Laurel Canyon Episode 6 - "Our House" (First Half)

[@wendylederer367]

I’m kind of obsessed with Laurel Canyon. I love the history behind it. I want to live there. To be around such rich history must be amazing!

[@wendylederer367]

@@Eeohippus I hate driving In LA. I would rather have my eyes gouged out with a hot poker that deal with that traffic but If your used to it then I guess it wouldn’t bother you as much.

[@lorihoop3831]

I am too. Bucket list item is to go there and roam the streets

[@wendylederer367]

@@lorihoop3831 I drove around Beverly Hills and surrounding areas. I wanted to see the houses of Old Hollywood stars. I wanted to see Jean Harlows house. When you drive in those neighborhoods you really feel the presence of those people. I look at old houses and buildings around LA and I think I don’t know who lived here but I know some crazy Sh%* must of went down here.

[@sandrarios106]

Read “ Weird Scenes at the Canyon “ by David McGowan

[@wendylederer367]

@@sandrarios106 I have it on my book list.

[@cre8lite11]

I’m 76 so it brings back memories. I was 20 in 1966 I’m living in Santa Barbara mostly But had reluctantly spent three years in LA before that. In 1964 I was living at David Crosby’s cousins house in Santa Barbara etc. I have so many stories but the 60s generation is dropping like flies myself included

[@dennistaylor5793]

I am same age, may 29 46. Good luck, Dennis T. In tx.

[@written12]

Hang in there. Things are different nowadays. You can be 76 and not anticipate dropping like a fly - or a Byrd

[@written12]

Oh, and get the stories committed to paper or digital Audio!

[@arribaficationwineho32]

Please write your story!

[@cre8lite11]

@@written12 I don't even know what digital audio is, I'm not a techie. But I did have a couple of radio shows in the 70s/80s

[@lorihoop3831]

This series is excellent. I've read many, many books on the 60's, including 'Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon', and this is the perfect visual companion to the books. I'm obsessed with that whole scene. Thanks so much, looking forward to your new series. I recommended this to all my music loving friends. A+++++

[@tiffanyroseangeles34]

I used to watch the Monkees avidly on the television. Fave was Davy Jones!

[@memoryfield]

It was an awesome show way back in the day!

[@arribaficationwineho32]

“WKe up sleepy Jean….”

[@maureenhorrigan7151]

These episodes of the musicians of Laurel Canyon are my favorite period in time. Thanks so much

[@memoryfield]

Thanks, Maureen. And so glad to hear that.

[@wasabiginger6993]

Joni’s album “Blue” in my early-mid 20’s kept me from going insane … she spoke so deeply for me around how I was really feeling … I can still sing that song at 72 with the deepest gratitudes to her … and can relate to not wanting a long term beloved guy in my life whom would keep clipping my life wings.

[@memoryfield]

Blue by Joni Mitchell is definitely within the Top 10 greatest albums ever recorded in the 20th Century. I discovered it later in life. After I grew up and matured a bit and was able to appreciate it more. :)

[@jmeinoff4555]

I'm a guy 5 years younger than you. I remember my friends older sister constantly playing Blue when it first came out. I thought the melodies were great but never listened to the lyrics much. 3 years later I found myself always humming the melodies for some reason so I broke down and bought the album.. While stationed on Midway Island when I was in the Navy I gotta say that album got me through a lot of bad times especially the track California. Still listen to it and always will, it's a masterpiece.

[@johnbrady1211]

Yes, “Blue” by Joni Mitchell is one of the greatest albums ever. If you don’t have it in your collection, then your music collection is not complete. I still have the original vinyl given to me by my girlfriend when it came out. What an incredibly moving collection of songs.

[@ninamc6116]

Mickey D was my favorite Monkee. I loved them. The show is a classic

[@memoryfield]

For sure!

[@vinylzappa]

Mike Nesmith spoke to Frank Zappa bemoaning their manager and the Head movie.

[@wendylederer367]

I’ve seen documentaries about the beach boys and Brian Wilson. It’s just so heartbreaking what these guys have gone through. When people are dealing with mental illness there are often people that take advantage of them especially if they’re a celebrity.

[@jamesburk767]

That is such a stand up thing of John Lennon. One of heroes. To hear him treat Brian as nice as he did just speaks so many volumes about him and his character. I feel so bad for Brian knowing all of his mental health problems that he went through. It truly is sad.

[@memoryfield]

Agreed. Lennon had his good moments and he had a lot of lesser moments in his life. I don't think John enjoyed being cruel to others but I think he went thru childhood trauma of his own that seemed to make him often lack empathy for others and to have very little patience for listening. Brian Wilson obviously had his own trauma as well and John Lennon probably recognized it in him. Plus, I think maybe he just had a great respect for Brian as a fellow musician. Either way, it is a really cool story. Thanks for watching!

[@markdinkel-uh2je]

There's good and bad in all of us.

[@BackyardCed]

There’s the like button but where’s the love button when you need it ! What a great series of videos that is so far !

[@memoryfield]

After you finish this one, there should be another new series starting up in about two weeks from now!

[@patriciahandy2234]

Love this series @memoryfield !! Laurel Canyon was magical!! Kris Kristofferson was in one of the oucs too! Would live you to do a special I n him!

[@idw9159]

good luck with getting to 10k subscribers it will be deserved, billy.. loving these laurel canyon videos, they are entertaining, informative and deliciously vicarious, also we can see what a wonderful place LA can be to live when the weather's so nice

[@memoryfield]

Thank you, Ian. We appreciate your comments and also so glad that you're enjoying the series. Come back and see us again!

[@gilly5094]

Just discovered this series. Thank you so much. Your research is so detailed! I really enjoy the way you walk through Laurel Canyon and include a few quiet moments where birdsong is the only sound. I learned quite a bit from the series. I’ve watched other Laurel Canyon documentaries, but yours are the most enjoyable and fact-filled. I once stood behind Mickey Dolenz in a queue at Harrods’ cafe!

[@memoryfield]

Thank you so much. So glad you found us here and that you're enjoying the series. We had a lot of fun creating it. Would love to meet Mr. Dolenz!

[@JD-ir5fj]

That song where Joni goes "drivin' drivin' the hill" makes more sense now. It's on Court and Spark which came out later around 74.

[@pinecone1321]

Love the JLennon intro to BWilson nugget of canyon lore story. Your a good narrator, enjoying the series!

[@memoryfield]

Glad you enjoy it! Thanks for watching and for your comments. Working on the next one right now. So much more to talk about, lol.

[@julietrask7497]

Me too, two geniuses recognizing each other’s personal foibles.David Crosby I cannot stand for numerous reasons.

[@bluey7007]

Just love this..remember meeting graham nash and john Lennon here in uk 1963.samantha dolenz was then samantha juste when she played the records on englands biggest pop show top of the pops..she was beautiful...

[@memoryfield]

Awesome! Yes, she certainly was very attractive. Micky did quite well, lol.

[@amyyoshikawa7698]

Hi enjoyed The Beach Boys and the Monkees. One of the best and talented groups of the 60’s. Love Laurel Canyon ☮️👍🏻

[@memoryfield]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@drratran]

Now I am in tears with the passing of David Crosby just 12 days ago!

[@markdinkel-uh2je]

Guinnivere

[@tiffanyroseangeles34]

I loved that song…BOTH SIDES NOW!❤❤❤❤

[@susancox1221]

David Cassidy who had a wonderful music career way beyond that show Partridge Family. He could rock with the best and played guitar like Hendrix. He had 22 gold records and toured from 70-74 weekends during the airing of PF He did world tours to sing in countries all around the world. He was a phenomenal songwriter and his singing career led him to Vegas and Broadway. David knew so many of his Laurel Canyon neighbors including John Lennon, Micky Dolenz, Brian Wilson and others. He was also a good and kind man and my dear friend of 40 years. He would love this documentary for sure.

[@JRRTOKIN420]

Greetings, Tom Cochrane. You do look like him 😊. I recently came across one of your KZbin videos about Laurel Canyon, and after watching it, it drew me into watching the others, which I must say I'm thoroughly enjoying. Love them so far. What a magnificent time it must have been. All encapsulated in one amazing area known as Laurel Canyon. How I wish I could have been there to witness it all unfold. Great era, Musically. -J From Saskatchewan, Canada. Only 90 minutes away from Saskatoon. Cheers 🍻

[@music_fanatic1111]

I was going to make that same comment of looking like Tom

[@JRRTOKIN420]

@music_fanatic1111 lol

[@Dzanarika1]

I just love ❤️ the beautiful landscape of the Canyon and those houses. Now, your narration is totally another level, cannot explain how much I enjoy it, it is so informative and pleasent. Your videos are literally heaven for my eyes and ears. Really awesome work!

[@memoryfield]

Thanks again! I have a lot of fun making these.

[@SweetSummerChild1967]

Im a Gen Xer child of hippie parents whose first intro to that time was Summer afternoon reruns of The Monkees in the 1970s. I begged my parents for any Monkees stuff. Discovered their treasure trove of albums from this time in the early eighties-- the doors, jimi, cs&n, byrds, love, joni-- but the very first music I remember hearing was Yellow Submarine. (About 3 yrs). Micky was always my favorite Monkee, and he does have some stories in his autobiography about this house. Thanks for including the Monkees in this LC retrospective. 😊

[@ginaferracini9375]

What a beautiful couple Samantha and Mickey made I have a monkey Cd the doors mammas and Pappas Beatles john Lennon ..love this channel. So much history with amazing and talented people. ❤

[@nickmat3153]

I have thoroughly enjoyed your series on the Laurel Canyon musicians, especially enjoyed the old history and photos of Los Angeles!

[@memoryfield]

Thanks for the very nice compliments, Nick. We enjoyed making these videos and we just tried to have a lot of fun with all of it.

[@augustusbetucius2931]

Again, a great job. There is another person who has done some videos on the Laurel Canyon music scene, but they have done *nothing* compared to what you have done here. Theres was three, maybe four videos, each thirty minutes long. The depth and breadth of detail doesn't even come remotely close to what yours is. Truly impressive. It's nice to see what someone can do when they really care, and sincerely make an effort.

[@richierugs6544]

fascinating, im watch all the videos--great job--

[@stephaniecowans3646]

Just discovered this channel this week and am LOVING every episode and what I find myself thinking is that with the maze-like narrow winding streets in the canyon, how did all the guests who would drop by to visit their equally famous friends find those out of the way homes? Years back, I lived in the Mt. Washington area (hills above Eagle Rock) and was at a party at the top of the hill where my house was at the bottom of it and I got total flipping lost going home (no street lights, dark) and this was my own neighborhood.

[@memoryfield]

Wow, that is a crazy story! Hopefully you weren't out in the dark for too long. :)

[@stephaniecowans3646]

@@memoryfield I ended up about 1/2 a mile from my house by the time I reached street level (I just kept focusing on going downhill) and by the time I reached ground level (I think it was San Fernando Road) I was able to find my way back home since I recognized the area.

[@fabrikk60]

George Harrison wrote a Beatles song about being lost in nearby Hollywood Hills, called "Blue Jay Way".

[@johnbrady1211]

What a great series. I am totally digging it so far. Thank you so much. But the little trivia about Joni Mitchell and her daughter is kind of different from what I have read about her and heard her speak about in interviews. From what I read, she got married to Mitchell after she found she was pregnant, he left her her alone and pregnant. In those days, it was shameful to be young, pregnant and no husband. Her family did what others did when something like that happened. They sent her away to visit "family" quite far away. She went to a place where other girls in her situation were also having babies they could or would not be able to care for. The story is told in the song, "Little Green" from the Blue Album. She decided that she wanted a career in music and could either be a mother or an artist/songwriter. So, she gave the baby up for adoption at birth. It was easy for her daughter to find her later in life, because as the song says "So you sign all the papers in the family name. You're sad and your sorry but you're not ashamed. Little Green, have a happy ending". Eventually her daughter found her because she used her real family name on the adoption papers. She named the baby Kelly Anderson. (Her maiden name) At least that's the way I read it and heard it. I can't wait for the next video in the series. Best regards, John...

[@memoryfield]

Thanks for all of your comments. I used information from several different sources about Joni and that whole situation and I found a few different discrepancies as well between each one of them. Make sure you use this playlist function in order to see all the episodes in proper order. Thanks for watching! kzbin.info/aero/PLMGnMaveEzfma6qiSlhb0EOmvKyNSpg2c

[@johnbrady1211]

@@memoryfield ha, you’re right about the discrepancies. I watched several different interviews with Joni and she gave different answers about her daughter in them. Joni contradicts herself in several different interviews depending on when the interview was conducted. I got my information mostly from a book called “Girls Like Us”. It’s a huge book with separate biographies about Joni Mitchell, Carol King and Carly Simon. Written by Sheila Weller. It gives much insight to these three incredible artists/songwriters of Laurel Canyon. Anyway, I stayed up until 4:00AM to finish the series. I will definitely watch the whole thing again. I am sure I missed a lot because I was very tired. Thanks again for this huge, interesting series and all the research that you put into it. Best regards, John…

[@thunderousapplause]

Had no idea Joni had a baby. Wow. So hard.

[@williamhiles7404]

Carly Simon, Carole King & Joni Mitchell. Three very beautiful & musically talented Ladies. This Rocker loves all three. Thanx, Ladies. LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹

[@robertwiebenga5492]

Thanks so much your shows have been vantasticagain thanks from AUSTRALIA

[@memoryfield]

Thanks for listening and from so far away. I used to live there way back in 1989-1991. Brisbane/Gold Coast area.

[@rollydoucet8909]

Interesting history, great video. Again, thank you.

[@memoryfield]

And thank you for watching. We appreciate your comments!

[@smedleybutler8787]

Lot of black magic goes on in those hills.

[@memoryfield]

Sounds really ominous!

[@tingtingshiny2877]

After the "weird scenes of laural canyon" book readings I listened to on YT, I don't doubt that. The book takes a look in on the wild side/ dark side of the music and hippy scene of pre Hollywood & pre music boom. the military had the first studio in them hills for film (silent film) and music ( radio) 🧐 the electronic Industry went ka boom and the new age was born...the drop out age of drugs and "hippys" came soon after.

[@virginiaviola5097]

So thoroughly enjoying this series. Even as a huge music buff, and knowing the history of the area and the musicians of the time..to see it all put together like this, the homes, the canyon, the research and the photographs creates a whole picture of the area and people’s proximity to each other at that time. Am so thrilled to have stumbled upon your channel, and thoroughly enjoying this series. Best wishes from 🇦🇺🐨 🦘

[@memoryfield]

Very kind of you. Thanks so much for your input and for watching and supporting us here. New series starting in about 2 weeks!

[@williamhiles7404]

That's just the way it was in Britain, all those talented musicians in close proximity to each other. A really cool book to have is the 1984 'Rock Encyclopedia' with Pete Frame's 'Rock Trees'. Of course, there is also his complete 'Rock Trees' book, showing American/Canadian 'Rock Trees' also. LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹

[@abbynormal206]

I just found you and im bingin the B jesus out of the laurel canyon series. Yikes i cant stop!!

[@memoryfield]

Not sure I'll be able to keep up the content that fast, lol! Thanks for watching. Much appreciated!

[@1860mahler]

Me again, David from Liverpool. The thing I love about this series is all the things not pertaining to the music that I just did not know, like David Crosby was such a good sailor. Broken record time I say again outstanding video quality!! This has to be the worst period in the history of the world. The Sixties and Seventies well that has to have been the best.. Everything went from black and white to colour. All the the music that came out of L.C. and Great Britain was just incredible when you look back. This is best music doc I have seen. Honourable mention to the amazing, Searching For Sugarman. Cannot get enough of this series. Fantastic...

[@memoryfield]

David, you are too kind. Thanks for all of your very nice comments. I'm actually in the midst of a complete overhaul of ALL of these videos in this series and they're all getting a makeover, so no, none of this was perfect and I made some errors that I'm trying to fix now. Trying to edit for the audience better as well. Not just for myself!

[@memoryfield]

And yes, I think we can agree on the quality of the music coming from this particular time period :)

[@pilothouseking]

Cocoanut Grove AKA Miami, where City Hall is located-at the marina, which used to be the passenger terminal of Pan Am airlines seaplane base.

[@Ladysensei]

These videos are wonderful Dan Fogelberg also lived there. With his career now soundly on track, Dan got his first advance check from Columbia and moved to Lookout Mountain, in the heart of Laurel Canyon, where his neighbours included the Eagles, and Mark Volman of the Turtles. He lived there for a year and a half, during which time the sunny inspiration that had touched so many of his fellow canyon dwellers began to bring forth a torrent of beautiful new songs in him. He rented a grand piano and entranced nearby neighbours, such a famed photographer Henry Diltz, who heard Dan playing til dawn. ” I remember hearing this incredibly beautiful music echoing through the trees,” Henry recalled, “and I said to my wife, ‘Who is this guy?'” They all soon became fast friends, with Henry taking famous portraits of Dan for many of his album covers. “I've known The Eagles for a long, long time. As a matter of fact, we were putting our trips together on Lookout Mountain Avenue in Laurel Canyon in '71 and didn't know each other - - lived about two blocks apart. Don and Glen were putting together their first album and I was in the process of doing mine. We finally met in Nashville when I was making Home Free. And I was in the hotel room at the Holiday Inn for months on end and The Eagles came in and it was their first tour. They were opening for Procol Harum. We went next door and they said, "Hi, man, we're The Eagles from Los Angeles", which they're still saying. And I remember meeting Bernie and Glenn and Don, I think. They were in there and they were out of marijuana. So I gave them a lid and we were fast friends ever since . . . a little Tennessee green, you know? It was really funny. “And then we got to be very good friends because eventually Irving started managing them and Joe Walsh came into the scene. And Joe and I were working in the studio at the same time that The Eagles were working on On The Border. And I went out and opened for them for about two years, you know? I used to do a lot of hits for The Eagles, opening, which were really fun. It took all the pressure off and it was nice being out with friends and not having to be in a cloistered situation where the band is there and the opening act is here. We were all the same band as far as we were concerned really. And they would go out of their way to help me.” Dan Fogelberg

[@memoryfield]

Thanks for the info!

[@Mskathlene-pq6tw]

I worked at the troubadour but only the restaurant part I wasn't old enough to go to the shows

[@scottspaine4864]

Thanks for the walk down memory lane. Laurel Canyon was indeed the birthplace of so many great musicians and the iconic music. Netflix produced a documentary on the the 60's era in Laurel Canyon title, "Echos in the Canyon." Jakob Dylan (Bob's son) was the host. You Tube also has clips from a few of their concerts promoting the documentary.

[@memoryfield]

Yes, I saw that when it came out. Loved it! Thanks for watching and thanks for sharing your comments. Much appreciated!

[@christophern4038]

I saw Jakob's doco also but I think Billy's series here is far far better.

[@memoryfield]

@@christophern4038 Haha, thanks. I think they may have had a slightly larger budget than we did.

[@HarryHamsterChannel]

Look like a series of alleyways.

[@mikejames-drummerreginacan1386]

FANTASTIC

[@lifelover515]

Your John Lennon story shows how much respect he had for Brian. John could be notoriously savage with starstruck fans, and often seemed more interested in losing them than keeping them. Lucky Brian caught John on a good day. I love all the phases of Joni's ever-developing music, right from her early days in Saskatoon as Joni Anderson through to her excursions into jazz arrangements up to the early 90s, when her fine soprano had lost most of its edge. But I know 'Blue' is one that seems to resonate with a lot of folks. More comment on this material in the second half.

[@memoryfield]

Yes, on a good day. Exactly. Somehow I don't think he would have treated Brian Wilson the same way he may have treated just some random autograph hound in a restaurant. Like me, for example. But I'd have been smart enough to never approach him, ever. Or Joni Mitchell. Or Van Morrison. Or Bob Dylan.

[@memoryfield]

Funny story that his reminds me of. Whenever The Beatles were all treating each other poorly in the studio (White Album, Let It Be, etc.) and George Harrison would start getting fed up with it he would go out and retrieve some other big-name celebrity like Eric Clapton, or whoever he could find in that part of London, and then bring them back to the studio with the other Beatles. He knew that Paul and John would be wary of how they acted or spoke in the presence of some other well-known musician, and it would cause them to change their behavior and start playing nicely.

[@thomasromano9321]

@@memoryfield True enough. But I would have thought Lennon would appreciate the musical genius of Brian Wilson. Maybe he'd heard "Pet Sounds?" Who knows, a musical influence on the Beatles?

[@carolbell8008]

I love that story and also hope it is true. Good vid. This was part of the LA music scene. History, love it!

[@memoryfield]

I think it may have evolved over time and I've heard it told in different ways and that it may have happened somewhere else. But like everything else back in that time, it gets a bit hazy after many years go by. :)

[@wandaborowy9400]

Amy had stellar acting career.

[@chriswhitelaw447]

Awesome, just watched all episodes - great work! Looking forward to the next!.. Many thanks...

[@memoryfield]

Glad you like them! There's more on the way. At least three more episodes. Thanks for watching all of it!

[@chriswhitelaw447]

@@memoryfield Great news - thanks

[@annettefindlay8076]

Love your video’s!❤️

[@memoryfield]

Thank you!!

[@rca6576]

Crosby's addiction caused his relationship issues. He was brilliant though and he could sing harmonies like NO ONE else in the business. I loved him. He was a curmudgeon but, he was OUR curmudgeon. Rest well, Croz. His solo album If I could only remember my name was brilliant AF.

[@giftedplanksify]

I met Crosby after a concert with pcr and asked if I come back in 5 minutes will he sign my dejavu album and I still got the album and it still plays clean .no big deal

[@memoryfield]

That's awesome. I wonder if I will ever get to meet him. Seems doubtful.

[@pinecone1321]

I recently moved to Detroit. Joni Mitchell was here? What was Geffen doing here. Love this!

[@memoryfield]

Joni was there in the Cass Corridor neighborhood of Detroit for just a couple of years with her first husband and I think David Geffen was working as a talent scout for a small record label back in those early days before he founded his own label and then signed Joni to Asylum Records in 1971.

[@pinecone1321]

@@memoryfield yep just looked it up. So amazing all of the goings on in Laurel Canyon whole Detroit had its burning. Hoping there's more. This series is giving me vision to do the walking tour of my dreams. BTW the music sets the vibe ✌️

[@memoryfield]

Yep. Three more installments in the series!

[@fabrikk60]

Being that Detroit is just over the river from Canada, it's a major city that a Canadian can hold a cash-paying job in, but claim there're only down for a day trip if some official questions them on the street.

[@urthalenharr9408]

The written captions are not shown long enough to read it all

[@thunderousapplause]

Just finished peggy caserta’s book I Ran Into Some Trouble (great title, fab book) and I realized LC was for the folkies, not the Rock and Roll bands, except for Morrison. Interesting division between types of music/people, I guess. The rockers were at the Chateau Marmont bangin heroin. Never heard of any folkies getting addicted to heroin but they probably did.

[@sheilacrabtree5993]

I wonder if the opening lines in cactus tree is about David ? There's a man whose been out sailing in a decade full of dreams and he takes her to his schooner and he treats her like a queen. I love that song! But she's just too busy being free!

[@memoryfield]

That definitely sounds like she's referring to Crosby. Joni was always one to get right to the point and without a lot of thinly veiled references. :)

[@sheilacrabtree5993]

@@memoryfield I saw her at Duke back in the early 70s. She talked about her travels and song writing between songs, really drew me in. Miles of isles is the one I reach for most because it's live also. Your work is awesome too. Watched them all and I agree Facts do matter. Thank you from NC!

[@Ilovemusic793]

Honestly Showing up to a party in your robe and slippers-that’s gangsta

[@lonestar227]

I had all the Monkeys albums . I regret giving them to my younger cousins :(

[@kingofallmediums2123]

Actually I have been to to LA 3x. 1978 when I was 13 yrs old. I went to my Cousin Karen Wedding in 1978. I remember I couldn’t take the cigarette 🚬 smoke at the wedding. Everyone smoked back then!

[@memoryfield]

Yes, it was so much different back then. I remember people smoking on airplanes! That sucked. LOL.

[@giftedplanksify]

My dad was friends with Murray and my dad was no slouch on the belt either!!/_ the good ole days

[@memoryfield]

Wow, that's ominous!

[@lestatsluv317]

The story about John Lennon sounds very accurate and similar to many many stories about him throughout his life, especially with people who were fans of his. I am inclined to believe it for that reason.

[@memoryfield]

John had his moments, that's for sure. Good and bad and everything in between!

[@simonhough]

i think that a lot of musicians lives and careers are summed up by the song hotel California

[@victorboucher675]

I remember when his sailboat was down in Noyo, maybe he knew Andy down in Mendo, could have, I don't know, just seems like he was there kinda for a long time. Mid seventies ... kinda hard to remember ...

[@cre8lite11]

I lived in Mendocino in the early 70s for two years but I had come up from Santa Barbara my hometown where I lived in David David Crosby's cousins house before he was in the birds. I met him there, to be continued

[@thunderousapplause]

Getting bashed in the head can cause TBI which can change a personality

[@vinylzappa]

John Peel said he met the Byrds in LA and said he wished he hadn't.They were a-holes. I'd love to know what happened.

[@memoryfield]

Hmmm... I know they had a bad first tour of the UK back in '65 and they all had their excuses and their reasons as to why it didn't go too well. Egos too big at a very young age, maybe.

[@vinylzappa]

@@memoryfield Like Frank Zappa said 'We're Turning Again'

[@EviMlcak]

Ahhhh, a Corvette and a Mustang! My sister-in-law has a '66 Hard-top Mustang in same color. Sigh.

[@thunderousapplause]

SMILE is a great movie about Brian Wilson.

[@tiffanyroseangeles34]

John Lennon was from a working class hero to my favourite rockstar that as we all knew met the most tragic fate…..He never ever deserved. What a diamond he was! I’m not surprised he was like that,with Brian. However,many of these rockstars are very complex personalities…….

[@memoryfield]

All very true. Lennon had some issues that's for sure. Childhood trauma that he never seemed to get over.

[@johnwright291]

You should go to where lenny Bruce's house was. It was in the canyon I'm quite sure. Hmm what do you suppose brian wilson was doing behind the counter in a pharmacy ?

[@jimideez9829]

That was the failed vitamin store he opened.

[@RebekahCurielAlessi]

😊

[@timtottles4839]

@16:03 Is that David Crosby's handler?

[@memoryfield]

That's his dad. Who does not approve of the use of marijuana. LOL.

[@timtottles4839]

@@memoryfield Well, yea his dad had to be straight edge to marry into Dutch royalty. You should do another series where you go into all the prominent connections and webs linking all of these people, and to the famous murders in the area, as well as Charles Manson, etc.

[@memoryfield]

Episodes 7, 8 and 9!

[@110654GREAT]

Michelle was flirting with her Byrds boyfriend at Melody Land Theatre in Anaheim Ca. It's a theatre in the round as she relates in her memoir. John became irate and since it was a round venue he went running across the circular stage.

[@keymaster430]

Hey, Billy. I was curious about these properties in the canyon shown on your episodes. I know that the people living in the houses now are probably pretty well off, considering the price of the houses that appear to be very expensive. But, I wonder about back in the 60s and 70s when a lot of musical artists were just starting off and how they were able to afford to live there. I know a lot them stayed with friends that already lived there, but some actually seemed to own some houses as well. Is it because they had already become famous by then, or was the cost of property in Laurel Canyon considered a lot cheaper back then than it is today? And I'm not talking about inflation or in terms of "todays money". I just meant cheaper for that time period.

[@memoryfield]

Hmmm... Well, I'm not a real estate expert and I'm not from LA, but I do know that this part of Laurel Canyon was always considered the more "affordable" part of the Hollywood Hills back in the mid-60's. These mega-mansions that you're seeing now mostly didn't get there until more recently and a lot of the older homes have either been demolished or they've burned down over the years. You still see some of them that have fallen into disrepair, including the house that Michelle Phillips used to live in on Lookout Mountain. I couldn't believe it when I saw that one! You did have a lot of band members that were living together at that time as well. Also, musicians back in the day, if they were signed, could get an advance from a label because back then people actually bought music. Today, not so much. Joni Mitchell's debut album wasn't exactly a smash hit, but she was STILL able to buy that house with the royalties that she earned from a modest selling album.

[@keymaster430]

@@memoryfield That makes sense. Thanks for the answer.

[@julietrask7497]

Laurel Canyon is way more affordable.

[@CitizenCardigan]

I lived there in 79 to 82. I was in no way rich, lol. My friend and I shared a two story house and I think the rent was $700 month.

[@optimus163]

@@CitizenCardigan but its relative to what average wages were at the time. So $700 would be pretty expensive if one is making 2-3 bucks an hr

[@k2000kidd1]

Alice cooper was neighbors with an album photographer and the woman who designed the look for the Pointer sisters that photographer had a son that would become a rock guitar legend and eventually a Guitar Hero

[@memoryfield]

That story sounds familiar.

[@k2000kidd1]

@@memoryfield Slash grew up in that part of Laurel canyon a few houses away from Mickey Dolenz his parents had jobs in the industry with David Geffen popping in and out of the house. David Geffen recognizes Slash and said “hey that’s Saul Hudson” almost a year after signing the band

[@thomasromano9321]

Too bad singers such as the great Laura Nyro didn't visit the Canyon. Many musicians would have loved to be near her and her music.

[@memoryfield]

Well, she was most likely in the area for a short time anyway. She had a relationship with Jackson Browne in the early 70's and I know she was also close with David Geffen until they had their big falling out after she didn't sign on to his label after she said she would. According to Geffen, that is...

[@thomasromano9321]

@@memoryfield That's true, she did have a romantic liason with Jackson Browne. There's a picture of her singing with Crosby, Stills, and Nash. She's standing behind Stills, who's at the piano. I sure as hell hope they did one of her songs. A four-part harmony on "Stone Soul Picnic."

[@DinahPequito]

Networkd e conexões...

[@vinylzappa]

Like Frank Zappa said 'We're Turning Again'

[@johnplaid648]

I read Mitchell said that Joni "wanted out" of the marriage when her career began to take off.

[@arribaficationwineho32]

And when he refused to become a family for her and her child

[@vinylzappa]

So what of Laurel Canyon now? It would appear to be the last place in North America to live. Does LA know what it has? I think all of Laurel Canyon should be a gated community.

[@arribaficationwineho32]

O e of the Beatles brought a copy of Animal Sounds back to England after a visit to US. SUPPOSEDLY it was inspiration for magical mystery tour John knew of Brian’s talent before laurel canyon. Maybe wrong album but Brian Wilson inspired the Beatles

[@geneobrien8907]

Its not surprising that John Lennon had empathy for Brian Wilson, its also not surprising that Alice Cooper would have been less tolerant.

[@memoryfield]

John had his moments, that's for sure. I don't think he was cruel. Just really frustrated and overwhelmed with his stardom, I think. I don't know much about Alice Cooper, LOL.

[@geneobrien8907]

@@memoryfield I agree about John, he gets a lot of leeway from me. I never cared for Cooper's music, it wasn't anywhere near as good as that of his contemporaries. His right wing political leanings are anathema to spirit of rock & roll. Not a fan.

[@vinylzappa]

You've gotta admit........

[@vinylzappa]

Alice Cooper band showed up one day to give Frank Zappa an impromptue rehersal loud as hell. Zappa had just got out of bed. Listened for a minute and said wearily "Your hired" and went back to bed.

[@memoryfield]

@@vinylzappa I've heard of this one. Hilarious. He told them to come over at 7:00 and they thought he meant 7 am.

[@trina415]

Poor John I can imagine the look on his face but the kindness shone xx

[@JD-ir5fj]

Joni calls it The City of the Fallen Angels.

[@memoryfield]

Yep. Court and Spark. 1974.

[@JD-ir5fj]

@@memoryfield "stoking the star maker machinery behind the popular song, this life I've taken on."

[@kristenr8311]

From what I always understood, Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys were revered by John Lennon (and the Beatles) as well. Brian Wilson as John Lennon 'fanboy' doesn't ring entirely true, for the reason of deep mutual musical respect and genius.

[@ny21live]

Great series! But you leave out the MKUltra connection to all this.

[@memoryfield]

Yep. Just trying to focus on the music. Not really that interested in the rest of it and others have already covered that topic with way more detail than I would be able to provide here. Thanks for watching!

[@ProjectTwang]

David Crosby is now deceased, so it does not surprise me that no one is on speaking terms with him! Ha!

[@MilesBellas]

5:53 toe

[@MrStuVW]

Frank did not have parties according to Pauline Butcher, I believe she is right Frank didn't do drugs, didn't need them!!! Lol fact!

[@memoryfield]

Yep. Already had this short conversation with Ms. Butcher about all of this. One of the main reasons the Zappas left this property for the one a mile away that was more secure was because he got tired of freaks and weirdos showing up at his place at all hours of the day and night, sometimes in large groups and getting into the pool. Frank was not a party animal and didn't do drugs. He was a workaholic and didn't partake in the party lifestyle, even though for some reason that house there on Laurel Canyon Blvd. became a magnet for everyone in the area to come to and hang out.

[@mariegilmartin8827]

@@memoryfield Am I wrong then I heard he had a few STD's That aside he was unique in his artistic creativity

[@ravenmckinnon5526]

How come no mention of poco harem or buffalo springfield

[@memoryfield]

poco harem???

[@memoryfield]

Buffalo Springfield has come up in three different episodes in this series.

[@JD-ir5fj]

Crosby had the best Mexican pot in town.

[@JD-ir5fj]

Alice Cooper was good friends with Glen Campbell.

[@johnjohns440]

Lawsuit was too late the industry is over

[@jeffdosch5738]

When my wife told me that David Crosby had died, I responded with "Good". We both just laughed after that. Good riddance.

[@markduncan6690]

David Crosby is Just Annoying!

[@memoryfield]

He certainly had his moments, didn't he?

[@flhxri]

Crosby was a gloried back up singer 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@greglarry11]

Floyd Mayweather was a part of it too.