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Laurel Canyon

The Inside Story of Life in L.A.'s Legendary Rock and Roll Neighborhood

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Laurel Canyon

By: Michael Walker
Narrated by: Lloyd James
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About this listen

 Laurel Canyon was the neighborhood perched above the clubs and record companies of Sunset Strip where Joni Mitchell, Jim Morrison, Graham Nash, Cass Elliot, Carole King, Don Henley, and Peter Tork, just to name a few, lived and collaborated to make an indelible mark on our music and our culture. This is the story of an important period in rock music, but also of the harsher results of the sixties, as hard drugs and easy sex began to take their toll and the gruesome Wonderland murders signaled the end of the era.©2006 Michael Walker (P)2006 Blackstone Audio Inc. History & Criticism Music Social Sciences Rock History

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" Laurel Canyon is hilarious and true and bittersweet. Michael Walker catches the mood in the air, and gets it right....The interviews are wonderful....It's a beautifully written document of that time and place when the personalities were as big as those stony dreams that fueled some of the greatest masterpieces in rock." (Cameron Crowe)
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A little slow to start but give it time. Wonderful story which is quite riveting. Very well read. This was included in my subscription and was worth the time. Highly recommended.

Brilliant book

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I downloaded this and wasn't sure what I was getting, it turned out to be a fantastic music history lesson, Laurel Canyon was a movement, produced so many great songs and stories, if you have any interest in this I'd say its worth a look.

Very Cool

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Excellent. Great History. Laurel Canyon will always be a special place because of everything that has happened there.

Laurel Canyon

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this review had to be 15 words long, so here they are - enjoy. .

self indulgence in 11 chapters - this review has t

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Very good summing up of a time and place, for me. Thoroughly informative. Good narration.

Those were the days

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