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8. Feb. 2015 · Some say the Laurel Canyon music scene began when Frank Zappa moved to the corner of Lookout Mountain and Laurel Canyon Boulevard in the late 1960s. Former Byrds bassist Chris Hillman recalls...
7. Juni 2009 · A chronological breakdown of every major music event in Los Angeles history, from the Philharmonic's first concert in 1919 to Prince's residency at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in 2007.
Los Angeles in the 1960s also was the site of a vibrant live music scene centred on the Sunset Strip (a mile-long portion of Sunset Boulevard). Bands such as Buffalo Springfield , the Byrds , and the Doors honed their chops at clubs like Ciro’s, the Troubadour, the Whisky-a-Go-Go, and Gazzarri’s.
- Charlie Gillett
A tour of the Los Angeles Scene in 1968, home to everyone from Ray Charles to Herb Alpert, Tim Buckley to Don Ellis, Phil Spector to Lou Rawls
- A Classic Laurel Canyon Playlist
- A Laurel Canyon Reading List
- Why Was Laurel Canyon Special?
- Full Playlist on Spotify
The Mama’s and The Papa’s “Twelve Thirty (Young Girls are Coming to the Canyon)”
So much can be said about The Mama’s and The Papa’s in regards to Laurel Canyon – for example, John and Michelle Phillips lived on Lookout mountain, and Mama Cass Elliot was basically known as the scene’s den mother of sorts (or, as Graham Nash referred to her, the Gertrude Stein of the Canyon), constantly influencing and bringing musicians together. Released in 1967, “Twelve-Thirty” is an ode to Laurel Canyon, and also one of the last great recordings the Mama’s and the Papa’s produced.
Joni Mitchell ” The Circle Game”
Released in 1970, Joni Mitchell’s third album Ladies Of The Canyonwas a groundbreaking album for Mitchell – both commercially and stylistically. Of course, the name album itself pays ode to the creative scene in Laurel Canyon at the time, of which she was a member, and has multiple themes referencing the aura. For example, the song “Willy” on the album is an ode to Graham Nash, whom she was dating and living with in the Canyon at the time. “The Circle Game” is one of my favorite tracks from t...
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young “Our House”
And as a follow up to Joni, it’s only fitting that I put CSNY’s “Our House” in the mix. The song was released on their 1970 album, Deja Vu, and became an instant classic. One of my favorite Laurel Canyon stories, this song was written by Graham Nash after he and Joni Mitchell went for a walk, grabbed some breakfast, bought a flower vase at an antique store along the way, and then realized peak “countercultural domestic bliss”. The pair then went home, Graham sat at Joni’s piano, and “Our Hous...
So much of this article was drawn from my knowledge gained by reading many books on the subject. Some of my favorites are: “I’m With The Band” by Pamela Des Barres, “Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll’s Legendary Neighborhood” by Michael Walker, “No One Here Gets Out Alive” by Jerry Jopkins and Danny Sugerman, “Freak Out! My Life With...
When Joni Mitchell first came to Los Angeles, she was given a book by a friend that said, “Ask anyone in America where the craziest people live and they’ll tell you California. Ask anyone in California where the craziest people live and they’ll say Los Angeles. Ask anyone in Los Angeles where the craziest people live and they’ll tell you Hollywood....
The Spotify playlist includes this full list, plus a lot of extras that I cut out of the article for fear of going on forever and my fingers falling off from typing. <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> O...
7. Sept. 2006 · In the late 1960s, just as San Francisco was having its own Summer of Love, a rustic canyon at the heart of Los Angeles was also in bloom with songs that defined the moment, written and...
8. Juni 2020 · Laurel Canyon: birthplace of the 1960s folk-rock scene. From Joni Mitchell to the Beach Boys, many musicians lived in Laurel Hills, L.A. and contributed to the unique Westcoast sound. Here...
