Laurel Canyon, la légende pop-rock d'Hollywood

I was very pleasantly surprised at the the amount of original footage and narration by the singers and songwriters themselves, thinking that there could not possibly be anything left that had not been shown elsewhere before. The show does a very creative job of joining that particular place - Laurel Canyon Road - with stories about the people and music that came out of that one location. Not to be missed if you love the music of that period in time. Thank you for a wonderful evening.

They cover everything from Love, Byrd's, Doors, Nash, Stills and an amazing Crosby and of course Joni and Neil. Just wonderful to see this hive of creativity minutes from the city. We get to be flies on the wall during an epic period of popular music history. Can't wait for episode 2

If you're a fan of music from the mid 60's to the early 70's this 2 part documentary is a fantastic insight from people who witnessed how a small community of hopeful musicians became world renowned from the first wave of The Byrds finding success by Bob Dylan's backing vocals singing out of tune to the second wave and the likes of the Eagles dominating the radio airwaves across the world. I really wish this time capsule could of been made longer but as a fan seeing and hearing how the connection's between young hopefuls spark into some of the greatest music ever written and recorded. A truly magical time shown it great detail , which leaves you thinking just how much the world could do with a repeat of the 'Laurel Canyon' vibe springing up some in today's music machine Making music for musics sake not just to make money for the suits in an office

With a majority of today's pop\rock music either created inside a game show, or lost in streaming obscurity Laural Canyon shines a light on what could be possible again. Obviously the record business is not the same, and the modality of sharing new music has radically changed. However, LC teaches us the music that changed us came from a group of people who were first and foremost community minded. The concept of a ' music scene' cannot be lost on the viewer. What that music offers the listener, the enthusiast is an energy. It seems to me it's difficult if not impossible for a lasting music scene filled with energy and life to exist inside one's and zero's alone. If you love music and want to share how it was created out of thin air (and how it could happen again), show this to your teenager. Before it fades away into the dust of 'old stuff'.

In the years this documentary covers, I went from 15 to 25. I listened to these songs on the radio, bought the albums, and went to the concerts. It was a time of explosive creativity in pop music of all kinds, from England to Motown to Nashville to San Francisco and L. A., and Laurel Canyon was the epicenter of everything happening in L. A. As the documentary shows, the singer/songwriters and bands all found their way to a close knit community, where they fed each other's creative juices, and made a lot of memorable music. Clearly it was quite a project, as there are interviews from many years past with artists long dead. It was great to see one of my favorite bands, Love, get a fair amount of attention, but I don't see how the band Spirit got no mention at all. They did some of the most creative music of the time, and their guitarist, Randy California, invented various devices that are now incorporated into every electric guitar made. The band's chief composer, Jay Ferguson, is still doing tv and movie scores today. Highly recommended, especially for those of you unaware of what went on in that place at that time.