Read “Weird scenes inside the canyon : Laurel Canyon, covert ops & the dark heart of the hippie dream.” It blows the lid off the completely curated music scene of the 1960s.
Read “Weird scenes inside the canyon : Laurel Canyon, covert ops & the dark heart of the hippie dream.” It blows the lid off the completely curated music scene of the 1960s.
Was going to recommend this myself as it's one of the writings that really opened my eyes to this. The number of 1960's cultural icons that had direct family ties to the intelligence community and military leadership is astounding. Plus many of the music "stars" were actually not very good musicians, which became painfully obvious in live concerts (where they couldn't have studio musicians stand in for them like they did for records).
Much of the info can be found in Dave McGowan's twelve part series found here, which preceded the book:
Read “Weird scenes inside the canyon : Laurel Canyon, covert ops & the dark heart of the hippie dream.” It blows the lid off the completely curated music scene of the 1960s.
Was going to recommend this myself as it's one of the writings that really opened my eyes to this. The number of 1960's cultural icons that had direct family ties to the intelligence community and military leadership is astounding. Plus many of the music "stars" were actually not very good musicians, which became painfully obvious in live concerts (where they couldn't have studio musicians stand in for them like they did for records).
Much of the info can be found in Dave McGowan's twelve part series found here, which preceded the book:
https://centerforaninformedamerica.com/inside-the-lc-the-strange-but-mostly-true-story-of-laurel-canyon-and-the-birth-of-the-hippie-generation-part-i/