Julie E. reviewed Laurel Canyon : The Inside Story of Rock-and-Roll's Legendary Neighborhood on + 213 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I really liked this book. It was really fun hearing about the history of Laurel Canyon. And all the crazy people that lived there. Totally cool read especially if you grew up in the 70s.
Janelle C. (jscrappy) reviewed Laurel Canyon : The Inside Story of Rock-and-Roll's Legendary Neighborhood on + 59 more book reviews
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If you have any interest in the music of the 1960s, you owe it to yourself to track down this book. I've never read a book that captured not only a moment in time, but a neighborhood, so vividly. Most fascinating to me was the story of Cass Elliot, a true neighborhood maven who brought together the members of Crosby, Stills and Nash, and helped set the stage for the folk-rock movement of the 1970s. The book starts in the "innocent" days from 1965-1969, before the Manson murders and Altamont changed the world of Laurel Canyon forever, and then moves into the harsher cocaine-fueled world of the 1970s. A terrific social history.
