions to crazy horse and to neil. The book shakey tells the story of the crazy horse origins and of Neil's life. Good book
Been listening to the Neil Young channel on SiriusXM. Peaked my interest in Crazy Horse and started looking into their history. Yes Danny Whitten was very well respected in Laurel Canyon and by Neil. Thanks for posting about him
I hear IDWTTAI every time I’m in SE Asia. Sitting at some random beer bar in Phuket or chaing mai. Amazing reach and longevity for such an obscure song
Watching after reading “Weird Scenes in Laurel Canyon” by Dave McGowan & “Chaos” by Tom O’Neil. Intriguing to watch these bands with some of the stuff I learned that was behind the scenes. The rabbit hole…..
gone? That music changed the world for the better in vast ongoing ways. Your musical surroundings today are deeply informed and formed from that era. What a ridiculous comment to make. The 60's/70's hippie music scene may go down in history as the most creative ever while you're whining about working? my God.
What really sucks. Those of us who weren't around then, aren't hippies but love the music and the scene, are never going to get this. Ever. Not in my lifetime. Look at the corporate trash today and tell me I'm wrong. You'd be nuts.
True that. I (mistakenly) thot the internet generation would bring positive and lasting changes to our world, being they were given everything needed. Wtf happened, kids??
What a time to be alive, you just don't get it unless you lived it
I love hearing about Laurel Canyon and the music of the 60's and 70's. I was born in 65 and loved the music since before I was 5. I still do. It's rather bitter sweet to go back in time really wanting to literally go back in time, knowing that it's impossible. Still, I really appreciate documentaries like this one.!! 🙂
I lived @ 2140 Laurel Canyon in a 2 story house, right behind the country store during the early 80's. Greatest time of my life!
Hey do you remember Robin hood that lived in the catacombs?
And amazingly, nearly all these "kids" at the time were in their early 20's. Today they're in their mid to late 70's, some in their 80's. And in a way, it seems like just yesterday. RIP to all that are no longer with us.
David Crosby died about a wk ago age 81
@@lastnamefirst4035 Crosby was a hack.
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Amazingly the majority of them were the sons and daughters of military or navy intelligence. Are we to believe that they were the only ones with the talent back then?
Many of them attended military academies, or grew up on military bases isn’t that strange?
Laurel canyon. All those great musicians. Close to the strip but out in the woods. How cool.
That's the best part being with mother earth and near the human construct
I was the Plastic Bozo.
Thanks for this!!
So glad I was a 60s 70s kid.
I still have a 60s 70s heart.
The music the music.
Tg for the music.
'The stars lined up for him...he was supposed to be Jimmy hendrix'
I read a story...Glenn Frye lived above Jackson Browne.
He said every morning-early- he'd hear JB at the piano, writing & putting songs together & he said he learned from that; he thought to himself 'oh so that's how you write a song.'
I love hearing about Frank Zappa.
I was in suburbia (Simi Valley) then, just a kid, in an early version of a planned community. I watch this, and remember there was this whole other place, that people actually lived in Hollywood and the hills. Thanks to my parents, and radio (KHJ, KRLA), the music came to me...and has never left. Very well done!😪
An extremely good summary of the Laurel Canyon music scene. Well worth the time to watch it!
I grew up in North Hollywood and the street Laurel Canyon was near me. If you drive South then you actually are in Laurel Canyon. Also my Aunt and Uncle lived Laurel Canyon in the late 60’s, early 70’s. They told me back then that The Monkees lived near by. I love The Monkees!
I lived with Jimmy Conniff on Wonderland Ave.Jimmy was Ray's and he was with Columbia Records. Jimmy and I had a horrible fight so I ran next door to Pat Vegas's. Jimmy has on my new mustang. Yelling he wanted me to return home or he would set fire to the car. Pat didn't want me to go home. Jimmy acting a fool was given a match and proceeded to set my car in fire. What an experience for a 19 year old.
My friends and I would take several buses from Pasadena.To hang out on Sunset Blvd,and hitch hike to Laural canyon. Trying to catch a glimpse of any rock star. 12-13-14 yrs old.
When I arrived at Frank Zappa's log cabin in May 1968m I was taken down Sunset Boulevard to see the sights of Hollywood. Enormous cars with tail fins cruised along in a traffic jam, I presume just like you, looking for rock stars. I noted there were two groups: one lot scruffy hippies, the other polished young men and women in bright coloured velvet and satin clothes, each group ignoring the other. There was no one over 30 years of age in sight.
I hear you.
I did the same from Long Beach I took busses. I was alone, nobody would go with me. I guess I was crazy from way back
Did you see any?! How cool...I drove through there once.. totally felt A VIBE, no joke! 😊❤
the spirit passed from Laurel Canyon to us who were young Hippies in the U.K. via the music, & still lives in us.
They certainly summoned a spirit to possess the Americans alright 😂
total freedom, freedom of music and expression and fun. nobody had to worry about feeling safe. best of times
Until 1969...
These were the best ever..
It's always nice to hear mentton of Harry Nilsson: he was such a wonderful musician and writer with the most beautiful voice in the world when he was at his peak
Fascinating history…I was a big fan of the Monkees growing up in the 60’s, but had no idea how integrated they were into the mainstream LA music scene…Jimi Hendrix was their warm-up act?! Amazing.
Johnny Echols. Great 👍 guy
Sure wish I knew that this was going on just miles from my house in 1968. I love all of the stories and myths from this era.
This is great! And so nice to see and hear Samantha Dolenz, who was one of London's top fashion models, Samantha Juste, prior to meeting Micky...though I have just notice she died in 2014 due to a stroke. Nice also to hear from Cass Elliott's daughter and Gail Zappa. Thank you.
And Gail's gone now too! I just watched the Laurel Canyon doc on I forget which streaming channel but it's much more current & several of those interviewed in this doc are no longer here 🥲And I realize in my mind - this is the time I still think we're in. No doubt that's bcse at 57, I still think I'm 36!!
@@jackandlill Ha! I'm 71 and still think I'm 23, so you're no way as delusional as I am.
Yes, I’ve never made much of a deal about Birthday…. Probably why I’m still 35 but facing up to double those years. 😄😂😆
I spent a long time in the Laurel Canyon scene in the 1960s. I grew up there. We would spend time partying up Lookout. I spent time at the old log home that Zappa lived in. Across from old Houdini’s castle on Laurel. I went to North Hollywood high. And remember all the parties that happened in the Canyon. Also the Strip. Topanga Canyon. Was also a big area for parties. I remember going to the Aquarius theater . The whiskey a gogo. The Palladian. Pandora’s box. And many more. A lot of satanic cults . And acid fueled memories. I’m thankful to have survived those times. I later 1967 ended up in the Haigt working light shows for the family dog and the straight Theater. History in the making. ❤️
Probably a book in this adventure wouldn't you think? To have BEEN there and remember enough to tell the tales is truly something that will never happen again. Calif in its finest. . .both good and bad. The music, the parties, the women. . .the artists, actors and musicians. You have lived some kind of magical life. Write it down.
Oh my God thats an amazing story
Yes, write books. The most fun thing for me is to read them, or even better, listen to them, and get to see this incredible scene from many different perspectives. It's a gas!
Very cool. I remember the Strip a lot, but never ventured into the Canyon. Miss the 1960s ...
David Cassidy went to that high school
Watching this video reminded me of my young days when I was 15 in 1976,you could say it was similar to 1967 the only difference was it was 10years later but the music was still the same but the singers were older and some where dead or gone solo or disappeared out of the spotlight like peter green from Fleetwood Mac,who died 8years ago,Sid barret from pink Floyd who died 17years ago? Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Brian Joan's from the rolling stones, Janis Joplin, Cass Elliot and many others of great talent of that time, Rest in peace to them,they may be gone but there not forgotten amen, for their music is still played and listened to by young people today,☀️🌈🎸✌️💟
Sooooooooooogood!!!!!
Ahhh. NO, it wasn't the same .. at all
What I take away from all these legends is the children they were , a perfect place in time that gives a romance to the music , a marriage of harmony .
Children, indeed. Children of just whom? There is a common, meaningful, thread. Suddenly stars. Fancy that.
Raw. Majickallidellicious!!! Gifts to all children of all ages!
Dave McGowan's Weird Scenes inside the Canyon is a must read.
Right. Twice!
Yes, please. Let's get real.
It should be a school curriculum mandatory for everyone even college!!
I read it a couple of years ago, a great read, but really heavy going, I gave it to a few friends to read, and they couldn’t get through it.
A great book. I couldn't put it down.
I lived on Laurel Canyon Boulevard from 2005-2008, and it was still a great group of people in the neighborhood. I was right down on the corner of Laurel Canyon and Ventura Boulevard, but it was a quick drive over the mountain and you’d be right on Sunset. Studio City was one of the best cities I’ve ever lived in, and I’ve lived in cities and towns on the east and west coast. There was just something so beautiful and magickal about that place. I’m back on the east coast now, but I still miss it. Thanks for posting this! ❤️
I agree. I lived in SC also and would take the canyon over to Sunset for the clubs. Very cool area. It was even nicer in the late 80s. Weather was God sent, cool vibes. Basically all gone now. Even my haunt, The Rainbow next to the Roxy had turned into a tourist attraction instead of the club I remember.
Yes, indeed, Live there in the 80's & 90's @ different times and was my preferred route to Hollywierd. Sold Shoes and worked in Deli's in SC. Lots of Porn Stars and "Entertainment" Folk.lol.\m/-
@Carrot Top Thanks for your positive assessment CT. Try not to hold back so much next time. \m/
Magickal? Reg ppl are waking up to this
@@aWomanFreed Yes, unless you were there, it had its own atmosphere, even for what you call "regular" people...
Carl Franzoni Frank Zappa mentioned him in a song saying “ if he moves next door to you, your lawn will die.” LOLOL!!
How lucky they all were to be the age they were during the very best times of their lives is a very beautiful thing!
A good friend of mine , her father is Richie Hayward of the band Little Feat and they had a house in Laurel Canyon that was "the hangout" for all the famous and about to be famous musicians and actors for partying in the early 70s. Harrison Ford is her God Father, Robert Palmer used to baby sit her, and all kinds of crazy stuff.
And one of my cloaest longest time friends lives in a house now in L.C. that Harrison Ford built the kitchen cabinets, and on the wood siding outside of the house on one wall are two very detailed, beautifully painted pictures, one of a red tailed hawk and the other is a wolf and they were painted by Jim Morrison. I cannot remember whose house it was before she moved in but it was someone famous and obviously someone that was part of that scene. She was Slash's personal assistant for 13 years before she moved on to other things and moved into that house.
Me, I was a beach kid and grew up with a whole different group of famous actors and musicians and their kids in Los Angeles. Westside beach people are very different than the Canyon people and the Valley people and all were different than the Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood people.
Oh, L.A. what a crazy place it was in the 60s 70s and 80s
Now it's a shithole
Indeed it was. But nobody was paying attention, and it's been left to rot under the weight of its own excesses. Too bad; it was cool being there then😐
@@jeph33 --- in my opinion, you are correct to an extent.
Those who were the generation of peace, love, drugs, were looking to make changes to the establishment, divided themselves into a couple different factions at that time and afterwards. There were the true hippies, the ones who wanted to be left alone to live off the land off grid, raise familes and food without any authority telling them they can't do what they want even though it isn't hurting anyone. I know people like that and kids of (now adults) people like that.
Then there were the hippie commie intelectuals who were angry and looked at the way of life that the average family lived, working, raising a family, and considered them part of the problem of Capitalism and it all needed to be stopped and socialism was the only way to live in balance. (Obviously they weren't paying attention to those who tried that in other countries and how it ended for all of them, Russia, China, Italy, Germany, Cuba, Korea, and the other Communist death machines)
Then there were the party crowd in colleges and universities who passively protested everything just because it was something to do.
Well, the angry hippies became political radicals undercover as Democrats and the true hippies did stay off grid but had to conform to a level of maintaining legal statures, and they started health food stores and the farms that grew the natural foods. Then the educated party hippies eventually used their degrees and cleaned themselves up and became the lawyers and corporate giants in tech and bio and medical, clothing, sports equipment, and into film and music industry and merged with the angry hippies and got into politics and together pushed California's political system so far Left that even the Right followed along after the aerospace and defense industries were dying out or moving out because of taxes.
That lead to the state government and local governments to create too many
unnecessary, government offices that are used to only spend money with no returns and show no profits so they can continue to be funded and that kept compiling and the fact that these departments weren't doing the jobs they were supposed tp do or doing it so inefficiently that it created more problems and instead of figuring out the actual problem, which would be simple, they create another ineffective department that spends millions a year doing everything but their job correctly.
Thanks Boomer Hippie Selfish Fucks.
@@13_13k great dissertation. It's very simple, a truth they never learned (cuz they didn't listen to the Jesus Freaks): people are inherently sinful, and when faced with the $ god, their inherent greed and love of easy lifestyle won out over their ideals.
I hung out at "It's Boss" which is now The Comedy Store, on Sunset. Had a girlfriend who lived up that street halfway through Laurel Canyon, where the little store is. Ah, the 60's, fun, weird, depressing, and unfulfilling. I went to my 50th hs reunion and talked to an alum who became a doctor and was now retired, but during his first two years of college, he was the bass player of the house band of Gazzare's. Who'da guessed? I was in bands all through hs and jc, 65-71. Saw a lot of great groups at the Pasadena Civic Aud, Shrine, Hollywood.
2/3/24 Those were the days, huh? Torrance/So Bay kid here, now 70. Our Strip was Catalina Blvd. Even had a head shop! lol. As I previously posted, the planets aligned from 1963 to about 1975. It was the Age of Aquarius & it was beautiful. ☯️ ☮️✌️✊️
My fave is of the Travelling Willburys recording an album at, who’s home? Toms? Whomever , great moment
Having lived on Lookout Mtn in the Canyon in the 80’s its history has always intrigued me. This is one of the best documentaries I’ve seen of it. Great work!
The problem with Joni Mitchell and Graham Nash's relationship was that Graham was already married with a wife back in England. Joni's "Conversation" song touches a bit on that. Eric Clapton was in love with Joni from the first time that he saw her perform.
egads, didn't that dude ever find a chick on his own?
Oh and don't forget the involvement of that really psychedelic band of people called the C.I.A. !....Military Intelligence totally ROCKS !!
Wow that brings a lot back to my memory ❤ I was hanging out in Benidick canyon 😮❤
Elliot Mintz, I loved watching his tv show on UHF when I was a kid, made me feel like an intellectual..lol, and I love Tina and her news stories etc.
I was watching Moon Zappa being interviewed last week, talking about being raised by Frank and Gail. She sounded like all the children of 70s hippies I've ever known...brilliant, nonlinear parents and children who, to some extent, raised themselves....
I just watched her too. She is very entertaining. Moon could be a successful vlogger.
You know, people were aware of and seeking Consciousness then.
How many people realise that 'dumbing down' meant allowing Consciousness to fade a little more with each generation.
Moon was seven months old when she lived at the log cabin with her mum, Gail, and dad, Frank Zappa. I lived there too along with seven others, and I write about it in a new edition just out of my memoir, Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa. It's my story, but reveals Frank's home life not shown in other books, from getting up to going to bed, composing at the piano, rehearsing with The Mothers of Invention, visiting rock stars, freaks, family squabbles, and more. It's not available in America for another two weeks, my publisher says.
@@user1.8.2. people haven't stopped seeking consciousness. It's just not making the news any more. It's not a "fad." This year's fad is murderous intent. 🤷🙏🕊
And she's cute
I was taling to a friend the other day and his brother was associated with The Doors, as some kind of manager, and he remembers hanging around Jim Morrison, as a kid, just casually. Said he was kinda quiet, but a nice guy, sort of introverted, but liked to smile. Take away the 'Hollywood' and he was just another guy.
Love were a great band. In 68 the band I played in covered "Little Red book" and "Signed DC" which were really good songs. Still are. Visited Morrison's grave at Pere Lache cemetary in Paris first week of July 1972, exactly one year after his death. You would'nt belive who else is in that cemetary. Oscar Wilde was my favorite.
Awesome presentation! Thank you for putting this together.
Magical mystery days I loved it there as a child so much it was super right feeling like it was home I moved my parents wrecked my life I felt I has really hep relatives I hated leaving it every time I passed through it still felt like home 🏡 missed it always still do.
Don't forget Denny Doherty on lead vocals California Dreaming and Monday Monday
I’m here because a Jurassic park exec got his idea for the sci fi barbasol can during a visit to “laurel canyon”
Which rang a govt bell for me because I recall the military family coincidence that comes with this area
Interesting to note the tech and appearance and purpose of the object in the movie
Matt King who owns the house that Pam and Jim lived in is a cool guy. I was out in West Hollywood from Chicago for 3 days and just started going around to any spot related to The Doors and Jim Morrison. I went to the Canyon Store then walked over to the house and just then Matt was pulling up. I think he drove a 4 Runner at the time. It was around 2010. He stopped and shot the shit with me for a couple minutes and said he would have given me a tour but was in a hurry to get to something. Real down to earth guy. He’s definitely an appropriate steward of the estate.
A lot of musicians also live in Topanga Canyon also.
It is legendary; a time & vibe that will never be repeated on this level. Rare air: you walk or drive around there now & it's still haunting. The smell of eucalyptus remains, but it's all Hollyweird psychos with too much money & too little time to be real. As one time Canyon chiller & "old man" @ age 24 Neil Young once um, chillingly sang;
In a matter of time
There'll be a friend of mine
Gonna come to the coast
You're gonna see him up close
For a minute or two
While the ground cracks under you
By the look in your eyes
You'd think that it was a surprise
But you seem to forget
Something somebody said
About the bubbles in the sea
And an ocean full of trees
And you now, LA
Uptight city in the smog, city in the smog
Don't you wish that you could be here too?
Don't you wish that you could be here too?
Don't you wish that you could be here too?
Well, it's hard to believe
So you get up to leave
And you laugh at the door
That you heard it all before
Oh, it's so good to know
That it's all just a show for you
When the suppers are planned
And the freeways are crammed
And the mountains erupt
And the valley is sucked
Into cracks in the earth
Will I finally be heard by you?
LA
Uptight city in the smog, city in the smog
Don't you wish that you could be here too?
Don't you wish that you could be here too?
Don't you wish that you could be here too?
Nope, no I don't. Heard ya loud & clear. It's all a farce that'll very soon be completely underwater & unlivable.
As a 20yo kid, observing the Hippie culture around me back then, I realized that it was mostly just a group "party scene", with most of the partiers being young, attractive people...Just a typical, overblown situation, that paid lip service to cultural change, but in the end, most all of the "hippies" either died from drugs, or eventually just decided to become materialistic slobs--just like their moms and dads!
Wow.
Thank you for posting that.
Great history thanks for sharing!
2/3/24 DAMN RIGHT, KIDS! WE "RAN THIS FUCKIN' TOWN" AT THAT TIME. THE WORLD WAS OURS! AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. ~~ Those were the days. I sure dont like being old (70) ... but Im SO glad I was young & growing up in LA at that time. Catalina Blvd in my area - Torrance/Redondo Bch - & the Strip (Sunset) were awesome local meccas. And of course, there was "The Haight" in Frisco & The Village in New York. ~ ~ Arthur Lee & Love ❤, CSN, Joni, Mamas & The Papas, Doors, Jimi, Dylan, Joan Baéz, Buffy St. Marie, Buffalo Springfield, The Seeds, KPPC, KMET, KSAN in Frisco, DJ B. Mitchel Reed, The Free Press, Rolling Stone mag - which you initially could only get in "head shops" ... I coud go on & on. ~~ The planets were briefly aligned for 10 to 15 yrs (1963 to 1975). It was the Age of Aquarius & it was beautiful. ✊️✊️✌️✌️ ☮️ ☯️
#Hippies #FlowerPower #FlowerChildren #GivePeaceAChance #HellNoWeWontGo #FuckNixon 😮 #CounterCulture #Underground #FreeLove #1967 #1967Revolution #TheRevolutionWillNotBeTelevised #BMR #BMitchelReed #KMET #KPPC #KSAN #SunsetStrip #CatalinaBlvd #Torrance #RedondoBeach #TheSouthBay #PacificCoastHighway
Children of the military. Psychological operation that achieved all it’s intended aims and more. Magickal, indeed.
“I’ve got one that can see” 👽 ⌚️
where's your documentation or proof
there is none how convenient
@@Benjamin_Gellman weird scenes inside laurel canyon by McGowan.
@ronzombie6541 he got several facts about jim Morrison wrong. Casts a rather large shadow of doubt over everything else he said
I lived at 8631 Lookout Mountain Ave 50 years ago. It was a great time.
I came up on this video from searching for a Canyon only a handful of miles from me. I am happy to find this video, music is the greatest medicine that transends race, cultures, age, and sex. I was brought up on the hippie era sounds from my parents, and grew into my own personal style of favorite sounds, Heavy Metal , Groove Metal, Heavy Texas mud
No heavy metal!!
Graham Nash, actually owns a 1956 Nash automobile.
WTF is groove metal/heavy Texas mud?
Thought I seen you comment on an allman brothers video of Derek trucks and it being the tightest line-up of the band. Its funny how people Into this music all gravitate towards the same exact old videos of great music. Cheers.
@Extry bands like pantera/cowboys from hell era. That's what I'd describe as groove metal Texas mud.
The main influence on our music and one of the main reasons our band formed.
Much love from England x
The English invasion came to Laurel Canyon to party and rock out too. Much love from across the pond ~
Gee Tina, I will cherish this work of yours for the rest of my life! My Uncle. Ron O'Neal "SuperFly" lived on Gould Ave. in a house on stilts overlooking Laurel Cyn. I was there in 1979 and it was like a dream come true for me and yes, I went in the General Store! This is truly a special piece of work you have created as we are from "The Home of Rock & Roll", Cleveland, OH. 44108. I have lived in L.A. since April of 2004...I just had to live here and I am 10-15 from the Gen. Store. I'm right here in the Valley at Laurel Cyn. & Chandler Blvd. I am so drawn to this place, ever since I was a little boy.
Torchy, your uncle was a great actor. "The Last Gunfighter" (featuring Ron O'Neill and Tom Laughlin is still one of the great western/action features ever made.was one of
Frank Zappa, and in particular Ian Underwwod, was the reason I studied music, classical piano. ❤️
Love the group love
Great little doco, thanks for putting this up
And all their fathers were high ranking military officers, intelligence officers or politicians. Funny how that works.
Exactly. Crosby comes from one of the oldest (and richest!) families in America.
Oops! - "California Dreaming" is the "wrong" version. i.e. the one with Barry McGuire on lead vocals.
For this great upload in its entirety I've seen bits and pieces of this thank you for the full thing 🙏🏼
O Joni....just the best of the best.
To me, Joni is a musical goddess 🌈
Absolutely joni was and still is the Queen poet painter composer musician second to knowone with the voice from the heavens she's the ultimate artist God bless her.🥰💥💫👁👀
I really like watching this from time to time
I'm so appreciative it exists
I heard a different story about "Nowadays Clancy Can't Sing", Neil wrote the lyrics about a disabled kid in Middle School whose gift was singing, and when people picked on him, he would sing; but then came a time when he didn't. Anyway, I think the overall theme in this video is a historical glimpse of what it was like in Laurel Canyon in a time when California is the Promised Land. At least musically. And it was, along with The Haight. But there was a certain understanding across the United States that was developing at that time, at least among some. Like Joni said, "Some of us had a dream..." We still do; it's older now but that has its benefits as well as deficits. To me now, it's more like a development of Realistic Idealism that continues on from that source. Cass sounds like she had a certain social role in this, in addition to her singing. There was a great synthesis afoot, at least ideally. But the realistic side was just as important.
The sense of LC I get, is that in that 60’s era, post Cuban Missile Crisis, there was great optimism that one could follow one’s dream of fulfilling a creative drive, easily find collaborators and live a free life. The horrors of the over shadowing Vietnam War and naivety around the use of hard drugs were held off by belonging to the LC Community. But losing Jimi, Janice, Jim …and the anti climax of the mid. 70’s onwards, saw a disintegration of many dreams .
Nowadays Clancy can’t EVEN sing.
That was just a dream some of us had.
Love this. Sheds some light on overlooked elsewhere occurrences on The Strip Scene that lived on Laurel Canyon
What was it like to live there in 1968? I was brought to Laurel Canyon and the log cabin by Frank Zappa from England and write about that extraordinary experience in 'Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa' to be released on November. As an outsider, I give an insight into life there at that time, mostly about the log cabin, of course.
Dunno if *Spirit* was technically a Canyon group per se, but they are certainly the most perpetually overlooked of all the great 1960s Los Angeles bands. If "Forever Changes" was America's answer to Sgt Pepper, then "Twelve Dreams" qualifies as its Abbey Road.
12 Dreams...absodamnlutely one helluva album!
'Much too fat and a little too long'
@@mcleodtwtevery track is great on that album that can't necessarily be said about others
Well done Tina..❤
Alice Cooper says we played at The Whiskey a go go with a band called Led Zeppelin and nobody had ever heard of either one of us. We were just a couple local bands at the time.
Wait, what? Led Zeppelin was not a local band. They were from England. And I don’t know how many people had heard the name of their band at that point but they certainly knew who they were.
The musical connection in the canyon continued well into the eighties. A boy named Saul growing up behind Alice Cooper's house found an old acoustic in his grandmother's closet was soon on his way to becoming a Guitar Hero.
That would be Slash.
Saul Hudson.
Eddie Bravo brought me here.
Truth of Arthur Lee's unwillingness to travel outside of Ca was due to his anxiety of not having his heroin dealer available-according to Love band members and Arthur himself
It is interesting to me, that heroin usage was becoming very prevalent, even in the mid-late 60s among these musicians...yet the various documentaries on Laurel Canyon tend to gloss over this sad, but true, fact.,,,Truth be told, heroin and also cocaine was a part of the Hollywood scene, going back into the early years of the 20th century...and Hollywood was just a few miles away from the Canyon.
Neil Young : "Needle and the Damage Done"
Oh, do you think so??? (Spot on)
@@curbozerboomer1773 Those hard drugs were brought to US by the CIA and our very own govt. Now the needle and the damage done is for our "health and safety".
This is a GREAT doc!!!
I remember this era when I was a child❤
Alice Cooper says Led Zeppelin was an unknown local band? Jimmy Page was already well known as the lead guitarist for the very English Yardbirds.
Remember all music and musicians are on a campaign trail to be the best
@@peterlynch8768 I don't think that I would take Alice Cooper too seriously.
@@tetrahedron1000 And detail get fuzzy. Alice was a raging alcoholic back in the day
@@tetrahedron1000 He made several errors about the log cabin. John Lennon never visited there while Frank Zappa was in residence.
@@vaughnmild4467 Explains some of his errors.
I loved visiting LC when my brother and I visited the Whiskey to see Robby Krieger last year. Visiting the love street house, Carole Kings Tapestry cover shot location, where CSN gathered, Morrison Hotel in skid row, the Viper Room, the Rainbow…..what a bucket list trip it was❤
2/3/24 A long, strange bucket list trip! You & your brother are blessed to have been able to make that trip & visit places where inspired & talented geniuses formed the heart, soul & progressive liberal conscience & beliefs of us *CULTURAL* Boomers (b. 1940 - 1957).
There was a very similar vibe in Boulder in the 70’s . Carabou Ranch was up Boulder canyon in Nederland . Pop stars lived in the mountains, you could hitch anywhere you wanted to . It was a time that will never happen again.
Yes, I agree. I hitched around Europe, summer of '70, with another male friend. Several times we were picked up by single women who didn't think twice about giving a lift to two young men. That would never happen today. Back then, if you were "of the tribe," you connected at once with others of your same subculture, and yet you were open to those outside as well. That same summer, in Vondel Park in Amsterdam, which had a sort of perpetual Woodstock scene, we met an Indonesian businessman who'd had everything stolen and came to the park where he could sleep for free. We helped him out, gave him food, and eventually helped him navigate his first acid trip. I often wonder what he became after that.
@@chicklets4ever51 That sounds like an awesome movie.
I was in Boulder in the fall of 1971. Yes, it was a great place full of students and hippies and music. I'd go to a vegetarian all-you-can-eat-for-a-buck buffet restaurant downtown. Lotsa miso soup, brown rice and jello served there. But it was cheap. I think it was run by Hare Krishnas. There was also a dive bar called the Sink. Next door to that joint there was a club that featured traveling Blues acts. I saw Big Mama Thornton in there at age 15. I'd just turned fifteen and fled from Boston, thumbing all the way to Boulder. Some really kind hippies took me in, named me Sam, and took very good care of me. Nobody took advantage of my innocent youth or virginity. I was treated like a "pet kid". But they convinced me that my parents must miss me because I was such a good kid. They didn't, having 5 other kids to feed, but I went back East and was basically tortured and locked up there by my parents until the day I turned 18. Wish I'd never left Boulder. Sigh.
@@jabbermocky4520 Hey Man I got there in 75 . The hippies were still there Pearl Street. Was still a street . People were still cool ,the radio station was KADE am . On from sunrise to sunset . Boulder wasn’t overloaded with people looking for paradise. It was just a nice place to be. Sorry you didn’t get back. By the way I’m from Waltham. I managed to stay in the west .
Sorry, but nice try, Boulder but this was the center of the Universe. Nothing can ever top it.
Lookout Mountain Air Force Station. Secret military film studio that produced films for the atomic energy commission, atomic tests in Nevada by lookout mountain labs 1352nd. The famous film Nuclear might: Ready but safe (1965)
Moon landing?
The CIA created and managed the counterculture movement, read Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon: Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops & the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream by David McGowan.
You really believe that? 😂
@@belair90210 did you read the book or watch the interview?
@@belair90210you don’t?
If you think cops have bad apples wait until you find out about the deep intelligence forces (which adopted naz!s into their ranks through Paperclip)
The public was " fed" this music. There was a concentrated pool of musicians and they were gathered and promoted and corporately pushed on the public through radio. Some were worthwhile while some gained currency beyond value. Right place at the right time...simple luck. Much like nashville became when this same model was employed. No doubt we missed out on some great music as a result of concentrated promotion. We are both the benefactors and the cheated as music lovers as a result.
Any "Legends of Laurel Canyon" should certainly also include The Wrecking Crew. And the number of high profile artists coming out of such a small area of the world at that time should cause one to wonder just what exactly was going on. It was not all "just magic."
The Wrecking Crew has their own documentary
That clip of California Dreaming, was Glenn Yarbrough on lead vocals!
When you talk about the canyon. Hopefully you will remember Danny whitten, Danny was with Danny and the memories, the psyrcle , the rockets and the first lineup of crazy horse. While with the rockets, neil young ask Danny, ralph molina and billy talbot to record on his album. Well those three would go forward as neil young and crazy horse. Danny was a very good guitar player that as neil described as being as good as himself or a little better, Danny could sing too, cinnamon girl wouldn't be the same without him. Whitten also was a song writer, before 3 dog night was fleshed out Danny was considered for the group. The sad, dark truth of why most haven't heard of him was heroin. The drug started to control his life and took his life before his talents could flourish. Rod Stewart would record one of Danny's songs, i don't want to talk about it. Danny was just one of many talented musicians that was taken too soon.
Indigo Girls did a great cover of I Don't Wanna Talk About It, too. Great tune.
I often wondered where all of the money that Rod Stewart made from that song went. I don't think Danny had any children.
@@moebetta4224 i know his sister and mother was alive at that time. I can't find out where his share of royalties go, i found crazy horse company but then couldn't find anything on that. Hopefully his sister and mother received rights. I'd like to think that anyway. It was covered by numerous artists. He had written quite a few songs. I'm glad others have found his contributions to crazy horse and to neil. The book shakey tells the story of the crazy horse origins and of Neil's life. Good book
Been listening to the Neil Young channel on SiriusXM. Peaked my interest in Crazy Horse and started looking into their history. Yes Danny Whitten was very well respected in Laurel Canyon and by Neil. Thanks for posting about him
I hear IDWTTAI every time I’m in SE Asia. Sitting at some random beer bar in Phuket or chaing mai. Amazing reach and longevity for such an obscure song
I'd have lived there. All about timing, location, and money.
Watching that cop show Dragnet there's a quick shot of Pandora Box!
Mama Cass is missed and will always be missed.
In 1965 it would have been "Jim" McGuinn.
I don't think the Mamas and the Papas would have been much more than a run-of-the-mill folk band without Cass Elliot.
How can you fail to appreciate the voice of Denny Doherty??
@@bonniethelurcher8071 or the song writing of John Phillips?
The group was John Phillips' vision. He wrote the songs, did the arrangements and led the band.
What a silly comment.
They were the sum of 4 great parts, with John as the music maker and songwriter, who himself had great vocals.
@@guitarman6742 thank you!!!! John was every bit as great a visionary and vocal arranger as Wilson
Watching after reading “Weird Scenes in Laurel Canyon” by Dave McGowan & “Chaos” by Tom O’Neil. Intriguing to watch these bands with some of the stuff I learned that was behind the scenes. The rabbit hole…..
Not about money just about the music. How cool was that. Elvis and Sinatra never wrote their own music!!
Read Dave MacGowan's series on the Canyon. It will blow your mind.
Just read it!!
How bout those Wrecking Crew, recording so many records for the artists there.
They have their own documentary!
Love this documentary by Tina Malave!
I too love Tina Mohave...oops I meant the porn star. She needed alot of lube though.
say good morning and really mean it
Really enjoyed that!
Gone with the wind. Atleast they had a good time. While we worked our asses off
Was you kept as a slave? Or did you volunteer to be one?
@@MrThedonhead actually I'm chilling 😎
gone? That music changed the world for the better in vast ongoing ways. Your musical surroundings today are deeply informed and formed from that era. What a ridiculous comment to make. The 60's/70's hippie music scene may go down in history as the most creative ever while you're whining about working? my God.
Funny how none of them ever went to Vietnam, though Stills claimed to have.
What really sucks. Those of us who weren't around then, aren't hippies but love the music and the scene, are never going to get this. Ever. Not in my lifetime. Look at the corporate trash today and tell me I'm wrong. You'd be nuts.
True that. I (mistakenly) thot the internet generation would bring positive and lasting changes to our world, being they were given everything needed. Wtf happened, kids??
Carl Franzonis the guy who Frank Zappa said would cause your lawn to die if he moved next door to you LOLOL!!!
I love The Ooo Ooo Man from The GTOs.
"forever changes" is number 1 on any list i make
Yeha Nice Psy-op... well done powers at be!
Finally… an insightful comment here.
"Weird Scenes..." by Dave McGowan tells the real inside story
Powers That Be, you mean.
@@cavscout62 yup 😊
bobby beausoleil hung out with love.
1:42 I didn't realize Andy Rooney lived in the Canyon. 😁
Cute boys
Great music
Sure like reflecting on the sixties and seventies
got to see and meet arthur lee.
that was excellent! thanks!