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The Musicians of Laurel Canyon and the Sunset Strip.

I'd like people who join this little blog to discuss the amazing hippy musicians who convened on a little town called Laurel Canyon, in West Los Angeles, to play their music together. Let's use our words, pictures and autographs to better describe the music, the scene, the decadence, the alliances and the fallouts of the greatest gathering of talented musicians ever to assemble in one place during such a short period of time.

The music movement in Laurel Canyon was also a reaction to the social and political injustices that the musicians saw happening all around them.

These young, idealistic musicians thought they could change the world, specifically the socioeconomic and political status quo that they so eagerly tried to escape. The late 60's and early 70's were turbulent times, with a lot of political and social upheaval. The hippies in Laurel Canyon were reacting to what they saw happening, particularly the war in Vietnam. They wrote lots of protest songs; songs of hope, change, of coming together, stopping the war, hanging out and learning to love one another.

Let's discuss the club's these musicians played in, along side other soon-to-be greats, in order to hone their skills and create new alliances. The clubs were a 5 minute hitchhike south of Laurel Canyon: The Roxy, Whisky-A-Go-Go, Troubadour and more.

This should be an amazing adventure. Won't you join me?

I welcome all your creative input and your memories.

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Comment by Dave Stein on January 13, 2016 at 11:41pm: This is a link to my soon-to-be prized centerpiece in my collection. It is a "genuine

copy"...a copy rendered from the original negative. This is a limited edition copy of Joni Mitchell in the Desert taken and signed by the Laurel Canyon (and the original Woodstock Festival) photographer Henry Ditz. Ditz is responsible for photo chronicling all the great musicians in Laurel Canyon. Henry has a gift for helping his subjects to relax, be themselves and catch them at just the right moment. My copy is a 20x24 and sells for $1,300.00 at Morrison Hotel.com Morrison is a great gallery to work with and has very kind and knowledgeable employees. This print will be framed and mounted right a long side of my framed Joni Mitchell signed picture.

Henry is overseeing the copying process for me and is signing the piece.

With out Henry Diltz's photography, most of the eduring images of the musicians in Laurel Canyon would not have been taken.

Mixing in prints of with autographs of your favorite artists gives your collection more diversity, depth and excitement.

Here is the print:

https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/photographer/default.aspx?phot...

https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/photographer/default.aspx?phot...

Comment by Dave Stein on January 13, 2016 at 11:50pm: Hey Patrick, Can you tell us a little about your experience seeing The Doors live at The Whiskey ?

Comment by Dave Stein on January 14, 2016 at 9:20am: Does anybody have any vintage pictures of rock and rollers that were in or around Laurel Canyon that they'd like to post?

Comment by Patrick Phillippe on January 14, 2016 at 9:21am

Comment by Patrick Phillippe on January 14, 2016 at 9:22am: CSN......

Comment by Dave Stein on January 14, 2016 at 9:50am: Thanks Patrick!

Comment by Dave Stein on January 14, 2016 at 3:15pm: I love Sling's picture of Bonnie Raitt with her hand written/hand signed lyrics

Comment by sling on January 14, 2016 at 4:58pm: ThANKS DAVID, I think Bonnie is one of the greatest female rock and rollers since the 50s. Funny thing though, I can't find my post anywhere on this site. its like it disappeared, Must be my computer messing up cause you saw it.

Comment by sling on January 14, 2016 at 5:31pm: This came from the Robbins Nordoff charity in England. At the time I THOUGHT that is had to be real cause it was a donation to a valid charity. I now know that charity auctions get tons of fakes. I got lucky cause I believe this is real, but I will never be suckered by charity auctions again (that is believing that valid charities must be selling real things)

Comment by sling on January 14, 2016 at 5:41pm: Another note is I believe I avoided buying fakes years ago is because I focused on getting lyrics. Faking a signature is one thing, but stanza after stanza of lyrics is much more difficult. I got lucky out of my focus rather than knowledge.

But today is a different world and the lyrics rule I lucked into no longer applies cause rock lyric values have gone up and thus brought in much better forgers I think.

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