Rock and Roll's most legendary neighborhood. Laurel Canyon is a canyon neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It was first developed in the 1910s, and became a part of the city of Los Angeles in 1923. Laurel Canyon found itself a nexus of counterculture activity and attitudes in the 1960s, becoming famous as home to many of L.A.'s top rock musicians, such as Frank Zappa, Jim Morrison of The Doors, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and Love. Joni Mitchell, living in the home in the Canyon that was immortalized in the song, "Our House", written by her then-lover, Graham Nash, would use the area and its denizens as inspiration for her third album, Ladies of the Canyon. The bohemian spirit from that time period endures to this day, and every year residents gather for a group photograph at the country market.
The Fool
Eric Clapton in Mama Cass's backyard
Gene Clark
Jackie DeShannon
Catherine James
Joni Mitchell
(Henry Diltz, Jim Marshall, Harvey Kuberick)
9 comments:
fab, I love the music of this era too, recently read the fab book Laurel canyon by Michael Walker
I sent your visual synopsis here to "canyon of Dreams" author Harvey Kubernik: he's thrilled, as you're his alltime favorite blogger.
Fantastic! I have always wanted to go and see Laurel Canyon. You just feel like there had to be something magical about it to attract and inspire. all of those amazing artists at the same time. Great post.
Beautiful post. Just found your bog, and loving it.
pI used to live by Laurel Canyon -- it's just as magical and as hynotic as you would think. Your blog is fascinating, btw.
Where do you find all of these killer photos????
great set of photos! i <3 joni.
your blog is so great
he's thrilled, as you're his alltime favorite blogger.
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