Nearly everyone who was there was, at one time or another, stoned nobody remembers everything the same way. Still, misconceptions continue.įor a start, the scene was more metaphorical than geographical. Books and documentaries have mythologized and romanticized this woodsy canyon nestled behind Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood Hills. Michelle Phillips lived with John Phillips on Lookout Mountain in 1965 during the Mamas and the Papas’ heyday. The Doors’ lead singer Jim Morrison reportedly wrote “Love Street” while living behind the Laurel Canyon Country Store. Former Byrds bassist Chris Hillman recalls writing “So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star” in Laurel Canyon in 1966 in his house, on a steep winding street with a name he doesn’t remember. Some say the Laurel Canyon music scene began when Frank Zappa moved to the corner of Lookout Mountain and Laurel Canyon Boulevard in the late 1960s. And ask anyone in Laurel Canyon where the craziest people liveĪnd they’ll say Lookout Mountain. Hollywood where the craziest people live and they’ll say LaurelĬanyon. Ask anyone in Los Angeles where theĬraziest people live and they’ll tell you Hollywood. Ask anyone in California where the craziest people liveĪnd they’ll say Los Angeles. , my friend Joel Bernstein found an old book in a flea market that said: AskĪnyone in America where the craziest people live and they’ll tell youĬalifornia.
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