Includes selected bibliography and filmography (pages 302-305) and index.
Contents:
Foreword / by Nick Bryant -- Village of the damned: by way of an introduction -- Power to the people: call this a counterculture? -- Dig!: the Laurel Canyon death list -- Related lives: and relative deaths -- Desirable people: the Canyon's peculiar past -- Vito and his freakers: the sinister roots of hippie culture -- The death of Godo Paulekas: anger's instant Lucifer -- All the young turks: Hollywood tripping -- Weird scenes inside the Canyon -- Helter skelter in a summer swelter: return of the death list -- Detours: Rustic Canyon & Greystone Park -- Riders on the storm: The Doors -- Eight miles high and falling fast: The Byrds -- The great serendipity: Buffalo Springfield -- Beyond Buffalo Springfield: and the Monkees, too -- Altamont Pie: Gram Parsons -- The lost expedition: of Gene Clark -- The Wolf King of LA: "Papa" John Phillips -- Hungry freaks, daddy: Frank Zappa -- Born to be wild: John Kay -- A whiter shade of pale: Arthur Lee and Love -- Endless vibrations: The Beach Boys -- The grim game: Houdini -- Won't get fooled again: punk and new wave arrive -- Epilogue.
Summary:
In the 1960s and early 1970s a dizzying array of musical artists congregated in Laurel Canyon to create much of the music that provided the soundtrack to those turbulent times. But there was a dark side to that scene as well. Many didn't make it out alive, and many of those deaths remain shrouded in mystery to this day. Charles Manson was integrated into the scene more than most would care to admit, as well as various political operatives, up-and-coming politicians, and intelligence personnel, happily coexisting alongside a covert military installation. Discover the dark underbelly of a hippie utopia.
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