Mitchell settled near Mama Cass and released Ladies of the Canyon, among others, in 1970. In the mid-1960s, the first wave of musicians—including members of The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, The Doors, Frank Zappa and his menagerie, and Elliott and the three other Mamas and Papas—discovered...
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 writing “So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star” in Laurel Canyon in 1966 in his house, on...
The heart of the Laurel Canyon community has always been the Canyon Country Store, where where groupies and wannabe musicians would hang out, drink apple wine, and smoke weed. Filed under: Laurel Canyon Hippie heaven In the 1960s, artists like Carole King, “Mama” Cass Elliot, and Joni ...
“Laurel Canyon Radio” is a 24/7 free-form Internet radio station focused on celebrating the harmony –rich, singer-songwriter Southern California sound first made famous in the late 1960s and early 1970’s and the current crop of emerging musicians carrying that sound forward today. Focusing ...
The musical heyday of Laurel Canyon In the 1960s, there was an "amazing tribal life" among musicians like Joni Mitchell and Carole King. ByHadley MearesJanuary 10, 2019 Glammed-up midcentury ranch in Laurel Canyon asking $3.25M The Wonderland Park home has undergone a dramatic transformation...
Some of her friends lauded her as a kind of “1960s Gertrude Stein” (matchmaker of American expatriate artists in Paris during the 1920s), said to have helped bring various musicians together at her Laurel Canyon home, contributing to the careers of Joni Mitchell for example, and also folk...
Legend has it that the Laurel Canyon music scene began when Frank Zappa moved to a house on Laurel Canyon Boulevard in the late 1960s. Over the next decade-and-a-half, Laurel Canyon was home to many of Southern California’s most talented and creative musicians including Roger McGuinn and ...