” and rose to fame in the 1950s when he racked up 15 hits for Chess Records’ Checker imprint including “My Babe,” which spent five weeks at the summit of the US R&B singles charts in 1955. The tune came from the pen of Willie Dixon, the poet laureate of Chicago...
For their third albumWomen In Music Part III, Haim struts out all of its most beloved influences — from Laurel Canyon folk to ‘90s R&B. But for single “The Steps,” the three sisters from Los Angeles harken back to their own early days of playing unabashedly enthusiastic rock jams. R...
Patreon backers also have a half-hour bonus episode, on “Laurel Canyon Home” by John Mayall. Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Check out Tilt’s irregular podcasts at http://www.podnose.com/jaffa-cakes-for-pr...
His fourth full-length is a collection of carefully crafted, poetically soulful songs that pay homage to the unforgettable singer/songwriter spirit of Laurel Canyon that thrived in the late '60s and '70s. Upcoming tour plans include a series of west coast dates with Josh Kelley and Joe First...
Patreon backers also have a half-hour bonus episode, on “Laurel Canyon Home” by John Mayall. Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Check out Tilt’s irregular podcasts at http://www.podnose.com/jaffa-cakes-...
You wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of Lana. The title track and opener of her fifth album eviscerates a pretentious and naïve lover (“G–d—, man-child/You act like a kid even though you stand six foot two/Self-loathing poet, resident Laurel Canyon know-it-all/You talk...
With a swooning melody that bridges the complexity of Steely Dan with the breezy folk rock of Laurel Canyon, “Help Me” is as catchy a love song as they come, but one edged with ambiguity. As is usually the case with Mitchell, there’s a lot going on: She crams a wealth of detail...
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The time period thatLAUREL CANYON: A PLACE IN TIMEcovers is an incredibly tumultuous one in American history. This enclave of the U.S. went from the peace & love movement to theManson murdersand ultimately to Altamont; in fact, the film is divided as ‘Before Manson’ and ‘After Manson...
We're going to slow things down here for a minute with "The Best of My Love," another Souther co-write that also took some initial inspiration from one of Frey's California neighbors. "I was playing acoustic guitar one afternoon in Laurel Canyon, and I was trying to figure out a tunin...