Laurel Canyon Victory
The legacy of California's creative nexus of the 70s
“Whatever happened to that lovely hippie shit?”
-Ray High “Psychoderelict” a rock opera by Pete Townshend
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In 1970, Jackson Browne
Warren Zevon
Glenn Frey
And Linda Ronstadt
Sit on a couch in Echo Park
Passing a joint
Talking about Nixon and Viet Nam
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In 1975
Browne, Frey, Ronstadt, and Zevon
Share a joint backstage
As they discuss Cesar Chavez
And new California governor
Jerry Brown
Surely, destined to be the next president
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In 1979
Browne, Graham Nash, Bonnie Raitt
James Taylor, Carly Simon
Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen
Share a joint backstage
At the “No Nukes Concerts”
While Willie Nelson smokes one
On the roof of Jimmy Carter’s White House
After an official dinner
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In 1990
Bonnie Raitt, Neil Young
Don Henley
And Willie Nelson
Share a joint
Backstage at Farm Aid IV
And talk about the Walden Woods Project
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In 2016,
Browne makes his first purchase
From the marijuana dispensary
Before going to see The Eagles
Select tickets are $1000 each
But he has a backstage pass
About the Creator
Gene Lass
Gene Lass is a professional writer and editor, writing and editing numerous books of non-fiction, poetry, and fiction. Several have been Top 100 Amazon Best Sellers. His short story, “Fence Sitter” was nominated for Best of the Net 2020.
Elderly Woman Behind the Table in a Large Town
The glass of Absinthe sat before me. It’s quite amazing how despite such terror rendered upon their stones in the preceding decades, these streets still held the beauty I first read about as a girl. I never dreamed I’d set foot on these cobbles, at least not safely.
By Matthew J. Fromm5 days ago in Art
Comments (2)
They became the establishment.
This is a fun timeline very cool