1 of 2 - Reading Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon by David McGowan

"Laurel Canyon in the 1960s and early 1970s was a magical place where a dizzying array of musical artists congregated 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...rock stars, hippies, murderers and politicos happily coexisted alongside a covert military installation."