Vintage Photos of Rockstars in Laurel Canyon

During the 1960s and ‘70s, Laurel Canyon was a haven for folk, psychedelic, and country rock musicians. The area was a melting pot of musical talent, with artists like Joni Mitchell, The Eagles, and Crosby, Stills & Nash living in close proximity and often collaborating. The laid-back atmosphere of the canyon, surrounded by nature but just minutes from the Sunset Strip, drew in the bohemian artists of the Woodstock generation.
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[@tracyjacoby2382]

I simply love ALL that music back then and still in 2024, I detest pop music today.

[@marknewton6984]

The music was great then!

[@acampomft]

I lived on Love Street and shopped at the Canyon Country Store. ❤

[@KnockOffBeingFat]

All amazing lucky people living a life that never really did pass them by. A time they all created and it will be with all of them forever and ever.

[@KatMcNamara-fh1nc]

Weird Scenes from the Canyon indeed. Weirdest is seeing Canada’s sweetheart, Anne Murray.

[@We_are_the_light]

Yes that was wild. And that book is crazy good

[@silverstuff182]

I used to babysit once in a while for Richie Havens, whose road manager was Mark Roth. I knew them when they were struggling to eat and stay warm in Greenwich Village. 1968. A few months later they discovered Laurel Canyon and lit out for the coast. You got a glitch in the history. In 1967,8. Alice Cooper and band were living in an old farmhouse in Northville, Michigan These artists chose Laurel Canyon because it’s hilly and houses have a hidden quality, better for privacy. But they weren’t cheap.

[@earthcat]

Joni Mitchell still owns her very very very fine house in The Canyon 😊

[@doorswhofan]

"Itchy Richie" -- I knew someone who knew Havens in the Village around then too. I ended up interviewing him in 1995. Great guy.

[@rodgerrodger1839]

That was an abrupt ending. Gee wiz! I was just floating along with this fabulous mini documentary and BAM! It ended. The pictures were very cool,you had some I've never seen before. If i could go back in time that would the time period I would want to go to. Things are sooooooooo fucked up now. My wife and i are going to a motown tribute show tomorrow. There was such great music back then compared to what passes for music now. Great job on this. Who wouldn't want to go back in time and be part of that creative process in some way.

[@chrisfreeman9960]

The background music in this tribute was so reflective and quietly satisfying. To go back to that time and live it in all it's beauty would be incredible.

[@blite13]

@@chrisfreeman9960 these 'musicians' were anything but beauty. most of them were actually disgusting degenerate sellouts.

[@rockford417]

The Troubadour was on Santa Monica boulevard nearest to Doheny NOT Sunset Boulevard. All other comments about the area and Laurel Canyon seem true. One important fact of note you could have mentioned is that Laurel Canyon Boulevard was the last canyon road connecting the LA basin to the SanFernando Valley coming from the West on Sunset Boulevard before you hit the US 101 freeway further down Sunset to the East. I loved the area in the late 1970s and early to mid 1980’s. I joined the Navy in 1985 after graduating from UCLA and moved to Florida for Marine Corps Officers Candidate School for Naval Aviator prospects (AOCS) and left LA behind until moving back to LA in 2010 for another 5 years. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@ilsavankuren6511]

I believe David Crosby and Joni Michell met in Florida, she was performing and they got together and he brought her back to California.

[@petesacco3255]

Everyone knows that

[@petesacco3255]

JD Souther and Glenn Frey lived upstairs of Jackson Browne and they used to hear him playing piano that is how take it easy started

[@earthcat]

Even after all these years, folks still want to put a saddle on Cass Elliot's back. It makes me sad.

[@elle9543]

Cass Elliott's voice made The Mamas and the Papas. She had more talent in her little finger!!

[@stuartashworth1866]

She could handle a saddle and a rider for sure.

[@Cavie1974]

The photo at 10:29 appears to be Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield) not Jackson Browne.

[@SB-mm9zh]

Really enjoyed this. You can almost feel the vibe from that time in Laurel Canyon. I wonder if they knew they were witnessing and part of a very special group of people and moment and place in time. A special time never to be repeated.

[@vickiroberts7947]

So in two comments about Mama Cass, one included how much food she kept in the house and the other included how filthy her house was. Shame on you.

[@buffybrown1619]

Apparently, Cass was known for her “less than spick and span” lifestyle. This is not an indictment of her housekeeping, but rather something indicative of the “women are inferior to men” philosophy that exists even today. Why does she need to keep her house tidy? Is that proof she’s a caring person?

[@vickiroberts7947]

@buffybrown1619 yes that's the heart of it. Her Talent was not discussed, the gift that she gave to the world. There are probably no male celebrities known for being bad housekeepers because men are not judged on that merit, only women. And the fact that the guy mentioned deli food being around all the time with her seemed to be a comment on her reported method of death. Choking on a sandwich. Either that, or just a very unkind suggestion that all Mama Cass Elliot was really known for was being overweight. Either way, yuck.

[@buffybrown1619]

@@vickiroberts7947 You are SO correct in pointing out that no men were accused of bad housekeeping. And her house was open to everyone in the music business. Cass was a loving woman. Also, the “choking on a sandwich”. Is a euphemism for OD. Jimi Hendrix could OD; Cass had to choke on food. She had a pure singing voice. I wish she could have spent more time with us.

[@theyrekrnations8990]

Sounds to me like just being young and having a lot of party's

[@bradmathieu7131]

That's what comes with fame. If a famous man was that dirty we would hear about it. Male or female, people want dirt on stars.

[@vandannadale2689]

I DID always wonder why Lennon didn’t start a second band with Anne Murray, Alice Cooper & Mickey Dolenz! Maybe he thought that earlier group he was in would hold up over time. ✌🏼

[@Mrbeahz1]

Funny!

[@ascoop22]

It was because Lennon also wanted Harry Nielsen in the band, when Harry declined that was the end of the band.

[@sherylbeamer7189]

🤣😉

[@sharpenflat6002]

Probably because Lennon was such a jerk.

[@louiseboutin4266]

Epic, thank you.

[@theyrekrnations8990]

There is so much more history in Laurel Canyon, that this was laughable but to those who have no idea, it may put the name on the map as a cool place to look into and research.

[@blite13]

very dark history

[@theyrekrnations8990]

@@blite13 Yes, including some strange stuff, some dark

[@KatMcNamara-fh1nc]

Weird Scenes.

[@alvillanueva2525]

The pictures are great. The narration is abysmal. The Troubadour club is on Santa Monica Blvd, not Sunset Blvd.

[@laurastrobel718]

"Weird Scenes Inside The Canyon" by Dave McGowan goes down the rabbit hole that was the Laurel Canyon scene.

[@LetitRainNow450]

Is that a book

[@laurastrobel718]

@@LetitRainNow450 It is

[@sisuriffs]

Awesome photos. Please find a human narrator.

[@HungryH1951]

Everything is going robot nowadays. Sounds like CP30 doing narration.

[@cosmicsunbeams]

Cool!❤

[@Harold710]

Very nice presentation, thx

[@Tscaperock]

Cass was the most successful of the people that were hanging out around her house, (had the money) therefore she would not be the one doing housekeeping!

[@alanosterman7130]

I'll bet the farm, that the Eagles never played "Farm Aid" !

[@MarcelaR-dh1ok]

Music hub shifted from nyc to la...tks to brian wilson

[@mightyturkeyneck3498]

"Well, I hear that Laurel Canyon is fulla famous stars; but I hate them worse than lepers, & I'll kill them in their cars." -- Neil Young, Revolution Blues

[@Rushmore222]

California has always produced music legends. The Beach Boys, Van Halen, the Eagles. The Eagles have a California sound, and their Greatest Hits album is the 4th biggest selling album in history.

[@Dinsdale2020]

That Anne Murray was a wild woman !🥳🍾🍾🪴

[@cliffordyamasaki3899]

Joni put csn together,she did them all.that pix with anne Murray was debut at troubador

[@roberthale2268]

Enjoyed the video and really like the background music. Who is that?

[@Mrbeahz1]

The Beatles visited The Byrds. Harrison was influenced by McGuinn (pronounced Mcgwin). Brian Wilson was a bassist and composer - 12 string guitars didn't influence him (or the Beachboys). Early on you talk about Frye and Brone like they'd been introduced before. Much later, you talk about Jackson while showing pictures of the Eagles and, I think, Richie Furay in a hammock.

[@silverstuff182]

Gwinn

[@gerardusch]

I thought it was Mick Jagger in that hammock.

[@chr8mon]

Revolution Blues.

[@geraldbarden1437]

Great and informative post, but the narrator got one thing wrong, the Troubadour is on Santa Monica Blvd., not Sunset.

[@drewsale7288]

No mention of the Charles Manson family at the Laurel Canyon parties? They were well known for supplying "the goodies" to music industry types, which eventually lead to the Tate murders.

[@amacmti]

Wasn't Charles turned down by one of the Beach Boys?

[@drewsale7288]

@@amacmti Yep, Charles Manson and his followers got their intro to the LA music scene via Dennis Wilson, the drummer for the Beach Boys. They lived with Wilson for awhile and trashed his house and car. Dennis Wilson liked Manson's songs and introduced him to Terry Melcher, producer of The Byrds and son of Doris Day. Melcher decided not to sign Manson but Melcher had lived at the Tate house shortly before Tate/Polanski moved in, which is how the Manson family ended up there on that fateful night. Interestingly the Beach Boys recorded a Manson song, Cease to Exist, but he was never paid for it. The connection between Manson and the LA music and movie scene is very strange and involved, including girls and illicit substances. Or so they say...

[@ms8596]

@@drewsale7288 Actually, Manson already had an audition at Gold Star Studios in late '67, months before he crashed at Wilson's house uninvited (May '68). In the session, Manson is obviously nervous, giggling a lot, singing and strumming his guitar. It was when nothing came of this first audition, Manson instructed his followers to find him a prominent musician that he could push to get him a recording contract.

[@drewsale7288]

@@ms8596 Ah, thanks for that info. You must be a Manson scholar because I haven't read that. What made Manson' s songs really interesting were the backing harmonies of the girls. Amazing to see that Leslie Van Houten was released from prison last year. All in all it was terrible saga with no winners, of course.

[@ms8596]

@@drewsale7288 I'll find you the link today. Wilson's start was picking up two hitchhiking girls. He saw them a second time and brought them back to his house. Wilson had a thing with Terry Melcher a Gregg Jacobson called the "Golden Penetrators". Conquests were the all the rage. Wilson left for a recording session, and when he returned, there was a bus in his driveway and the family has moved into his house. Manson came out Wilson asked if he was going to hurt him, to which Manson kneeled down and kissed his feet. Then he started to apply his best " guru" schtick. This was just after the whole Maharishi period and many were open to the" wizard" (as Wilson called him initially) type. Neil Young, a close buddy of Wilson's, also thought Manson's music had potential, talked him up around the circles, even gave him a motorcycle. Once Manson moved from the San Francisco area to LA, the intersection between him and the family, and many big names in music and Hollywood is astounding, especially in Laurel Canyon. All the big names welcomed their drug sources.

[@sdannecker6944]

❤

[@TheMonolake]

Magical creative time What happened to creativity ? Now it all seems the opposite

[@plicketyplunk]

That is what every generation thinks. They think theirs was the pinnacle and everything went downhill from there.

[@KnockOffBeingFat]

Yes, that is John Lennon.

[@SEIMLVLOG]

Is not The Troubadour on Santa Monica and not Sunset (it was when I was there)?

[@theresaschmidt1183]

Too bad of all the things that could have been shared about Cass's contribution who ever wrote this chose to focus on food and her housekeeping. Really weird! Who wrote this? Your bias is showing.

[@josedopwell9645]

Mama Cass was such a great singer. Nothing said about that here. Totally unfitting.

[@robertmcsorley4001]

Harry Nielsen owned an apartment in London the BOTH Cass Elliot and Keith Moon DIED IN. And he was friends with John Lennon too. There's an interesting book about Laurel Canyon and the high number of murders, suicides that occured there. Tying it to a lot of satanic rituals.

[@brucecall1595]

You Dont recognize a.i?

[@theresaschmidt1183]

@brucecall1595 guess not Bruce. Thanks. Not sure how ai works but isn't there a person scripting it or is it all random? Sorry, I'm old!

[@josedopwell9645]

@@brucecall1595 of course I recognize A.I.: AMAZINGLY IGNORANT!!

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

So that's " my old '55 " of Eagles fame .

[@vandannadale2689]

Except that Tom Waits wrote Ol’ 55 (yes, a wonderful song!)

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

@@vandannadale2689 but did he record it ?

[@vandannadale2689]

It’s on his first album around the same time as the Eagles release (like Jackson Browne & Take It Easy.) It shows just how much they all shared! ✌🏼

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

@@vandannadale2689 thanks for the info .

[@vandannadale2689]

@@bobbrinkerhoff3592 you bet! I love this stuff and this time period of music!

[@charleslanphier8094]

So Glen Fry gave Jackson Brown the final lyric to Fry's song, huh? Makes zero sense.

[@stlbusker3025]

Jackson Brown wrote *Take It Easy* the Eagles simply covered it.

[@Methilde]

Around this "shelter", vietnam, riots against segregation, army in the universities........

[@tzzz7]

AI narration. Nope.

[@witchy6978]

Who is on cover picture?

[@shizuokaBLUES]

Mickey Dolenz, John Lennon, Anne Murray , and don’t know the others

[@paulreese3071]

@@shizuokaBLUESalso in the picture are Alice Cooper and Harry Nilsson

[@shizuokaBLUES]

@@paulreese3071 thanks 🙏 thought that was Alice Cooper

[@witchy6978]

@@paulreese3071 I never knew Anne Murray was a "partyer" of course I know almost nothing about her.

[@witchy6978]

​@@shizuokaBLUES who's the person on the left with beard at 0:28?

[@doorswhofan]

More or less, ALL of those people disliked and shunned Jim Morrison. He was the black sheep of the Canyon scene 100%. KInd of fitting: He was a literature and film guy who tried his hand at music and discovered he had real talent in that arena, instead of someone who was dedicated to music from the outset. He just didn't fit in.

[@akbarlebowitz8151]

His alcoholism didn't help.

[@theyrekrnations8990]

Doors were a manufactured band, actually maybe like Journey . A real tight group of musicians that just needed the right front man. HIs band was in awe of how popular he became. Fame like that can fk with someones head tho

[@mikesimms3380]

Crosby...stillsandnash...Fucking computer generated voices and AI generated text. That's our future.

[@williamobryan682]

Do you like it do you hate it there it is the way you made it - frank

[@trumptorianguard4617]

They were great musicians that created some great music but they were all broken lost souls.

[@KnockOffBeingFat]

They were Not Broken Lost Souls. They were extremley talented good people writing and playing their music and became rich doing what they loved.

[@blite13]

sold souls.

[@MarcelaR-dh1ok]

It was chosen over downtown because it was cheap living and once they became wealthy enough...they departed.

[@idolhanz9842]

Didnt Keith burn a home down there?

[@steveshattuck1236]

Glen Fry and JD Souther new each other from Michigan royal oak

[@butters395]

for the record....david crosby didn't hang around with jim morrison... crosby didn't like morrison at all 🤨

[@newnormal1841]

👉. Operatives for the government. They ruined a couple of generations. 🤺💐

[@starflakey]

close to the city? 😄 it's fully IN the city. prolly haveta go out into the mojave desert to not be in a city 😅

[@donmcallister3745]

Wow… so many misconstrued facts… research isn’t that hard to do… terrible ending… and video…👎🏻

[@allanmakela3011]

What an amalgamation,the jams,Joni wrote a song,Mama Cass going to sing it,heard This guy Jimi likes to play,lot of tapes gathering dust,nothing like this nowdays,profit based only

[@janejetson2978]

Misleading title

[@sharpenflat6002]

Stephen Stills handed success and fortune to Crosby and Nash. Why, I will never know. Crosby and Nash aren't even in the same category as Stills. All that Crosby, Stills and Nash was a waste of time for Stills. Stills would have been so much more productive without ever messing with them. Stills made stars out of them, including Neil Young. Nash was the luckiest.

[@jimreed7366]

🤣

[@glennday7802]

Grew up in LA during the 60's. Laurel Canyon was NOT the eclectic bastion of creative musicians it's made out to be. Mostly was a bunch of dopers, mooches, broke-ass and very misguided losers.

[@marknewton6984]

Kerouac knew😮

[@amacmti]

Is that Anne Murray in the first one...? Get the f*** outta here

[@crunchytaco58]

Get rid of the Chapt.....it sucks.

[@midnightrider7648]

As soon as I heard that insulting computer voice I turned this off.

[@douglasennis7291]

More chat gpt AI narration so lazy

[@jodie4609]

Im not puttin up with this nonsense for 20 minutes

[@gorillaspawn6071]

AI garbage.

[@user-ll9zd2dh6h]

go slower, youre going too fast.Stretch this video out as much as you can

[@cjmbullion]

A lot of BS spoken hear, get your facts right.