Laurel canyon

Joni Mitchell photographed by Graham Nash, 1969. Imagine popping out for groceries and running into The Doors frontman Jim Morrison or Canadian rocker Neil Young, maybe scoring an invite to Joni Mitchell’s house for dinner or a BBQ at Jimi Hendrix’s. If you’d lived in a small community in the Hol

Joni Mitchell, Cameron Crowe, and Stephen Stills remember the music, drugs, and legendary times.

It all started with a speculative purchase on Amazon. I wanted to give Michael Walker’s “Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll’s Legendary Neighbourhood” a go. We…

Laurel Canyon, California

Frank Zappa lived in this house for a couple of years. He had to leave as it became more and more a "crash pad" for too many eccentrics.

This blog entry is about Laurel Canyon. Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography’s map of Laurel Canyon, available on art prints and a variety of merchandise What’s now Los Angeles was first…

‘Laurel canyon,’ a two-hour docuseries, features new interviews with everyone from David Crosby to Linda Ronstadt — but the only images of them you’ll see are vintage ones from the late Sixties and early Seventies. “It feels much more immersive,” says director Alison Ellwood, who also made 2013’s History of the Eagles. Photographers Henry Diltz and Nurit Wilde took most of the snapshots, the best of which are shown here. “I was so lucky to be smack in the middle of all that, with a camera in…

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