Laurel canyon 1960s

Laurel Canyon was the breeding ground for the confessional singer-songwriter sound made popular by leading lights Mitchell, Taylor, and King. It was the birthplace of the laid-back, uniquely Californian country-rock music pioneered by the likes of the Byrds and taken to unimaginable heights by the Eagles.

"Laurel Canyon," the new two-part documentary on Epix premiering Sunday, is the most comprehensive and musically satisfying document of a notably insular scene

Pic Dawson, Eric Clapton. Joni Mitchell, David Crosby, Gary & Annette Burden with daughter Amy & Cass Elliott in Mama's Laurel Canyon Gingerbread House back yard in the mid 1960s. ~~ Glenn Thornhill (FB) America in the 1960s.

2401 Laurel Canyon Boulevard – Today it's a grassy field (after having burnt to the ground in 1981) but in the late 1960s it was the site of Frank Zappa

On the folk singer’s 71st birthday, a tribute to Joni’s timeless style.

Joni Mitchell, Cameron Crowe, and Stephen Stills remember the music, drugs, and legendary times.

Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts . Cass Elliot didn’t die eating a ham sandwich. But the lasting power of that urban legend speaks to a far darker story. Elliot possessed one of the most influential voices of the 1960s. However, while her big break with The Mamas and The Papas

Miss Cynderella (Cynthia Cale-Binion), Miss Sandra (Sandra Leano), Miss Christine (Christine Frka) and Miss Pamela (Pamela Des Barres) of The GTOs. Photo for 'AUM' magazine, April 1969.

Joni Mitchell looks out the window in her Laurel Canyon home, Los Angeles, 1970 (photo by Henry Diltz)