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| From | "Michael Curry" <mikecurry@hotmail.co.uk> |
| Subject | Re: L.A. Music books (was Re: RIP "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow) |
| Date | Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:13:00 +0000 |
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Hoskyns' book "Waiting For The Sun" is also a great read, covering L.A.'s
music scene from the 40's through to more or less the present day.
Mike
>From: mrmadler@mc.net
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: L.A. Music books (was Re: RIP "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow)
>Date: Wed Jan 10 15:47:23 2007
>
>From: jeff.teez@comcast.net
>Sad indeed. I was just reading about this fellow in Barny Hoskins latest
>book "Hotel California ...". If any of you are at all interested in the
>Southern Cal/Laurel Canyon music scene from approx. 1965 to 1979, I highly
>recommend this book. A little heavy for my tastes on the industry
>machinations and stuff ala David Geffen and the rest, but overall a "right
>good read". Anyone else read it? Opinions?
>
>***I read this book a couple of months back and really enjoyed it. I
>especially liked the coverage of the music industry in that time period as
>part of my job includes writing about the current state of the music
>business. Hoskins's book did a good job in explaining how it changed from
>the idealism of the 60s to becoming the big money machine of the 70s.
>
>If you haven't done so yet, you should read "Laurel Canyon" by Michael
>Walker, which covers much the same time period and cast of characters. But
>whereas Hoskins's book is a music industry history, Walker's book is more
>of a social history of the LA/Laurel Canyon scene. It's certainly the more
>colorful and entertaining of the two.
>
>
>
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