Laurel Canyon

Byrds, xi, xii, xiii, xvi, xvii, 3–6, 8–22, 27, 30, 43, 44, 45, 55, 66, 77, 93, 94, 96, 101, 113, 122, 161, 164, 181, 200, 219, 239; Crosby fired from, 19, 53, 63, 107; fame and commercial success, 6, 13, 14–18, 21; Fifth Dimension, 18; first tours, 14–15; folk rock invented by, 6–7, 8, 13; formation of, 3–4, 9; in Laurel Canyon, 9–14, 16–22; “Mr. Tambourine Man,” xi, 6, 13, 14, 45; The Notorious Byrd Brothers, 19; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, 21–22; Sweethearts of the Rodeo, 20; tensions and downfall, 18–22

Café au Go–Go, 107

Cale, J. J., 176, 177

California, Randy, 191

“California Dreamin’,” xiii, 48

Calloway, Cab, 161–62

Campbell, Glen, 45

Canada, 108, 110

Canned Heat, 100, 129, 164, 234

Canter’s, 183

Canyon Country Store, xvi, xvii, xviii, 3, 11, 20, 77, 82, 205, 230, 243–48

Capitol Records, 87, 93

Carradine, Keith, 201, 203

“Carrie Anne,” 53

Casablanca Records, 217

Cassidy, Shaun, 200

Catt, Carrie Chapman, 41

celebrity, 69–70, 73, 116–17, 127–28, 246; Canyon Store, 246–47; cocaine and, 164–66, 175–76, 192, 200–205, 213–14, 217–22; cultishness and, 127–28; effect of money and fame on music scene, 65–67, 69, 73, 116–17, 126–28, 157, 164–76, 185–86, 192–93, 203, 206–209, 213–24, 227–28, 235, 240; Manson murders and, 126–28; media obsession with, 211; mid- to late 1970s rock star decadence, 185–96, 208–10, 213–24, 227–28; of 1980s, 239–41

Center for Early Education, 71

Chad and Jeremy, 96, 100, 102, 105

Chateau Marmont, 184, 200

Cheetah, 36

chefs, 1980s, 223

Chequered Past, 216

Cher, 95–96, 145

“Cherry Pie,” 93

Chess, Phil, 85

Chess Records, 85

Chez Panisse, 223

Chicago, xv, 44, 129, 184; Kinetic

Circus, 44; 1968 Democratic National Convention, 59

Chicago Sun-Times, 186

children, 70–83, 235–36

Cholodenko, Lisa, 244

Cinderella, 28, 33

“Circle Game,” 110

Ciro’s, xv–xvi, 9, 12, 14; Byrds at, 14–15, 17

civil rights, 5

Clapton, Eric, 52, 77, 176, 226, 242;

drug use, 176, 177

Clark, Dick, 102, 103

Clark, Gene, 4, 5, 8, 14, 18–19, 21, 55, 66, 101, 217; alcohol and drug

problems, 18–19

Clarke, Michael, 3, 4

Clear Channel, 104

Clear Thoughts Building, 113

Clooney, George, 246

Clooney, Rosemary, 84

clubs, see specific clubs

Coca-Cola, 159

cocaine, xvii, 16, 57, 130, 147, 155–77, 195; celebrity and, 164–66, 175–76, 192, 200–205, 213–14, 217–22; dealers, 169–70, 171, 174–76; deaths and divorces, 172–73; early 1980s L.A. scene, 230–31, 240; high, 159–60; history of, 158–64; male power and, 168; mid-1970s L.A. scene, 170–76, 192, 200–205, 213–14, 217–22; negative effect on musicians, 156–57, 172–77; price of, 165–66; role in music scene, 155–62, 164–77, 192, 200–205, 213–14, 217–22

“Cocaine,” 176, 177

“Cocaine Blues,” 173, 176–77

Cocker, Joe, 130

Cohen, Leonard, 111, 145

Cold War, 43

Coldwater Canyon, 221, 235, 244

Cole, Richard, 184

Collins, Judy, xiii, 4, 6, 45; Stephen

Stills and, 130

Columbia Records, 113

Como, Perry, 85, 242

concerts, 102–105; cocaine use and, 157, 171–72; free, 132–38; mid-1970s rock stars and, 186, 206; promoters, 45, 102–105, 186; see also specific concerts Connolly, Brian, 200

conservatism, 1980s, 240

Continental Hyatt House, see Riot

House

Cooder, Ry, 4

Cooley, Spade, 7, 8

Cooper, Alice, 25, 35–37, 171–72, 191, 198, 200, 209, 236; Billion Dollar Babies, 37

Coppola, Sofia, 246

counterculture, 44–45, 59, 126, 128, 131, 157, 164

country music, 5, 7–8, 19, 20, 162, 218

country-rock, 20, 218

Courson, Pamela, 181

Cowsill, Bud, 61

Cox, Wally, 129

Cream, 77

Creative Management Associates, 113

Creedence Clearwater Revival, 186

Crosby, David, xi–xii, xiii, xiv, 4, 20, 49, 52, 63, 66, 70, 72, 94, 107, 109, 129, 155, 156, 210, 237, 245; in Byrds, 4, 6–7, 8–9, 13–19; in Crosby, Stills & Nash, 52–55, 113–15; in Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 129–31; drug use, 16, 107, 156, 165, 174; fashions worn by, 17, 52; fired from Byrds, 19, 53, 63, 107; in Laurel Canyon, 11, 14, 17; Joni Mitchell and, 63, 108–10; political views of, 19, 115; Waddy Wachtel and, 63–64, 66

Crosby, Stills & Nash, xii, xiv, 7, 19, 31, 50, 51, 58, 63, 67, 69, 88, 103, 105, 109, 112, 113–15, 173, 200, 206, 228, 235, 237; fame and commercial success, 115; management of, 113–15; meeting and formation of, 52–55

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 115, 119, 174; at Altamont, 133, 134, 135–36; at Woodstock, 129–31

Crossfires, 67

Crumb, R., 134

Culver City, 106

Dalton, David, 43, 46

dancing, 15, 30; in L.A. clubs, 14–16, 30–31, 33, 182

Dan Tana’s, 144, 223

Davis, Clive, 113

Davis, Miles, 145, 171

Day, Doris, xviii, 122

Dean, James, 43, 94

Deep Purple, 186

DeGeneres, Ellen, xviii

Delsener, Ron, 104

Democratic Party, in 1968 presidential primaries and election, 59, 100

Densmore, John, xiii

Depp, Johnny, 246

Depression, 86, 199

Des Barres, Michael, xix, 12, 88, 92, 128, 158, 169, 188, 198, 199, 209, 214–16, 245

Des Barres, Nicholas, 216

Des Barres, Pamela, 11–12, 27, 31, 78, 126, 127, 156, 169, 185, 215, 216; GTO clique of, 27–29, 33–39; Chris Hillman and, 12–13, 17; at Zappa’s house, 12, 27–29, 33–39

DeShannon, Jackie, Laurel Canyon, 247

Detective, 215–16

development, 23–24

DeVerell, Billy, 229, 230

Dexedrine, 163

Dickson, Jim, 4, 14, 17

Diddley, Bo, 14, 85

Diggers, 56

Diltz, Henry, 30, 51, 52, 53, 64, 65, 66, 100, 131, 132, 157, 162, 167, 210, 235–37

Dino’s Lodge, 182

disc jockeys, 45

disco, 192, 199, 207, 217–18

Dixon, Willie, 85

Doherty, Denny, xii, 46, 48, 49; affair with Michelle Phillips, 48, 55

Dolenz, Micky, xiii, 52, 69, 80, 236

“Don’t Bogart Me,” 27

Doors, xiii, xvi–xvii, 4, 45, 66, 69, 77, 97, 105, 114, 149–50, 181, 219, 223, 239, 242, 244

“Dope Head Blues,” 161

Dos Passos, John, 42

Doughty, Neal, 185

Douglas, Ann, 41–42

Dr. John, 144–45

“Dream a Little Dream of Me,” 55

“Dream On,” 242

DreamWorks, 88

drugs, xvii, 16, 18, 21, 25, 37, 48, 57, 64–65, 70, 76, 80, 81, 90, 107, 116, 125–26, 130, 134, 155–77, 228; cocaine ethic, 155–62, 164–77, 192, 200–205, 213–14, 217–22, 230–31; early 1980s L.A. scene, 230–31, 240; history of, 158–64; “medicine” shows, 160–61; 1970s L.A. queens and, 180, 192–93; song references to, 160, 161–63; “Speed Kills” campaign, 164; Zappa’s dislike of, 37, 38, 80, 164; see also specific drugs

Dunhill Records, 48

Dylan, Bob, 4, 6, 18, 62, 68, 72, 87, 198

Eagles, xiii, 7, 50, 67, 88, 109, 111, 114, 197, 205, 208–209, 240; breakup of, 219; formation of, 147;

Hotel California, 205, 208, 209, 213; The Long Run, 219; 1970s fame and concert tours, 205, 208–209, 213–14, 219; Their Greatest Hits, 185; at the Troubadour, 142, 147

Eastwood, Clint, 144

Easy Rider (film), 27, 155–56, 210

Ecstasy, 163

Eddy, Mary Baker, 41

Ed Sullivan Show, The, 86, 95

“Eight Miles High,” 18–19

Elektra Records, 77, 122, 149, 171

“Elenore,” 68

Elliot, Cass, xii, 46–58, 81, 100, 124; Crosby, Stills & Nash and, 52–55; death of, 47, 56, 57–58; drug abuse, 47, 50, 56, 57; Laurel Canyon home of, 48–58; in Mamas and Papas, 46–52, 55–56; matchmaking role of, 49–55, 56–58; obesity of, 47, 49, 57; post–Mamas and Papas career, 55–58; theater work, 49

Elliot, Owen Vanessa, 56

Emerick, Geoff, xviii

Emerson, Lake & Palmer, 93

Eminem, 242

English Disco, 189, 194, 200, 202

Eppridge, Bill, 202

Ertegun, Ahmet, 105, 206

Essert, Gary, 98

eucalyptus, 17, 25, 60, 82, 169, 225, 234

“Eureka Springs Garbage Lady, The” 35

“Eve of Destruction,” xvi, 47

Everly Brothers, 6

Fabares, Shelley, 86

Fabian, 86

Faithful, Marianne, 37

families, 70–83

Faryar, Cyrus, 51

fashions, 28–30; freak, 29–30, 33; glam, 203–204; hippie, 15–16, 17, 18, 28–29, 76–77, 79–80, 94, 95, 102, 106, 167; mid-1970s, 192; pre-hippie, 94; punning-costume phase, 77

Fat City (film), 201

Fear, 219

Ferrana, Frank, 199–200

Fig Parties, 76

film industry, 106; of 1970s, 210–11, 222–23; see also specific films

fires, 20–21, 100, 225–26, 234, 244; of September 16, 1979, 226–28

Fitzgerald, Ella, 161

Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 42, 43, 236–37;

Tales of the Jazz Age, 236–37

“Five to One,” 223

Flack, Roberta, 143

Fleetwood Mac, 206; Fleetwood Mac, 206; Rumours, 192, 206, 208, 213

Flying Burrito Brothers, xvii, 21; at

Altamont, 133, 135

FM radio, 6, 30, 101, 164, 207

Foghat, 85

folk-country-rock, 7

folk music, 4–6, 13, 30, 43, 52–53, 86, 87, 106, 162; folk-to-rock

conversion, 4–7, 13, 30; women in, 45

folk rock, 6–7, 11, 13, 30, 96, 114, 162, 205–206, 208

Fonda, Jane, 15

Fonda, Peter, 17, 143, 155, 210

Fontentot, Mercy, 28, 33, 37, 80

Forced March, 159

Ford, Harrison, 144

Ford, Lita, 88

“For Free,” 117

“49 Bye-Byes,” 156

“For What It’s Worth,” xi, 99

Fowley, Douglas, 89–90, 91, 92

Fowley, Kim, 11, 48, 60–61, 63, 70, 88–94

Frampton, Peter, Frampton Comes Alive!, 192, 207

Francis, Connie, 5

Franzoni, Carl, 14, 15, 16, 27–32;

dance troupe, 14–16, 30–32, 182;

at Zappa’s house, 27–30, 33

Fraternity of Man, 27

freak culture, 29–31, 82, 182

Fred C. Dobbs, 18, 72

freebase, 220

Freud, Sigmund, 158

Frey, Glenn, xiii, 109, 141–42, 213, 219, 245; at the Troubadour, 141–42, 147, 152

Freymann, Dr. Robert, 164

Friedan, Betty, The Feminine Mystique, 43

Friml, William, 88

Frizzell, Lefty, 7

Frka, Christine, 26, 27, 28, 33, 35, 36, 37

Frozen Noses, 156

Frykowski, Wojciech, 123

Fuller, Buckminster, 207

Furay, Richie, 97, 113

Garcia, Jerry, 135–36

gay culture, 199

Gazzari’s, 77, 182

Geffen, David, 88, 96, 104, 107–16, 130, 147, 151; Joni Mitchell and, 108; Elliot Roberts and, 107–16

Geffen-Roberts Company, 113–16

Generation Y, 241–43

Germany, 162, 163

Germs, 194, 219

Getty, John Paul III, 201, 202

Gibson, Bob, 183

Gibson, Jill, 55

Gill, Vince, 218

Gimme Shelter (film), 133, 136

Ginsberg, Allen, 43; “To the Angels,” 136

glam, 197–201, 207, 215, 231, 240;

British, 197–99, 200; end of, glaiii (cont.) 215–16; L.A., 199–201, 203–204; New York, 198, 199

Glaser, Milton, 223

Glitter, Gary, 197–98

Goffin, Gerry, 106

Golden Gate Boys, 8

Gold Mountain Management, 233

Goldstein, Stan, 136

“Good Vibrations,” 45

Gore, Lesley, 86

Gorme, Eydie, 86–87

Graham, Bill, 92, 104, 217

Gramercy Park Hotel, New York, 184

Grandmaster Flash, 242

Grandview Drive, xviii, 226–27

Grant, Peter, 92, 215

Grateful Dead, 97, 105, 157, 217; at

Altamont, 134, 137

Grease (film), 237 Great Britain, xiii, 44, 188, 197, 237; British rock, xiii, xiv, 44, 45, 53, 163, 188–91, 197, 215–16;

glam, 197–99, 200; see also London

Great Linoleum Clothing

Experiment, 106–107, 109

Greene, Bob, 186

Greene, Charlie, 104

Greenwich Village, xv, 52

Griffith Park, 167

Grogan, Emmett, 56

Grossman, Albert, 87

groupies, 11–12, 46, 145, 179–96;

GTOs, 11–12, 26, 27–29, 33–39, 79–82, 185; 1970s L.A. queens, 179–96, 200

GTOs (Girls Together Outrageously), 11–12, 26, 27–29, 33–39, 79–82, 185; fashions and rituals, 29, 33;

Permanent Damage, 34; at Zappa’s

house, 12, 27–29, 33–39

Guns N’ Roses, 26, 241

Haight-Ashbury, xiv, xv, 29, 44, 82, 121, 164, 200; collapse of, 231

“hair” bands, of 1980s, 200, 239–41

Hamburg, 162, 163

“Happy Together,” 68, 69

Hard Day’s Night, A (film), 8–9, 155

Harem Lounge, 3

Harper, Roy, 191

Harrison, George, 9, 221

Harrison, Nigel, 216

Hartmann, John, 31, 88, 95–105, 109, 116, 157, 158, 167, 171, 173–74, 217; Buffalo Springfield and, 96–99, 104–105

Hathaway, Donny, 143

Havens, Richie, 129, 150

Hefner, Hugh, 94, 220

Hells Angels, xvii, 134; at Altamont, 132–33, 134–37; California, 132–38; London, 134

“Helter Skelter,” 122

Hemingway, Ernest, xvi, 42

Hendricks, Jim, 47, 48

Hendrix, Jimi, xvii, 129, 130, 181; death of, 182; at Woodstock, 132

Henley, Don, xiii, 109, 213–14, 219, 246; Stevie Nicks and, 208; at the Troubadour, 142, 147

Henske, Judy, 45

heroin, 156, 157, 161, 162, 164

Hester, Carolyn, 45

Hilburn, Robert, 152

Hillman, Chris, xiii, xvii, 3–22, 60, 86, 133, 217, 219, 241, 242; at Altamont, 133, 135; in Byrds, 3–6, 8–22; in Laurel Canyon, 3–4, 7, 9–11, 16–21, 227

Hillmen, 3, 8

hip-hop, 242–43

hippie culture, 6, 15–18, 30–31, 76–83, 95–102, 125, 167, 201, 223, 230, 248; collapse of, 230–31; vs. Hells Angels, 136–38; Love Ins, 167; Manson murders as threat to, 125–28; Woodstock and, 130–32

Hitler, Adolf, 162–63

Hoffman Hayride, The (TV show), 8

Hollies, xi, 53, 109, 110

Holly, Buddy, 21

Hollywood Argyles, 93

Holmes, John, 230, 231–32

Hometown Jamboree (TV show), 8

Hopkins, Jerry, 9–10

Hopkins, Nicky, 35

Hopper, Dennis, 143, 155, 210

hotels, rock-and-roll, 184–96

Houdini House, xvi, 24, 38, 78

“Hound Dog,” 5

Howlin’ Wolf, 85

“Hungry Freaks, Daddy,” 29

Hunter, Ian, 201

Hunter, Meredith, xvii, 133, 137

Hutton, Danny, 68, 93–94

Hyatt West Hollywood, 195

Hyde Park concert (1969), 132, 134

Ice Cube, 242

“I Get a Kick Out of You,” 160, 161

“I Got You Babe,” 95

“I Had a King,” 110

“I’m in Love with the Ooo-Ooo

Man,” 35

Incredible String Band, 143

International Creative Management, 113

Internet, 243

Iraq War, 163, 241

“I Saw Her Again,” 48

“It Ain’t Me Babe,” Turtles version of, 68

“It’s Too Late,” xiii

“I Want to Hold Your Hand,” 93, 94

Jackson, Michael James, 122, 128, 166–67, 171, 172, 203, 229, 230

Jagger, Chris, 168

Jagger, Mick, 25, 37, 55, 168, 180, 246; at Altamont, 132–37

James, Billy, xiv, 9–10

Jane’s Addiction, 241

Jazz Age, 41–42, 43, 119, 236–37

jazz songs, drug references in, 161–62

Jefferson Airplane, 46, 97, 101, 105, 130; at Altamont, 133, 136

Jet Set, 3

Jett, Joan, 88

John, Elton, 114–15, 151, 209; at the Troubadour, 114–15, 141–43, 145, 153

“Johnny B. Goode,” 5

Johnson, Robert, 5

Jones, Brian, 132, 222

Jones, Davy, 200

Jones, John Paul, 189

Jones, Steve, 216

Joplin, Janis, xvii, 43, 46, 76, 87, 107, 151; death of, 182; as woman in rock, 46

Kael, Pauline, 133, 211

Kaleidoscope, 31, 98, 100–101, 105

Kantner, Paul, 136

Karayan, Ed, 152

Kasabian, Linda, 123, 124

Katzenberg, Jeffrey, 88

Kaye, Carol, 45

Kaylan, Howard, 67, 68–69

Kellerman, Sally, xviii

Kellgren, Gary, 222

Kennedy, John F., assassination of, 8, 19, 94

Kennedy, Robert, assassination of, 59, 100, 202

Kent State killings, 115–16

Kerouac, Jack, 43

Kesey, Ken, 29, 134

Kienholz, Ed, 11

Kilmer, Val, 232

King, Carole, xii, xiii, 71, 106, 197, 208; Tapestry, 205

King, Martin Luther, Jr., assassination of, 59, 60

Kingsley, Ben, 246

Kingston Trio, 4, 53

Kinks, 45

Kirkwood Bowl, 10, 20, 33, 80, 81, 82, 142, 201

Kiss, 185

Korean War, 163

Koresh, David, 127

Krenwinkel, Patricia, 123, 124

Krieger, Robby, xiii, 68

Kristofferson, Kris, 76, 147–48