‘Laurel canyon,’ a two-hour docuseries, features new interviews with everyone from David Crosby to Linda Ronstadt — but the only images of them you’ll see are vintage ones from the late Sixties and early Seventies. “It feels much more immersive,” says director Alison Ellwood, who also made 2013’s History of the Eagles. Photographers Henry Diltz and Nurit Wilde took most of the snapshots, the best of which are shown here. “I was so lucky to be smack in the middle of all that, with a camera in…

It all started with a speculative purchase on Amazon. I wanted to give Michael Walker’s “Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll’s Legendary Neighbourhood” a go. We…

Frank Zappa lived in this house for a couple of years. He had to leave as it became more and more a "crash pad" for too many eccentrics.

This blog entry is about Laurel Canyon. Pendersleigh & Sons Cartography’s map of Laurel Canyon, available on art prints and a variety of merchandise What’s now Los Angeles was first…

Carole King at home on Wonderland Ave. in Laurel Canyon, from sessions for the cover of Tapestry, released February 10, 1971, by Jim McCrary, my edit of original via Carole’s Twitter

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, California

Look closely at the Once Upon A Time in Hollywood map and you'll see the "Houdini Mansion" among the historic Manson-era haunts.