by Dave McGowan | May 13, 2008 | Laurel Canyon
“I mean, fuck, he auditioned for Neil [Young] for fuck’s sake.” Graham Nash, explaining to author Michael Walker how close Charlie Manson was to the Laurel Canyon scene. During the ten-year period during which Bruce, Novarro, Mineo, Linkletter, Stevens, Tate,... by Dave McGowan | May 19, 2008 | Laurel Canyon
The bridge of the USS Bon Homme Richard, January 1964. Just months later, the guy on the right would guide his ship into the Tonkin Gulf, and the young man on the left would begin a remarkable transformation into a brooding rock god. The Bon Homme Richard, by the... by Dave McGowan | Jun 6, 2008 | Laurel Canyon
“Call them freaks, the underground, the counter-culture, flower children or hippies – they are all loose labels for the youth culture of the 60s …” Barry Miles, author of Hippie “This is how I remember my life. Other folks may not have the same memories,... by Dave McGowan | Jun 6, 2008 | Laurel Canyon
“Vito was in his fifties, but he had four-way sex with goddesses … He held these clay-sculpting classes on Laurel Avenue, teaching rich Beverly Hills dowagers how to sculpt. And that was the Byrds’ rehearsal room. Then Jim Dickson had the idea to put them on at... by Dave McGowan | Jun 22, 2008 | Laurel Canyon
“As all halfway-decent managers in the rock era have done, [Jim] Dickson worked on seducing the in-crowd and creating a buzz around [The Byrds] … The timing was perfect … LA’s baby-boomers were mobile, getting around, looking for action. And now they were joined by...