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- For four years,
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American boys have been
fighting and dying in Vietnam.
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For 12 months,
our negotiators have been...
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["Take It Easy" playing]
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♪
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- ♪ Well I'm a-runnin'
down the road ♪
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♪ Trying to loosen my load
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♪ I got seven women
on my mind ♪
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♪ Four that want to own me,
two that want to stone me ♪
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♪ One said
she's a friend of mine ♪
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♪ Take it easy
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♪ Take it easy
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♪ Don't let the sound
of your own wheels ♪
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♪ Drive you crazy
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♪ Lighten up
while you still can ♪
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♪ Don't even try
to understand ♪
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♪ Just find a place
to make your stand ♪
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♪ Take it easy
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♪
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- ♪ Take it easy
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♪ Take it easy
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♪ Don't let the sound
of your own wheels ♪
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♪ Drive you crazy
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♪ Come on, baby
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♪ Don't say maybe
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♪ I got to know
if your sweet love ♪
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♪ Is gonna save me
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♪
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- I'm Jim Ladd,
and you have the good taste,
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the grace, and the luck
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to be listening
to 95.5 KLOS.
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Good for you, man.
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I worked
at a radio station in LA.
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I had hair down
to the middle of my back.
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Here we are
in our early 20s,
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the entire social order
of the country
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was in upheaval.
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["The Star-Spangled Banner"
playing on electric guitar]
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♪
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But then something
very special happened.
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- That's one small step for man,
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one giant leap
for mankind.
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Houston...
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- That day in front
of a black-and-white TV set,
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it reached into me,
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this young hippie radical,
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just as it reached
into everybody
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that was alive...
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- There you go.
- Yeah.
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- Beautiful.
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- That's what humanity
coming together looks like.
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And that's what would
start it in a smaller way.
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- The great rock festival
is now history.
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The last of the nearly
half million young people
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have now departed.
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- And while the music is over,
the aftertaste lingers on.
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- Woodstock was the event
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that drew
our generation together
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and put a face
and numbers to it.
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- ...virtually a city.
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- The fact that you would pull
that many people together,
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and it would be peaceful...
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- ...a place of no violence.
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- ...it made a big impression
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on those in a society
that hated us.
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And let's remember,
there were those that hated us.
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They didn't like hippies.
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- Hippie eventually was a name
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that people
didn't want to be called
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because it was a way
of packaging them up
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and dismissing them.
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But hippie was,
like, a young person,
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just burgeoning
or just opening,
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just blossoming.
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Somebody who's getting hip.
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I mean, it was a way of living
your life out in the open.
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Being a freak
and being unapologetic
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about who you were.
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It was going on
in Woodstock
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and immediately was echoed
in Laurel Canyon.
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[piano music]
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♪
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- Joni Mitchell, she didn't
come out to Woodstock,
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but she wrote the song about it
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from what she gleaned
from other people.
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And yet, to her credit,
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it was the song.
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- ♪ By the time
we got to Woodstock ♪
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♪ We were half a million
strong ♪
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♪ And everywhere
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♪ There was song
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♪ And celebration
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♪ And I dreamed
I saw the bombers ♪
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♪ Riding shotgun
in the sky ♪
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♪ And they were turning
into butterflies ♪
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♪ Above our nation
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♪ Ooh
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I was just trying to understand
myself and my world.
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I used the writing process
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as a method
of understanding,
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getting closer and closer
to the essence.
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♪ Ooh
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My 20s were full of intense
painful self-discovery.
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Some truths that I discovered
along the way,
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wherever I could take it
from my own personal travail
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to the universal.
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Anything good that helped me,
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I would try to slot
into the song
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to give it some nutrition,
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so it would transcend
self-pity.
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♪ Ooh
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- I was always very cautious
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about giving Joan
enough room to write.
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There was no schedule.
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It was just me
trying to recognize
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when Joni was going
into that void,
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when I say something
and she wasn't listening.
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And she wrote many,
many, many songs
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while we were together.
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She wrote half of "Blue,"
"Ladies of the Canyon."
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It was a shitty morning.
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Late winter, chilly,
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rainy, miserable, foggy.
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I'd taken Joni to breakfast
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at Art's Deli
on Ventura Boulevard,
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quite close to Laurel Canyon.
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We were walking
after breakfast,
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and we passed an antique store,
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and we're looking
in the window.
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Joan saw this small vase
that she wanted to buy.
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It was about eight
or nine inches high.
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Some hand-painted flowers
around one edge.
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So she bought it.
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We drive to her house,
go through the front door,
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and I said, "Hey, Joan,
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"why don't I light a fire
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"and you put some flowers
in that vase
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that you bought today?"
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[chuckles]
It's that simple.
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Joni went out to find
some winter flowers
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to put in this vase
that she just bought.
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That means
she wasn't at her piano,
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but that means that I was.
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- ♪ I'll light the fire
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♪ You place the flowers
in the vase ♪
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♪ That you bought today
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- ♪ Staring at the fire
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♪ For hours and hours
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♪ While I listen to you
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♪ Play your love songs
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♪ All night long
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♪ For me
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- People would say when me
and Joan walked into a room,
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it lit up the room.
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We brought out the best
in each other.
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- ♪ Come to me now
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♪ To rest your head
for just... ♪
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- In the Laurel Canyon scene,
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we were at the very center
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of this beautiful bubble
of creativity
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and friendship and sunshine
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and sex and drugs
and music.
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- ♪ Our house
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♪ Is a very, very,
very fine house ♪
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♪ With two cats in the yard
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♪ Life used to be so hard
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♪ Now everything is easy
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♪ 'Cause of you
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- Joan, I don't think
ever has really had
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another relationship
like Graham.
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Graham was as close as
it ever came to her
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actually loving somebody
on an ongoing basis.
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She probably nearly stuck
with him forever.
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And I don't think
she ever even considered it
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with any of the rest of us.
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- It was a telegram,
and it only said,
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"If you hold sand too tightly
in your hand,
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it will run through
your fingers."
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And that was a shame,
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but that's the way things are.
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[birds chirping]
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- ♪ Boys and girls
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♪ Have a good time together
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all:
♪ Be my friend
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♪ Or be my lover
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♪ Girls
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- That's the way
we've been doing it.
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We changed it.
This time we sing--
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- Yeah, but the rhythm
has changed, Cass.
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- Mamas & Papas--
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we were only together
for two and a half years.
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Then that all changed.
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- Being successful,
we've all developed
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our own ways of life
here in Los Angeles,
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and we don't affect one another
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as creatively as we did
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when we were all dependent
upon one another,
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emotionally and whatnot.
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- After a while,
you don't want to see
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those same three people
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day in and day out
all of your life.
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It starts to wear on you.
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We decided that
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we didn't want to continue
working together.
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Everybody had ambitions
to do other things.
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Cass wanted to be a soloist
more than anything.
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She saw herself as a hip
Barbra Streisand.
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- The music that my mom
chose for herself
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that she did as a solo artist,
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she felt passionately about
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really positive subject matter.
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My mom was loving and warm
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and inviting, big hugs.
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She loved to be around
her friends.
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She loved to have a full house,
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and people would make music.
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Gram called her
The Queen of the Canyon.
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- In Laurel Canyon,
her house was, like,
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at the center of everything.
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Open 24 hours a day.
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A very wide circle
of friends.
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But John and I
left Laurel Canyon,
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moved to Bel Air.
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Three Rolls-Royces
in the garage.
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We were hippies,
but we were rich hippies.
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There was no question
about that.
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We'd been so innovative.
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But we had become
the establishment.
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[laughs]
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[dramatic music]
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♪
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- I was continuing The Byrds
as a franchise.
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Kind of like Coca-Cola
or something.
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David Crosby showed up
at my house and said,
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"You know, some of the songs
you guys are doing are okay,
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but some of them aren't."
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And I had to agree with him.
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There was a mediocre element
in what The Byrds had become.
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We'd gone out on the road
as a three-piece band.
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It just wasn't good,
wasn't happening.
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We were looking for somebody
to fill in for David
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because there was no
rhythm player.
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Chris Hillman met
Gram Parsons
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and invited him over
to our rehearsals.
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Gram came in and played
a little country music.
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I thought,
"The guy's got talent.
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We can work with him."
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I didn't know it,
but he was about to morph
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into George Jones
in a rhinestone suit.
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[country music]
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♪
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- I convinced The Byrds
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that they should be doing
country music
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instead of trying to write
their own Bob Dylan material.
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Chris had been trying to say
something like that all along
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but wasn't sure The Byrds
would be out of a job.
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- Gram Parsons came along,
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and he really understood
the real music.
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All this wonderful stuff
out of California
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along with the Nashville
'50s and '60s country music.
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- Gram Parsons' love of
country music was infectious.
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He loved it so much
that he sold us on it.
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I went to Nudie's,
a rodeo tailor,
264
00:13:06,786 --> 00:13:09,397
and got some cowboy clothes.
265
00:13:09,527 --> 00:13:11,660
And we recorded
an entire county album,
266
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the "Sweetheart of the Rodeo."
267
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It was the first time
a commercially successful
268
00:13:16,665 --> 00:13:18,362
rock band had done
country music.
269
00:13:18,493 --> 00:13:20,625
Other people
had dabbled in it.
270
00:13:20,756 --> 00:13:24,020
- We all had trouble
getting anybody to believe
271
00:13:24,151 --> 00:13:27,284
that you could make
good country music.
272
00:13:27,415 --> 00:13:29,591
- Gram was a nice guy.
He was a lot of fun.
273
00:13:29,721 --> 00:13:32,289
We'd drink beer and play pool,
and he's like a good old boy.
274
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It was a good time.
275
00:13:35,597 --> 00:13:37,294
He got to know
The Rolling Stones.
276
00:13:37,425 --> 00:13:39,644
He and Keith Richards
became really tight.
277
00:13:39,775 --> 00:13:42,473
And he always wanted
to hang out with Keith.
278
00:13:42,604 --> 00:13:44,301
- He was around
for six months.
279
00:13:44,432 --> 00:13:46,913
He left The Byrds.
And I got a little antsy then.
280
00:13:47,043 --> 00:13:49,829
I wanted to do something else,
as David had the year before.
281
00:13:49,959 --> 00:13:51,787
So I left The Byrds,
and Gram and I started
282
00:13:51,918 --> 00:13:55,356
The Flying Burrito Brothers
in 1969.
283
00:13:55,486 --> 00:13:58,272
[country rock music]
284
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♪
285
00:14:07,498 --> 00:14:10,501
- ♪ You may be
286
00:14:10,632 --> 00:14:14,375
♪ Sweet and nice
287
00:14:14,505 --> 00:14:19,641
♪ But that you won't
keep you warm at night ♪
288
00:14:19,771 --> 00:14:22,470
♪ 'Cause I'm the one
289
00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,734
♪ Who showed you how
290
00:14:25,865 --> 00:14:27,997
♪ To do the things
291
00:14:28,128 --> 00:14:32,045
♪ You're doing now
292
00:14:32,175 --> 00:14:35,222
♪ He may feel
293
00:14:35,352 --> 00:14:37,833
♪ All your charms
294
00:14:37,964 --> 00:14:40,444
- We want to do this
young, hip country band
295
00:14:40,575 --> 00:14:43,360
and base it around
a Bakersfield-type sound
296
00:14:43,491 --> 00:14:45,797
with a little R&B.
297
00:14:45,928 --> 00:14:48,278
Now, this is where Gram
taught me a lot of music.
298
00:14:49,889 --> 00:14:54,371
- ♪ At the dark end
299
00:14:54,502 --> 00:14:57,722
♪ Of the street
300
00:14:57,853 --> 00:14:59,637
- I thought
I was pretty well up
301
00:14:59,768 --> 00:15:01,552
on most of my R&B and blues,
302
00:15:01,683 --> 00:15:03,511
but he started picking up
these records
303
00:15:03,641 --> 00:15:06,122
and turning me on to people
I've never heard of.
304
00:15:06,253 --> 00:15:10,387
- ♪ Where we don't belong
305
00:15:10,518 --> 00:15:15,436
- ♪ Living in darkness
to hide our wrong ♪
306
00:15:15,566 --> 00:15:19,440
♪ You and me
307
00:15:19,570 --> 00:15:21,442
♪ At the dark end
308
00:15:21,572 --> 00:15:24,662
♪ Of the street
309
00:15:24,793 --> 00:15:28,405
♪ You and me
310
00:15:28,536 --> 00:15:34,281
♪ I know that time's
gonna take its toll ♪
311
00:15:34,411 --> 00:15:37,371
- This is now 1969.
312
00:15:37,501 --> 00:15:39,416
I'd been in two groups
already in LA.
313
00:15:39,547 --> 00:15:41,549
And The Flying Burrito Brothers
were on the same label,
314
00:15:41,679 --> 00:15:45,553
so we would see each other
on the A&M studio lot,
315
00:15:45,683 --> 00:15:47,947
and they invited me to join,
to play guitar.
316
00:15:48,077 --> 00:15:49,687
And I happily did that
because I thought that
317
00:15:49,818 --> 00:15:51,602
The Burritos
could do something.
318
00:15:51,733 --> 00:15:55,650
- ♪ You and me
319
00:15:55,780 --> 00:15:58,305
♪ At the dark end
320
00:15:58,435 --> 00:16:00,698
♪ Of the street
321
00:16:00,829 --> 00:16:02,613
♪ You and me
322
00:16:02,744 --> 00:16:05,225
♪
323
00:16:05,355 --> 00:16:06,878
- Back then
I would go on tour,
324
00:16:07,009 --> 00:16:08,576
and I would leave
the door open
325
00:16:08,706 --> 00:16:09,577
'cause our friends
would come in
326
00:16:09,707 --> 00:16:11,622
and stay there.
327
00:16:11,753 --> 00:16:14,408
They cleaned the house
and stocked the refrigerator.
328
00:16:14,538 --> 00:16:15,931
I'd leave money
in the drawer.
329
00:16:16,062 --> 00:16:18,281
There was no thievery
or anything.
330
00:16:20,066 --> 00:16:21,850
We came back
from touring once,
331
00:16:21,981 --> 00:16:23,765
and there's Bobby Beausoleil
332
00:16:23,895 --> 00:16:26,681
sitting on my floor
playing a guitar.
333
00:16:26,811 --> 00:16:28,291
And I'm glad to see him.
334
00:16:28,422 --> 00:16:30,728
Bobby Beausoleil
was in the Grass Roots,
335
00:16:30,859 --> 00:16:33,949
which was our group
just before we became Love.
336
00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:35,690
He was just
the sweetest kid.
337
00:16:35,820 --> 00:16:37,605
We sit down and chat.
338
00:16:37,735 --> 00:16:40,303
And I noticed the door
to my bedroom is closed.
339
00:16:40,434 --> 00:16:41,957
So I said,
"Is there somebody in there?"
340
00:16:42,088 --> 00:16:43,828
He said,
"Yeah. My girlfriend, Sadie.
341
00:16:43,959 --> 00:16:46,048
She's asleep."
342
00:16:46,179 --> 00:16:49,312
A few minutes later, this thing
comes out of my bedroom.
343
00:16:49,443 --> 00:16:51,358
This horrible
cadaverous-looking thing
344
00:16:51,488 --> 00:16:53,142
that smelled awful.
345
00:16:53,273 --> 00:16:54,361
She had been in my bed.
346
00:16:54,491 --> 00:16:56,363
Now I'm upset.
347
00:16:56,493 --> 00:16:58,234
And I said,
"Man, who the hell is this?"
348
00:16:58,365 --> 00:16:59,366
And he said,
"Oh, this is Sadie.
349
00:16:59,496 --> 00:17:01,020
"She's with me.
350
00:17:01,150 --> 00:17:04,240
"We lived together
at the Spahn Ranch.
351
00:17:04,371 --> 00:17:05,763
"These people are friends.
352
00:17:05,894 --> 00:17:09,724
And they have
this utopian lifestyle."
353
00:17:09,854 --> 00:17:12,466
So he starts telling me,
and he's romanticizing it,
354
00:17:12,596 --> 00:17:14,381
and I said,
"Cool. That sounds good.
355
00:17:14,511 --> 00:17:16,731
Maybe one day I'll come up
and visit you guys."
356
00:17:16,861 --> 00:17:19,038
And he says,
"I don't think that's good.
357
00:17:19,168 --> 00:17:21,910
Charlie, you know,
is kind of racist."
358
00:17:22,041 --> 00:17:24,739
I said, "So why are you hanging
out with a bigot?"
359
00:17:24,869 --> 00:17:26,349
And he says,
"Well, I better go
360
00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:28,351
"because Charlie
is gonna be upset
361
00:17:28,482 --> 00:17:30,875
if he knows that I came by
to visit you."
362
00:17:31,006 --> 00:17:33,530
Well, I said, "Dude,
if this guy is gonna be upset
363
00:17:33,661 --> 00:17:35,576
"that you came by
and visited somebody
364
00:17:35,706 --> 00:17:37,404
"that you've known for years,
365
00:17:37,534 --> 00:17:40,407
maybe you ought to get away
from him."
366
00:17:40,537 --> 00:17:42,887
He kind of laughed.
367
00:17:43,018 --> 00:17:45,716
- They call themselves
The Family.
368
00:17:45,847 --> 00:17:47,544
Young girls supposedly
under the spell
369
00:17:47,675 --> 00:17:48,850
of a bearded Svengali.
370
00:17:48,980 --> 00:17:50,939
The mystical hippie clan
despise
371
00:17:51,070 --> 00:17:52,723
the straight affluent society.
372
00:17:52,854 --> 00:17:55,683
[rain falling]
373
00:17:55,813 --> 00:17:58,599
[thunder rumbles]
374
00:18:03,821 --> 00:18:07,347
[The Doors'
"Riders on the Storm"]
375
00:18:07,477 --> 00:18:09,740
- Friday night in Los Angeles,
a movie actress
376
00:18:09,871 --> 00:18:11,742
and four of her friends
were murdered.
377
00:18:11,873 --> 00:18:14,919
And the circumstances
were lurid.
378
00:18:15,050 --> 00:18:16,704
- This was at the home
of movie director
379
00:18:16,834 --> 00:18:18,358
Roman Polanski.
380
00:18:18,488 --> 00:18:19,924
And it was his wife,
Sharon Tate,
381
00:18:20,055 --> 00:18:22,492
who was one of the victims.
382
00:18:22,623 --> 00:18:23,580
- Do you have
any kind of an idea
383
00:18:23,711 --> 00:18:24,668
who might have done it?
384
00:18:24,799 --> 00:18:25,800
Do you have any kind
of APBs out?
385
00:18:25,930 --> 00:18:27,149
Any suspects at all?
- No.
386
00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:29,891
♪
387
00:18:30,021 --> 00:18:31,893
- The first two suspects
388
00:18:32,023 --> 00:18:34,330
after the murders
at the Sharon Tate house
389
00:18:34,461 --> 00:18:36,593
were these two guys I knew.
390
00:18:36,724 --> 00:18:38,421
In the paper, the police
were looking for them.
391
00:18:38,552 --> 00:18:40,771
They went and turned
themselves in immediately
392
00:18:40,902 --> 00:18:42,077
and said,
"Wait. Whoa, whoa, whoa."
393
00:18:42,208 --> 00:18:44,688
It was frightening
in LA then.
394
00:18:44,819 --> 00:18:46,603
- A short time later,
not far away,
395
00:18:46,734 --> 00:18:48,692
a middle-aged couple
was found murdered
396
00:18:48,823 --> 00:18:51,086
in similar circumstances.
397
00:18:51,217 --> 00:18:53,610
- Leno LaBianca,
a supermarket owner,
398
00:18:53,741 --> 00:18:56,526
and his wife have both been
stabbed to death.
399
00:18:56,657 --> 00:19:00,139
Hoods have been placed over
the heads of both victims.
400
00:19:00,269 --> 00:19:04,491
- ♪ There's a killer
on the road ♪
401
00:19:04,621 --> 00:19:07,581
♪ His brain is squirming
like a toad ♪
402
00:19:07,711 --> 00:19:12,151
♪
403
00:19:12,281 --> 00:19:14,544
- We were in this
beautiful bubble,
404
00:19:14,675 --> 00:19:16,981
and those murderers put a pin
405
00:19:17,112 --> 00:19:19,332
right in that bubble,
and it exploded.
406
00:19:19,462 --> 00:19:23,466
♪
407
00:19:23,597 --> 00:19:26,774
Eight people butchered
in the night.
408
00:19:26,904 --> 00:19:30,473
It was too close, too real.
409
00:19:30,604 --> 00:19:32,432
- It's a quarter mile
from my house.
410
00:19:32,562 --> 00:19:34,738
I went out
and bought a shotgun...
411
00:19:34,869 --> 00:19:37,654
my only gun until then.
412
00:19:37,785 --> 00:19:39,090
- Prior to Manson,
413
00:19:39,221 --> 00:19:41,049
in Laurel Canyon
if I saw a hitchhiker,
414
00:19:41,180 --> 00:19:43,617
I would always stop and say,
"Hey, man, get in the car.
415
00:19:43,747 --> 00:19:45,532
Sure, I'll take you up
the Canyon."
416
00:19:45,662 --> 00:19:47,490
But then after the murders,
417
00:19:47,621 --> 00:19:49,840
you had to stop and think,
"Well, wait a minute,
418
00:19:49,971 --> 00:19:52,060
he looks like a cool guy,
but how do I know
419
00:19:52,191 --> 00:19:54,149
"he's not gonna reach around
and slit my throat
420
00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:56,543
while we're driving up
the Canyon? "
421
00:19:56,673 --> 00:19:59,894
I mean, I actually have
those thoughts, you know?
422
00:20:00,024 --> 00:20:01,461
- I had been to that house
423
00:20:01,591 --> 00:20:04,420
several times
with David Crosby,
424
00:20:04,551 --> 00:20:08,032
'cause just before
Sharon Tate lived there,
425
00:20:08,163 --> 00:20:10,774
Terry Melcher,
who had produced The Byrds,
426
00:20:10,905 --> 00:20:12,559
lived at that house,
427
00:20:12,689 --> 00:20:14,517
and everybody was familiar
with the house.
428
00:20:14,648 --> 00:20:17,433
He'd have parties
occasionally.
429
00:20:17,564 --> 00:20:19,870
- Terry Melcher
subleased that house
430
00:20:20,001 --> 00:20:22,743
to Roman and Sharon.
431
00:20:22,873 --> 00:20:26,486
- So people thought the target
could be Melcher.
432
00:20:26,616 --> 00:20:28,618
- I answered
the front doorbell.
433
00:20:28,749 --> 00:20:30,838
There were two detectives.
434
00:20:30,968 --> 00:20:32,883
"Do you know anybody
who would want to kill you?"
435
00:20:33,014 --> 00:20:34,102
And I said, "Well, no."
436
00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:35,669
He said, "Well, did you ever
437
00:20:35,799 --> 00:20:37,453
meet a fellow named
Charles Manson?"
438
00:20:37,584 --> 00:20:39,107
I said, "Charles Manson?
439
00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:40,848
"The guy who plays a guitar
440
00:20:40,978 --> 00:20:43,546
and all the girls sing
in the background?"
441
00:20:43,677 --> 00:20:46,506
[dark music]
442
00:20:46,636 --> 00:20:50,597
♪
443
00:20:50,727 --> 00:20:53,817
- Manson was one of many
disgruntled young people
444
00:20:53,948 --> 00:20:55,689
who tried to get his music
recorded,
445
00:20:55,819 --> 00:20:57,734
and he happened
to be a crazy guy
446
00:20:57,865 --> 00:21:00,389
who took a lot of drugs
and had a following.
447
00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:06,003
♪
448
00:21:06,134 --> 00:21:09,920
- Two of the girls
who worked on that scene
449
00:21:10,051 --> 00:21:13,054
who were there,
I went to high school with.
450
00:21:13,184 --> 00:21:16,579
The Manson murders were close
to everybody.
451
00:21:18,886 --> 00:21:21,628
- We found out later
that Bobby Beausoleil,
452
00:21:21,758 --> 00:21:24,631
he had killed somebody.
453
00:21:24,761 --> 00:21:28,635
Nobody could imagine that
he would be involved in that.
454
00:21:28,765 --> 00:21:32,900
♪
455
00:21:33,030 --> 00:21:34,815
- Suddenly hippies
were not harmless anymore.
456
00:21:34,945 --> 00:21:37,861
Hippies became dangerous.
457
00:21:37,992 --> 00:21:39,907
When Manson happened,
458
00:21:40,037 --> 00:21:42,170
all of a sudden,
every hippie was looked at
459
00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:45,782
as possibly psycho killer.
460
00:21:45,913 --> 00:21:47,697
Who knows what drugs
have done to these kids.
461
00:21:50,526 --> 00:21:53,355
[dramatic music]
462
00:21:53,486 --> 00:22:00,319
♪
463
00:22:02,016 --> 00:22:05,019
- ♪ Doo doo doo
doo doo doo doo ♪
464
00:22:05,149 --> 00:22:09,023
- Because of Gram Parsons'
friendship with The Stones,
465
00:22:09,153 --> 00:22:13,070
The Burritos were invited
to play at this huge concert--
466
00:22:13,201 --> 00:22:15,290
The Stones answer
to Woodstock.
467
00:22:15,421 --> 00:22:17,205
All these young people
were coming
468
00:22:17,336 --> 00:22:19,990
from all over the country
to go to this free thing.
469
00:22:20,121 --> 00:22:22,079
- Our day started out bad.
470
00:22:22,210 --> 00:22:23,777
It was cold...
471
00:22:23,907 --> 00:22:27,215
way out in that
Altamont Raceway.
472
00:22:27,346 --> 00:22:30,044
- We played it because Garcia
had called Crosby
473
00:22:30,174 --> 00:22:32,089
and said, "You want to join
The Grateful Dead?
474
00:22:32,220 --> 00:22:34,614
We're gonna do this thing
down at the Raceway here?"
475
00:22:34,744 --> 00:22:36,093
We said,
"Sounds like a good idea.
476
00:22:36,224 --> 00:22:37,965
We'll go."
477
00:22:38,095 --> 00:22:40,576
- I was against Crosby,
Stills, Nash & Young
478
00:22:40,707 --> 00:22:42,143
being on the bill.
479
00:22:42,273 --> 00:22:43,971
I said,
"I don't think you should go.
480
00:22:44,101 --> 00:22:47,235
If you want to go against me,
I'm not going."
481
00:22:47,366 --> 00:22:50,891
The Hells Angels were gonna be
doing all the security.
482
00:22:51,021 --> 00:22:53,676
And people applauded
like that was a cool thing.
483
00:22:53,807 --> 00:22:56,636
The Rolling Stones
had no clue.
484
00:22:56,766 --> 00:22:58,028
They didn't live
in California.
485
00:22:58,159 --> 00:22:59,682
They were visitors.
486
00:22:59,813 --> 00:23:02,642
They romanticized
the Angels.
487
00:23:02,772 --> 00:23:04,557
They were tattooed
and rode bikes
488
00:23:04,687 --> 00:23:07,037
and were outlaws.
489
00:23:07,168 --> 00:23:10,258
The Rolling Stones didn't know
what came with that reputation
490
00:23:10,389 --> 00:23:13,435
and how it was built.
491
00:23:13,566 --> 00:23:16,220
That was the only Crosby,
Stills, Nash & Young show
492
00:23:16,351 --> 00:23:17,918
I ever missed.
493
00:23:19,702 --> 00:23:21,182
- Red Cross truck.
494
00:23:21,312 --> 00:23:22,836
- Excuse me.
Which way is the stage?
495
00:23:22,966 --> 00:23:24,838
- I'm wading through
the crowd.
496
00:23:24,968 --> 00:23:29,364
Good Lord, the Hells Angels
were just crazy.
497
00:23:29,495 --> 00:23:33,020
They were like Vikings,
ready to raid the monastery.
498
00:23:33,150 --> 00:23:35,022
- We're partying like you.
499
00:23:35,152 --> 00:23:37,546
Hey!
500
00:23:37,677 --> 00:23:39,243
- CSNY's coming offstage,
501
00:23:39,374 --> 00:23:42,072
and David says,
"Be careful. Pay attention.
502
00:23:42,203 --> 00:23:43,596
I'm getting out of here."
I said, "Really?"
503
00:23:43,726 --> 00:23:46,207
He says,
"It's not a good deal."
504
00:23:46,337 --> 00:23:47,687
The Burritos,
to our credit,
505
00:23:47,817 --> 00:23:49,993
got up and calmed
everybody down.
506
00:23:50,124 --> 00:23:52,779
It's a different
kind of music.
507
00:23:52,909 --> 00:23:55,434
- ♪ Well,
I pulled out of Pittsburgh ♪
508
00:23:55,564 --> 00:23:58,785
♪ Rollin' down
the Eastern Seaboard ♪
509
00:23:58,915 --> 00:24:00,439
♪ Got my diesel wound up
510
00:24:00,569 --> 00:24:04,443
♪ And she's a-runnin'
like never before ♪
511
00:24:04,573 --> 00:24:07,402
♪ There's a speed trap ahead,
all right ♪
512
00:24:07,533 --> 00:24:09,709
♪ But I don't see cop
in sight ♪
513
00:24:09,839 --> 00:24:11,362
♪ Six days on the road
514
00:24:11,493 --> 00:24:15,149
♪ And I'm gonna make it home
tonight ♪
515
00:24:15,279 --> 00:24:16,933
♪ Six days on the road
516
00:24:17,064 --> 00:24:19,153
♪ And I'm gonna make it home
tonight ♪
517
00:24:19,283 --> 00:24:22,243
- But I could feel it,
the tension, the darkness.
518
00:24:22,373 --> 00:24:24,941
Something wasn't right.
519
00:24:25,072 --> 00:24:27,466
Before that last note
on the bass stopped ringing,
520
00:24:27,596 --> 00:24:29,946
I unplugged,
put that thing in the case,
521
00:24:30,077 --> 00:24:31,295
and I got out of there.
522
00:24:31,426 --> 00:24:34,168
[crowd chatter]
523
00:24:41,175 --> 00:24:42,611
- You can call them people
flower children
524
00:24:42,742 --> 00:24:44,265
and this and that.
525
00:24:44,395 --> 00:24:46,485
Some of them people
was loaded on some drugs
526
00:24:46,615 --> 00:24:48,965
that it's just too bad
we wasn't loaded on
527
00:24:49,096 --> 00:24:53,448
because they come running off
the hill yelling, "Aah."
528
00:24:53,579 --> 00:24:56,843
But when they jumped
on an Angel, they got hurt.
529
00:24:56,973 --> 00:24:59,759
- This is Stefan Ponek,
KSAN Radio, San Francisco.
530
00:24:59,889 --> 00:25:01,543
- You know what?
They got got.
531
00:25:01,674 --> 00:25:03,937
- Someone was stabbed to death
in front of the stage
532
00:25:04,067 --> 00:25:05,373
by a member
of the Hells Angels.
533
00:25:05,504 --> 00:25:07,331
Nothing is confirmed on that...
534
00:25:07,462 --> 00:25:09,856
- In the end, it was
the antithesis of Woodstock.
535
00:25:09,986 --> 00:25:11,335
People got run over.
536
00:25:11,466 --> 00:25:14,948
Four people died.
537
00:25:15,078 --> 00:25:17,124
- That was the end
of the '60s.
538
00:25:17,254 --> 00:25:19,300
The assassinations, Vietnam,
539
00:25:19,430 --> 00:25:22,869
it had finally come full circle
into this dark, dark abyss.
540
00:25:22,999 --> 00:25:27,743
♪
541
00:25:27,874 --> 00:25:29,397
- The President
of the United States
542
00:25:29,528 --> 00:25:32,748
has just announced that
a new attack into Cambodia
543
00:25:32,879 --> 00:25:34,054
was launched this evening
544
00:25:34,184 --> 00:25:37,361
by United States Armed Force.
545
00:25:37,492 --> 00:25:39,755
- Kent State University in Ohio
546
00:25:39,886 --> 00:25:42,105
has had campus violence
for three nights.
547
00:25:42,236 --> 00:25:43,977
The students were protesting
548
00:25:44,107 --> 00:25:46,457
the American invasion
of Cambodia.
549
00:25:46,588 --> 00:25:48,677
The National Guard
was called in.
550
00:25:48,808 --> 00:25:50,157
[gunshots]
551
00:25:50,287 --> 00:25:53,377
[crowd chatter]
552
00:25:53,508 --> 00:25:56,380
- The guardsmen have fired
61 shots.
553
00:25:56,511 --> 00:25:57,991
Four students,
554
00:25:58,121 --> 00:26:01,864
two of them bystanders,
are dead.
555
00:26:01,995 --> 00:26:03,910
- Kent State and more
than 400 other institutions
556
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:05,564
go on strike.
557
00:26:05,694 --> 00:26:07,914
The President says Americans
face a crisis
558
00:26:08,044 --> 00:26:10,177
that could threatened the very
survival of the nation.
559
00:26:10,307 --> 00:26:12,353
[Crosby, Stills,
Nash & Young's "Ohio"]
560
00:26:12,483 --> 00:26:14,311
♪
561
00:26:14,442 --> 00:26:17,097
- Neil saw the news
about the girl laying there.
562
00:26:17,227 --> 00:26:19,055
Her friend bending over her.
563
00:26:19,186 --> 00:26:21,797
♪
564
00:26:21,928 --> 00:26:24,191
That night, he wrote the song.
565
00:26:24,321 --> 00:26:26,454
The next night,
they recorded it.
566
00:26:26,585 --> 00:26:29,805
- ♪ Tin soldiers,
and Nixon coming ♪
567
00:26:29,936 --> 00:26:33,069
♪ We're finally on our own
568
00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,985
♪ This summer
I hear the drumming ♪
569
00:26:36,116 --> 00:26:38,945
♪ Four dead in Ohio
570
00:26:39,075 --> 00:26:42,078
- I drove the record
over to B. Mitchel Reed,
571
00:26:42,209 --> 00:26:45,821
the big DJ on FM radio
in Los Angeles.
572
00:26:45,952 --> 00:26:47,388
And he played it that night.
573
00:26:47,518 --> 00:26:50,086
♪
574
00:26:50,217 --> 00:26:52,915
Neil was so moved,
he couldn't help himself.
575
00:26:53,046 --> 00:26:55,178
And the rest of the guys
were right there.
576
00:26:55,309 --> 00:26:58,529
- ♪ And found her dead
on the ground ♪
577
00:26:58,660 --> 00:27:01,924
♪ How can you run
when you know? ♪
578
00:27:02,055 --> 00:27:04,318
♪
579
00:27:04,448 --> 00:27:06,494
- Our job is to take you
on little emotional voyages.
580
00:27:06,625 --> 00:27:07,974
Make you boogie sometimes.
581
00:27:08,104 --> 00:27:09,323
Make you sad sometimes.
582
00:27:09,453 --> 00:27:12,108
Happy sometimes.
583
00:27:12,239 --> 00:27:15,503
Every once in a while,
it's our job to be a witness.
584
00:27:15,634 --> 00:27:16,983
If your country starts
shooting its own children
585
00:27:17,113 --> 00:27:18,462
while they're protesting,
586
00:27:18,593 --> 00:27:20,203
exercising their
constitutional right,
587
00:27:20,334 --> 00:27:22,945
unarmed and on their own
college campus...
588
00:27:23,076 --> 00:27:26,209
- ♪ Soldiers
are cutting us down ♪
589
00:27:26,340 --> 00:27:27,820
- That would be
one of those times
590
00:27:27,950 --> 00:27:29,212
when you have
to be a witness.
591
00:27:29,343 --> 00:27:31,171
And we were.
592
00:27:31,301 --> 00:27:33,303
- There was a very large shift.
593
00:27:33,434 --> 00:27:35,610
People were up in arms
about the Vietnam War.
594
00:27:35,741 --> 00:27:39,440
They didn't like Nixon,
Kent State, killing our kids
595
00:27:39,570 --> 00:27:41,224
because they have
the God-given right
596
00:27:41,355 --> 00:27:42,878
to protest
what their government
597
00:27:43,009 --> 00:27:44,445
was doing in their name.
598
00:27:44,575 --> 00:27:46,969
It shifted tremendously.
599
00:27:47,100 --> 00:27:51,147
♪
600
00:27:51,278 --> 00:27:54,281
- When I was in college,
there was no separation
601
00:27:54,411 --> 00:27:57,327
between the issues of the day
and the music
602
00:27:57,458 --> 00:28:00,156
that galvanized souls
and brought people
603
00:28:00,287 --> 00:28:03,899
to not just march,
but to change their minds.
604
00:28:04,030 --> 00:28:05,466
And singing songs
about peace and love,
605
00:28:05,596 --> 00:28:07,207
it sounds corny,
but that's what needed
606
00:28:07,337 --> 00:28:09,470
to happen
in a war-torn era.
607
00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,299
["Find the Cost of Freedom"
playing]
608
00:28:12,429 --> 00:28:14,997
- The only outlets
that we had for information
609
00:28:15,128 --> 00:28:17,870
were the press,
television, radio,
610
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,393
and concerts.
611
00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:23,484
Musicians felt
that they could get the word
612
00:28:23,614 --> 00:28:25,094
out of a different opinion.
613
00:28:25,225 --> 00:28:27,967
♪
614
00:28:28,097 --> 00:28:34,190
- ♪ Find the cost of freedom
615
00:28:34,321 --> 00:28:38,891
♪ Buried in the ground
616
00:28:41,067 --> 00:28:43,983
♪ Mother Earth...
617
00:28:44,113 --> 00:28:45,375
- The Southern California sound
618
00:28:45,506 --> 00:28:48,335
was gentle yet rocking.
619
00:28:48,465 --> 00:28:50,511
- ♪ Lay your body...
620
00:28:50,641 --> 00:28:54,950
- It was acoustic
yet electrified.
621
00:28:55,081 --> 00:28:57,561
["Peace Frog" playing]
622
00:28:57,692 --> 00:29:00,216
- And then
there was The Doors.
623
00:29:00,347 --> 00:29:03,045
The Doors gave us
624
00:29:03,176 --> 00:29:07,615
the Southern California
sound after dark.
625
00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:11,488
- ♪ Blood in the streets
in the town of New Haven ♪
626
00:29:11,619 --> 00:29:15,754
♪ Blood stains the roofs
and the palm trees of Venice ♪
627
00:29:15,884 --> 00:29:20,193
♪ Blood in my love
in the terrible summer ♪
628
00:29:20,323 --> 00:29:24,327
♪ Bloody red sun
of fantastic LA ♪
629
00:29:24,458 --> 00:29:28,027
The music can't help
but reflecting things
630
00:29:28,157 --> 00:29:30,507
that are happening
around you.
631
00:29:30,638 --> 00:29:32,031
The mood I get for most of it
632
00:29:32,161 --> 00:29:35,556
is kind of a heavy,
gloomy feeling.
633
00:29:35,686 --> 00:29:39,995
♪ Blood is the rose
of mysterious union ♪
634
00:29:40,126 --> 00:29:42,563
I like to do a song
or a piece of music
635
00:29:42,693 --> 00:29:47,916
that's just
a pure expression of joy.
636
00:29:48,047 --> 00:29:52,181
["Love Street" playing]
637
00:29:52,312 --> 00:29:54,270
- "Love Street," that's one
where I had the music,
638
00:29:54,401 --> 00:29:56,751
and he just came up
with those words.
639
00:29:56,882 --> 00:30:00,407
- ♪ She lives
on Love Street ♪
640
00:30:00,537 --> 00:30:02,452
- His girlfriend,
Pam, had just moved
641
00:30:02,583 --> 00:30:05,238
into that place up above
the country store there.
642
00:30:05,368 --> 00:30:07,414
- ♪ She has a house
and garden ♪
643
00:30:07,544 --> 00:30:09,024
- She has a house and garden.
644
00:30:09,155 --> 00:30:10,591
I would like
to see what happens.
645
00:30:10,721 --> 00:30:13,420
- ♪ I would like
to see what happens ♪
646
00:30:13,550 --> 00:30:16,118
- There's this store
where the creatures meet.
647
00:30:16,249 --> 00:30:19,208
That is the Canyon
Country Store.
648
00:30:19,339 --> 00:30:22,124
The heart
of Laurel Canyon.
649
00:30:22,255 --> 00:30:26,215
- ♪ I see you
live on Love Street ♪
650
00:30:26,346 --> 00:30:29,566
♪ There's this store
where the creatures meet ♪
651
00:30:29,697 --> 00:30:34,180
♪ I wonder
what they do in there ♪
652
00:30:34,310 --> 00:30:35,790
♪ Summer Sunday
653
00:30:35,921 --> 00:30:37,661
- The first time
I saw Laurel Canyon,
654
00:30:37,792 --> 00:30:41,143
there was a full-scale
hippie infestation
655
00:30:41,274 --> 00:30:43,580
taking place
at the Canyon Store.
656
00:30:43,711 --> 00:30:45,887
It was exciting
to see that many people,
657
00:30:46,018 --> 00:30:49,456
that profusion of different
styles of freakdom.
658
00:30:49,586 --> 00:30:51,545
I would come into Hollywood,
and Laurel Canyon
659
00:30:51,675 --> 00:30:53,416
every chance
I got after that.
660
00:30:53,547 --> 00:30:55,679
♪
661
00:30:55,810 --> 00:30:58,465
Laurel Canyon was a place
that gave you the permission
662
00:30:58,595 --> 00:31:00,728
to ask who you were,
to find out
663
00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:04,166
what this life held for you,
and not be scrambling
664
00:31:04,297 --> 00:31:08,605
for some regimented job
in a regimented society.
665
00:31:08,736 --> 00:31:12,174
- ♪ I would like to see
what happens... ♪
666
00:31:12,305 --> 00:31:14,437
- That was
the creative lightning
667
00:31:14,568 --> 00:31:17,310
that was going on
between people.
668
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:19,573
- Jackson and I,
we used to hang out a lot,
669
00:31:19,703 --> 00:31:21,270
not doing anything special.
670
00:31:21,401 --> 00:31:23,664
I always had
my camera with me.
671
00:31:23,794 --> 00:31:25,579
In those days,
it wasn't competitive.
672
00:31:25,709 --> 00:31:29,191
It wasn't like, you know,
we got a single and you didn't.
673
00:31:29,322 --> 00:31:31,498
People were really
encouraging each other.
674
00:31:31,628 --> 00:31:34,066
"Go for it.
Do the best you can.
675
00:31:34,196 --> 00:31:36,633
Can't wait to hear
your new song."
676
00:31:36,764 --> 00:31:39,332
It was great.
677
00:31:39,462 --> 00:31:42,074
- You'd go play in a bunch
of different people's houses.
678
00:31:42,204 --> 00:31:44,685
David Crosby
would show up.
679
00:31:44,815 --> 00:31:46,905
- A kid came in.
He was way too pretty.
680
00:31:47,035 --> 00:31:48,689
And I said, "Hi, kid.
What's your name? "
681
00:31:48,819 --> 00:31:51,561
He said, "Jackson."
I said, "Sing me a song."
682
00:31:51,692 --> 00:31:54,695
And he sang me "Adam."
683
00:31:54,825 --> 00:31:56,436
And I said, "Oh, shit.
684
00:31:56,566 --> 00:31:58,438
Here comes
the next wave."
685
00:31:58,568 --> 00:31:59,918
["A Song For Adam" playing]
686
00:32:00,048 --> 00:32:03,138
- ♪ Though Adam
was a friend of mine ♪
687
00:32:03,269 --> 00:32:05,793
♪ I did not know him well
688
00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:08,404
I was writing songs
and playing open-mic night
689
00:32:08,535 --> 00:32:10,406
at the Troubadour.
690
00:32:10,537 --> 00:32:11,755
That was a fun hang, too,
because you wind up
691
00:32:11,886 --> 00:32:13,670
waiting around
for about four hours
692
00:32:13,801 --> 00:32:16,238
with a bunch of songwriters
on the street, you know,
693
00:32:16,369 --> 00:32:19,328
just like waiting
for this window to open.
694
00:32:19,459 --> 00:32:21,591
I met a lot of friends there.
695
00:32:21,722 --> 00:32:24,943
♪ Now the story's told
that Adam jumped ♪
696
00:32:25,073 --> 00:32:29,469
♪ But I'm thinking
that he fell ♪
697
00:32:29,599 --> 00:32:30,818
- Eventually they told me,
like, "Kid, you don't have to--
698
00:32:30,949 --> 00:32:32,515
"don't have to sign up
anymore.
699
00:32:32,646 --> 00:32:35,301
If you're gonna come,
just come."
700
00:32:35,431 --> 00:32:38,434
- Jackson's music
just really touched something.
701
00:32:38,565 --> 00:32:40,523
It was very emotional
702
00:32:40,654 --> 00:32:44,353
but in a quiet, calm way.
703
00:32:44,484 --> 00:32:47,443
- There were all these greats
second-wave songwriters
704
00:32:47,574 --> 00:32:50,533
all hanging out together
at the Troubadour bar.
705
00:32:50,664 --> 00:32:52,709
But no one
had recorded yet.
706
00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:55,930
Everyone was on
an equal footing.
707
00:32:56,061 --> 00:32:59,238
- I was in this duo
Longbranch Pennywhistle
708
00:32:59,368 --> 00:33:01,240
with this guy
name JD Souther.
709
00:33:01,370 --> 00:33:02,589
We started going
to the Troubadour
710
00:33:02,719 --> 00:33:05,461
all the time,
five nights a week.
711
00:33:05,592 --> 00:33:07,594
Out there in the bar,
I would sit with people,
712
00:33:07,724 --> 00:33:08,856
and I would ask questions.
713
00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:10,640
Gene Clark would come in,
714
00:33:10,771 --> 00:33:12,642
and I'd talk with him
about songwriting.
715
00:33:12,773 --> 00:33:14,818
And I ask him
why'd The Byrds break up.
716
00:33:14,949 --> 00:33:17,473
The next day, the guys
from Crosby, Stills & Nash.
717
00:33:17,604 --> 00:33:18,561
Who writes the songs?
718
00:33:18,692 --> 00:33:20,520
Where do they rehearse?
719
00:33:20,650 --> 00:33:23,349
I was trying to collect as much
information as possible
720
00:33:23,479 --> 00:33:26,134
that could help me
get to where I wanted to be.
721
00:33:28,484 --> 00:33:30,312
We had heard about this guy
Jackson Browne.
722
00:33:30,443 --> 00:33:32,532
He'd been playing
the same clubs we had,
723
00:33:32,662 --> 00:33:35,709
and we struck up
a friendship.
724
00:33:35,839 --> 00:33:39,582
I learned so much
from Jackson about songwriting.
725
00:33:39,713 --> 00:33:41,758
It was the beginning.
726
00:33:41,889 --> 00:33:45,675
- I met Jackson in 1970
before my first album came out.
727
00:33:45,806 --> 00:33:48,330
I loved his music.
728
00:33:48,461 --> 00:33:49,418
The thing about Jackson
is that he's been
729
00:33:49,549 --> 00:33:51,464
a real established
songwriter
730
00:33:51,594 --> 00:33:54,293
since the time
he was about 17 or 18.
731
00:33:54,423 --> 00:33:55,903
I mean,
I heard about his legend.
732
00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:58,688
- Since the time we ran
into each other a year ago.
733
00:33:58,819 --> 00:34:00,690
- Oh, we played before either
one of us had had an album.
734
00:34:00,821 --> 00:34:03,345
He found out about me
and loved what I did,
735
00:34:03,476 --> 00:34:05,695
and we've been like brother
and sister ever since.
736
00:34:05,826 --> 00:34:08,611
It was a fantastic time
to be young
737
00:34:08,742 --> 00:34:10,787
and free.
738
00:34:10,918 --> 00:34:13,051
Able to party.
739
00:34:13,181 --> 00:34:16,010
Able to sleep around
if you wanted to.
740
00:34:16,141 --> 00:34:18,882
Everybody lived within
ten minutes of each other,
741
00:34:19,013 --> 00:34:20,841
and everybody
was up late at night.
742
00:34:20,971 --> 00:34:22,669
We all could go down
to the Troubadour
743
00:34:22,799 --> 00:34:25,280
and just run into a set
of people that were there.
744
00:34:25,411 --> 00:34:26,803
["These Days" playing]
745
00:34:26,934 --> 00:34:29,719
- ♪ Well,
I've been out walking ♪
746
00:34:29,850 --> 00:34:33,332
♪
747
00:34:33,462 --> 00:34:36,900
♪ I don't do
that much talking ♪
748
00:34:37,031 --> 00:34:40,513
♪ These days
749
00:34:40,643 --> 00:34:46,693
♪ These days
750
00:34:46,823 --> 00:34:49,696
Crosby told me about this
really hip young agent,
751
00:34:49,826 --> 00:34:51,915
who, unlike most of the agents
and managers,
752
00:34:52,046 --> 00:34:53,830
was one of us.
753
00:34:53,961 --> 00:34:56,703
The guy that can do business
with the best of them.
754
00:34:56,833 --> 00:34:59,706
He's really smart,
and he's honest.
755
00:34:59,836 --> 00:35:01,316
- It was incredible
to be at the nexus
756
00:35:01,447 --> 00:35:02,926
of all that was happening.
757
00:35:03,057 --> 00:35:04,841
Very fertile period
of time for songwriters
758
00:35:04,972 --> 00:35:07,757
and singers and musicians.
759
00:35:07,888 --> 00:35:09,585
- Geffen was only 24
or something.
760
00:35:09,716 --> 00:35:11,239
I was about 18.
761
00:35:11,370 --> 00:35:13,981
So I sent Geffen a demo.
762
00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:15,896
I didn't get a reply.
763
00:35:16,026 --> 00:35:19,247
♪ And I had a lover
764
00:35:19,378 --> 00:35:21,728
♪
765
00:35:21,858 --> 00:35:23,904
- David calls me,
and he says, "Elliot,
766
00:35:24,034 --> 00:35:25,906
"I'm gonna play you
something that's one
767
00:35:26,036 --> 00:35:29,344
of the most moving things
I've ever heard."
768
00:35:29,475 --> 00:35:32,782
- ♪ These days
769
00:35:32,913 --> 00:35:36,612
- You could hear him sobbing
on the other end of the phone.
770
00:35:36,743 --> 00:35:40,486
- ♪ Now, if I seem
to be afraid ♪
771
00:35:40,616 --> 00:35:46,579
♪ To live the life
that I have made in song ♪
772
00:35:48,581 --> 00:35:50,583
- Eventually got a call back
from Geffen
773
00:35:50,713 --> 00:35:52,150
asking me to come in
and meet.
774
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:54,717
And when I met him,
within about 20 minutes,
775
00:35:54,848 --> 00:35:56,632
he said, "Okay,
I'll manage you."
776
00:35:56,763 --> 00:35:58,634
"You will?"
777
00:35:58,765 --> 00:36:00,767
It was like a dream.
778
00:36:00,897 --> 00:36:03,161
- Elliot Roberts and I,
we were coming across a lot
779
00:36:03,291 --> 00:36:05,728
of new artists
that big record companies
780
00:36:05,859 --> 00:36:06,947
weren't interested in.
781
00:36:07,077 --> 00:36:08,601
- We knew.
782
00:36:08,731 --> 00:36:11,038
We knew songs,
and we knew artist,
783
00:36:11,169 --> 00:36:12,996
but we couldn't get a deal
for Jackson.
784
00:36:13,127 --> 00:36:15,782
No one wanted it,
so we decided we better start
785
00:36:15,912 --> 00:36:20,047
our own company for artists
that we think are great.
786
00:36:20,178 --> 00:36:22,919
Between Joni
and Crosby, Stills & Nash,
787
00:36:23,050 --> 00:36:25,879
we felt we were dealing
with the cream of the crop.
788
00:36:26,009 --> 00:36:27,707
Let's do it ourselves.
789
00:36:27,837 --> 00:36:30,231
And we ended up
forming Asylum.
790
00:36:34,670 --> 00:36:37,369
["Doctor My Eyes" playing]
791
00:36:37,499 --> 00:36:41,808
♪
792
00:36:41,938 --> 00:36:45,203
- ♪ Doctor,
my eyes have seen the years ♪
793
00:36:45,333 --> 00:36:49,729
♪ And the slow parade of fears
without crying ♪
794
00:36:49,859 --> 00:36:54,037
♪ Now I want to understand
795
00:36:54,168 --> 00:36:56,953
♪ I have done
all that I could ♪
796
00:36:57,084 --> 00:37:00,000
♪ To see the evil
and the good ♪
797
00:37:00,130 --> 00:37:01,915
♪ Without hiding
798
00:37:02,045 --> 00:37:05,919
♪ You must help me
if you can ♪
799
00:37:06,049 --> 00:37:10,097
♪ Doctor, my eyes...
800
00:37:10,228 --> 00:37:11,620
- Jackson got a lot
of airplay
801
00:37:11,751 --> 00:37:12,969
because of "Doctor My Eyes,"
802
00:37:13,100 --> 00:37:15,668
and his records
were hit records.
803
00:37:15,798 --> 00:37:20,716
- ♪ To leave them open
for so long ♪
804
00:37:20,847 --> 00:37:23,589
♪
805
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:25,243
- Geffen-Roberts Management,
806
00:37:25,373 --> 00:37:27,245
they were brilliant
at selecting acts,
807
00:37:27,375 --> 00:37:29,159
and they had their pick
of all these young acts
808
00:37:29,290 --> 00:37:31,249
that were coming
of age then.
809
00:37:31,379 --> 00:37:32,902
They were really good
at promoting them
810
00:37:33,033 --> 00:37:35,905
and really good
at making it all work.
811
00:37:36,036 --> 00:37:38,821
But it was hard to make
a living as a musician
812
00:37:38,952 --> 00:37:40,736
if you didn't have hits.
813
00:37:40,867 --> 00:37:42,085
And the bands I was in
weren't paying enough
814
00:37:42,216 --> 00:37:44,262
really to make it.
815
00:37:46,264 --> 00:37:48,353
- Please welcome
The Flying Burrito Brothers.
816
00:37:48,483 --> 00:37:49,832
[crowd cheering]
817
00:37:49,963 --> 00:37:52,618
- ♪ It's a lazy day
818
00:37:52,748 --> 00:37:55,534
♪
819
00:37:55,664 --> 00:37:59,842
♪ I'm down
with nothing else to do ♪
820
00:37:59,973 --> 00:38:02,758
♪ It's a crazy day
821
00:38:02,889 --> 00:38:05,718
♪
822
00:38:05,848 --> 00:38:08,547
♪ I got a thing
that I want to try with you ♪
823
00:38:08,677 --> 00:38:10,810
♪
824
00:38:10,940 --> 00:38:14,596
♪ Now, baby, don't go away
825
00:38:14,727 --> 00:38:17,599
♪ Please don't spoil
my lazy day ♪
826
00:38:17,730 --> 00:38:19,775
- I did the third album
with The Burritos,
827
00:38:19,906 --> 00:38:22,604
but I was then thinking
of leaving that band.
828
00:38:22,735 --> 00:38:23,910
I had to work.
829
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:25,912
- ♪ Yee-haw
830
00:38:26,042 --> 00:38:27,914
- Our A&R guy
produced The Stone Poneys
831
00:38:28,044 --> 00:38:29,959
with Linda Ronstadt,
and he started hiring me
832
00:38:30,090 --> 00:38:31,483
to work on sessions.
833
00:38:31,613 --> 00:38:32,875
I met Linda.
834
00:38:33,006 --> 00:38:34,703
I later was in her band.
835
00:38:34,834 --> 00:38:36,052
["Walkin' Down The Line"
playing]
836
00:38:36,183 --> 00:38:38,838
- ♪ Got my traveling shoes
837
00:38:38,968 --> 00:38:42,189
♪ Got on my traveling shoes
838
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,060
♪ I got my traveling shoes
839
00:38:44,191 --> 00:38:45,758
♪ That I ain't gonna lose
840
00:38:45,888 --> 00:38:47,760
♪ I believe
I got the walking blues ♪
841
00:38:47,890 --> 00:38:50,240
♪ I am walking down
the line ♪
842
00:38:50,371 --> 00:38:54,070
♪ Well, I'm walking
down the line ♪
843
00:38:54,201 --> 00:38:56,203
♪ Well, I'm walking
down the line ♪
844
00:38:56,334 --> 00:38:59,685
♪ My feet will be flying to
tell about my troubled mind ♪
845
00:38:59,815 --> 00:39:06,344
♪
846
00:39:06,474 --> 00:39:08,650
- Linda, you really--you play
country music with a difference.
847
00:39:08,781 --> 00:39:10,130
That's--that's wild.
- Thank you.
848
00:39:10,260 --> 00:39:11,653
- How did you get
into country music originally?
849
00:39:11,784 --> 00:39:13,568
- Well, I'm a country girl
originally.
850
00:39:13,699 --> 00:39:15,004
- I would not have
guessed that.
851
00:39:15,135 --> 00:39:16,136
- I grew up
in Tucson, Arizona.
852
00:39:16,266 --> 00:39:18,007
- I see.
I wonder if you'd introduce
853
00:39:18,138 --> 00:39:19,574
the guys in the back...
854
00:39:19,705 --> 00:39:21,228
- I loved the Southwest.
855
00:39:21,359 --> 00:39:23,056
I thought
it was the greatest.
856
00:39:23,186 --> 00:39:25,928
But I knew that I couldn't work
in Tucson
857
00:39:26,059 --> 00:39:28,670
like I could work
in Los Angeles.
858
00:39:28,801 --> 00:39:30,672
I was into folk music
in those days.
859
00:39:30,803 --> 00:39:31,847
The Ash Grove
and The Troubadour
860
00:39:31,978 --> 00:39:33,849
being the two main places.
861
00:39:33,980 --> 00:39:36,374
To me, that was like
artistic Shangri-La.
862
00:39:40,987 --> 00:39:43,859
Laurel Canyon...
863
00:39:43,990 --> 00:39:46,906
I lived up there for a while.
We lived up Kirkwood.
864
00:39:47,036 --> 00:39:49,038
A lot of people lived together
in the same house.
865
00:39:49,169 --> 00:39:51,258
It was just the people
you knew from the Troubadour--
866
00:39:51,389 --> 00:39:54,653
gigging musicians
trying to pay the rent.
867
00:39:54,783 --> 00:39:56,002
We would play music,
and you'd take a guitar,
868
00:39:56,132 --> 00:39:57,177
put on a harmony.
869
00:39:57,307 --> 00:39:59,048
It was just going on,
870
00:39:59,179 --> 00:40:00,789
and it was just a part
of what you did.
871
00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:02,400
Nobody was famous then.
872
00:40:02,530 --> 00:40:03,879
We're just people
that hung out there.
873
00:40:04,010 --> 00:40:06,099
[birds chirping]
874
00:40:06,229 --> 00:40:09,015
- It had this air about it
that it was exclusive
875
00:40:09,145 --> 00:40:12,148
but not exclusive to wealth.
876
00:40:12,279 --> 00:40:15,238
It was exclusive
to spirit.
877
00:40:15,369 --> 00:40:17,066
And you'd think,
878
00:40:17,197 --> 00:40:18,720
"God, if I could only live
in Laurel Canyon.
879
00:40:18,851 --> 00:40:20,113
It'd be so great to live
in Laurel Canyon."
880
00:40:20,243 --> 00:40:21,549
Then you find out, "Oh, I can."
[chuckles]
881
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:23,638
["New Hard Times" playing]
882
00:40:23,769 --> 00:40:26,772
- ♪ There's too much time
to sun yourself ♪
883
00:40:26,902 --> 00:40:28,861
- First time I saw Linda
is when she played
884
00:40:28,991 --> 00:40:30,253
the Troubadour
with The Stone Poneys.
885
00:40:30,384 --> 00:40:33,213
- ♪ You wonder
about your old friends ♪
886
00:40:33,343 --> 00:40:36,651
♪ You think
how hard you try ♪
887
00:40:36,782 --> 00:40:38,218
♪ You hunger for...
888
00:40:38,348 --> 00:40:40,699
- It was like
you were seeing a goddess.
889
00:40:40,829 --> 00:40:42,962
The voice
was so beautiful.
890
00:40:43,092 --> 00:40:46,618
- ♪ And the new hard times
891
00:40:46,748 --> 00:40:49,185
♪ Are here
892
00:40:49,316 --> 00:40:52,493
- We dated for two weeks,
and then she said "Steve,
893
00:40:52,624 --> 00:40:55,148
do you often date women and not
try to sleep with them?"
894
00:40:55,278 --> 00:40:57,585
[laughs]
895
00:40:57,716 --> 00:40:59,108
[applause]
896
00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:01,850
- After Linda
was in The Stone Poneys,
897
00:41:01,981 --> 00:41:04,462
Steve Martin would open
for Linda at the Troubadour.
898
00:41:04,592 --> 00:41:06,028
- Ready to roll?
My name is Steve Martin.
899
00:41:06,159 --> 00:41:07,029
I'll be out here
in just a moment,
900
00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:08,727
and we're gonna start.
901
00:41:08,857 --> 00:41:10,163
We're starting
in just a few moments,
902
00:41:10,293 --> 00:41:12,165
just waiting for the drugs
to take effect,
903
00:41:12,295 --> 00:41:15,995
and then we'll get going.
Okay.
904
00:41:16,125 --> 00:41:18,084
- He was a huge hit.
905
00:41:18,214 --> 00:41:22,001
- You know, when I...
[laughter]
906
00:41:24,003 --> 00:41:25,744
Is this on?
Is this mic on?
907
00:41:25,874 --> 00:41:27,267
- We watched every set
he did.
908
00:41:27,397 --> 00:41:29,269
We were just huge fans.
909
00:41:29,399 --> 00:41:31,924
He did
some very crazy stuff there.
910
00:41:33,926 --> 00:41:35,057
- It's a perfect instrument
for a comedian
911
00:41:35,188 --> 00:41:38,017
'cause it's real dumb.
912
00:41:38,147 --> 00:41:40,149
When you're playing
the banjo, everything is okay.
913
00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:41,977
It's like, "Hey, Steve,
your house is burning down."
914
00:41:42,108 --> 00:41:44,023
[upbeat banjo music playing
915
00:41:44,153 --> 00:41:45,241
Well, sing along.
916
00:41:45,372 --> 00:41:47,287
[laughter]
917
00:41:47,417 --> 00:41:49,332
- We loved having him
as an opener
918
00:41:49,463 --> 00:41:51,204
'cause he could kill
the audience
919
00:41:51,334 --> 00:41:53,989
but without getting in the way
of your music thing.
920
00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:57,950
- ♪ I fall
921
00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:03,259
♪ To pieces
922
00:42:03,390 --> 00:42:09,309
♪ Each time I see you again
923
00:42:09,439 --> 00:42:11,877
- Linda was a singer,
technically,
924
00:42:12,007 --> 00:42:15,010
a song stylist, emotionally.
925
00:42:15,141 --> 00:42:19,058
- ♪ To pieces...
926
00:42:19,188 --> 00:42:22,061
- A storyteller
with her voice.
927
00:42:22,191 --> 00:42:26,979
One of the most iconic voices
of our generation.
928
00:42:27,109 --> 00:42:28,502
- Frank Sinatra
never wrote any songs.
929
00:42:28,633 --> 00:42:30,330
Elvis Presley
never wrote any songs.
930
00:42:30,460 --> 00:42:32,071
Neither did Linda Ronstadt,
931
00:42:32,201 --> 00:42:33,246
but she had the knack
932
00:42:33,376 --> 00:42:35,378
for picking out instinctively
933
00:42:35,509 --> 00:42:39,121
what songs were gonna be
good for her.
934
00:42:39,252 --> 00:42:44,300
- ♪ But I tried,
and I tried, but I... ♪
935
00:42:44,431 --> 00:42:47,173
- It was all about what
she could do with the song.
936
00:42:47,303 --> 00:42:49,523
Every songwriter
wanted to get something to her
937
00:42:49,654 --> 00:42:51,351
and were very lucky
when she did,
938
00:42:51,481 --> 00:42:53,919
because she brought so much
to the party.
939
00:42:54,049 --> 00:42:55,921
She took over those songs.
940
00:42:56,051 --> 00:42:58,271
- ♪ You walk on by
941
00:42:58,401 --> 00:43:05,147
♪ And I fall to pieces
942
00:43:05,278 --> 00:43:06,322
♪
943
00:43:06,453 --> 00:43:09,935
[applause]
944
00:43:10,065 --> 00:43:11,806
- Linda just walked past me
in the Troubadour one night,
945
00:43:11,937 --> 00:43:13,199
and I said,
"Hi. I'm John David.
946
00:43:13,329 --> 00:43:15,070
I think
you should cook me dinner."
947
00:43:15,201 --> 00:43:16,419
And she said "Okay,"
gave me her phone number,
948
00:43:16,550 --> 00:43:17,856
and I called her.
949
00:43:19,727 --> 00:43:21,903
- We lived together
about a year and a half.
950
00:43:22,034 --> 00:43:23,557
We used to have a really
good time singing together.
951
00:43:23,688 --> 00:43:25,298
We used to have
a really good time
952
00:43:25,428 --> 00:43:27,909
listening to music together.
953
00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:29,345
I'd hear him writing something
down the hall,
954
00:43:29,476 --> 00:43:31,217
and I'd go down
and listen, and I'd say,
955
00:43:31,347 --> 00:43:34,350
"I really like that.
Teach it to me."
956
00:43:34,481 --> 00:43:37,092
- I had a little piano room
in the back of the house.
957
00:43:37,223 --> 00:43:39,051
I kept getting halfway
through "Faithless Love."
958
00:43:39,181 --> 00:43:41,183
She came padding down
the hall and said,
959
00:43:41,314 --> 00:43:43,751
"I think it's really beautiful
and I'd love to record it."
960
00:43:43,882 --> 00:43:47,407
- ♪ Faithless love
961
00:43:47,537 --> 00:43:49,104
- When Linda said
she wants to record something,
962
00:43:49,235 --> 00:43:51,846
it's very encouraging.
963
00:43:51,977 --> 00:43:55,110
- ♪ Raindrops falling
964
00:43:55,241 --> 00:43:57,460
♪ On a broken rose
965
00:43:57,591 --> 00:43:59,419
It was like having a tailor-made
songwriter, you know?
966
00:43:59,549 --> 00:44:01,900
♪
967
00:44:02,030 --> 00:44:03,466
We'd go
through some horrible row,
968
00:44:03,597 --> 00:44:05,077
and he'd write a song about it,
and I'd sing it.
969
00:44:05,207 --> 00:44:07,862
It was great.
970
00:44:07,993 --> 00:44:11,518
♪ And the night blows in
971
00:44:11,649 --> 00:44:15,217
♪ Like the cold dark wind
972
00:44:15,348 --> 00:44:22,311
♪ Faithless love
973
00:44:22,442 --> 00:44:26,185
♪ Like a river flow
974
00:44:26,315 --> 00:44:28,013
- Longbranch Pennywhistle here.
975
00:44:28,143 --> 00:44:29,667
I suppose you're wondering
what that name meant.
976
00:44:29,797 --> 00:44:31,320
- The first
Longbranch Pennywhistle album
977
00:44:31,451 --> 00:44:34,628
didn't exactly
set the world on fire.
978
00:44:34,759 --> 00:44:36,151
They wouldn't make
a second record
979
00:44:36,282 --> 00:44:37,892
with our material.
980
00:44:38,023 --> 00:44:39,415
The point
is we're songwriters.
981
00:44:39,546 --> 00:44:40,982
We're trying
to learn to write songs.
982
00:44:41,113 --> 00:44:43,158
So we just said
we're not gonna record.
983
00:44:43,289 --> 00:44:44,899
And we sat around,
played a few gigs,
984
00:44:45,030 --> 00:44:48,381
and just waited to see
what would happen.
985
00:44:48,511 --> 00:44:50,644
- JD and I, we got up there,
986
00:44:50,775 --> 00:44:54,169
and we did our little
Longbranch Pennywhistle/
987
00:44:54,300 --> 00:44:57,085
Everly Brothers thing.
988
00:44:57,216 --> 00:44:58,347
- Jackson Browne took me over
989
00:44:58,478 --> 00:44:59,566
to David Geffen's house
one day.
990
00:44:59,697 --> 00:45:03,091
I played him a couple songs.
991
00:45:03,222 --> 00:45:06,181
- I told JD and Glenn
that they needed to split up,
992
00:45:06,312 --> 00:45:08,923
that Longbranch Pennywhistle
wasn't gonna work.
993
00:45:09,054 --> 00:45:10,490
And I told Glenn
that he wasn't good enough
994
00:45:10,620 --> 00:45:12,100
to be a solo artist.
995
00:45:12,231 --> 00:45:14,146
He needed
to put together a band.
996
00:45:14,276 --> 00:45:15,625
- I thought Glenn
was so good, you know?
997
00:45:15,756 --> 00:45:17,540
I mean, I just thought
he was great.
998
00:45:17,671 --> 00:45:19,194
And I told him
that he was a hotshot.
999
00:45:19,325 --> 00:45:21,066
I said, "You're gonna do
something someday,
1000
00:45:21,196 --> 00:45:22,589
"but in the meantime
you're starving to death.
1001
00:45:22,720 --> 00:45:23,982
"Why don't you come
and play music with me?
1002
00:45:24,112 --> 00:45:25,897
We'll have a great time."
1003
00:45:26,027 --> 00:45:27,376
And then, of course,
1004
00:45:27,507 --> 00:45:29,204
I was walking
through the Troubadour
1005
00:45:29,335 --> 00:45:31,076
during the Hootenanny,
and this band Shiloh got up
1006
00:45:31,206 --> 00:45:32,555
and did my exact version
1007
00:45:32,686 --> 00:45:34,253
of "Silver Threads
and Golden Needles,"
1008
00:45:34,383 --> 00:45:35,341
note for note off the record,
1009
00:45:35,471 --> 00:45:37,125
and I just went, "What?"
1010
00:45:39,606 --> 00:45:42,043
I heard the drummer, and
I thought he was really good.
1011
00:45:42,174 --> 00:45:44,089
- I was lucky enough
to be in the right place
1012
00:45:44,219 --> 00:45:46,395
at the right time.
1013
00:45:46,526 --> 00:45:49,094
Linda and her manager,
John Boylan,
1014
00:45:49,224 --> 00:45:51,313
they thought it might be cool
to have a singing drummer.
1015
00:45:51,444 --> 00:45:53,272
But I had to audition.
1016
00:45:53,402 --> 00:45:55,317
And I auditioned at a house
in Laurel Canyon,
1017
00:45:55,448 --> 00:45:57,493
just off Kirkwood.
1018
00:45:57,624 --> 00:45:59,104
And he said, "Look,
do you want to go on the road
1019
00:45:59,234 --> 00:46:00,670
with Linda Ronstadt
for 200 bucks a week?
1020
00:46:00,801 --> 00:46:04,109
And I said, "Sure."
And that was that.
1021
00:46:04,239 --> 00:46:07,373
- ♪ I got a feeling
called the blues, oh, Lord ♪
1022
00:46:07,503 --> 00:46:10,289
♪ Since my baby say good-bye
1023
00:46:10,419 --> 00:46:13,292
♪ And I don't know
what I'd do ♪
1024
00:46:13,422 --> 00:46:15,729
♪ All I do is sit and cry
1025
00:46:15,860 --> 00:46:18,514
- Even though they were
a backup band for Linda,
1026
00:46:18,645 --> 00:46:22,518
everyone knew that Don and
Glenn were writing great songs.
1027
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:27,088
That second wave--
people who came here
1028
00:46:27,219 --> 00:46:29,961
to be successful--
1029
00:46:30,091 --> 00:46:32,354
started to move up.
1030
00:46:32,485 --> 00:46:35,096
[cheers and applause]
1031
00:46:37,664 --> 00:46:39,709
By this time
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
1032
00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:42,669
was the biggest
American band.
1033
00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:44,802
They were at their height.
1034
00:46:47,413 --> 00:46:49,676
- We got so big so fast.
1035
00:46:49,807 --> 00:46:52,244
There were thoughts of people
wanting to be Elvis
1036
00:46:52,374 --> 00:46:53,593
or something.
1037
00:46:53,723 --> 00:46:57,466
♪
1038
00:46:57,597 --> 00:46:59,425
- We were all dealing
with the first mad rush
1039
00:46:59,555 --> 00:47:02,036
of real big-time success.
1040
00:47:02,167 --> 00:47:04,386
It made for some
interesting perspectives,
1041
00:47:04,517 --> 00:47:07,520
let's put it that way.
1042
00:47:07,650 --> 00:47:11,219
- We scripted our shows
that we would do solo sets.
1043
00:47:11,350 --> 00:47:13,178
I did two, David would do two,
Stephen would do two,
1044
00:47:13,308 --> 00:47:14,962
and Neil would do two.
1045
00:47:16,529 --> 00:47:18,400
One night,
Dylan came to see us.
1046
00:47:18,531 --> 00:47:20,402
["Black Queen" playing]
1047
00:47:20,533 --> 00:47:22,622
- ♪ Black queen
1048
00:47:22,752 --> 00:47:24,058
- This time,
because Dylan was there,
1049
00:47:24,189 --> 00:47:26,017
Stephen did five songs.
1050
00:47:28,933 --> 00:47:31,065
And that pissed me off
righteously,
1051
00:47:31,196 --> 00:47:32,850
'cause I knew
why he was doing it,
1052
00:47:32,980 --> 00:47:34,764
but we could have
all have done that.
1053
00:47:34,895 --> 00:47:36,679
We all had more than five songs
to be able to play.
1054
00:47:36,810 --> 00:47:38,377
We all wanted
to impress Dylan.
1055
00:47:38,507 --> 00:47:40,248
But he did it.
1056
00:47:40,379 --> 00:47:43,164
- ♪ Oh
1057
00:47:43,295 --> 00:47:45,427
♪ Black queen
1058
00:47:45,558 --> 00:47:48,474
- In the intermission, we were
so infuriated with each other
1059
00:47:48,604 --> 00:47:50,911
that as I'm talking to him
and telling him exactly
1060
00:47:51,042 --> 00:47:53,479
what I think about him,
he's holding a Budweiser,
1061
00:47:53,609 --> 00:47:56,482
and he's slowly gripping it
and crushing the can.
1062
00:47:56,612 --> 00:47:58,571
It was frothing
all over the cup,
1063
00:47:58,701 --> 00:48:03,228
all down his hand
with this maniacal energy.
1064
00:48:03,358 --> 00:48:04,751
And we went out
1065
00:48:04,882 --> 00:48:07,319
and played the greatest set
we ever played.
1066
00:48:07,449 --> 00:48:09,321
It's hard to get mad
at someone
1067
00:48:09,451 --> 00:48:12,237
who's just played one
of the best songs you've heard.
1068
00:48:12,367 --> 00:48:14,935
It's always been the music
that kept us together.
1069
00:48:15,066 --> 00:48:21,463
♪
1070
00:48:21,594 --> 00:48:23,683
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
rehearsed at Steven's house
1071
00:48:23,813 --> 00:48:25,728
in Laurel Canyon
a whole lot.
1072
00:48:25,859 --> 00:48:27,600
And they were outside
talking one day,
1073
00:48:27,730 --> 00:48:30,168
and I kind of walked out
there, thinking, "Oh,
1074
00:48:30,298 --> 00:48:31,865
they're all in one group,
I'll get a group shot."
1075
00:48:31,996 --> 00:48:33,606
So I walked up
to take this picture.
1076
00:48:33,736 --> 00:48:35,521
[camera shutter clicks]
1077
00:48:35,651 --> 00:48:37,479
Well, I didn't realize
that their little meeting
1078
00:48:37,610 --> 00:48:40,395
was to have
a little bumper dust,
1079
00:48:40,526 --> 00:48:43,181
what they call Peruvian
marching powder,
1080
00:48:43,311 --> 00:48:45,226
which had reared
its ugly head
1081
00:48:45,357 --> 00:48:49,404
in our beautiful God's
herb community.
1082
00:48:49,535 --> 00:48:52,451
- We smoked a lot of pot
because we liked getting high.
1083
00:48:52,581 --> 00:48:54,627
It made us feel creative.
1084
00:48:54,757 --> 00:48:57,195
But cocaine would keep
that feeling for hours
1085
00:48:57,325 --> 00:48:59,414
instead of just fleetingly.
1086
00:48:59,545 --> 00:49:01,460
- Everybody was doing it.
1087
00:49:01,590 --> 00:49:03,592
People were wearing little gold
spoons around their necks.
1088
00:49:03,723 --> 00:49:05,159
I mean, they weren't
ashamed of the fact
1089
00:49:05,290 --> 00:49:07,379
they were doing drugs.
1090
00:49:07,509 --> 00:49:09,424
- Cocaine,
methamphetamine, speed,
1091
00:49:09,555 --> 00:49:11,818
all the fake-energy stuff.
1092
00:49:11,949 --> 00:49:13,994
You think it's gonna
help you ride into night
1093
00:49:14,125 --> 00:49:18,303
or stay with an idea,
and maybe for a while it does.
1094
00:49:18,433 --> 00:49:21,306
The physical consequences
of doing those drugs
1095
00:49:21,436 --> 00:49:23,525
eventually just compounds,
and you don't know it
1096
00:49:23,656 --> 00:49:24,962
because you're high.
1097
00:49:27,834 --> 00:49:29,879
- Drug use is like
a windy little road,
1098
00:49:30,010 --> 00:49:32,970
quite pretty
at the onset.
1099
00:49:33,100 --> 00:49:35,973
Trees and flowers
and birds singing.
1100
00:49:36,103 --> 00:49:37,583
And you can't see
where the road goes
1101
00:49:37,713 --> 00:49:40,151
over the cliff.
1102
00:49:40,281 --> 00:49:42,414
The only thing is...
it does.
1103
00:49:45,417 --> 00:49:46,766
The first people
who gave me cocaine said,
1104
00:49:46,896 --> 00:49:49,290
"It's not addictive.
Don't worry."
1105
00:49:49,421 --> 00:49:52,859
It was a pretty
disorganized time in our lives.
1106
00:49:52,990 --> 00:49:57,429
Success had already
had some adverse effects on us.
1107
00:49:57,559 --> 00:50:02,390
We were all
feeling very separate.
1108
00:50:02,521 --> 00:50:05,219
- After a while,
it became edgy,
1109
00:50:05,350 --> 00:50:08,962
colder, less truthful.
1110
00:50:09,093 --> 00:50:10,398
- You know,
we can't it blended that way.
1111
00:50:10,529 --> 00:50:11,791
And not only that,
but we can't--
1112
00:50:11,921 --> 00:50:13,271
- That's a jack.
- We can't rehearse it
1113
00:50:13,401 --> 00:50:15,360
so that it all
makes sense together.
1114
00:50:15,490 --> 00:50:16,752
- I can't do it, man.
1115
00:50:16,883 --> 00:50:21,018
- I'm not gonna cop out
an inch to fear.
1116
00:50:21,148 --> 00:50:23,194
And you've walked out
two fucking days in a row,
1117
00:50:23,324 --> 00:50:24,673
you fucking hypocrite.
1118
00:50:24,804 --> 00:50:26,458
You piss me off.
1119
00:50:31,506 --> 00:50:34,509
- Crosby, Stills,
Nash & Young soon ended.
1120
00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:37,382
Success breeds change
1121
00:50:37,512 --> 00:50:39,645
for everybody, for anybody.
1122
00:50:39,775 --> 00:50:40,950
["Love Me Like A Man" playing]
1123
00:50:41,081 --> 00:50:45,303
- ♪ I need someone to love me
1124
00:50:45,433 --> 00:50:49,263
♪ I want someone
to understand ♪
1125
00:50:49,394 --> 00:50:51,526
I was on the road
nine or ten months.
1126
00:50:51,657 --> 00:50:54,660
I couldn't wait
to get back to California.
1127
00:50:54,790 --> 00:50:58,229
♪ Won't have to put himself
above me ♪
1128
00:50:58,359 --> 00:51:01,536
♪ When he loves me
1129
00:51:01,667 --> 00:51:03,190
♪ Like a man
1130
00:51:03,321 --> 00:51:05,497
♪
1131
00:51:05,627 --> 00:51:08,456
I sailed into Laurel Canyon,
rented a place,
1132
00:51:08,587 --> 00:51:11,938
and I was gonna make my third
album with Little Feat.
1133
00:51:12,069 --> 00:51:14,810
And that's pretty much
who I hung out with.
1134
00:51:14,941 --> 00:51:17,552
- When I finally moved up
into the Canyon,
1135
00:51:17,683 --> 00:51:19,250
I was already a member
of Little Feat.
1136
00:51:19,380 --> 00:51:20,947
That was the '70s.
1137
00:51:21,078 --> 00:51:23,471
People like Bonnie Raitt
were living there.
1138
00:51:23,602 --> 00:51:27,084
More and more people
had discovered Laurel Canyon,
1139
00:51:27,214 --> 00:51:29,651
which is kind of funny
because Laurel Canyon
1140
00:51:29,782 --> 00:51:32,524
way back when was home
to Tom Mix,
1141
00:51:32,654 --> 00:51:35,440
and Houdini
had a house up there.
1142
00:51:35,570 --> 00:51:37,529
[whimsical music]
1143
00:51:37,659 --> 00:51:39,444
[water splashes]
1144
00:51:39,574 --> 00:51:42,577
♪
1145
00:51:42,708 --> 00:51:44,927
And then Zappa and all
the different variations
1146
00:51:45,058 --> 00:51:46,581
of The Mothers.
1147
00:51:46,712 --> 00:51:50,542
♪
1148
00:51:50,672 --> 00:51:52,718
Lowell George was a member
of The Mothers
1149
00:51:52,848 --> 00:51:54,807
until he started
Little Feat.
1150
00:51:59,768 --> 00:52:01,596
The one thing Lowell told me
when I joined the band,
1151
00:52:01,727 --> 00:52:04,208
he says, "Rule number one,
there is no rules."
1152
00:52:04,338 --> 00:52:05,818
[rock music]
1153
00:52:05,948 --> 00:52:08,951
- Oh, give me a break,
Lowell.
1154
00:52:09,082 --> 00:52:11,302
Lowell George plays in a band
called Little Feat,
1155
00:52:11,432 --> 00:52:13,434
and he sings--
he's the singer
1156
00:52:13,565 --> 00:52:16,872
and guitar player
and the writer.
1157
00:52:17,003 --> 00:52:20,920
And for those of you
who can't see, he's cute, too.
1158
00:52:21,050 --> 00:52:24,010
♪
1159
00:52:24,141 --> 00:52:27,144
Coming out to LA and starting
out in the early '70s,
1160
00:52:27,274 --> 00:52:29,972
it really was
a cross-"pollinization."
1161
00:52:30,103 --> 00:52:32,018
It was the greatest gift
to that era.
1162
00:52:32,149 --> 00:52:35,761
♪ When you get home, baby
1163
00:52:35,891 --> 00:52:38,851
♪ Write me
a few of your lines ♪
1164
00:52:38,981 --> 00:52:41,593
Country music, blues,
R&B, all intermingled,
1165
00:52:41,723 --> 00:52:43,029
and it became
just part and parcel
1166
00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:44,944
of the music
that we loved.
1167
00:52:45,074 --> 00:52:46,424
We didn't have
to put it in a box.
1168
00:52:46,554 --> 00:52:49,688
♪ Write me a few
of your lines ♪
1169
00:52:49,818 --> 00:52:53,518
♪
1170
00:52:53,648 --> 00:52:56,738
♪ That'll be consolation
1171
00:52:56,869 --> 00:52:59,350
♪ Lord Honey,
oh, my worried mind ♪
1172
00:52:59,480 --> 00:53:02,788
♪
1173
00:53:02,918 --> 00:53:05,834
Little Feat was like me--
more roots-oriented.
1174
00:53:05,965 --> 00:53:08,272
The kind of music
that they did was R&B-ish,
1175
00:53:08,402 --> 00:53:09,838
blues rock.
1176
00:53:09,969 --> 00:53:11,449
We straddled genres.
1177
00:53:13,668 --> 00:53:14,887
- One, two, testing, one.
1178
00:53:15,017 --> 00:53:16,410
♪ Say hello
1179
00:53:16,541 --> 00:53:17,324
♪ Yeah, yeah
1180
00:53:17,455 --> 00:53:18,325
Okay.
1181
00:53:22,199 --> 00:53:24,853
["Long Distance Love" playing]
1182
00:53:24,984 --> 00:53:32,034
♪
1183
00:53:32,165 --> 00:53:34,820
- Little Feat, they were
extraordinary musicians.
1184
00:53:34,950 --> 00:53:38,171
Incorporated rhythm and blues
and Delta blues,
1185
00:53:38,302 --> 00:53:41,609
boogie-woogie
into rock and roll.
1186
00:53:41,740 --> 00:53:44,873
Some of it was radio friendly,
and some of it wasn't.
1187
00:53:45,004 --> 00:53:48,703
- ♪ Hello,
give me missing persons ♪
1188
00:53:48,834 --> 00:53:52,838
♪ They said,
"What is it that you need?" ♪
1189
00:53:52,968 --> 00:53:55,754
♪ I said, "Whoa
1190
00:53:55,884 --> 00:53:57,930
♪ I need her so"
1191
00:53:58,060 --> 00:54:02,674
♪ They said, "You got
to stop your pleading" ♪
1192
00:54:02,804 --> 00:54:04,458
- How do you
identify yourselves
1193
00:54:04,589 --> 00:54:06,547
in terms
of the American musical scene?
1194
00:54:06,678 --> 00:54:08,070
- It's hard to say.
1195
00:54:08,201 --> 00:54:10,856
You know, we all write songs
in the group,
1196
00:54:10,986 --> 00:54:13,641
and every song takes
a different direction.
1197
00:54:13,772 --> 00:54:16,470
So it's really hard
to pigeonhole
1198
00:54:16,601 --> 00:54:18,124
the kind of music we play.
1199
00:54:18,255 --> 00:54:21,693
♪ Long distance love
1200
00:54:21,823 --> 00:54:25,044
[humming]
1201
00:54:25,174 --> 00:54:29,918
♪
1202
00:54:30,049 --> 00:54:33,705
- We were pushing boundaries,
but from the press standpoint,
1203
00:54:33,835 --> 00:54:35,141
it was difficult
for them to explain
1204
00:54:35,272 --> 00:54:36,795
just who the hell we were.
1205
00:54:36,925 --> 00:54:40,233
♪
1206
00:54:40,364 --> 00:54:42,061
- We played how we felt,
you know.
1207
00:54:42,191 --> 00:54:43,758
If they come up
with a certain lyric
1208
00:54:43,889 --> 00:54:47,588
and everybody contributed
their part to it,
1209
00:54:47,719 --> 00:54:49,634
then the music
just came out like that.
1210
00:54:49,764 --> 00:54:50,852
It's sophisti-funk.
1211
00:54:50,983 --> 00:54:53,507
That was my name for it.
1212
00:54:53,638 --> 00:54:56,423
- ♪ Long distance love
1213
00:54:56,554 --> 00:55:01,733
♪
1214
00:55:01,863 --> 00:55:05,040
- Why didn't
Little Feat catch fire?
1215
00:55:05,171 --> 00:55:09,915
They are some of the best
musicians on the planet.
1216
00:55:10,045 --> 00:55:11,656
- I really can't get up
in the morning
1217
00:55:11,786 --> 00:55:15,007
and think about the goals
of being successful,
1218
00:55:15,137 --> 00:55:17,052
'cause what is success?
1219
00:55:17,183 --> 00:55:18,793
I mean,
it certainly isn't money.
1220
00:55:18,924 --> 00:55:21,796
Doing something
that you really like doing
1221
00:55:21,927 --> 00:55:24,538
as a profession is
really success to me.
1222
00:55:24,669 --> 00:55:25,974
I guess I'm doing it.
1223
00:55:26,105 --> 00:55:28,325
So I feel good about that.
1224
00:55:28,455 --> 00:55:31,502
- This was a time
when music and art
1225
00:55:31,632 --> 00:55:33,155
was everything.
1226
00:55:33,286 --> 00:55:35,201
You lived for it.
It was your life.
1227
00:55:35,332 --> 00:55:39,771
And the prosperity
that it brought came second.
1228
00:55:39,901 --> 00:55:43,035
It was more important
to make good music
1229
00:55:43,165 --> 00:55:45,080
than it was to make it
1230
00:55:45,211 --> 00:55:47,779
as a celebrity.
1231
00:55:47,909 --> 00:55:49,868
- You know,
it's hard to draw a line
1232
00:55:49,998 --> 00:55:54,829
between aspiring to success
and aspiring to artistry.
1233
00:55:54,960 --> 00:55:57,832
For example, Glenn Frey,
who achieved artistry--
1234
00:55:57,963 --> 00:56:00,095
I remember sitting with him.
and he said,
1235
00:56:00,226 --> 00:56:04,361
"Oh, I want to be
a rock-and-roll star so bad."
1236
00:56:07,146 --> 00:56:09,583
- Glenn had always
had a plan for a band.
1237
00:56:09,714 --> 00:56:11,193
His gig with Linda
was only temporary
1238
00:56:11,324 --> 00:56:13,239
as far as he was concerned.
1239
00:56:13,370 --> 00:56:15,110
He had this very detailed plan
1240
00:56:15,241 --> 00:56:16,677
about the band
he wanted to start
1241
00:56:16,808 --> 00:56:18,636
and what kind
of music we would do.
1242
00:56:18,766 --> 00:56:20,377
He recruited me,
and, you know,
1243
00:56:20,507 --> 00:56:22,944
I became partners
in that endeavor.
1244
00:56:25,294 --> 00:56:27,253
And after we got done
with Linda's tour,
1245
00:56:27,384 --> 00:56:28,994
we went back
to Los Angeles and started
1246
00:56:29,124 --> 00:56:31,866
the recruitment process
for the Eagles.
1247
00:56:31,997 --> 00:56:34,086
- Glenn and Don both wrote
at that time.
1248
00:56:34,216 --> 00:56:37,394
So they started talking
about putting a band together,
1249
00:56:37,524 --> 00:56:41,136
and we told them they should
get Randy Meisner to play bass
1250
00:56:41,267 --> 00:56:44,052
and Bernie Leadon,
guitar player,
1251
00:56:44,183 --> 00:56:45,924
and they thought
that was a good idea.
1252
00:56:46,054 --> 00:56:47,055
- I had a bluegrass background.
1253
00:56:47,186 --> 00:56:48,883
I had a folk background,
1254
00:56:49,014 --> 00:56:51,625
pop music background,
rock and roll, top 40,
1255
00:56:51,756 --> 00:56:54,106
but I had never
put it all together
1256
00:56:54,236 --> 00:56:56,282
in one thing
until I enjoyed the Eagles.
1257
00:56:56,413 --> 00:56:58,023
- It was like people in love.
1258
00:56:58,153 --> 00:56:59,633
It was the greatest thing
to see that band
1259
00:56:59,764 --> 00:57:01,766
when they first formed.
1260
00:57:01,896 --> 00:57:04,421
- We were very into
the country-rock sound,
1261
00:57:04,551 --> 00:57:07,206
groups like Poco
and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band,
1262
00:57:07,336 --> 00:57:09,817
Buffalo Springfield,
The Byrds.
1263
00:57:09,948 --> 00:57:11,732
- We were doing the same kind
of cross-pollination
1264
00:57:11,863 --> 00:57:13,125
that those other bands
had been doing
1265
00:57:13,255 --> 00:57:14,996
but with tougher rock.
1266
00:57:15,127 --> 00:57:19,392
["Witchy Woman" playing]
1267
00:57:19,523 --> 00:57:21,786
One of the first songs
we wrote was "Witchy Woman".
1268
00:57:21,916 --> 00:57:24,136
I wrote the music,
and Don wrote the lyrics.
1269
00:57:24,266 --> 00:57:26,225
- ♪ Raven hair
1270
00:57:26,355 --> 00:57:29,228
♪ And ruby lips
1271
00:57:29,358 --> 00:57:33,232
♪ Sparks fly
from her fingertips ♪
1272
00:57:33,362 --> 00:57:35,452
- Our Texas artist friend
Boyd Elder
1273
00:57:35,582 --> 00:57:38,106
had a big art gallery opening
in Venice.
1274
00:57:38,237 --> 00:57:39,934
All of his friends came.
1275
00:57:40,065 --> 00:57:42,023
Most of the people lived
in Laurel Canyon.
1276
00:57:42,154 --> 00:57:43,764
Everybody was there--
1277
00:57:43,895 --> 00:57:48,203
Joni and Cass
and most of the Turtles,
1278
00:57:48,334 --> 00:57:52,294
Jackson Browne
and David Geffen.
1279
00:57:52,425 --> 00:57:54,166
The Eagles,
they only had a few songs,
1280
00:57:54,296 --> 00:57:56,734
so they kept singing
"Witchy Woman" over and over,
1281
00:57:56,864 --> 00:57:58,779
and everybody was dancing.
1282
00:57:58,910 --> 00:58:01,042
- We weren't really fit
for public presentation
1283
00:58:01,173 --> 00:58:03,218
at that point.
[chuckles]
1284
00:58:03,349 --> 00:58:04,829
But we were just happy
to be hanging out
1285
00:58:04,959 --> 00:58:06,961
with that crowd.
1286
00:58:07,092 --> 00:58:08,833
It was a great scene
because all the people trying
1287
00:58:08,963 --> 00:58:10,704
to write songs
and trying to make records
1288
00:58:10,835 --> 00:58:12,967
were very supportive
of one another.
1289
00:58:13,098 --> 00:58:15,143
Jackson Browne was
a mentor to all of us
1290
00:58:15,274 --> 00:58:17,798
because
he had broken through first.
1291
00:58:17,929 --> 00:58:21,236
And we all aspired
to be what he was,
1292
00:58:21,367 --> 00:58:24,762
to write like that
and have that kind of insight.
1293
00:58:24,892 --> 00:58:26,851
- ♪ Well, I'm a-running down
the road ♪
1294
00:58:26,981 --> 00:58:28,896
♪ Trying to loosen my load
1295
00:58:29,027 --> 00:58:32,857
♪ Got a world of trouble
on my mind ♪
1296
00:58:32,987 --> 00:58:36,295
♪ Looking for a lover
who won't blow my cover ♪
1297
00:58:36,425 --> 00:58:38,993
♪ She's so hard to find
1298
00:58:39,124 --> 00:58:42,693
♪ Take it easy
1299
00:58:42,823 --> 00:58:46,435
♪ Take it easy
1300
00:58:46,566 --> 00:58:48,220
- Jackson had started
"Take It Easy"
1301
00:58:48,350 --> 00:58:50,004
and then abandoned it.
1302
00:58:50,135 --> 00:58:53,007
But he had played it
for Glenn at some point.
1303
00:58:53,138 --> 00:58:55,140
When we were about
to record our first album,
1304
00:58:55,270 --> 00:58:58,317
Glenn went to Jackson and said,
"I'd like to try to finish it."
1305
00:58:58,447 --> 00:59:01,450
Jackson said,
"Sure, have at it."
1306
00:59:01,581 --> 00:59:05,280
- ♪ Well, I'm a-standing on
a corner in Winslow, Arizona ♪
1307
00:59:05,411 --> 00:59:08,196
♪ Such a fine sight to see
1308
00:59:08,327 --> 00:59:11,852
♪ It's a girl, my Lord,
in a flatbed Ford ♪
1309
00:59:11,983 --> 00:59:14,768
♪ Slowin' down to take
a look at me ♪
1310
00:59:14,899 --> 00:59:18,206
♪ Well, come on, baby
- ♪ Baby
1311
00:59:18,337 --> 00:59:21,775
- ♪ Don't say "maybe"
- ♪ Maybe
1312
00:59:21,906 --> 00:59:25,126
- ♪ I got to know
if your sweet love ♪
1313
00:59:25,257 --> 00:59:28,826
♪ Is gonna save me
1314
00:59:28,956 --> 00:59:32,220
♪ Well, come on, baby
- ♪ Baby
1315
00:59:32,351 --> 00:59:35,528
- ♪ Don't say "maybe"
- ♪ Maybe
1316
00:59:35,659 --> 00:59:39,184
- ♪ I got to know
if your sweet love ♪
1317
00:59:39,314 --> 00:59:42,883
♪ Is gonna save me
- ♪ Is gonna save me
1318
00:59:43,014 --> 00:59:44,319
- ♪ Yeah
1319
00:59:44,450 --> 00:59:47,192
- ♪ Hoo, hoo, hoo,
hoo, hoo, hoo ♪
1320
00:59:47,322 --> 00:59:51,500
♪ Hoo, hoo, hoo,
hoo, hoo, hoo, ♪
1321
00:59:51,631 --> 00:59:54,068
- Geffen pushed
"Take It Easy" pretty hard
1322
00:59:54,199 --> 00:59:57,071
because Asylum Records
was his new label.
1323
00:59:57,202 --> 00:59:58,899
Got in the top 20.
1324
00:59:59,030 --> 01:00:01,075
We had a lot of exposure
with our first album--
1325
01:00:01,206 --> 01:00:02,250
three hit singles.
1326
01:00:02,381 --> 01:00:04,383
♪
1327
01:00:04,513 --> 01:00:05,950
- Oh, I think they were
very ambitious,
1328
01:00:06,080 --> 01:00:07,342
particularly Glenn.
1329
01:00:07,473 --> 01:00:10,171
Glenn wanted to have
a hit band.
1330
01:00:10,302 --> 01:00:11,999
- I wanted limousines
1331
01:00:12,130 --> 01:00:15,437
and adoring fans and girls.
1332
01:00:15,568 --> 01:00:19,311
There's no university
that could've ever prepared me
1333
01:00:19,441 --> 01:00:22,009
for any of the things
I needed to learn.
1334
01:00:24,446 --> 01:00:25,491
- Hi.
- Hey.
1335
01:00:25,622 --> 01:00:26,797
- Hi.
- How are you doing?
1336
01:00:26,927 --> 01:00:27,841
- Hi.
- Hi, Jim.
1337
01:00:27,972 --> 01:00:29,321
- Oh, not again.
- Hey, we get...
1338
01:00:29,451 --> 01:00:31,410
Oh, Jim.
- We got to go now.
1339
01:00:31,540 --> 01:00:32,890
- When we first started
The Doors,
1340
01:00:33,020 --> 01:00:35,022
each person
was equally important.
1341
01:00:35,153 --> 01:00:38,025
As it progressed, Jim became
the center of attention.
1342
01:00:38,156 --> 01:00:39,897
Morrison, Morrison, Morrison.
1343
01:00:40,027 --> 01:00:41,376
- Wait a while.
Don't get out yet.
1344
01:00:41,507 --> 01:00:43,117
- We won't hurt him.
[indistinct chatter]
1345
01:00:43,248 --> 01:00:44,597
- So he was the one
who had to live with it.
1346
01:00:44,728 --> 01:00:46,643
It was extremely difficult
for him.
1347
01:00:46,773 --> 01:00:48,862
That's why he really started
to drink as much as he did.
1348
01:00:48,993 --> 01:00:50,298
- Come on, girl.
- What are you doing? Hey.
1349
01:00:50,429 --> 01:00:53,954
[rock music playing,
crowd cheering]
1350
01:00:54,085 --> 01:00:56,130
- Morrison always
had a wild streak,
1351
01:00:56,261 --> 01:00:59,307
always a little crazy.
1352
01:00:59,438 --> 01:01:02,310
A few too many drinks,
and he was right over the edge.
1353
01:01:02,441 --> 01:01:04,269
- ♪ Get together
1354
01:01:04,399 --> 01:01:06,967
[Jim shouts]
1355
01:01:07,098 --> 01:01:09,404
- He touched
the authorities in a way
1356
01:01:09,535 --> 01:01:12,146
that I've never seen
anyone touch the authorities.
1357
01:01:12,277 --> 01:01:16,281
- ♪ Some outlaws lived
by the side of a lake ♪
1358
01:01:16,411 --> 01:01:20,154
♪ The minister's daughter's
in love with the snake ♪
1359
01:01:20,285 --> 01:01:23,984
♪ Who lives in a well
by the side of the road ♪
1360
01:01:24,115 --> 01:01:25,682
♪ Wake up, girl
1361
01:01:25,812 --> 01:01:28,380
- It's a little nerve-racking
sometimes,
1362
01:01:28,510 --> 01:01:31,426
but I thought he'd be
one of those drunks
1363
01:01:31,557 --> 01:01:33,341
who lives to be 85 years old.
1364
01:01:33,472 --> 01:01:36,431
♪
1365
01:01:40,435 --> 01:01:42,568
- We had an incident,
perhaps was a turning point
1366
01:01:42,699 --> 01:01:46,006
in The Doors' career.
1367
01:01:46,137 --> 01:01:49,140
- I ain't talking
about no revolution.
1368
01:01:51,316 --> 01:01:54,058
I'm talking
about having a good time.
1369
01:01:54,188 --> 01:01:56,408
I'm talking about love.
1370
01:01:56,538 --> 01:01:58,279
- It was a horrible show,
I have to say it.
1371
01:01:58,410 --> 01:02:01,195
Jim was so drunk.
He couldn't sing right.
1372
01:02:01,326 --> 01:02:03,850
[indistinct chatter]
1373
01:02:05,417 --> 01:02:07,549
You're all a bunch of slaves.
1374
01:02:07,680 --> 01:02:09,421
- And Jim said,
"What do you want from me?"
1375
01:02:09,551 --> 01:02:11,466
- People telling you
what you're gonna do?
1376
01:02:11,597 --> 01:02:14,731
- "How about if I show you
my cock?"
1377
01:02:14,861 --> 01:02:16,471
- He probably
would've pulled it out
1378
01:02:16,602 --> 01:02:19,213
had Ray not told
our equipment guy, Vince,
1379
01:02:19,344 --> 01:02:21,172
"Don't let him do it.
Don't let him do it."
1380
01:02:21,302 --> 01:02:24,131
[dramatic music]
1381
01:02:24,262 --> 01:02:26,525
- We have taken out
two warrants for Jim Morrison
1382
01:02:26,655 --> 01:02:28,657
for indecent exposure,
1383
01:02:28,788 --> 01:02:30,442
for the use
of obscene languages
1384
01:02:30,572 --> 01:02:32,183
during his performance.
1385
01:02:32,313 --> 01:02:34,098
- Jim, do you have
anything to say?
1386
01:02:34,228 --> 01:02:37,318
- I'm admitting the charge
of the public profanity,
1387
01:02:37,449 --> 01:02:41,932
but I'm denying
the exposure charge.
1388
01:02:42,062 --> 01:02:43,498
I told the audience,
1389
01:02:43,629 --> 01:02:45,370
"I realize
that you're not really here
1390
01:02:45,500 --> 01:02:48,460
"to listen to some
fairly good musicians.
1391
01:02:48,590 --> 01:02:49,896
"You know, you're here
for something else,
1392
01:02:50,027 --> 01:02:53,421
and why not admit it?"
1393
01:02:53,552 --> 01:02:55,380
- "Is a trial date set?"
1394
01:02:55,510 --> 01:02:57,121
"Hey, man.
You're putting me on a bummer.
1395
01:02:57,251 --> 01:02:59,471
Let's get on to another
subject, all right?"
1396
01:02:59,601 --> 01:03:01,603
It's a rainy day in LA,
1397
01:03:01,734 --> 01:03:05,085
talking about
this horrible nonsense.
1398
01:03:05,216 --> 01:03:10,134
[thunder rumbling]
1399
01:03:10,264 --> 01:03:13,441
- We were supposed to go
on the rest of the tour.
1400
01:03:13,572 --> 01:03:16,227
We hear, "Oh, shit.
The tour's canceled."
1401
01:03:16,357 --> 01:03:20,405
["Crawling King Snake"
playing]
1402
01:03:20,535 --> 01:03:22,059
- What do you plan
to do in the future
1403
01:03:22,189 --> 01:03:23,582
as far as the band goes
and everything else?
1404
01:03:23,712 --> 01:03:26,019
- Well, we have
another album to do,
1405
01:03:26,150 --> 01:03:29,806
and we'll start cutting
in a couple weeks.
1406
01:03:29,936 --> 01:03:33,679
- ♪ Well, I'm the Crawlin'
King Snake ♪
1407
01:03:33,810 --> 01:03:36,943
♪ And I rule my den
1408
01:03:37,074 --> 01:03:40,599
♪
1409
01:03:40,729 --> 01:03:45,169
♪ Well, I'm the Crawlin'
King Snake ♪
1410
01:03:45,299 --> 01:03:48,085
♪ And I rule my den
1411
01:03:48,215 --> 01:03:52,437
♪
1412
01:03:52,567 --> 01:03:56,354
♪ Come on,
give me what I want ♪
1413
01:03:56,484 --> 01:03:59,270
♪ Ain't gonna crawl no more
1414
01:03:59,400 --> 01:04:03,448
♪
1415
01:04:03,578 --> 01:04:05,711
- We were finishing up
the album "L.A. Woman".
1416
01:04:05,842 --> 01:04:07,669
He said,
"I'm going to Paris."
1417
01:04:07,800 --> 01:04:11,195
I said,
"Whoa. What a good idea, man.
1418
01:04:11,325 --> 01:04:14,067
"Get away from all of this
rock-and-roll thing
1419
01:04:14,198 --> 01:04:16,156
and become a poet again."
1420
01:04:16,287 --> 01:04:19,638
[somber music]
1421
01:04:19,768 --> 01:04:22,597
- The death of another rock
musician was disclosed today,
1422
01:04:22,728 --> 01:04:25,383
Jim Morrison,
lead singer of The Doors.
1423
01:04:25,513 --> 01:04:28,255
His manager said Morrison died
six days ago in Paris
1424
01:04:28,386 --> 01:04:30,344
either of a heart attack
or pneumonia,
1425
01:04:30,475 --> 01:04:33,565
but the death was kept secret
to avoid a sensation.
1426
01:04:33,695 --> 01:04:35,872
He was buried in Paris
in the same cemetery
1427
01:04:36,002 --> 01:04:39,832
where Balzac and other
French immortals lie.
1428
01:04:39,963 --> 01:04:42,182
- I got a phone call
from our manager
1429
01:04:42,313 --> 01:04:44,315
telling me Jim Morrison
is dead.
1430
01:04:46,447 --> 01:04:47,622
Last thing I was going
to believe
1431
01:04:47,753 --> 01:04:49,755
is Jim Morrison's dead
in Paris.
1432
01:04:49,886 --> 01:04:52,627
He went there to clean up,
to dry out.
1433
01:04:56,327 --> 01:05:00,635
He died 27 and a half,
July 3, 1971,
1434
01:05:00,766 --> 01:05:03,638
outlaw, renegade,
wild Dionysian poet.
1435
01:05:05,510 --> 01:05:07,338
And I miss him.
1436
01:05:07,468 --> 01:05:10,254
[soft music]
1437
01:05:10,384 --> 01:05:16,434
♪
1438
01:05:16,564 --> 01:05:18,740
- Most people who make it
in the music industry
1439
01:05:18,871 --> 01:05:20,699
are not prepared.
1440
01:05:20,829 --> 01:05:23,484
Success can be
just as scary as failure,
1441
01:05:23,615 --> 01:05:26,531
if not scarier.
1442
01:05:26,661 --> 01:05:29,447
And some people don't actually
live through it.
1443
01:05:29,577 --> 01:05:32,406
♪ Desperado
1444
01:05:32,537 --> 01:05:34,234
♪
1445
01:05:34,365 --> 01:05:38,804
♪ Why don't you
come to your senses? ♪
1446
01:05:38,935 --> 01:05:43,461
♪ You been out ridin' fences
1447
01:05:43,591 --> 01:05:47,378
♪ For so long now
1448
01:05:47,508 --> 01:05:51,425
I moved to Laurel Canyon
in early 1973
1449
01:05:51,556 --> 01:05:53,993
into a little house
that was on stilts.
1450
01:05:54,124 --> 01:05:55,821
When the wind would blow,
the house would sway.
1451
01:05:55,952 --> 01:05:58,737
Made me nervous.
[laughs]
1452
01:05:58,867 --> 01:06:01,044
It was formally occupied
by Roger McGuinn,
1453
01:06:01,174 --> 01:06:03,785
the co-founder of The Byrds,
so I took that as a good omen.
1454
01:06:03,916 --> 01:06:06,919
And I somehow got an old
upright piano in there.
1455
01:06:07,050 --> 01:06:08,616
I don't know
where it came from.
1456
01:06:08,747 --> 01:06:10,618
That was the year
that Glenn and I
1457
01:06:10,749 --> 01:06:12,185
really started
writing songs together.
1458
01:06:12,316 --> 01:06:13,970
He came to that house.
1459
01:06:14,100 --> 01:06:17,756
I showed him the little pieces
that I had of "Desperado."
1460
01:06:17,886 --> 01:06:19,453
- We started writing
"Desperado,"
1461
01:06:19,584 --> 01:06:21,847
and we started
writing "Tequila Sunrise."
1462
01:06:21,978 --> 01:06:23,544
And the more we started
thinking about it,
1463
01:06:23,675 --> 01:06:25,503
the more this seemed like,
1464
01:06:25,633 --> 01:06:29,942
"Well, maybe this is kind
of a country-rock opera.
1465
01:06:30,073 --> 01:06:32,249
"Write it all about
the Old West.
1466
01:06:32,379 --> 01:06:35,121
"Why guys became outlaws,
1467
01:06:35,252 --> 01:06:36,601
"the romance of it,
1468
01:06:36,731 --> 01:06:40,344
the tragedy of it, the fame."
1469
01:06:40,474 --> 01:06:44,043
- I, like most of the guys
of my generation,
1470
01:06:44,174 --> 01:06:48,221
felt like The Eagles
had written Desperado for us.
1471
01:06:48,352 --> 01:06:51,224
Rock musicians
and guitar players
1472
01:06:51,355 --> 01:06:55,620
were like gunslingers
in the Old West.
1473
01:06:55,750 --> 01:06:57,622
- In our youthful exuberance
and cockiness,
1474
01:06:57,752 --> 01:06:59,885
we tried to make
that analogy, yeah.
1475
01:07:00,016 --> 01:07:01,800
We didn't exactly rob banks,
1476
01:07:01,930 --> 01:07:03,932
but we did have
a similar lifestyle in that
1477
01:07:04,063 --> 01:07:07,675
we would go from city to city,
and we had a life on the road.
1478
01:07:07,806 --> 01:07:08,676
There was drinking,
and there was gambling.
1479
01:07:08,807 --> 01:07:10,765
There were women.
1480
01:07:10,896 --> 01:07:12,724
So we liked to think
of ourselves as being outside
1481
01:07:12,854 --> 01:07:14,595
the norms of society.
1482
01:07:14,726 --> 01:07:16,162
And we were in a sense.
1483
01:07:16,293 --> 01:07:18,338
♪
1484
01:07:18,469 --> 01:07:21,385
- The "Desperado" album
is one of the finest pieces
1485
01:07:21,515 --> 01:07:22,560
of music ever written,
1486
01:07:22,690 --> 01:07:25,824
but the album wasn't making it.
1487
01:07:25,954 --> 01:07:27,695
- We made a concept album,
which didn't make
1488
01:07:27,826 --> 01:07:29,741
the record company happy
at all.
1489
01:07:29,871 --> 01:07:31,786
The song "Desperado"
was not a hit for us
1490
01:07:31,917 --> 01:07:33,658
until Linda Ronstadt
recorded it.
1491
01:07:33,788 --> 01:07:35,790
She gave it wings.
1492
01:07:35,921 --> 01:07:37,618
- We'd like
to introduce someone
1493
01:07:37,749 --> 01:07:40,186
who was very instrumental
in putting our band,
1494
01:07:40,317 --> 01:07:41,840
The Eagles, together.
1495
01:07:41,970 --> 01:07:43,581
Would you welcome
Linda Ronstadt?
1496
01:07:43,711 --> 01:07:46,540
[cheers and applause]
1497
01:07:46,671 --> 01:07:50,892
♪
1498
01:07:51,023 --> 01:07:55,332
- ♪ Desperado
1499
01:07:55,462 --> 01:08:00,380
♪ Why don't you come
to your senses? ♪
1500
01:08:00,511 --> 01:08:04,645
♪ You been out
ridin' fences ♪
1501
01:08:04,776 --> 01:08:07,779
♪ For so long now
1502
01:08:07,909 --> 01:08:11,652
♪ Oh, you're a hard one
1503
01:08:11,783 --> 01:08:16,744
♪ But I know
that you got your reasons ♪
1504
01:08:16,875 --> 01:08:20,966
♪ These things
that are pleasin' you ♪
1505
01:08:21,097 --> 01:08:24,230
♪ Can hurt you somehow
1506
01:08:24,361 --> 01:08:26,841
♪
1507
01:08:26,972 --> 01:08:30,932
- ♪ Don't your feet get cold
in the wintertime? ♪
1508
01:08:31,063 --> 01:08:34,632
♪ The sky won't snow,
and the sun won't shine ♪
1509
01:08:34,762 --> 01:08:37,113
- There's no question
she resurrected that song
1510
01:08:37,243 --> 01:08:40,246
and helped keep The Eagles away
from the sophomore slump.
1511
01:08:40,377 --> 01:08:42,596
♪
1512
01:08:42,727 --> 01:08:45,947
- ♪ You're losin' all
your highs and lows ♪
1513
01:08:46,078 --> 01:08:48,602
- The Eagles,
they kept their circle.
1514
01:08:48,733 --> 01:08:50,735
That's what I always liked
about them most,
1515
01:08:50,865 --> 01:08:53,085
the loyalty to each other
1516
01:08:53,216 --> 01:08:56,567
in those early
Laurel Canyon years.
1517
01:08:56,697 --> 01:08:59,135
- ♪ Desperado
1518
01:08:59,265 --> 01:09:01,528
- The best band
in the United States of America,
1519
01:09:01,659 --> 01:09:02,921
The Eagles.
1520
01:09:03,051 --> 01:09:05,793
["Already Gone" playing]
1521
01:09:05,924 --> 01:09:12,452
♪
1522
01:09:15,716 --> 01:09:18,023
- ♪ Well,
I heard some people talkin' ♪
1523
01:09:18,154 --> 01:09:22,201
♪ Just the other day
1524
01:09:22,332 --> 01:09:27,119
♪ And they said you were gonna
put me on a shelf ♪
1525
01:09:27,250 --> 01:09:28,903
- The Eagles
were not pioneers.
1526
01:09:29,034 --> 01:09:30,775
The Eagles were settlers.
1527
01:09:30,905 --> 01:09:32,777
But I do believe
that we did a pretty good job
1528
01:09:32,907 --> 01:09:35,606
of cultivating the land
that we settled.
1529
01:09:35,736 --> 01:09:39,305
We put ourselves into it
and made it uniquely our own.
1530
01:09:39,436 --> 01:09:40,915
♪
1531
01:09:41,046 --> 01:09:45,920
- ♪ 'Cause I'm already gone
1532
01:09:46,051 --> 01:09:48,749
- The whole California
country-rock thing exploded
1533
01:09:48,880 --> 01:09:51,187
with Crosby, Stills & Nash,
Poco,
1534
01:09:51,317 --> 01:09:54,886
Linda, Jackson,
and the Burrito Brothers,
1535
01:09:55,016 --> 01:09:57,193
but The Eagles
kicked that to the next level.
1536
01:09:57,323 --> 01:09:59,804
It was the dominant
musical form of the '70s
1537
01:09:59,934 --> 01:10:00,979
in this country.
1538
01:10:01,109 --> 01:10:04,374
- ♪ Whoo-hoo-hoo
1539
01:10:04,504 --> 01:10:06,376
♪ Whoo-hoo-hoo
1540
01:10:06,506 --> 01:10:07,812
[crowd cheering]
1541
01:10:07,942 --> 01:10:09,814
- I don't think
any of us had any idea
1542
01:10:09,944 --> 01:10:12,860
how big the tsunami
of sales that was coming,
1543
01:10:12,991 --> 01:10:14,079
was gonna be.
1544
01:10:14,210 --> 01:10:18,736
["Take It To The Limit" playing]
1545
01:10:18,866 --> 01:10:22,566
- When we got to The Eagles
and the later generations
1546
01:10:22,696 --> 01:10:26,526
of great bands,
the entire business changed.
1547
01:10:29,268 --> 01:10:35,753
- ♪ All alone at the end
of the evening ♪
1548
01:10:35,883 --> 01:10:38,059
- Things got so big so fast
1549
01:10:38,190 --> 01:10:43,108
that places like the Troubadour
became too small.
1550
01:10:43,239 --> 01:10:46,154
- What changed was the people
went to coliseums to play.
1551
01:10:46,285 --> 01:10:47,765
We didn't see each other
as much.
1552
01:10:47,895 --> 01:10:49,506
As soon as we went into arenas,
1553
01:10:49,636 --> 01:10:52,378
we didn't go
and see each other.
1554
01:10:52,509 --> 01:10:57,383
- ♪ And I never knew
1555
01:10:57,514 --> 01:10:59,733
♪
1556
01:10:59,864 --> 01:11:03,998
♪ You know I've always
been a dreamer ♪
1557
01:11:04,129 --> 01:11:06,436
- You feed the machine
that is the record business,
1558
01:11:06,566 --> 01:11:08,307
and the monster wants more.
1559
01:11:08,438 --> 01:11:12,268
Every artist has a peak,
a creative peak, a sales peak,
1560
01:11:12,398 --> 01:11:15,314
and then comes the pressure
of trying to repeat that.
1561
01:11:15,445 --> 01:11:18,535
You get caught up in this
swirling vortex of success
1562
01:11:18,665 --> 01:11:20,841
and money and fame
and pressure.
1563
01:11:20,972 --> 01:11:23,931
♪
1564
01:11:24,062 --> 01:11:27,152
- As people became very,
very successful,
1565
01:11:27,283 --> 01:11:29,110
the camaraderie changed.
1566
01:11:29,241 --> 01:11:31,156
People started guarding
their songs.
1567
01:11:31,287 --> 01:11:33,114
You didn't want to give up
one of your melodies
1568
01:11:33,245 --> 01:11:35,334
to somebody else.
1569
01:11:35,465 --> 01:11:39,120
Over time, people started
moving out of Laurel Canyon,
1570
01:11:39,251 --> 01:11:41,862
getting a better place
in a better neighborhood.
1571
01:11:41,993 --> 01:11:43,821
- ♪ You got to take it
1572
01:11:43,951 --> 01:11:50,567
♪ To the limit one more time
1573
01:11:52,308 --> 01:11:54,179
Thank you.
[crowd cheering]
1574
01:11:54,310 --> 01:11:56,790
- The business
started burning people out,
1575
01:11:56,921 --> 01:11:59,880
and you were overworked
on the road so much
1576
01:12:00,011 --> 01:12:03,057
and played more than
you should play.
1577
01:12:03,188 --> 01:12:04,929
- You managed
to keep pretty busy.
1578
01:12:05,059 --> 01:12:06,104
I know, 'cause we've been
trying for two years
1579
01:12:06,234 --> 01:12:07,758
to get you on the show.
- [laughs]
1580
01:12:07,888 --> 01:12:10,064
- I wanted to ask you,
when you do have any time
1581
01:12:10,195 --> 01:12:11,718
in that busy schedule of yours,
1582
01:12:11,849 --> 01:12:13,372
how do you like
to spend it best?
1583
01:12:13,503 --> 01:12:16,070
- Besides playing with my child,
which is obvious, I think,
1584
01:12:16,201 --> 01:12:18,377
for any mother, you know,
especially a mother who works.
1585
01:12:18,508 --> 01:12:19,813
You know, when you have
to spend a little time away,
1586
01:12:19,944 --> 01:12:22,903
you really relish
that time at home.
1587
01:12:23,034 --> 01:12:25,602
My mom
was a very loving person,
1588
01:12:25,732 --> 01:12:29,257
but she also traveled a lot.
1589
01:12:29,388 --> 01:12:31,956
- Cass, now that you're such
a giant star in the firmament,
1590
01:12:32,086 --> 01:12:33,174
is this your life?
1591
01:12:33,305 --> 01:12:34,654
Is it ever going to change?
1592
01:12:34,785 --> 01:12:36,221
- Well, I wouldn't like
to have to work
1593
01:12:36,352 --> 01:12:37,918
as much as I'm working now.
1594
01:12:38,049 --> 01:12:40,094
Nobody wants to work
that hard.
1595
01:12:40,225 --> 01:12:43,054
I'd like to go back
to school...
1596
01:12:43,184 --> 01:12:45,578
- She closed a two-week
sold-out engagement
1597
01:12:45,709 --> 01:12:47,798
at the London Palladium.
1598
01:12:47,928 --> 01:12:51,018
She had stayed up
for 40 hours.
1599
01:12:51,149 --> 01:12:53,847
She went to sleep and had
a heart attack in her sleep.
1600
01:12:53,978 --> 01:12:55,371
- "Mama" Cass Elliot,
1601
01:12:55,501 --> 01:12:57,590
a pop star who won fame
with the group called
1602
01:12:57,721 --> 01:12:59,679
The Mamas and Papas,
died today in London.
1603
01:12:59,810 --> 01:13:00,941
She was 33.
1604
01:13:01,072 --> 01:13:02,378
Ms. Elliot was in England
1605
01:13:02,508 --> 01:13:05,119
for concert
and nightclub appearances.
1606
01:13:05,250 --> 01:13:07,948
- It was a big shock.
That, to me, was a big shock.
1607
01:13:08,079 --> 01:13:11,125
She was a Los Angeleno.
1608
01:13:11,256 --> 01:13:13,867
She was one of us,
you know, one of ours.
1609
01:13:13,998 --> 01:13:15,695
It had a big impact.
1610
01:13:15,826 --> 01:13:17,610
It just wasn't
the same anymore.
1611
01:13:17,741 --> 01:13:20,004
[somber music]
1612
01:13:20,134 --> 01:13:21,919
- Out of that loss,
for me, personally,
1613
01:13:22,049 --> 01:13:24,182
came a blessing.
1614
01:13:24,312 --> 01:13:26,750
My wife, Leah, and I
raised Owen
1615
01:13:26,880 --> 01:13:29,187
after Cass passed away.
1616
01:13:29,317 --> 01:13:31,972
But the loss of Cass
was traumatic,
1617
01:13:32,103 --> 01:13:33,844
not only for us.
1618
01:13:33,974 --> 01:13:36,324
It was a huge loss
for the music community
1619
01:13:36,455 --> 01:13:38,631
and the brother
and sisterhood
1620
01:13:38,762 --> 01:13:40,546
that had developed
in Laurel Canyon.
1621
01:13:49,729 --> 01:13:52,210
- Mama Cass,
1622
01:13:52,340 --> 01:13:55,953
she put a lot
of social things into motion
1623
01:13:56,083 --> 01:13:57,607
and changed people's lives.
1624
01:13:57,737 --> 01:14:00,131
♪
1625
01:14:00,261 --> 01:14:03,787
She was sent by the angels.
1626
01:14:03,917 --> 01:14:05,963
A teacher to all of us.
1627
01:14:06,093 --> 01:14:07,921
As we all are to each other.
1628
01:14:08,052 --> 01:14:10,402
♪
1629
01:14:10,533 --> 01:14:12,099
When I first picked up
a camera,
1630
01:14:12,230 --> 01:14:15,059
it was as a folk musician,
1631
01:14:15,189 --> 01:14:19,629
quietly taking pictures,
documenting, to learn.
1632
01:14:19,759 --> 01:14:20,673
[projector clicks]
1633
01:14:20,804 --> 01:14:22,980
Not consciously.
1634
01:14:23,110 --> 01:14:25,286
But when I saw that first
picture on the wall,
1635
01:14:25,417 --> 01:14:28,725
glowing in color
like it was alive,
1636
01:14:28,855 --> 01:14:30,988
that's when I became
a photographer.
1637
01:14:31,118 --> 01:14:34,252
[dramatic music]
1638
01:14:34,382 --> 01:14:41,999
♪
1639
01:14:42,129 --> 01:14:46,786
There's a reason that these
people became so well-known.
1640
01:14:46,917 --> 01:14:50,224
They had amazing talent
for life, really...
1641
01:14:50,355 --> 01:14:52,705
for singing, writing songs,
1642
01:14:52,836 --> 01:14:54,751
thinking poetically.
1643
01:14:56,753 --> 01:14:58,058
What is it really about?
1644
01:14:58,189 --> 01:14:59,799
Why are we here?
1645
01:14:59,930 --> 01:15:02,236
What is this
wonderful experience?
1646
01:15:02,367 --> 01:15:04,282
What's the best way to live it?
1647
01:15:04,412 --> 01:15:06,284
And that's Laurel Canyon.
1648
01:15:06,414 --> 01:15:13,073
♪
1649
01:15:13,204 --> 01:15:15,162
- If you believe in God,
1650
01:15:15,293 --> 01:15:18,035
it's like God said,
1651
01:15:18,165 --> 01:15:20,254
"Okay, kids,
I'm gonna show you
1652
01:15:20,385 --> 01:15:23,214
"what the Garden of Eden
was like.
1653
01:15:23,344 --> 01:15:27,871
And you get to live
and play and love."
1654
01:15:28,001 --> 01:15:30,395
We embraced it all,
1655
01:15:30,526 --> 01:15:33,790
and it was wonderful.
1656
01:15:33,920 --> 01:15:36,270
- Laurel Canyon's become
a name for a thing,
1657
01:15:36,401 --> 01:15:38,534
and it's really just a myth.
1658
01:15:38,664 --> 01:15:41,711
[chuckles]
Places become focal points
1659
01:15:41,841 --> 01:15:44,278
for breaking out of convention.
1660
01:15:44,409 --> 01:15:46,933
What was happening
in Laurel Canyon
1661
01:15:47,064 --> 01:15:51,459
was the universe cracking open
and revealing secrets.
1662
01:15:51,590 --> 01:15:55,072
It was just about a time,
the creative awakening.
1663
01:15:55,202 --> 01:15:57,988
♪
1664
01:15:58,118 --> 01:16:01,948
- There are periods in history
when there are peaks.
1665
01:16:02,079 --> 01:16:04,168
And nobody really knows why--
1666
01:16:04,298 --> 01:16:06,910
Paris in the '30s,
1667
01:16:07,040 --> 01:16:09,434
the Renaissance in Italy,
1668
01:16:09,565 --> 01:16:13,133
Los Angeles in around '65, '75.
1669
01:16:13,264 --> 01:16:15,179
Very hard to define it.
1670
01:16:15,309 --> 01:16:17,224
But the proof's in the pudding.
1671
01:16:17,355 --> 01:16:18,704
The music's there.
1672
01:16:21,402 --> 01:16:24,057
["Turn! Turn! Turn!" playing]
1673
01:16:24,188 --> 01:16:31,021
♪
1674
01:16:35,634 --> 01:16:40,204
- ♪ To everything,
turn, turn, turn ♪
1675
01:16:40,334 --> 01:16:45,035
♪ There is a season,
turn, turn, turn ♪
1676
01:16:45,165 --> 01:16:48,778
♪ And a time
to every purpose ♪
1677
01:16:48,908 --> 01:16:52,259
♪ Under Heaven
1678
01:16:52,390 --> 01:16:55,915
♪ A time to be born,
a time to die ♪
1679
01:16:56,046 --> 01:16:59,876
♪ A time to plant,
a time to reap ♪
1680
01:17:00,006 --> 01:17:03,488
♪ A time to kill,
a time to heal ♪
1681
01:17:03,619 --> 01:17:06,186
♪ A time to laugh
1682
01:17:06,317 --> 01:17:11,191
♪ A time to weep
1683
01:17:11,322 --> 01:17:16,240
♪ To everything,
turn, turn, turn ♪
1684
01:17:16,370 --> 01:17:21,245
♪ There is a season,
turn, turn, turn ♪
1685
01:17:21,375 --> 01:17:24,988
♪ And a time
to every purpose ♪
1686
01:17:25,118 --> 01:17:28,513
♪ Under Heaven
1687
01:17:28,644 --> 01:17:32,256
♪ A time to build up,
a time to break down ♪
1688
01:17:32,386 --> 01:17:37,043
♪ A time to dance,
a time to mourn ♪
1689
01:17:37,174 --> 01:17:40,046
♪ A time to cast away stones
1690
01:17:40,177 --> 01:17:43,136
♪ A time to gather
1691
01:17:43,267 --> 01:17:46,139
♪ Stones together
1692
01:17:46,270 --> 01:17:53,103
♪
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