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Laurel Canyon Tours

Stroll through rock and roll paradise!

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Greetings, friends!  

Thank you for visiting our website, and welcome to our little slice of heaven in the hills.  As a seasoned residents of Laurel Canyon, we're excited to give you a local insider point of view, and  take you on a journey back in time.  

Memories will come to life as you enter this land of wonder, and see L.A. like you've never seen it before!  Along the way, we'll show you where legendary rock stars lived, and share stories about the nature and history of L.A.’s most magical and mythical neighborhood: Laurel Canyon.

We invite you to take a walk on the wild side!

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Adventure awaits you.

For the first time ever, go behind-the-scenes on a guided hiking tour through 1960's rock and roll paradise! See the former homes of Neil Young (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), John Lennon (the Beatles), Frank Zappa (Mothers of Invention), Glenn Frey (the Eagles), Jackson Browne, Paul Rothchild (Doors' Producer), Arthur Lee (Love), Slash (Guns N' Roses), John Mayall (Bluesbreakers), Ginger Rogers (dancer), Bette Davis (actress), and more! Along the way you will learn about the nature and history of Laurel Canyon, and see the most beautiful scenic views of LA !!!!!

Where the Craziest People Live

Joni Mitchell recalls L.A.'s Laurel Canyon reputation the 1960s and 1970s: "When I first came out to L.A. in 1968, my photographer Joel Bernstein found an old book in a flea market that said: Ask anyone in America 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. Ask anyone in Hollywood where the craziest people live and they'll say Laurel Canyon."

Coming to the Canyon

What to bring: comfortable shoes, wide brimmed hat, bottled water, sunscreen. 

We will be walking approximately 2-3 miles (moderate fitness level required).  Be prepared for a fun, active, and invigorating hike!

Experience the Best of L.A.

See these famous rockers' old houses, neil young house, john lennon treehouse.

Crosby , Stills, Nash, and Young

John Densmore

The Beatles

Glen Frey House

Jackson browne house, frank zappa house.

The Mothers of Invention

John Mayall House

Paul rothchild house.

John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers

Record Producer

Arthur Lee House

Stephen stills house.

Buffalo Springfield

Slash House

Chris hillman house.

Guns N' Roses

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There is a combination of moderate uphill and downhill terrain.  We will walk at your pace for maximum comfort and enjoyment.

At this time we only offer tours by foot.

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An Oral History of Laurel Canyon, the 60s and 70s Music Mecca

By Lisa Robinson

When I first came out to L.A. [in 1968], my friend [photographer] Joel Bernstein found an old book in a flea market 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. Ask anyone in Hollywood where the craziest people live and they’ll say Laurel Canyon. And ask anyone in Laurel Canyon where the craziest people live and they’ll say Lookout Mountain. So I bought a house on Lookout Mountain. —Joni Mitchell

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 a steep winding street with a name he doesn’t remember. The Doors’ lead singer Jim Morrison reportedly wrote “Love Street” while living behind the Laurel Canyon Country Store. Michelle Phillips lived with John Phillips on Lookout Mountain in 1965 during the Mamas and the Papas’ heyday. Books and documentaries have mythologized and romanticized this woodsy canyon nestled behind Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood Hills. Still, misconceptions continue.

For a start, the scene was more metaphorical than geographical. Nearly everyone who was there was, at one time or another, stoned; nobody remembers everything the same way. What is undeniably true is that from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s some of the most melodic, atmospheric, and subtly political American popular music was written by residents of, or those associated with, Laurel Canyon—including Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn, J. D. Souther, Judee Sill, the Mamas and the Papas, Carole King, the Eagles, Richie Furay (in Buffalo Springfield and Poco), and many more. They made music together, played songs for one another with acoustic guitars in all-night jam sessions in each other’s houses. Many of those houses were cottages with stained-glass windows, and fireplaces that warmed the living rooms in the chilly L.A. nights. They took drugs together, formed bands together, broke up those bands, and formed other bands. Many of them slept with each other. The music was mislabeled “soft rock” or “folk rock,” especially in the Northeast, where critics panned it as granola-infused hippie music—too “mellow” and too white. But in truth, it was an amalgam of influences that included blues, rock and roll, jazz, Latin, country and western, psychedelia, bluegrass, and folk. It certainly was a forerunner of today’s “Americana.”

Four decades after those songs were recorded, their harmonies and guitar interplay have influenced such contemporary bands as Mumford and Sons, the Avett Brothers, Dawes, Haim, Wilco, the Jayhawks, and the Civil Wars. (Even the facial hair has made a comeback.) Adam Levine (whose Maroon 5 got its start with a demo paid for by family friend Graham Nash) says, “The vibe of that music, the way it makes you feel when you’re driving in a car—it’s a landscape.” And producer Rick Rubin, who owns “the Houdini mansion,” on Laurel Canyon Boulevard (Houdini actually lived across the street for a brief time in 1919 in a rented house), says, “Laurel Canyon had the cross-breeding of folk with psychedelic rock and created some of the greatest music ever made.”

ELLIOT ROBERTS, manager, Neil Young; former manager, Joni Mitchell, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the Eagles: It was a melting pot. People came from everywhere. Joni and Neil were from Canada, Glenn Frey was from Detroit, Stephen Stills and J. D. Souther were from Texas, Linda Ronstadt was from Tucson . . .

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DAVID GEFFEN, former agent, Laura Nyro, Joni Mitchell; former co-manager, CSNY, the Eagles, Jackson Browne; founder, Asylum Records: I first saw Joni when she played in Greenwich Village—she was a duo at the time with [her husband] Chuck. Then she made a record by herself.

ELLIOT ROBERTS: I saw Joni in New York in 1966 at the Café au Go Go. . . . I went up to her after the show and said, “I’m a young manager and I’d kill to work with you.” At that time, Joni did everything herself; she booked her own shows, made her travel arrangements, carried her own tapes. She said she was going on tour, and if I wanted to pay my own expenses, I could go with her. I went with her for a month, and after that, she asked me to manage her.

DAVID GEFFEN: I was [singer-songwriter] Buffy Sainte-Marie’s agent, and she sent me an advance test pressing of her new album with no information on the label. I called her up and said, “Buffy, I’m insane for your new album—I love it.” She said, “That’s so great—what’s your favorite song?” I said, “ ‘The Circle Game’—that’s the best song on the album.” She said, “Joni Mitchell wrote that.”

It Happened in Laurel Canyon

JONI MITCHELL, singer-songwriter-guitarist: Elliot, David, and I migrated from New York to Los Angeles. David was my agent; Elliot was my manager. I bought this little house, and David Crosby chided me for it; he said I should have looked around. But I liked that house.

The hill behind my house was full of little artificial man-made caves. The house was charming. I paid $36,000 for it, but I paid it off. I probably paid more for it because I paid it off. It had a fireplace and it was mysteriously protected by a force. My neighbors, who were six feet from my house, were junkies; I was out of town and came back and their house had burned down to the ground.

RICHIE FURAY, singer-songwriter-guitarist, Buffalo Springfield, Souther Hillman Furay Band, Poco: Stephen Stills said, Come out to California—I’ve got a band together. I need another singer. I said, I’m on my way. Once we [Buffalo Springfield] started playing at the Whisky [on Sunset Strip], everybody moved to Laurel Canyon—it was the spot. Neil Young [one of Buffalo Springfield’s guitarists] had been living in his Pontiac hearse, but he moved up to Lookout. But I don’t think Neil ever really wanted to be in a band. He’s certainly proved to be an icon in rock and roll, but Stephen was the heart and soul of Buffalo Springfield.

DAVID CROSBY, singer-songwriter-guitarist, the Byrds; Crosby, Stills & Nash; CSNY: After I got tossed out of the Byrds [in 1967], I went to Florida. I’m very romantically inclined and I’d always wanted to get a sailboat and just sail away. I went into a coffeehouse in Coconut Grove, and Joni was singing “Michael from Mountains” or “Both Sides, Now,” and I was just gobsmacked. It just pushed me up against the back wall. Even at the beginning she was very independent and already writing better than almost anybody. I brought her back to California and produced her first album [ Song to a Seagull ].

RICHIE FURAY: Stephen [Stills] was quite a stylized musician. A lot of people tried to copy him but couldn’t. I think that’s one of the things that made Buffalo Springfield musically click—the different styles that Neil and Stephen played. I just found my little rhythm in there somewhere, kind of the glue that would hold it together.

ELLIOT ROBERTS: We went out to California for Joni to record, and that’s when we took houses on Lookout Mountain, about four houses down from each other. When we were doing that first album, at Sunset Sound, the one Crosby produced, Buffalo Springfield was recording next door. Joni said you’ve got to meet Neil—she knew him from Canada. That night we all went to Ben Frank’s [a coffee shop on Sunset Boulevard], which in those days was one of the only places open around midnight. So I started working with Neil, and pretty soon I had Neil and Joni. Neil was leaving the Springfield—he had left two times before, but this was his final leave. And pretty soon a scene started in Joni’s house—that was the center where we would go all night.

GLENN FREY, singer-songwriter-guitarist, the Eagles: My very first day in California, I drove up La Cienega to Sunset Boulevard, turned right, drove to Laurel Canyon, and the first person I saw standing on the porch at the Canyon Store was David Crosby. He was dressed exactly the way he was on the second Byrds album—that cape, and the flat wide-brimmed hat. He was standing there like a statue. And the second day I was in California I met J. D. Souther.

J. D. SOUTHER, singer-songwriter-guitarist, actor: It all just sort of evolved. There really was no “moment.”

STEPHEN STILLS, singer-songwriter-guitarist, Buffalo Springfield, CSN, CSNY: It wasn’t Paris in the 20s, but it was a very vibrant scene.

GLENN FREY: There was just something in the air up there. I came from Detroit and things were flat. [In Laurel Canyon] there’s houses built up on stilts on the hillside and there’s palm trees and yuccas and eucalyptus and vegetation I’d never seen before in my life. It was a little magical hillside canyon.

CHRIS HILLMAN, singer-songwriter-guitarist, the Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, Souther Hillman Furay Band, Desert Rose Band: Before rock and roll, Laurel Canyon had a lot of jazz guys and a bohemian Beatnik-type thing. Robert Mitchum got arrested for marijuana there at a party in 1948.

JONI MITCHELL: My dining room looked out over Frank Zappa’s duck pond, and once when my mother was visiting, three naked girls were floating around on a raft in the pond. My mother was horrified by my neighborhood. In the upper hills the Buffalo Springfield were playing, and in the afternoon there was just a cacophony of young bands rehearsing. At night it was quiet except for cats and mockingbirds. It had a smell of eucalyptus, and in the spring, which was the rainy season then, a lot of wildflowers would spring up. Laurel Canyon had a wonderful distinctive smell to it.

JONI MITCHELL: I had met Graham Nash in Ottawa and then re-met him in California. David was producing my first album, and all these people were here. . . . I do believe I introduced them at my house; that’s where Crosby, Stills & Nash was born.

STEPHEN STILLS: I always had a place in my heart for alley cats, and David was really funny. We would scheme about a band, and one night at the Troubadour I saw Cass, who I hadn’t seen for a while, and she said, “Would you like to have a third harmony?” I said, “I’m not sure—it depends on the guy, the voice.” So she said, “When David calls you to come over to my house with your guitar, don’t ask—just do it.” I knew that the queen bee had something up her sleeve, and, sure enough, David calls me and says, “Get your guitar and come to Cass’s house.” I can see it now—the living room, the dining room, the pool, the kitchen—and we’re in the living room and there’s Graham Nash. Then Cass goes, “So sing.” And we sang “In the morning, when you rise . . . ”

GRAHAM NASH, singer-songwriter-guitarist, the Hollies, CSN, CSNY: Stephen’s completely out of his mind. I remember it clearly and so does David. It was not at Mama Cass’s. We did sing at Cass’s. But not the very first time.

JONI MITCHELL: Well, there could be some overlap, because we did hang out at Cass’s too. But the first night they raised their voices together I do believe happened at my house. I just remember in my living room the joy of them discovering their blend.

STEPHEN STILLS: David and Graham insist that they took me to Joni’s, which I knew was impossible because Joni Mitchell intimidated me too fuckin’ much to sing in front of her. None of those books have got it right, because every one of us has a different memory. I don’t have Cass around to back me up; she remembered everything exactly.

GRAHAM NASH: It was thrilling and liberating for me, because I’d spent my formative years with the Hollies, who weren’t trusting me anymore, not wanting to record my songs like “Marrakesh Express.” Then, all of a sudden, there were David and Stephen saying, That’s a great song—we could sing the shit out of that.

DAVID CROSBY: When Neil [Young] joined [to form Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young], Neil didn’t think it was a group. For him, it was a stepping-stone. He was always headed for a solo career; we were a way to get there. Which doesn’t mean that he wasn’t a fantastic musician and songwriter and a force in CSNY. There was a point where I think we were the best band in the world.

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DAVID CROSBY: Cass was such a funny and vibrant person and somebody you definitely wanted to hang out with and talk to. She knew everybody and everybody liked her.

MICHELLE PHILLIPS, singer-songwriter-actor, the Mamas and the Papas: It was very lax at Cass’s house when she moved to Woodrow Wilson. Ashtrays were overflowing. She would let people write their phone numbers and messages on her walls with felt pens. She smoked a lot of pot. I wasn’t into food at that point in my life, but there were a lot of grown men there, so there must have been food. They probably called down to Greenblatt’s Deli and had 20 different platters of sandwiches brought up.

GRAHAM NASH: For me it was all a fantasyland. People were asking me for my opinion, saying why don’t you try this harmony part. It was a very freeing time in Los Angeles; it was an incredible place to be, America. The phone rang like it did in the movies. And you know, take-out food? What an incredible concept.

MICHELLE PHILLIPS: Cass’s house was the biggest mess I have ever seen a house be in my life. She never cleaned, never tidied up, never did the dishes, never made her bed. I remember going to her house in Stanley Hills before she moved to Woodrow Wilson. I got to her house and she wasn’t home, so I decided to jimmy the window and get in. You know those huge, giant, industrial-size jars of mayonnaise? She had dropped one on the floor and just left it there. I cleaned up her entire kitchen, her entire house; it took me, like, three and a half hours. I just kept cleaning until it was spotless. Then I walked out the door, closed it, and never said a word to her.

Everyone was single. Everyone was in their 20s. They could all hang out all night long. And, according to Jackson Browne, “Everybody slept with everybody. It was a time of sexual revolution and pre-AIDS. But it wasn’t pre-venereal disease; we had a soft spot in our hearts for the free clinics.”

LINDA RONSTADT, singer-actor: Well, who are you going to date—the dentist? But if you were smart, you didn’t mess around with anybody in your band. If you were smart.

PETER ASHER, singer-guitarist, Peter and Gordon; producer-manager for James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt: Linda had been working on tracks with producers John Boylan, John David Souther, and somebody else—all of whom were her boyfriends—and it wasn’t working out very well. I came in initially as a producer and then she asked me to be her manager. Linda and I were never boyfriend and girlfriend, which is probably a good thing—incredibly hot though she was.

BONNIE RAITT, singer-songwriter-guitarist: J.D. [Souther] is one of the greatest songwriters and a wonderful guy and a terrific singer. And of course he and Linda were an item for a long time. He’s just part of the family.

STEPHEN STILLS: I missed a lot of the scene because I was going back and forth to New York to see Judy [Collins].

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JUDY COLLINS, singer-songwriterguitarist: Stephen was in my band. It was after Buffalo Springfield broke up and before he put CSN together. We were falling in love and having this hot affair. I fell in love immediately. Four days after Robert Kennedy was assassinated.

DAVID GEFFEN: It was a scene with incredibly talented, attractive people. And many of them had sex with one another. Who wouldn’t? It was after birth control and pre-AIDS. It was a different world.

ELLIOT ROBERTS: A lot of that incestuous stuff [that’s been written about Joni and David Crosby and Graham Nash]—that never happened.

JONI MITCHELL: David Crosby and I were never a couple. We spent time together in Florida and he was off drugs and very enjoyable company at that time. We rode bicycles through Coconut Grove and went boating. But David’s appetites were for young harem girls who would wait on him. I would not be a servant girl. I had a child-like quality that made me attractive to him and my talent made me attractive. But we weren’t an item; I guess you could call it a brief summer romance in Florida.

DAVID CROSBY: I wanted to be with a great number of women. I was very entranced with Joni when I was with her, but she had her own plans. Graham was unquestionably the best thing that ever happened for her.

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JONI MITCHELL: Graham and I fell in love, and he got sick and I Florence-Nightingaled him back to health. We were a good couple. I cooked for Graham, but the trouble was he’s from Manchester, and he liked gray, wrinkled peas from cans. And I like fresh peas from the market. I like to cook—I got quite zaftig, actually. But when he started doing coke, he had no appetite.

GRAHAM NASH: Joni and I had something very special. I was very privileged to have spent the one and a half, two years that I spent with her.

With the Vietnam War, and Richard Nixon in the White House, it was a time of protest. And whether it was Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth” (which writer Stephen Stills says was actually about a “funeral for a bar” when police closed the Pandora’s Box club, on Sunset Strip, in 1966) or Neil Young’s “Ohio” (after the 1970 Kent State shootings), the songs reflected the activism in the air.

DAVID GEFFEN: The music in the 1960s and ‘70s influenced people’s lives, influenced the culture, influenced politics. The difference between then and now is the draft. A volunteer army doesn’t get the same level of protest. When I was young, everybody wanted to pick up a guitar. Now everybody wants to work at Goldman Sachs.

DAVID CROSBY: The draft made it personal. And it made every college campus in America a hotbed of anti-war activism.

ELLIOT ROBERTS: It was such an exciting time, because we felt we were making change. Between Vietnam and the Black Panthers and civil rights, we were kicking shit up. A lot of kids who were going up to Canada [to avoid the draft] would come to our shows.

J. D. SOUTHER: The other thing you have to remember is that in those days people thought their votes counted for something. Now kids think that no matter who’s in the White House he’s still an asshole.

ELLIOT ROBERTS: David and I were friends from New York; he was from Brooklyn, I was from the Bronx, and we both had worked at talent agencies. He came out to L.A. when I was managing Joni and Neil and CSN. One night we were going to a birthday party, and I picked David up at his house on Sunset. When we got to the party, he said, “Don’t get out of the car for a second.” He said he’d been thinking that we should partner up and be Geffen-Roberts. I said I didn’t know. And he said, “Elliot, don’t be stupid.”

DAVID GEFFEN: We were very young. But I thought Elliot and I did a very good job. We really were flying by the seat of our pants; we were learning on the go. We invented it as we went along.

ELLIOT ROBERTS: David was such an influence and such a guiding light, the way he approached everything. I just didn’t have his balls.

JACKSON BROWNE, singer-songwriter-guitarist: David really had good taste in songs. I mean, to have your first artist be someone as incredibly gifted and as fully developed as Laura Nyro. . . . He was like a kingpin in between these really creative people and an industry that was not used to letting musicians do everything on their own terms.

DAVID CROSBY: We knew we were in a shark pool, and I’ve said it before: we wanted our own shark. We thought David was a guy who was hungry and voracious, that Elliot would be the mensch and David would be the shark. In the long run, Elliot became a shark, too. What I liked best about David was that he loved Laura Nyro and really wanted her to succeed. He took me to meet her in that little penthouse she lived in in New York and I was just blown away by her. She was such a sweetheart and so strange and talented.

DAVID GEFFEN: At Geffen-Roberts, we had no contracts with any of our artists. If they wanted to leave, they could leave on a day’s notice.

JACKSON BROWNE: I’ve seen David have arguments with his clients, but then, if someone else would put any of them down, he would take them to the mat. He was very loyal to his clients. And he probably could still hum you their songs.

IRVING AZOFF, co-owner, Azoff MSG Entertainment; current manager, the Eagles: By the time I arrived at Geffen-Roberts in 1973, David had already left to run the record company [Asylum], so I basically became the touring guy. The greatest gift David and Elliot gave me was that I saw the future with the Eagles, who, at the time, were managed by Geffen-Roberts. I was their age and they really appealed to me. And I got to go on the road with Joni Mitchell and Neil Young. To this day, you put me around Neil Young and I’m gaga.

PETER ASHER: Elliot is brilliant. Hippie chaos, but let’s not forget he’s a brilliant chess player. And David could do relatively outrageous things. But by the end of a phone conversation with David you’re thinking he didn’t do anything wrong. Then, after you hang up, you go, Wait a minute—how did I get talked out of that? He can be very convincing.

JACKSON BROWNE: David finally said he was going to start his own record label so he could make the records he wanted to make. In that way, he has more in common with those indie guys—he’s like the father of indie music.

DAVID GEFFEN: The music business was beginning to become big business. In 1972, when I sold Asylum Records for $7 million, the highest price ever paid for a house in Beverly Hills at that time was $150,000. The last year Elliot and I were in partnership—1971–1972—we earned $3 million. It was a lot of money, but I just didn’t want to do it anymore. I had sold the record company; I was just going to run the record company and Elliot would run the management company. I gave him my half [of the management company] for nothing, and I said, “Elliot, I’m giving it to you—just don’t call me about any problem with these guys.” And of course, he did.

CHRIS HILLMAN: I think the West Coast was more open to ladies in the business. I mean, what Joni Mitchell did was way far and above what most of the guys, myself included, could do as a songwriter or guitar player.

DAVID CROSBY: When I was with Joni, I’d write a song like “Guinnevere”—probably the best song I ever wrote—I’d play it for her, and she’d say, “That’s wonderful, David, here, listen to these ones.” Then she’d sing me four that were that good. It was a humbling experience for a writer.

JONI MITCHELL: As a girl, I was kind of allowed to be one of the boys. I was told that boys were able to be themselves around me. Somehow I was, in my youth, trusted by men. And I was able to be a catalyst in bringing interesting men together.

JACKSON BROWNE: It was the beginning of very big changes in the way women were regarded by society. It was a huge step forward in independence from religious dogma and there was no hierarchy there. If anything, women had more power than they’d ever had.

MICHELLE PHILLIPS: Cass was unique in the sense that she had some money, she had a lot of friends, and she was not dependent on John [Phillips].

BONNIE RAITT: It didn’t feel like a boys’ club to me, because there were really cool women who were hanging out with these guys. Joni was absolutely as original and deep and brilliant as anybody I had heard. She made a huge impact on all of us. And Emmylou Harris, Maria Muldaur, Nicolette Larsen, Linda Ronstadt, me—we were all part of that group.

LINDA RONSTADT: The good thing about musicians in terms of making advances in racial discrimination or sexual-gender identification is that musicians don’t give a shit as long as you can play. If you could play, hallelujah.

J. D. SOUTHER: Linda had a huge effect on me. She really gave me and Warren Zevon our careers because she cut so many of our songs. We were always grateful. She had good ears to spot the songs, and then she knew which ones she could sing.

JONI MITCHELL: My talent was kind of mysterious in that it was unorthodox. I can tell you I had a good right hand. There is a picture of me with Eric Clapton and David Crosby and Mama Cass’s baby on the lawn of Cass’s house, and Eric is just staring at me playing guitar and David looks proud, like the cat that ate the cream.

GLENN FREY: In 1974, I moved to a place at the corner of Ridpath and Kirkwood in Laurel Canyon, and we had poker games every Monday night during football season. Notorious card games. Joni Mitchell got wind of those card games, and she always was a good hang, so she started coming every Monday night and playing cards with us. We’d watch football from six to nine and then play cards until the wee hours. They called our house the Kirkwood casino.

J. D. SOUTHER: When Glenn and Don [Henley] had those poker nights and football nights, Linda and I moved to Beachwood Canyon, [so as] not to be living in that boys’ club over there in Laurel Canyon.

IRVING AZOFF: If you wanted to play there, you signed those contracts. David and Elliot thought it was an injustice to the acts, so with Lou Adler and [club owner] Elmer Valentine, they opened the Roxy.

LOU ADLER, producer, the Mamas and the Papas, Carole King: We opened the Roxy so we could give the artists a better dressing room, a better sound system, a better contract.

DAVID GEFFEN: Doug Weston would not play David Blue. He didn’t like David Blue. I said to him, “I don’t care if you like David Blue or not; he’s one of our artists, and if you want Joni or Neil or Jackson, you’ll play David Blue.” He said, “I’m not playing him.” So we opened our own club. Then, a week after we opened the Roxy [and its private upstairs club, On the Rox], I got a call from Ray Stark complaining that he didn’t like his table. Then I got a call from someone else saying the drink was shit. So I sold my interest to Elliot.

ELLIOT ROBERTS: We needed an alternative venue that was cool for our bands. The Troubador was 150 to 170 seats, the Roxy 600. It was that simple. I saw a documentary that said we declared war on Doug Weston—the most insane, idiotic thing. Who the fuck had time in those days?

LINDA RONSTADT: The Eagles had seen a lot of other bands break up, come together, and break up—like Poco and the Burrito Brothers. There had been a lot of versions of that country-rock sound. It finally coalesced because it found a groove with Don Henley.

GLENN FREY: When we got to Geffen-Roberts, in 1971, CSN were the big thing and we watched them. I watched them carefully—what they did right and what they did wrong.

CAMERON CROWE, former music journalist; film director and Oscar-winning screenwriter: At the time [the Eagles] were the little kid brothers looking for the respect of Neil Young. Glenn saw where Poco had failed and they could succeed. Taking the best of Poco and CSNY and putting it together to take it as far as it could go. CSN weren’t thinking about business as much as Elliot and David were. They were about the music. But the Eagles were about both.

CHRIS HILLMAN: I have great respect for the Eagles, for Henley and Frey, and I love the original band. What they did was take all those influences—but they did it right. They were smarter than we were. In the Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons and I wrote good songs, but we didn’t have that work ethic.

GLENN FREY: I kept my eye on everybody’s careers. I read the backs of albums like they were the Dead Sea Scrolls. CSN hung the moon. They were like the Beatles for about two years.

STEPHEN STILLS: [The Eagles] certainly destroyed us at the box office. We have to get Neil and stay out a long time to make that kind of money.

CAMERON CROWE: Glenn and Don were never embraced as songwriters the way they should be. You’d catch shit for loving the Eagles as much as you loved CSNY.

J. D. SOUTHER: The press didn’t like the Eagles, because Irving Azoff wouldn’t let them talk to the press.

IRVING AZOFF: I loved Crosby, Stills & Nash, but the Eagles were saying something different. The Eagles were that post-Woodstocky thing. They were writing about lines on the mirror. They were guys’ guys. It was more like a fraternity.

DAVID GEFFEN: I remember everything, because I was not stoned.

BONNIE RAITT: Partying became a nuisance and self-destructive if you let it go on. By the time you’re at it for 10 or 15 years, it’s going to look different on you in your mid-30s than it did in your 20s.

PETER ASHER: This is the contradiction, isn’t it? They said the music was “mellow,” but these weren’t particularly mellow people. There was quite a lot of cocaine involved—which is not renowned for a mellowing effect.

DAVID CROSBY: Drugs were a bad influence on everybody. I can’t think of a single way that hard drugs ever helped anybody.

JONI MITCHELL: Cocaine just puts a barrier up. Where Graham and I had been a real couple, very close, suddenly there was this barrier. People were more secretive about drugs back then. I never was much of a druggie. Cigarettes and coffee—that’s my poison.

JUDY COLLINS: A lot of people used a lot of drugs. I was up to my eyeballs drinking. I wouldn’t use anything else seriously, because I really didn’t want to have my drinking interfered with.

DAVID GEFFEN: They all made a lot of money. They didn’t all keep a lot of money. David Crosby went through an incredible fortune; look what he went through to finally get his act together—he had to go to jail.

LOU ADLER: The hippie version of freedom in the 1960s was breaking down the Establishment. Well, we were buying houses in Bel Air; we were becoming the Establishment.

BONNIE RAITT: Once people get successful, they move to more expensive Zip Codes, and nobody does the hang anymore. The early days of being single and in your early 20s was a really golden era where all of us had less responsibilities than we did later. Once people started having kids, they moved to areas where the schools were good.

ELLIOT ROBERTS: The scene broke up because you became adults. We were all in our early 20s when there was that scene—all kids in their early 20s have a scene. All of a sudden you have a girlfriend or you’re getting married. By 30, 35, the scene is gone. You have families, kids, jobs. You buy a house. You want to get guitar lessons for your kid and a Bar Mitzvah. When you’re 20, it’s O.K. for eight people to crash in a living room, six on a floor. At 35 you’re not crashing anymore—your back hurts.

MICHELLE PHILLIPS: Before 1969, my memories were nothing but fun and excitement and shooting to the top of the charts and loving every minute of it. The Manson murders [in the summer of 1969] ruined the L.A. music scene. That was the nail in the coffin of the freewheeling, let’s get high, everybody’s welcome, come on in, sit right down. Everyone was terrified. I carried a gun in my purse. And I never invited anybody over to my house again.

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I guess i’m one of the lucky few to have truely been blessed in my life to have grown up in the canyon. I miss you Mr. Bird and living across the street from Huodini’s Estate. I remember going to Frank Zappa’s Cave an listening to Alexander Bizentine play drums. It sure was wild. I still remember Fonya an Bernie an the girls. My mother Was Rock’nRobin which as Mario the awesome an aww inspiring owner of the Whiskey knows helped shape the face of music in the canyon in the late 70’s an early 80’s. Thank you God for allowing this now 38yr old kid to be so lucky to have lived a life so filled with love at 1402 Laurel Canyon Rd. Love and Respect to all the fore said peoples so much. Thank you all for such an amazing life guys. You never know our paths may one day cross again.

What a beautiful testimony of a time in history full of peace, love and everlasting music. I can only imagine being amongst people so talented and supportive of each other.

My mama said look out for those bad girls that live in the canyon.

I am a fan of the original Star Trek. I just watched a movie about Susan Oliver and it said she lived in Laurel Canyon. Would you happen to know where? Just curious because it seemed she had it together, but unfortunately trusted people who took advantage of her investments.

Thanks much if you are able to help.

I am in the canyon now, history lives Now a lot of rockers and friends hang out in Ventura on weekends.

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3.5 Miles Round Trip

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Nice loop hike with quick and easy access offers varied terrain including great views, scenic sandstone formations, and lovely coastal canyons – but these attributes make it very popular at times as well.

The Laguna Coast Wilderness Park has conserved for posterity thousands of acres of beautiful coastal habitat, including ridges and hilltops with great ocean, city, and mountain views, sandstone formations, and especially some lovely unspoiled canyons lined with oaks and sycamores.  This hike provides you with a sample of all of these elements, starting in Willow Canyon before climbing briskly up the ridge between Willow and Laurel Canyons, then dropping into the riparian gem that is Laurel Canyon, thereby looping back to your starting point. The hike is on good trail and well signed throughout, and there is even a seasonal 60′ tall waterfall, although the canyon drains a small area so you should only expect water here in winter months and after heavy rains. Your hike begins at the parking lot for the Laguna Coast Wilderness Par k near the intersection of Laguna Canyon Road and El Toro Road.  Parking is $3 payable at the self-service machine, and there is often a ranger on hand if you have any questions. Note that its generous natural attributes and proximity to urbanity also make it a popular spot, so it may be crowded, especially on weekends.

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Once you have parked walk to the trail that begins at the edge of the parking lot and proceed.

After about 100′ or so there is a spot where a ranger sometimes sits, and a sign-in book, and also some free maps of the park. The trail junction that will be the end point of your loop is right here as well. Go straight ahead following the sign for Willow Canyon.

Continue ahead on the very well graded trail, past some trees and rock formations for a few hundred yards, after which the trail begins to climb the ridge to the left of Willow Creek.

Now you are ascending the ridge that separates Willow and Laurel Canyons. Soon the view opens up as you increase in elevation, with some great vistas of the Santa Ana Mountains in the background and lovely Laurel Canyon below.

An unusual and thoughtful feature of this trial is the cell phone tour that is available. Watch for the posts with the number to call that will provide information on the area as you proceed through – there are several of these along the trail ahead as well.

After about .8 mile in the trail will turn to the left, and shortly thereafter you will come to a signed trail junction. Here you will go to the right, following the signs for Laurel Canyon.

The trail now descends curving down the ridge towards its intersection with Laurel Canyon. After a couple twists and turns, after .3 mile or so you will see the relatively abundant oak and sycamore trees of Laurel Canyon laid out invitingly below.

As you enter the canyon with its beautiful old growth oak trees, you will encounter two trail junctions that branch off to the left. The first of these is not signed, but the second is, and you will turn to the right at the second signed junction, following the sign for Laurel Canyon.

The trail up to now has been a rather wide fire road-like path, but here narrows and is more like a normal hiking trail. Proceed forward along above the Laurel Creek stream bed, which is quite lovely when flowing. After about .3 mile watch for a dip in the trail ahead as the trail crosses the creek at a granite outcrop.

This is one of the highlights of your tour, most particularly if the water is flowing. If you look to the right here, you will note that  the granite drops off dramatically, as the creek runs over a tall cliff, forming a 60′ tall waterfall with a large pool below. Be very careful here if you decide to go out to look over at the waterfall because it really is a straight vertical 60′ drop and a fall here would likely be fatal. Even if the fall is not flowing, this segment is dramatic because of you heightened elevation now as you peruse the scenic wooded canyon below. This is a good spot to take a break and perhaps enjoy your lunch as there are some nice pieces of granite on which to sit.

Once you have decided to continue, proceed ahead as the trail now drops quickly down to the canyon floor. This portion of the park is  exceptionally lovely, and you will enjoy the wooded canyon bottom with its surprisingly large, boulder strewn stream bed, which you will cross a couple of times. When the stream is flowing this is truly a glorious place, an unspoiled riparian gem close to civilization.

After a short distance the trail moves to the right side of the creek, and moves ahead across a large grassy meadow with some interesting sandstone formations on either side.

Note especially in the sandstone outcrops to the left what I like to call “Ghost-face-with-his-tongue-stuck-out Rock”, for what should be obvious reasons.

You will soon encounter another signed trail junction, your last, and you will now turn to the right following the signs for Laurel pointing to the right.

The trail now continues through some woods close to Laguna Canyon Road now, and the trail head is only about .25 mile ahead.  You will encounter one uphill portion where the trail ascends over a sandstone segment, and then you will see the parking lot below. Descend, following the trail, until you reach the trail junction where you started your loop. now turn to the left and walk the short distance back to your vehicle.

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A Classic Laurel Canyon Playlist (60’s & 70’s)

by Taylor On A Trip | Jul 15, 2022 | California , Music , Playlists , Popular Posts , Uncategorized | 10 comments

Looking for a classic Laurel Canyon playlist that will transport you back to the magic of 60s and 70s California? Then strap in for the ride.

It’s undeniable that Laurel Canyon is a special place, and it was especially so during the romanticized halcyon days of the late 60s and early 70s. Of course, if you’re reading this article, you know a thing or two about the 60s and 70s Laurel Canyon music scene. But still. There’s something about the Mamas and the Papas, CSNY, Joni Mitchell, and all the others that we just can’t get enough of.

Full disclosure — I was born in 1991. BUT, I have visited Laurel Canyon, have gone on Pamela Des Barres Laurel Canyon and Hollywood tour , and have basically been a music aficionado my entire life. In this article, I’ll go through my picks of the ultimate Laurel Canyon tunes and give a bit of an explainer surrounding each addition.

*Scroll down to the bottom of this post to listen to the full playlist, and more, on Spotify!*

A Classic Laurel Canyon Playlist (Late 60’s & Early 70’s)

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 Canyon was 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 the album, doubly so as Joni once said that she wrote this song as a response to Neil Young’s “Sugar Mountain”; in which song he references losing his youth.

Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town And they tell him, Take your time, it won’t be long now Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down

📚 Read More: Honoring The Spirit of Gram Parsons at Joshua Tree Inn & Motel

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 House” was finished an hour later.

Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth”

Before CSNY, Stephen Stills and Neil Young were in a little band together with Richie Furay, Dewey Martin, and Bruce Palmer called Buffalo Springfield.

The song “For What It’s Worth” was born out of the ’66 Sunset Strip riot where around 1000 young protesters congregated to save the club Pandora’s Box, and to take a stand for legislators having recently introduced a curfew to the area.

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Poco “Pickin’ Up the Pieces”

Following the breakup of Buffalo Springfield, Richie Furay went on to form Poco, one of the pioneering country-rock groups of the era, along with Jim Messina and Rusty Young. Their first album, “Picking Up the Pieces” was in reference to the Buffalo split.

Eric Clapton (Cream “Sunshine of Your Love”)

While Eric is primarily known as an English musician through and through, I include him on this list because of his influence on the scene of the time and his work with with The Yardbirds, then John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers (which will further come into focus in a second), then Cream, then Blind Faith, then… okay i’m cutting myself off here.

Another reason I put him on this list, in this exact spot? Because of a photo, one of my favorite photos from this era. You know the one, the one taken by Rock n’ Roll photographer extraordinaire Henry Diltz at Mama Cass’s house in 1968. The one with Eric Clapton and David Crosby listening intently to Joni Mitchell as she plays guitar; with Clapton’s eyes transfixed on her. If I could have sat in on a moment…

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers “Miss James”

A Laurel Canyon resident from 1969 – 1979, John Mayall released his 1968 album Blues From Laurel Canyon after he first landed in Laurel Canyon and met local characters such as Frank Zappa and resident groupie, and namesake of the song “Miss James”, Catherine James.

I read about her in the magazine The writer painted her in colors of a queen Other people said bad things instead So I was curious to check up what I’d read But askin’ around She couldn’t be found Strange, elusive Miss James

Frank Zappa “Willie the Pimp”

Confession: I have a little bit of an obsession with Frank Zappa. In 2012, I took a writing workshop by his one-time governess, Pamela Des Barres (for like, so many more reasons than that though). A few years later, I read “Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa” by Pauline Butcher, and was subsequently in correspondence with her regarding an edited version of the tome. Then, in 2016, I went to Laurel Canyon on Pamela’s LA Rock Tour and got to see not only where the infamous Log Cabin that Frank lived in for a short period (it eventually burned to the ground in 1981), but his long-term estate further into the Canyon.

I’m obsessed because, in my eyes, Frank was the King of Laurel Canyon and the Log Cabin, while only part of the story for a short time, was the setting of legends. Musicians and madmen would come strolling into the cabin day or night looking for a party and a story, and it was with Frank that many people came together to make history.

I could go into this so much further, but I’m going to just leave you with this song featuring LA character/musician Captain Beefheart. Oh, and I should mention that Miss Christine of the GTO’s is on the cover of the album on which this song is featured, Hot Rats.. more on that shortly as well.

The GTO’s “I’m In Love With the Ooh-Ooh Man”

Formed under the direction of Frank Zappa, The GTO’s (Girls Together Outrageously, Orally, or “anything else starting with O”) were an all-girl group made up of Miss Pamela (Miller, later Des Barres), Miss Christine, Miss Sparky, Miss Cynderella, Miss Lucy, Miss Mercy, and Miss Sandra. While the group only performed together 4 or 5 times, they gained notoriety when they opened for Wild Man Fischer, Alice Cooper, and the Mothers of Invention at Shrine Auditorium in 1968.

The group’s only album, Permanent Damage, was released in 1969.

Alice Cooper “Levity Ball”

In the late 60’s, after Vincent Furnier and crew had cemented their band name as Alice Cooper, they were playing a club in Venice Beach when they were approached by Supermensch himself, Shep Gordon. Shep took the band over to Frank Zappa’s studio where they were subsequently signed to Straight Records. While far from refined, I love the psychedelic sound of these early Alice Cooper recordings, which seem a far cry from, and yet still set the groundwork for, the harder sound for which they eventually became known.

Once signed to Zappa’s label, the GTO’s gave the band their special touch, with Christine and Pamela specifically in charge of setting the boys up with their uniquely costumed and heavily made-up look.

The Byrds “So You Wanna Be A Rock N’ Roll Star”

The Byrds, one of the first acts to achieve fame out of the LA scene, had a bit of a rotating lineup, but the important people for our purposes are David Crosby (later of CSNY), Jim (Roger) McGuinn, Gram Parsons (later of The Flying Burrito Brothers), and Chris Hillman. If you were a Byrds fan in the late 1960’s and you wanted to stalk the people behind the music, all you had to do was pay a visit to Chris Hillman’s house at 5424 Magnolia Drive (it has subsequently burned down due to a motorcycle fire), or Gram’s house nearby which, uh, also burned down in a fire.

“So You Wanna Be A Rock N’ Roll Star”, released in 1967, was essentially a low-key swipe at manufactured acts such as The Monkees (Mickey Dolenz was also a Canyonite btw), and was written in Chris’s Canyon home.

The price you paid for your riches and fame Was it all a strange game? You’re a little insane The money, the fame, and the public acclaim Don’t forget who you are, you’re a rock and roll star

The Flying Burrito Brothers “Christine’s Tune”

A band born out of The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers further pioneered the country-rock sound of the late 60’s. While the band has an insane and seriously convoluted amount of members and lineups since its heyday (wiki it, there’s like 70 of ’em), Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons basically stole the show as far as the original’s are concerned (in my eyes, anyway).

For further reading, I have a whole article on Gram Parsons and the place he tragically passed away at the age of 26 from an overdose, the Joshua Tree Inn and Motel.

The Doors “Love Street”

Take a walk around the Canyon Country Store and you’ll find a plaque that says “Love Street” and details why the little chunk of land it’s dug into is so important to music history.

Released on The Doors’ 1968 album Waiting For The Sun , “Love Street” was originally a poem written by Jim Morrison as an ode to the street in Laurel Canyon that he lived on with his girlfriend, Pamela Courson (the address was 8021 Rothdell Trail for anyone wondering). Apparently, the pair nicknamed the street love street because they would sit out on their balcony and watch all the hippies go strolling by.

Jim wrote Waiting For The Sun and a lot of The Soft Parade while living in this apartment.

She has wisdom and knows what to do She has me and she has you I see you live on Love Street There’s this store where the creatures meet I wonder what they do in there Summer Sunday and a year I guess I like it fine, so far

Linda Ronstadt “Don’t Cry Now”

A Tuscon native, Linda Ronstadt established herself early on as a Californian folk-rock / country rock leader.

Her fourth album, Don’t Cry Now was  released in 1973 and was co-produced by J.D. Souther, also of Laurel Canyon folk rock fame. The duo ended up dating and living together for some time in the Canyon, before fleeing due to the growing cocaine/boy’s club scene that was becoming more and more prominent by that time (the change in vibe partially spearheaded by The Eagles, more to come on that).

The songs on this album have been composed by a hodgepodge of great writers, with one of my favorites, the title track of the album, having been written by J.D. Souther.

Eagles “Take It Easy”

As Eagles member Glenn Frey once stated, “My very first day in California, I drove up La Cienega to Sunset Boulevard, turned right, drove to Laurel Canyon, and the first person I saw standing on the porch at the Canyon Store was David Crosby. He was dressed exactly the way he was on the second Byrds album—that cape, and the flat wide-brimmed hat. He was standing there like a statue. And the second day I was in California I met J. D. Souther.”

Being part of the Laurel Canyon scene, and having formed in 1971, the Eagles had the chance to see a lot of the early country-rock bands break-up, reform, and produce some of the most classic music of the era. They essentially took what was great out of bands such as CSNY, Poco, and The Flying Burrito Brothers, mashed it all together, and then found their own groove from those influences.

At the same time, with the rise of the Eagles began the demise of the Canyon scene. Of course, this wasn’t a single-handed venture, but from all I’ve read the band perpetuated a lot of the negative vibes that were going on in the early 70’s. When Don Henley and Glenn Frey arrived, they not only brought with them the aforementioned ‘boy’s club’, to which a lot of people either wouldn’t bow down to or who were shunned from, they were heavily involved in the cocaine scene, which eventually made users in the Canyon closed off and hostile.

I list “Take It Easy” here as not only is it my favorite Eagles tune, it was written by Glenn Frey and Jackson Browne, his Canyon neighbor at the time.

Longbranch/Pennywhistle (Glenn Frey & J.D. Souther) “Run Boy Run”

As previously mentioned, J.D. Souther is a singer, songwriter, comma slash actor who, in the early 70’s, was an integral part of the Laurel Canyon scene. Not only did he provide a wealth of his own material, he was an influence to other notables such as Linda Rondstat, Eagles, and Jackson Browne.

Which leads me to the fact that, pre-Eagles, Glenn Frey and Souther had a band together called Longbranch Pennywhistle.

Jackson Browne “Rock Me On The Water”

Once having held up residence in the laundry room of Columbia Records A&R guru Billy James’ Laurel Canyon home, Jackson Browne was a prolific songwriter in his Laurel Canyon days. Browne began writing songs for established acts such as Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Nico, and the Eagles, before getting signed by David Geffen to Asylum Records and releasing his eponymous album in 1972.

“Rock Me On The Water” is from that album.

The road is filled with homeless souls Every woman, child and man Who have no idea where they will go But they’ll help you if they can Now everyone must have some thought That’s going to pull them through somehow Well the fires are raging hotter and hotter But the sisters of the sun are going To rock me on the water now

Carole King “You’ve Got A Friend”

One of the most successful female songwriters in the second half of the 20th century, Carole King made waves in the folk music world when she, with the help of friends Joni Mitchell and James Taylor, released her debut album Writer , and then later 1971’s Tapestry .

The cover of Tapestry, taken by photographer Jim McCrary, was taken at King’s Laurel Canyon home in 1971, which she had been living in for a few years by that point. Both albums included, of course, “You’ve Got A Friend”.

Leon Russell “A Song For You”

One of the most successful and prolific musicians of the era, and afterwards (he recorded 33 albums and about 430 songs), one-time Canyon resident Leon Russell had his start as a songwriter, and as a member of Delaney & Bonnie and Friends in 1969 and 1970, during which time he met a lot of influential characters who would help to grow his career. And yeah, I know this is all a huge understatement given the magnitude of this guy’s career, but for sake of brevity…

Fun fact, both Eric Clapton and Gram Parsons were also one-time musicians for Delaney & Bonnie and Friends.

A Laurel Canyon Reading List

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 Frank Zappa ” by Pauline Butcher, and “ Wild Tales: A Rock & Roll Life ” by Graham Nash.

Why Was Laurel Canyon Special?

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. Ask anyone in Hollywood where the craziest people live and they’ll say Laurel Canyon. And ask anyone in Laurel Canyon where the craziest people live and they’ll say Lookout Mountain.”

So Joni bought a house on Lookout Mountain.

This was the sentiment among many in the late 60s and early 70’s seeking an alternative lifestyle in the Los Angeles hills. Not only was Laurel Canyon just a stone’s throw away from the Sunset Strip, it smelled of eucalyptus, acted as a reprieve away from the hustle and bustle, offered a groovy scene, and it was chock-full of characters.

That said, this scene wasn’t the first to have Laurel Canyon as its home base. In fact, in the early 20th century, when the area was first being developed, the Canyon attracted personalities such as Wally Reid, Harry Houdini, Bessie Love, and Errol Flynn. Then, in the post-WWII boom, the area began to welcome residents from the Beat Generation , with a couple of cool jazz cafes having popped up nearby.

But while the Canyon has lived a few lives, it was the late 1960’s / early 1970s that put Laurel Canyon on the map for all things creative, open-minded, and free-wheeling. Sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll, man.

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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.

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You have a nice way of tying that whole 60’s and 70’s Laurel Canyon story together. I knew bits and pieces. You continue to enlighten me. Nice going!

Hey Taylor, a lovely piece on a time and music which evoke many special memories for me.

I created your playlist in Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/2b5730e8-9777-44df-9c60-3f258d263ad6

Thank you for pulling it together. 🙂

Love Love Love your site!! I’m totally enamoured with the 60s/70s era, especially Laurel Canyon.

Thank you so much!! This site is a total labor of total love. Always nice to meet a kindred spirit!

As a boomer, I’m familiar with most of the songs and musicians mentioned here but I had no idea they were all connected. I came to this site after reading the article Gordon Lightfoot’s 10 Essential Songs, in the NY Times. He had just died and the article was explaining that Lightfoot’s songwriting drew from Greenwich Village folk and Laurel Canyon pop. Being from NYC, I guess you can’t blame me for not knowing what Laurel Canyon pop is. Now I not only learned what it is but I also learned the inspiration behind the writing of these great songs. I was very amused by the Monkees being the target of The Byrds “So You Wanna Be A Rock N’ Roll Star”.

Thanks for the great article! Peace & Love

Hi Frank! So awesome to hear you love the article and learned from it. Despite having seen Gordon Lightfoot live and having written music articles on Greenwich, I never actually knew he took inspiration from the Greenwich Village scene directly. I’m absolutely going to look into that more! And yeah, that Monkees/Byrds tidbit is one of my faves too haha. Cheers!

Love love love this. You are a wonderful writer. I am seventy-one years old, and now you’ve gone and leaped generations so that we have the chance to be, in a musical way, brother and sister. That makes me immensely younger.

From my blog, my take on the same era; forgive the slight bitterness, but I am a retired history teacher, and my generation let yours down.

But not in the music.

Hi Jim! Thank you so much for your kind words. I love your perspective on that; music does unite us!

Hi Taylor, I love your history of Laurel Canyon. When I was a little kid, my Dad owned Pandora’s Box. This was in the late 50s (around 1958-1959). At that time it was a coffee house frequented by “The Beat Generation.” I was probably 6 or 7 at the time.

Anyway, I am very interested in the Laurel Canyon musicians and would like to do a 3- or 4-part late night radio series based largely on your article. I am in a very small resort town I Oregon. Would you give me permission to use your narrative and playlist? I would definitely give you proper credit.

Hi JJ! That’s incredible that your dad owned Pandora’s Box in the 50s. If those walls could talk…

I’d be honored if this article was turned into a radio series. I’ll be in touch about this!

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Laurel Canyon Rock 'n' Roll Landmarks

by Lori A. Selke

Published on 21 Mar 2018

Laurel Canyon, in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles above Sunset Boulevard and below Mulholland Drive, was a nexus of rock 'n' roll-related activity in the 1960s. Everyone from David Crosby and Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young to Jim Morrison, Frank Zappa and Mama Cass of the Mamas and the Papas lived along Laurel Canyon Boulevard or the numerous dead-end side streets that branched off it. Perhaps its most famous denizen was Joni Mitchell, whose song "Ladies of the Canyon" was inspired by her time there. The neighborhood is quiet and laid-back, but sightseers can still take a peek at some rock royalty landmarks as they drive through.

Canyon Country Store

Any tour of Laurel Canyon should begin at this tiny, red-brick market adorned with murals evoking the era of the canyon's famous days. The store sells wine, deli-style sandwiches and candy bars, among other goods, and it's been standing since 1929. In the 1960s, local musicians would come to jam on the front porch together -- members of the Byrds and Buffalo Springfield numbered among them. Mama Cass lived in the basement and penned the song "Twelve Thirty" there; Morrison referenced the store as "the place where the creatures meet" in his song "Love Street."

The Love Street House

Morrison lived in the house at 8021 Rothdell Trail, right behind the Canyon County Store, with his girlfriend Pamela Coulson. It's often known as The Love Street House because it's heavily referenced in Morrison's song "Love Street," the same one that mentions the store. In 2011 the Rothdell Trail house was again in the news when an arsonist set fire to a car parked in front of the house, resulting in some structural damage to the house itself, but it has since been repaired.

The Log Cabin

Zappa lived in a house colloquially referred to as "the Log Cabin." The building was originally a roadhouse in the silent film era. In 1968 Zappa moved into the property, basement bowling alley and all. He brought with him a huge entourage of groupies, aspiring musicians and general hangers-on. The doors were never locked and the party never stopped. In 1982 the Log Cabin burned down, but you can still see its ruins at the corner of Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Lookout Mountain.

8217 Lookout Mountain

Mitchell owns the unassuming little cottage at 8217 Lookout Mountain. For a brief time, she lived there with Nash; their surprisingly domesticated affair -- and a shopping trip to an antiques store, where Mitchell bought a vase -- inspired Nash's hit song "Our House" for Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. The song was in fact written at Mitchell's piano right there at the cottage.

Laurel Canyon - A Tribute to Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Original 1960s Mid-Century Modern Home in Laurel Canyon Is a Trip Back in Time

E xpressions stem from somewhere and often ring true to some degree. One of the most common phrases that has so much validity to it is “They just don’t make them like they used to”. Maybe you heard your grandpa say this when you were walking by a new car lot, you mom when she took a bite of your Twinkie, or your dad operating a battery-operated lawn mower. But here at Den Garden this meaning to us, is most reflected in homes, as old homes have so much style and pizzaz,z and new homes all look the same, typically boring and grey.

Now don’t get us wrong… new homes are great and new construction is promising for wiring safety , fresh appliances, and eliminates the need for remodels. But everything in new homes are typically made with builder-grade level materials, meaning the cheapest, quickest, and often most boring elements go into building the structure of new day homes that simply all just look alike is every way possible.

Older homes often differ so much from one another, each telling their own stories, with different people generation after generation making a life within that home. With bones of the structures that were constructed by hand, these homes have so much detail carved into each element.

Right now an original 1960s mid-century home lives on the marketplace in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles. Check out the virtual tour below for a blimp of history!

This virtual house tour had us stopping to hit pause nearly every second, to admire the flashback in time of this relic of a home. It hit all the markets for mid-century modern and the next owner will surely be lucky to call this gem, home.

What is Mid-Century Modern?

Mid-century homes in the modern world are highly sought after by enthusiasts of the 60s era. Mid-century homes are primarily characterized by very large and spacious open floor plans with shorter ceiling heights, some with angle-pitched ceilings, and tons of natural unfiltered sunlight coming in from floor-to-ceiling glass.

Design finishes and textures include natural materials like plasterer, clay, stones, brick, and light wood, offering cool and warm tones at the same time.

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Biggest summer concert season at Blossom Music Center since the ‘80s: How to get tickets

• Updated: May. 08, 2024, 7:36 a.m. |
• Published: May. 07, 2024, 6:02 a.m.

The summer of 2024 will be one of the busiest concert seasons at Blossom Music Center since the 1980s. Among the artists performing, clockwise from top left: Norah Jones, Noah Kahan, Alanis Morissette and Pitbull. Getty Images

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CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio - Across its storied history, Blossom Music Center has hosted thousands of concerts. But the 2024 pop concert season is packed with artists young, mature and just plain old and still going. The 2024 Blossom Music Center’s schedule has more than 40 shows, the most in any summer since its mid-1980s peak.

Some weeks are so packed with touring acts that music fans with eclectic tastes and mounds of extra cash in their pockets could spend nearly a full week watching live music. Here is the full Blossom schedule for 2024.

Noah Kahan will perform May 28, 2024, at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

Noah Kahan: We’ll All Be Here Forever Tour

Tuesday, May 28

The singer-songwriter nominated for a Best New Artist Grammy in 2023, whose tune “Stick Season” was a hit on TikTok before it was even released, is going to have the biggest summer of his still young career. He will headline sheds and arenas this summer on the strength of his platinum third album, “Stick Season,” which topped charts in several countries.

8 p.m., Tickets start at $68.69 and are available at l ivenation.com .

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21 Savage: American Dream Tour

Wednesday, May 29

The star Atlanta rapper’s third album, “American Dream,” debuted atop the Billboard 200. Savage’s other collaborative albums with Metro Boomin’ and Drake, with whom he also toured, were also chart-toppers. and his duet with J. Cole, “A Lot,” earned both rappers their first Grammys. Savage is good at collaborating. 7 p.m. Tickets start at $42.35 and are available at livenation.com .

Chris Stapleton’s All-America Road Show

Friday, May 31

The celebrated Grammy, CMA, and ACM-winning singer-songwriter-guitarist, whose soulful ballad “Tennesee Whiskey” earned a diamond certification and is covered in bars across America, is still riding high off his latest album “Higher,” which topped the Billboard Country albums. Stapleton will be bringing singer-songwriter Marcus King and the married singing duo The War and Treaty. 7 p.m., Sold out. More information at livenation.com .

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NEEDTOBREATHE: The Caves World Tour

Saturday, June 1

The Christian-friendly rock band has long since crossed over in its nine album career and has chart-topping tunes across the Billboard charts, including uplifting anthemic tunes such as “Let’s Stay Home Tonight and “Who Am I.” Judah & The Lion will open the show. Tickets start at $29.95 and are available at. livenation.com .

Kenny Chesney will perform June 6, 2024, at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls. (Photo by Rick Scuteri/Invision/AP, File) Rick Scuteri/Invision/AP

Kenny Chesney: Sun Goes Down Tour

Thursday, June 6

The long-reigning stadium-filling country superstar, who was the only country artist listed among Billboard’s Top 10 touring acts of the century, is hitting the road behind his 20th studio album “Born,” released in March, and is purposely touring more “intimate” amphitheaters rather than his usual stadiums. Singer-songwriter Megan Moroney will open the show. 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $66.70 and are available at livenation.com .

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Foreigner & Styx with John Waite – Renegades and Juke Box Heroes Tour

Wed, June 12,

Freshly minted 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Foreigner are on what’s been billed as their farewell tour along with fellow ‘70s and ‘80s classic rock stalwarts Styx and John “Missing You” Waite. Tickets start at $41.30 and are available at livenation.com .

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New Kids On The Block with Paula Abdul & DJ Jazzy Jeff

Friday, June 14

The ‘80s boy-band-turned-middle-aged-man band seemingly still has the right stuff for their grown fans. NKOTB will be joined by ‘80s pop-dance machine Paula Abdul (no word if MC Skat Kat will be involved) and the erstwhile, pioneering DJ Jazzy Jeff for a fun trip into the musical Wayback Machine. 7 p.m. Tickets start at $32.55 and are available at livenation.com .

Hank Williams Jr.

Friday, June 21

Rockin’ country icon “Bocephus” received critical acclaim for his recent 58th album, “Rich White Honky Blues,” featuring covers of classic blues tunes produced by the Black Keys Dan Auerbach and released on his Easy Eye Sound record label. Fellow legend Marty Stuart & his Fabulous Superlatives and 7 p.m.Tickets start at $54.35 and are available at livenation.com .

Dave Matthews Band will perform June 25 at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls.. Tim Larsen, AP

Dave Matthews Band

Tuesday, June 25

Another member of the Rock Hall’s class of 2024, the DMB has been a annual visitor to Blossom for much of the century. The band’s tenth studio album, “Walk Around The Moon,” continued its string of hit records by peaking at No. 5 on the Billboard 200. 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $67.20 and are available at livenation.com .

Niall Horan: “The Show” Live on Tour 2024

Wednesday, June 26

The former One Direction member is now a solo singer-songwriter mixing classic Laurel Canyon vibes with synth-pop, rock and other sounds on his latest album, “The Show,” led by the singles “Heaven” and the tense “Meltdown.” 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $29.50 and are available at livenation.com .

Third Eye Blind with Yellowcard – Summer Gods Tour 2024

Friday, July 5

The late ‘90s Bay area alt-pop rockers -- who gave the world “Semi-Charmed Life” and “How’s It Going to Be” -- haven’t released an album since 2021′s “Our Bande Apart.” But they are teaming up to tour with early aughts pop-punkers Yellowcard, whose last album of new material was “Yellowcard” released in 2016. In February, Yellowcard band leader Ryan Key recorded an album of re-arranged Yellowcard covers with the Nasvhile-based post-rock band Hammock. Fortunately, both bands already have a string of fan favorites to play for fans, making the show a comfortable evening of hits. Arizona will open. 6:30 p.m. Tickets start at $45.90 and are available at livenation.com .

Norah Jones will perform July 11 at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls. Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

Norah Jones with Mavis Staples

Thursday, July 11

The nine-time Grammy winner released her ninth studio album, the gently soulful and upbeat “Visions,” recorded with the always-busy producer and multi-instrumentalist Leon Michels, in March 2024. Jones will tour with soul legend Mavis Staples, one of her many past duet partners and influences. Staples, a 1999 Rock Hall inductee with her family band The Staples Singers, has enjoyed a late-career renaissance with assistance from talented admirers and songwriters, including Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, Ben Harper, Neko Case, Valerie June, and others. Her most recently released album was a collaboration with fellow Rock Hall inductee, the late Levon Helm. “Carry Me Home,” recorded in 2011, shortly before the former The Band drummer’s death. 8 p.m. Tickets start at $78.25 and are available available at livenation.com .

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Luke Bryan: Mind of a Country Boy Tour 2024

Friday, July 12

Bryan, an “American Idol” judge and five-time Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year, also holds the very 21st-century distinction of being the most “digital single RIAA certified” country artist of all time with 84 million “digital single units” to go with his 30 No. 1. Dillion Carmichael, Alana Springsteen Larry Fleet and DJ Rock will open. 7 p.m. Tickets start at $89.25 and are available at livenation.com .

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Train & REO Speedwagon – Summer Road Trip 2024

Monday, July 15

Pop hitmakers Train team up with REO Speedwagon, one of their classic po-rock progenitors, giving fans a night of hits, including the former’s Grammy-winning Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)” and “Hey, Soul Sister,” and the latter’s ‘70s and ‘80s radio staples, “Ridin’ The Storm Out,” “Keep On Lovin’ You,” and “Can’t Fight This Feeling. 6:25 p.m. Tickets start at $48.65 and are available at livenation.com .

Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire: Heart & Soul Tour 2024

Tuesday, July 16

A pair of Rock Hall inducted groups, Chicago (2016) and Earth, Wind & Fire ( 2000), team up for an evening filled with tunes that resemble the sound of middle and late 1970s radio. So many memorable horn charts on top of so many classic grooves should have the likely Boomer-heavy crowd dancing in their seats. 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $38.55 and are available at livenation.com .

Alanis Morissette will perform July 17 at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

Alanis Morissette: The Triple Moon Tour

Wednesday, July 17

Canadian alt-rock goddess Alanis Morissette returns to Blossom with 2015 Rock Hall inductee Joan Jett & The Blackhearts and up-and-coming Nashville singer-songwriter Morgan Wade opening. 7 p.m. Tickets start $25.55 and are available at livenation.com .

Sam Hunt: Locked Up Tour 2024

Friday, July 19

Georgia songwriter turned successful R&B and pop-infused country singer-songwriter with chart-topping hits, including “Leave the Night On” and “Make You Miss Me.” George Birge and Russell Dickerson will open. 7 p.m. Tickets start $48.65 and are available at livenation.com .

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Unlimited Love Tour

Monday, July 22

The 2012 Rock Hall inductees are still offering fans the chance to suck their collective kisses. Fan favorite guitarist John Frusciante returned in 2019, giving RHCP fans who play guitar someone else’s fingers to stare at besides bassist Flea. Seun Kuti and Irontom will open. 7 p.m. Tickets start $115.50 and are available at livenation.com .

Totally Tubular Festival

Sunday, July 28

This flashback show brings together 1980s hitmakers, Thomas Dolby (“She Blinded Me With Science), the Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey (”Hold Me Now”), Modern English (“I Melt With You”), Men Without Hats (“The Safety Dance”), The Romantics (“Talking In Your Sleep”), and Bow Bow Wow (“I Want Candy”). 6 p.m. Tickets start $35.30 and are available at livenation.com .

Sammy Hagar: The Best of All Worlds Tour

Monday, July 29

The Red Rocker plays the hits from his solo career and the Van Hagar era. Canadian rockers Loverboy are also on the bill. 7 p.m. Tickets start $73.35 and are available at livenation.com .

Primus and Coheed and Cambria

Monday, August 5

Two bands with unique and progressive sounds and obsessive fan bases join forces for an unusual evening of unusual music under the Blossom pavilion. 7 p.m. Tickets start $78.25 and are available at livenation.com .

Hozier will perform Aug. 6, 2024, at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP) Andy Kropa/Invision/AP

Hozier - Unreal Unearth Tour 2024

Tuesday, August 6

The “Take Me To Church” singer-songwriter continues touring behind his third album, “Unreal Unearth,” which topped Billboard’s rock, alternative, and folk album charts upon its release in 2023. Singer-songwriter Joy Oladokun opens. Sold out. Go to Livenation.com for more information.

Thirty Seconds To Mars: Seasons World Tour

Wednesday, August 7

The prog-alt-electronic-band led by actor Jared Leto (“Morbius”) and his brother Shannon hit the road to promote their sixth album “It’s the End of the World But It’s a Beautiful Day.” Emo-punks AFI, Youtuber Poppy and Cleveland-born emo-pop-punker KennyHoopla open. 6:30 p.m. Tickets start $41.30 and are available at livenation.com .

John Legend: An Evening with

Thursday, August 8

This show is officially part of the Cleveland Orchestra’s 2024 Blossom Music Festival, but we’ll throw it in here because Legend will be singing many of his past hits and telling stories with accompaniment from conductor Anthony Parnther and the orchestra. 8 p.m.: Tickets start at $54 and are available at seatgeek.com .

Dan + Shay: Heartbreak On The Map Tour

Friday, August 9

The country-pop duo of Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney has torn up the country singles charts with Grammy-winning hits, including “Tequila,” “Speechless,” and the duet with Justin Bieber, “10,000 Hours.” Country hunks Jake Owens and Dylan Marlowe will open. 7 p.m. Tickets start $41.30 and are available at livenation.com .

The Queens of R&B: Xscape & SWV

Saturday, August 10

A quintet of Gen-X R&B queens and princesses unite for an evening of throwback jams, including SWV’s “Right Here,” and Xscape’s “Just Kickin’ It. Also providing the Gen-X jams are Mya, Total and 702. 7 p.m. Tickets start $41.30 and are available at livenation.com .

Kidz Bop Live 2024

Sunday, August 11

The wildly popular record series of kids performing sanitized versions of current pop songs has been taken to the stage. A pavilion only show. 4 p.m. Tickets start $41.30 and are available at livenation.com .

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Ryan Gosling, left, and Margot Robbie in a scene from "Barbie." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP) AP

Barbie The Movie: In Concert

Monday, August 12

A screening of “The Barbie Movie” accompanied live by an all-women orchestra conducted by Macy Schmidt. Tickets start $24.55 and are available at livenation.com .

Tedeschi Trucks Band: Deuces Wild 2024

Tuesday, August 13

The married team of slide guitarist Derek Trucks and singer-guitarist Susan Tedeschi returns to Blossom, with special guest Margo Price opening. This is a pavilion-only show. 8 p.m. Tickets start at $24.55 and are available at livenation.com .

Hootie & the Blowfish: Summer Camp with Trucks Tour

Thursday, August 15

‘90s hitmakers return to active duty with fellow ‘90s holdovers Collective Soul and Edwin McCain. 7 p.m. Tickets start at $54.60 and are available at livenation.com .

Human Musical Group Sensations Glass Animals: Tour of Earth

Wednesday, August 21

English pop-rockers will be promoting their upcoming fourth studio album, “I Love You So F***ing Much,” led by the single “Creatures in Heaven.” Rapper singer Kevin Abstract will open. 7:45 p.m. Tickets start at $41.80 and are available at livenation.com .

The Doobie Brothers 2024

Thursday, August 22

The 2020 Rock Hall inductees team up with fellow inductee Steve Winwood, who was inducted as a member of Traffic in 2004, for a bevy of beloved Boomer-era classics. Tickets start at $32.55 and are available at livenation.com .

Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper: Freaks on Parade 2024 Tour

Wednesday, August 28

The original Shock Rocker and the other shock rocker join forces for a co-headlining tour. Ministry and Filter open. 6 p.m. Tickets start at $38.05 and are available at livenation.com .

Pitbull will perform Aug. 29, 2024, at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls. (Photo by Scott Legato | 313Presents) Scott Legato |313Presents

Pitbull: Party After Dark Tour

Thursday, August 29

Mr. Worldwide tours the world and Ohio with T-Pain opening. 8 p.m. Tickets start at $41.80 and are available at livenation.com .

Avril Lavigne: The Greatest Hits

Friday, September 6

Turn-of-the-century teen pop rock queen takes a victory lap with pop punkers Simple Plan and Girlfriends opening. 7 p.m. Tickets start at $54.74 and are available at livenation.com .

Cage The Elephant: Neon Pill Tour

Monday, September 9

Alt-rockers bring music from their upcoming album “Neon Pill,” due out May 17. Young The Giant and Bakar will open. 6:30 p.m. Tickets start at $38.05 and are available at livenation.com .

Stone Temple Pilots & +LIVE+ - The Jubilee Tour

Tuesday, September 10

The reborn STP with new singer Jeff Gutt comes with the reunited LIVE. to ensure the ‘90s live on. 7 p.m. Tickets start at $78.25 and are available at livenation.com .

Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp: Outlaw Music Festival

Thursday, September 12

The trio of music legends and friends bring outlaw music to Blossom. 5:30 p.m. Tickets start at $63.70 and are available at livenation.com .

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Parker McCollum: Burn It Down Tour

Friday, September 13

Country singer-songwriter riding high on his fourth consecutive number single “Burn It Down.” Chayce Beckham opens. 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $41.30 and are available at livenation.com .

Sum 41: Tour of the Setting Sum

Sunday, September 15

Another early aughts pop-punk band, with heavy metal seasoning flogging a new and reportedly final record. The well-received double album, “Heaven:x:Hell” was released in March. Many Eyes and The Interrupters will open. 7 p.m. Tickets start at $54.35 and are available at livenation.com .

Vampire Weekend - ‘Only God Was Above Us’ Tour

Thursday, September 19

The hip indie rockers return with their first new album in five years. Cults will open. 7 p.m. Tickets start at $27.05 and are available at livenation.com .

The National and The War On Drugs with Special Guest Lucius

Saturday, September 21

Beloved turn-of-the-century indie rockers from the heart of Cincinnati on a double bill with The War On Drugs. Lucius opens. 6:45 p.m. Tickets start at $55.35 and are available at livenation.com .

Meghan Trainor: The Timeless Tour

Friday, September 27

She wants everyone to know that she is about more than simply “that bass,” with her first tour in seven years. Paul Russell and Ryan Trainor will open. 6:30 p.m. Tickets start at $35.30 and are available at livenation.com .

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John Ross - President & Founder of Laurel Canyon Live The Jeremiah Show

THE JEREMIAH SHOW - Featuring John Ross | President & Founder of Laurel Canyon Live John Ross is the President and the founder of Laurel Canyon Live. With over 200 motion picture credits, he moved into his first love of music and combined the skills from traditional motion picture production and music production into a new venture that streams live music concerts to mobile devices, televisions, and motion picture theaters. He has worked with IMAX on their IMAX Live initiative, and for Taylor Swift (Eras Tour motion picture), Beyonce (Renaissance Tour motion picture) The Original Music Soundtrack in the interview are songs from John Ross' catalog of movies. On most, he served as the Re-Recorder Mixer or Music Supervisor. Download the Laurel Canyon Live app at https://www.laurelcanyon-live.com Host - Jeremiah D. Higgins Executive Producer - Jeremiah D. Higgins Senior Sound Engineer | Producer - Graham Palmer | Surprise Studio Opening Theme Music By Sugizo "DO-FUNK Dance” https://sugizo.com/ evolve entertainment Network www.thejeremiahshow.com Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/jeremiahdhiggins/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jeremiah.higgins/ X - https://twitter.com/ShowJeremiah All Social Links - https://linktr.ee/jeremiahdhiggins Find Graham Palmer Surprise Studio on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/surprise__studio/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Celebrate Fire Service Day At Fire Station 1 On May 11

SANTA MONICA—On Monday, May 6, the city of Santa Monica announced that the Santa Monica Fire Department will host a community celebration May 11 for Fire Service Day at Fire Station 1.

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The event will be held on Saturday, May 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1337 7th Street.

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Fire Station 1 serves the downtown core and is Santa Monica’s most active station with 7,430 calls for service received in 2023. Fire Station 1 houses the department’s largest equipment, including its ladder truck, which will be on display for Fire Service Day.

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The best things to do this weekend in San Diego: May 10-12

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Joe Satriani & Steve Vai: For fans of acrobatic electric guitar shredding, the pairing of Joe Satriani and Steve Vai should be a double treat. Vai studied with Satriani prior to becoming the young “stunt guitarist” in former San Diegan Frank Zappa’s band. For their “Satch-Vai” duo tour, Satriani’s band boasts drum great Kenny Aronoff, while Vai’s band features rising guitarist Dante Frisiello. 8 p.m. May 10. Harrah’s Events Center, 777 South Resort Drive, Valley Center. $54.50-$99. ticketmaster.com

‘Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board Members’: This high-energy drag comedy by Mara Vélez Meléndez makes its West Coast premiere in a Diversionary-Moxie co-production that will be presented at Moxie’s home theater in Rolando. Lolita is the office receptionist in the Wall Street office of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board. Like the infamous Puerto Rican nationalist Lolita Lebrón , this Lolita makes it her goal to decolonize places and people with glamour, glitter and a gun. Runs through June 2. 7:30 p.m. Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Moxie Theatre, 6663 El Cajon Blvd., Suite N, Rolando. $20-$48. (858) 598-7620, moxietheatre.com , diversionary.org

Final weekend for Carlsbad Flower Fields: Get an up-close glimpse of the colorful ranunculus blossoms at Carlsbad Ranch. The fields can be visited daily through Mother’s Day, along with activities on the ranch, including tractor wagon rides, mining for gem stones and a strawberry shack. There will also be special events throughout the season, such as picnics, sound healing, yoga, live music, wine tasting and floral workshops. Check the online calendar for details. Runs through May 12. Times vary based on registration online. The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch , 5704 Paseo del Norte, Carlsbad. Tickets start at $14. theflowerfields.com

Gator by the Bay: Here’s where to find authentic Louisiana-style food and music. Hear from over 100 musical acts, dance along with your fellow San Diegnas and enjoy crawfish and other Southern food. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Spanish Landing Park, East 3900 North Harbor Drive, San Diego. Tickets start at $50. gatorbythebay.com

PUNDEMONIUM: Are you punny? Watch of compete in an ultimate battle of puns. Reservations can be made online. 10 p.m. Friday. Finest City Improv, 3746 6th Ave., San Diego. finestcity.vbotickets.com/event/pundemonium_san_diegos_only_pun_competition/123172

Party in the Park: Fridays at Petco Park mean City Connect jerseys and a party in Gallagher Square. Gate open about two hours before the first pitch and fans with tickets to the game can enjoy live music, drink specials and other activities. Gallagher Square, 840 K St., San Diego. Access is free for fans with tickets. mlb.com/padres/tickets/specials/party-in-the-park

‘Sense of Decency’: This world premiere psychological thriller by playwright Jake Broder is based on the book, “The Nazi and the Psychiatrist,” by journalist Jack El-Hai. It’s the true story of the American Army psychiatrist Douglas M. Kelley, who was tasked with interviewing and determining the competency of Nazi leader Hermann Göring during the post-WWII Nuremberg trials for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Runs through May 12. 7 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sundays. 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach. $55-$74. (858) 481-1055, northcoastrep.org

Wonderfont Festival: Three days of music across multiple stages, food, drinks, boat cruises = and other outdoor activities will take place along the San Diego Embarcadero during Wonderfront, with headlining acts such as Kaytranada, JID, Weezer, Dominic Fike, Beck and Mt. Joy. Free community performances will also take place in Seaport Village on all three days. Noon to 10 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Downtown San Diego. Tickets start at $135. wonderfrontfestival.com

Taylor Chapin and Glen Wilson solo shows: The La Jolla contemporary art gallery has two exciting solo showcases on the schedule. First up, Oceanside-based painter Taylor Chapin will present new work, which features her signature blend of optical and Pop-inspired art. After that, the L.A.-based multidisciplinary Wilson will present new works, which often feature startling images woven within unexpected canvases, such as chain-link fences. Exhibit runs through May 11.11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. Quint Gallery, 7722 Girard Ave., La Jolla. Free. (858) 454-3409, quintgallery.com

‘World of Orchids’: Known for being one of the largest and widest-ranging plant species on Earth, orchids are celebrated by the San Diego Botanic Garden each year in a special display known as the “World of Orchids.” Find the showcase — which features orchids grown near and far — in the Dickinson Family Education Conservatory. Some orchids are on loan from the Palomar Orchid Society and San Diego County Orchid Society. The exhibit runs throughout May and on some weekends, special workshops will take place to teach about orchids and how to care for them. See the full online calendar for details. Registration recommended. Open six days per week, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Tuesdays. Available through May 27. San Diego Botanic Garden, 300 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas. $7 in addition to general admission for non-members over 18. Free for kids under age 3. sdbg.org/world-of-orchids

Coronado Art & Wine Festival: More than 80 artists from a range of mediums and styles will showcase their work at this outdoor festival. Visitors can also expect food, live music, a kids’ art area, a silent auction and an overall street festival experience. Tickets can be purchased for a wine village with six tastings or a bubble lounge for nine tastings of champagne, prosecco or rosé. Noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. Located at the intersection of C Avenue and 10th Street in Coronado. Free to attend, tickets starting at $50 are required for wine tasting. coronadoartandwinefestival.com

Mic Drop’s two-year anniversary: Mic Drop Comedy will celebrate two years in business with a lip sync battle, comedy trivia, raffles and other games and prizes. The show will feature the club’s regular performers and is themed to be a mad tea party, so top hats and other costume attire is welcome. 1 p.m. Saturday. Mic Drop Comedy, 8878 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., San Diego. $20. micdropcomedy.com/shows/260859

‘Change Your Mind’ Festival: At this event emphasizing the importance of awareness and treatment of mental health, participants will go on knowledge quest with bingo cards to track their progress. Learn from experts in various areas of mental health along the way. Visitors can also participate in art installations and workshops and engage with various food and service vendors. Noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Oceanside Pier, 301 The Strand North, Oceanside. Free. Donations accepted. givesignup.org/TicketEvent/3rdAnnualChangeYourMindmentalhealthfestival

Live from Laurel Canyon: Songs & Stories of American Folk Rock: This show will bring to life the music of the artists community, Laurel Canyon, in Los Angeles, known for housing and inspiring the sounds of groups from the 60s and 70s. It’s a 90-minute show featuring stories and musical performances that influenced the time. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Balboa Theatre, 868 Fourth Ave., San Diego. Tickets start at $45. ticketmaster.com/event/0A005F9BD31639DD?brand=balboatheatre

Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage night: The San Diego Wave will play against Gotham FC with pregame and halftime events celebrating the heritage and culture of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. 4:30 p.m. Sunday. 2101 Stadium Way, San Diego. Tickets start at $15. ticketmaster.com/san-diego-wave-fc-san-diego-california-05-12-2024

‘Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812’: Making its West Coast premiere, this Tony-nominated electro-pop opera by Dave Malloy was adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s epic novel “War and Peace.” Young and impulsive, Natasha Rostova arrives in Moscow to await the return of her fiancé from the front lines. When she falls under the spell of the roguish Anatole, it is up to Pierre, a family friend in the middle of an existential crisis, to pick up the pieces of her shattered reputation. Through May 19. 7 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays; 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. 4040 Twiggs St., Old Town San Diego. $58-$73 (619) 337-1525, cygnettheatre.com

Brunch party with a live vinyl DJ: Beeside Balcony is hosting a special Mother’s Day vinyl brunch with roses for all moms at its La Jolla location on Sunday. This brunch party will have a local DJ spinning vinyl records from a variety of music genres including disco, funk, soul and house music. Some of the food items to be served include acai bowls, breakfast sandwiches, French toast, omelette and a poutine bowl with two eggs, rosemary fries, bacon and chorizo. A few of the drinks available to order on Sunday will be beer, white and red sangria, a mango michelada and Beesides’s Seagrove Sunrise signature cocktail, which has tequila, orange juice and pomegranate syrup. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. 1025 Prospect St. Suite 250, La Jolla. (858) 833-0471, beesidebalcony.com

‘Into the Woods’: For its season-opening production at the Moonlight Amphitheatre, Moonlight Stage Productions will present this classic Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical about fairy-tale characters searching for what happens after their happily ever after. “Into the Woods” was born at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre in 1986 before moving to Broadway the following year, where it won Tony Awards for its book and score. Opens May 1 and runs through May 18. 8 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays. Moonlight Amphitheatre, Brengle Terrace Park, 1200 Vale Terrace Drive, Vista. Single tickets are not on sale yet. (760) 724-2110, moonlightstage.com

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• Discover Moscow's UNESCO-listed Red Square, home to spectacular St Basil’s Cathedral, Lenin's Mausoleum and the historic GUM Department store
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Moscow Vibes – Three Day City Escape

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This short Moscow tour will give you a true taste of the history, culture and incomparable urban vibe that define one of the world’s largest metropolises. In just three days, this Moscow itinerary takes in all the most iconic sights of this attraction-packed destination. After two and half days getting acquainted with the city, we’ve set time aside for you to explore Moscow your way and discover your own favourite hang-outs in a city overflowing with hidden treasures

3-Day Moscow Tour Highlights:

• Panoramic Tour of Moscow: See Moscow beyond the postcard images on a private excursion by car through the city streets including a drive along the banks of the Moskva River. Visit the famous Bolshoi Theatre, pass by Gorky Park and the Novodevichy Convent, and admire the city from on high at the Sparrow Hill observation platform.
• Moscow Historical City Centre Guided Walking Tour : Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of one of the world’s biggest metropolises and discover local haunts on foot, including the Red Square, the Kremlin and the multi-coloured domes of St Basil’s Cathedral.
• Armory Chamber tour: Explore the endless treasures of this unique museum, displaying the wealth accumulated by Russian rulers from the 12th century until the October Revolution of 1917. Walking through the exhibition halls is a journey through the centuries.
• Moscow Metro Tour : Go deep underground on a subway tour of the famous Moscow metro. The world’s deepest metro system is renowned for its palatial, art-adorned stations, complete with marble columns and chandeliers.

On your first day, you’ll be treated to a panoramic, drive-by tour of Moscow to get a feel for the immense scale of one of the world’s most rapidly developing urban centres. The city’s history unfolds in real-time as you pass lavish imperial mansions, solemn Soviet structures and luxurious modern shopping centres.

Day two kicks off exploring Moscow’s historic centre on foot, followed by a tour of the Kremlin, the seat of Russian power and political intrigue for centuries. Stand in the Red Square, surrounded by the stunning architecture as you hear stories of the people and events behind many of Moscow’s most iconic landmarks.

On your final day, we’ll head beneath the city for a tour of the Moscow Metro and its famously ornate underground stations. Art lovers should hit up one of Moscow’s many world-class galleries such as the Tretyakov State Gallery, the Pushkin Museum or Garage, Moscow’s cutting-edge contemporary art museum. History fans can follow a Soviet trail through the city including Stalin’s Bunker, while those seeking a more indulgent experience can browse trendy neighbourhoods like Kitay Gorod or shop for everything from fashion to kitsch souvenirs at the enchanting Izmaylovo Flea Market. Foodies can head to one of the countless speciality stores sampling vodka, caviar and chocolate.

If you only have a few days to spend in Moscow, this tour will ensure you make the most of your time in the city. Let the experts navigate you through this complex and occasionally overwhelming capital, giving you plenty of time to soak up the city’s most unmissable attractions.

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Day 1 Panoramic city tour

Welcome to the glorious capital of Russia, Moscow! You’ll be met by your driver at the airport and taken to your centrally located hotel.

After check-in and rest, meet your private guide at the hotel lobby for a comprehensive tour of Moscow by car. Visit the starkly contrasting Theatre Square to see the stunning Bolshoi Theatre, pass Tverskaya Street, the city’s main boulevard and home to the landmark Yeleseyevskiy Grocery Store.

You’ll enjoy a panoramic drive along the Moskva River, where a huge, controversial state of Peter the Great was erected. Pass by the legendary Gorky Park and the White House before a stop at the architecturally stunning Novodevichy Convent, and the observation platform at Sparrow Hills, for a bird’s eye view over this staggering megalopolis.

Day 2 Red Square and Kremlin

After breakfast at the hotel, your guide will take you on a walking tour of the historical city centre. Stroll through the Red Square, the hub of cultural life in Moscow, with its elaborate ‘stone flower’ fountain and fantasy-like St Basil’s Cathedral – a postcard-perfect symbol of the nation. Admire the grandiose façade of GUM, the city’s most luxurious shopping centre, and visit Alexander’s Garden, with its eternal flame and the chance to watch a changing of the guards.

Break for lunch before continuing on a tour of the Kremlin and Armoury Chamber, famous of its collection of tsarist fashion, with regalia such as jewel-encrusted crowns, orbs and sceptres as well as arms and armour, exotic gifts from the leaders of faraway lands, and an illustrious case of Imperial Faberge eggs.

As an option* spend an evening on a sumptuous dinner cruise, taking in the stunning sights and city lights of this mesmerising metropolis by night.

Day 3 Metro and Arbat Street

Start a day with a tour of Metro, stopping on the way to marvel at some of the most elaborately decorated stations of the world-famous Moscow subway system. Take a stroll along Old Arbat street - the most famous street in Moscow. Through the centuries Arbat used to be one of the most bohemian places in Moscow. Today Arbat is a promenade full of small cozy cafes and street life.

The afternoon is free for you to either enjoy the rest of the day on your own or choose among optional excursions to explore more of Moscow. Visit the Tretyakov Gallery or Pushkin State Museum to admire Russian art. Join locals for a stroll at the Gorky or VDNH park.

Visit beautiful Kolomeskoye Estate or Izmailovo Kremlin, or spend a day exploring the beautiful city of the Golden Ring (Russian province) - Sergiev Posad. In the evening you will be transferred to the airport for your departure to your next destination.

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