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 way, was launched on April 29, 1944, under … Continue reading Inside The LC: The Strange but Mostly True Story of Laurel Canyon and the Birth of the Hippie Generation: Part IV