| Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock-And-Roll's Legendary Neighborhood Contributor(s): Walker, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0865479666 ISBN-13: 9780865479661 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: A veteran journalist tells the inside story of the Laurel Canyon music scene of the '60s and '70s, an unprecedented gathering of some of the leading musical lights who forever changed the way popular music is recorded, marketed, and consumed. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Rock - Music | History & Criticism - General - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 781.660 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.52" W x 8.26" (0.63 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Chronological Period - 1970's - Cultural Region - Southern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the late sixties and early seventies, an impromptu collection of musicians colonized a eucalyptus-scented canyon deep in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles and melded folk, rock, and savvy American pop into a sound that conquered the world as thoroughly as the songs of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones had before them. Thirty years later, the music made in Laurel Canyon continues to pour from radios, iPods, and concert stages around the world. During the canyon's golden era, the musicians who lived and worked there scored dozens of landmark hits, from California Dreamin' to Suite: Judy Blue Eyes to It's Too Late, selling tens of millions of records and resetting the thermostat of pop culture. In Laurel Canyon, veteran journalist Michael Walker tells the inside story of this unprecedented gathering of some of the baby boom's leading musical lights--including Joni Mitchell; Jim Morrison; Crosby, Stills, and Nash; John Mayall; the Mamas and the Papas; Carole King; the Eagles; and Frank Zappa, to name just a few--who turned Los Angeles into the music capital of the world and forever changed the way popular music is recorded, marketed, and consumed. |
Contributor Bio(s): Walker, Michael: - Michael Walker has written extensively about popular culture for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, and other publications. He is the author of Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock-and-Roll's Legendary Neighborhood. He lives in Laurel Canyon. |
