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CREEPS IN THE CANYON

 

 

 

Los Angeles in the 1960s and early 1970s was a magical place where a dizzying array of musical artists and subcultural groups congregated to create much of the music and art that provided the backdrop to those turbulent times. Many of these outliers lived together and jammed together in a bucolic community nestled in the Hollywood Hills.

Laurel Canyon was the fountainhead for the peace, love and good vibes that overflowed America’s airwaves as the Vietnam War raged, but lurking beneath it’s tie dyed and florid veneer was an exquisite darkness of drugs, debauchery, weirdness and depravity.

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, once said, ‘If you tilt the whole country sideways, Los Angeles is the place where everything loose will fall.” He was right. Far more integrated into the LA scene than most would like to admit was Charles Manson’s Family and a whole host of other esoteric cults and weirdos. Floating on the periphery were various radical political groups and art collectives, all happily coexisting alongside a covert US Military Psy-Ops installation atop Laurel Canyon!

This collection is a homage to those heady days in Los Angeles and Laurel Canyon - its residents, artists, musicians, record stores, bars, hangouts, recording studios and infamous locales!