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How 'Shindig!' Brought L.A. Attitude (and Musicians) to Prime Time
ABC's chaotic primetime network music show hurled raw rock, soul, R&B and more into millions of unsuspecting living rooms decades before MTV.
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Friday Night Live: 'Beck's Bolero,' Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page
On Beck's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the former Yardbirds guitar slingers join forces on the song they wrote and recorded that…
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How the Mamas and the Papas Paved the Way for ABBA and Fleetwood Mac
Born today in 1944, Michelle Phillips, the group's last surviving member, was key to her husband's vision to turn mixed-gender folk singing into blazing…
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Live from the Troubadour: Where Laurel Canyon's Cool Kids Got Their Acts Together
From Joni Mitchell to Jackson Browne, the L.A. club was proving ground for the canyon's singer-songwriters but today faces a discouraging environment…
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The Making of 'Crosby, Stills & Nash'
On today's anniversary of the group's 1969 debut, the origin story spans from Greenwich Village to Laurel Canyon, with a crucial intervention by Cass…
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Thursday Night Live: The Cars, 'Good Times Roll'
Fresh off their 1978 debut, the Cars perform their once and future manifesto in what looks like the cafeteria at the University of Sussex on the BBC's…
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Laurel Canyon's 'Houdini House'
Houdini didn't live there, but the property can't escape the legend that he did.
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Letter from Laurel Canyon
Letter from Laurel Canyon
The latest from the Laurel Canyon atelier of Michael Walker, author of the national bestseller "Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Legendary Neighborhood" (FSG).
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