The LA Times Explores LA's Rock Scene In The Sixties

[DudeAsInCool]

The LA Times has published two recent articles on the Summer of Love when the Doors, the Byrds and Morrison, Crosby, Zappa and other hippies ruled the roost:

L.A. felt the love of the summer of '67 too

"The Strip, that was a major center for music of the day, with the Byrds and the Doors and the Buffalo Springfield," says Lou Adler, the music producer and impresario. "In San Francisco, things were exploding and everything was new. It all happened at once. But in Los Angeles, it had been building for a while, so it was more gradual. It wasn't observed in the same way. The scene here was so well-connected with the entertainment industry too, that it was not as jolting to observers. "

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Laurel Canyon, where rock legends let their hair down

A tour of Laurel Canyon's rock 'n' roll haunts requires a certain historical imagination. Anyone can stroll inside the Fillmore or onto the corner of Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco for a Jann Wenner-worthy nostalgia fix. But as for Frank Zappa's log-cabin compound on Laurel Canyon Boulevard? Burned to the ground on Halloween in 1981. The house where Mama Cass introduced Graham Nash to David Crosby and Stephen Stills? Could be this one, or maybe it's that one. Arthur Lee's room where he watched hippies pick flowers while writing Love's "Forever Changes"? It's got to be one of these places."

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[rainbowdemon]

Very interesting!!

[DudeAsInCool]

The Aquarium Drunkard has been devoting quite a few columns to the scene, e.g.

Crosby, Stills and Nash

David Crosby