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For 12 months,
our negotiators have been...
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["Take It Easy" playing]
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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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- ♪ 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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- 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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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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- 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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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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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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- 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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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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- ♪ Boys and girls
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♪ Have a good time together
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♪ 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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- 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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- 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,
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and got some cowboy clothes.
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And we recorded
an entire county album,
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the "Sweetheart of the Rodeo."
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It was the first time
a commercially successful
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rock band had done
country music.
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Other people had dabbled in it.
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- We all had trouble
getting anybody to believe
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that you could make
good country music.
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- Gram was a nice guy.
He was a lot of fun.
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We'd drink beer and play pool,
and he's like a good old boy.
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It was a good time.
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He got to know
The Rolling Stones.
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He and Keith Richards
became really tight.
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And he always wanted
to hang out with Keith.
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- He was around for six months.
262
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He left The Byrds.
And I got a little antsy then.
263
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I wanted to do something else,
as David had the year before.
264
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So I left The Byrds,
and Gram and I started
265
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The Flying Burrito Brothers
in 1969.
266
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- ♪ You may be
267
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♪ Sweet and nice
268
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♪ But that you won't
keep you warm at night ♪
269
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♪ 'Cause I'm the one
270
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♪ Who showed you how
271
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♪ To do the things
272
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♪ You're doing now
273
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♪ He may feel
274
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♪ All your charms
275
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- We want to do this
young, hip country band
276
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and base it around
a Bakersfield-type sound
277
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with a little R&B.
278
00:14:32,959 --> 00:14:35,571
Now, this is where Gram
taught me a lot of music.
279
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- ♪ At the dark end
280
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♪ Of the street
281
00:14:44,971 --> 00:14:46,886
- I thought I was pretty well up
282
00:14:46,930 --> 00:14:48,627
on most of my R&B and blues,
283
00:14:48,671 --> 00:14:50,542
but he started picking up
these records
284
00:14:50,586 --> 00:14:53,284
and turning me on to people
I've never heard of.
285
00:14:53,327 --> 00:14:57,462
- ♪ Where we don't belong
286
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- ♪ Living in darkness
to hide our wrong ♪
287
00:15:02,728 --> 00:15:06,602
♪ You and me
288
00:15:06,645 --> 00:15:08,647
♪ At the dark end
289
00:15:08,691 --> 00:15:11,998
♪ Of the street
290
00:15:12,042 --> 00:15:15,437
♪ You and me
291
00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:21,443
♪ I know that time's
gonna take its toll ♪
292
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- This is now 1969.
293
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I'd been in two groups
already in LA.
294
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And The Flying Burrito Brothers
were on the same label,
295
00:15:28,580 --> 00:15:32,541
so we would see each other
on the A&M studio lot,
296
00:15:32,584 --> 00:15:35,108
and they invited me to join,
to play guitar.
297
00:15:35,152 --> 00:15:36,806
And I happily did that
because I thought that
298
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The Burritos could do something.
299
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- ♪ You and me
300
00:15:42,986 --> 00:15:45,467
♪ At the dark end
301
00:15:45,510 --> 00:15:48,034
♪ Of the street
302
00:15:48,078 --> 00:15:49,993
♪ You and me
303
00:15:52,343 --> 00:15:54,040
- Back then I would go on tour,
304
00:15:54,084 --> 00:15:55,694
and I would leave the door open
305
00:15:55,738 --> 00:15:56,869
'cause our friends would come in
306
00:15:56,913 --> 00:15:58,610
and stay there.
307
00:15:58,654 --> 00:16:01,526
They cleaned the house
and stocked the refrigerator.
308
00:16:01,570 --> 00:16:03,136
I'd leave money in the drawer.
309
00:16:03,180 --> 00:16:05,530
There was no thievery
or anything.
310
00:16:07,227 --> 00:16:09,186
We came back from touring once,
311
00:16:09,229 --> 00:16:10,883
and there's Bobby Beausoleil
312
00:16:10,927 --> 00:16:13,930
sitting on my floor
playing a guitar.
313
00:16:13,973 --> 00:16:15,409
And I'm glad to see him.
314
00:16:15,453 --> 00:16:17,803
Bobby Beausoleil
was in the Grass Roots,
315
00:16:17,847 --> 00:16:21,154
which was our group
just before we became Love.
316
00:16:21,198 --> 00:16:22,982
He was just the sweetest kid.
317
00:16:23,026 --> 00:16:24,593
We sit down and chat.
318
00:16:24,636 --> 00:16:27,291
And I noticed the door
to my bedroom is closed.
319
00:16:27,334 --> 00:16:29,162
So I said,
"Is there somebody in there?"
320
00:16:29,206 --> 00:16:31,208
He said,
"Yeah. My girlfriend, Sadie.
321
00:16:31,251 --> 00:16:33,123
She's asleep."
322
00:16:33,166 --> 00:16:36,387
A few minutes later,
this thing comes out of my bedroom.
323
00:16:36,430 --> 00:16:38,563
This horrible
cadaverous-looking thing
324
00:16:38,607 --> 00:16:40,260
that smelled awful.
325
00:16:40,304 --> 00:16:41,566
She had been in my bed.
326
00:16:41,610 --> 00:16:43,437
Now I'm upset.
327
00:16:43,481 --> 00:16:45,265
And I said,
"Man, who the hell is this?"
328
00:16:45,309 --> 00:16:46,571
And he said, "Oh, this is Sadie.
329
00:16:46,615 --> 00:16:48,225
"She's with me.
330
00:16:48,268 --> 00:16:51,358
"We lived together
at the Spahn Ranch.
331
00:16:51,402 --> 00:16:52,882
"These people are friends.
332
00:16:52,925 --> 00:16:56,755
And they have
this utopian lifestyle."
333
00:16:56,799 --> 00:16:59,584
So he starts telling me,
and he's romanticizing it,
334
00:16:59,628 --> 00:17:01,325
and I said,
"Cool. That sounds good.
335
00:17:01,368 --> 00:17:03,806
Maybe one day I'll come up
and visit you guys."
336
00:17:03,849 --> 00:17:06,156
And he says,
"I don't think that's good.
337
00:17:06,199 --> 00:17:08,985
Charlie, you know,
is kind of racist."
338
00:17:09,028 --> 00:17:11,901
I said, "So why are you
hanging out with a bigot?"
339
00:17:11,944 --> 00:17:13,467
And he says, "Well, I better go
340
00:17:13,511 --> 00:17:15,339
"because Charlie
is gonna be upset
341
00:17:15,382 --> 00:17:17,950
if he knows that I came by
to visit you."
342
00:17:17,994 --> 00:17:20,605
Well, I said, "Dude,
if this guy is gonna be upset
343
00:17:20,649 --> 00:17:22,651
"that you came by
and visited somebody
344
00:17:22,694 --> 00:17:24,478
"that you've known for years,
345
00:17:24,522 --> 00:17:27,612
maybe you ought to get away
from him."
346
00:17:27,656 --> 00:17:30,093
He kind of laughed.
347
00:17:30,136 --> 00:17:32,791
- They call themselves
The Family.
348
00:17:32,835 --> 00:17:34,663
Young girls supposedly
under the spell
349
00:17:34,706 --> 00:17:36,055
of a bearded Svengali.
350
00:17:36,099 --> 00:17:38,275
The mystical hippie clan despise
351
00:17:38,318 --> 00:17:40,103
the straight affluent society.
352
00:17:50,809 --> 00:17:54,334
[The Doors'
"Riders on the Storm"]
353
00:17:54,378 --> 00:17:56,859
- Friday night in Los Angeles,
a movie actress
354
00:17:56,902 --> 00:17:58,861
and four of her friends
were murdered.
355
00:17:58,904 --> 00:18:02,038
And the circumstances
were lurid.
356
00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:03,996
- This was at the home
of movie director
357
00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:05,432
Roman Polanski.
358
00:18:05,476 --> 00:18:07,173
And it was his wife,
Sharon Tate,
359
00:18:07,217 --> 00:18:09,567
who was one of the victims.
360
00:18:09,611 --> 00:18:10,742
- Do you have any kind of an idea
361
00:18:10,786 --> 00:18:11,787
who might have done it?
362
00:18:11,830 --> 00:18:12,962
Do you have any kind
of APBs out?
363
00:18:13,005 --> 00:18:14,354
Any suspects at all?
- No.
364
00:18:17,227 --> 00:18:19,011
- The first two suspects
365
00:18:19,055 --> 00:18:21,492
after the murders
at the Sharon Tate house
366
00:18:21,535 --> 00:18:23,668
were these two guys I knew.
367
00:18:23,712 --> 00:18:25,365
In the paper, the police
were looking for them.
368
00:18:25,409 --> 00:18:27,890
They went and turned
themselves in immediately
369
00:18:27,933 --> 00:18:29,282
and said,
"Wait. Whoa, whoa, whoa."
370
00:18:29,326 --> 00:18:31,763
It was frightening in LA then.
371
00:18:31,807 --> 00:18:33,678
- A short time later,
not far away,
372
00:18:33,722 --> 00:18:35,854
a middle-aged couple
was found murdered
373
00:18:35,898 --> 00:18:38,291
in similar circumstances.
374
00:18:38,335 --> 00:18:40,642
- Leno LaBianca,
a supermarket owner,
375
00:18:40,685 --> 00:18:43,514
and his wife have both been
stabbed to death.
376
00:18:43,557 --> 00:18:47,257
Hoods have been placed over
the heads of both victims.
377
00:18:47,300 --> 00:18:51,565
- ♪ There's a killer
on the road ♪
378
00:18:51,609 --> 00:18:54,873
♪ His brain is squirming
like a toad ♪
379
00:18:59,356 --> 00:19:01,706
- We were in this
beautiful bubble,
380
00:19:01,750 --> 00:19:04,100
and those murderers put a pin
381
00:19:04,143 --> 00:19:06,580
right in that bubble,
and it exploded.
382
00:19:10,628 --> 00:19:13,979
Eight people butchered
in the night.
383
00:19:14,023 --> 00:19:17,504
It was too close, too real.
384
00:19:17,548 --> 00:19:19,550
- It's a quarter mile
from my house.
385
00:19:19,593 --> 00:19:21,987
I went out
and bought a shotgun...
386
00:19:22,031 --> 00:19:24,773
my only gun until then.
387
00:19:24,816 --> 00:19:26,252
- Prior to Manson,
388
00:19:26,296 --> 00:19:28,124
in Laurel Canyon
if I saw a hitchhiker,
389
00:19:28,167 --> 00:19:30,735
I would always stop and say,
"Hey, man, get in the car.
390
00:19:30,779 --> 00:19:32,694
Sure, I'll take you up
the Canyon."
391
00:19:32,737 --> 00:19:34,434
But then after the murders,
392
00:19:34,478 --> 00:19:36,872
you had to stop and think,
"Well, wait a minute,
393
00:19:36,915 --> 00:19:39,222
he looks like a cool guy,
but how do I know
394
00:19:39,265 --> 00:19:41,398
"he's not gonna reach around
and slit my throat
395
00:19:41,441 --> 00:19:43,617
while we're driving up
the Canyon?"
396
00:19:43,661 --> 00:19:47,099
I mean, I actually have
those thoughts, you know?
397
00:19:47,143 --> 00:19:48,535
- I had been to that house
398
00:19:48,579 --> 00:19:51,451
several times with David Crosby,
399
00:19:51,495 --> 00:19:55,151
'cause just before
Sharon Tate lived there,
400
00:19:55,194 --> 00:19:58,023
Terry Melcher,
who had produced The Byrds,
401
00:19:58,067 --> 00:19:59,633
lived at that house,
402
00:19:59,677 --> 00:20:01,635
and everybody was familiar
with the house.
403
00:20:01,679 --> 00:20:04,464
He'd have parties occasionally.
404
00:20:04,508 --> 00:20:07,119
- Terry Melcher
subleased that house
405
00:20:07,163 --> 00:20:09,774
to Roman and Sharon.
406
00:20:09,818 --> 00:20:13,604
- So people thought the target
could be Melcher.
407
00:20:13,647 --> 00:20:15,780
- I answered the front doorbell.
408
00:20:15,824 --> 00:20:17,826
There were two detectives.
409
00:20:17,869 --> 00:20:20,132
"Do you know anybody
who would want to kill you?"
410
00:20:20,176 --> 00:20:21,351
And I said, "Well, no."
411
00:20:21,394 --> 00:20:22,787
He said, "Well, did you ever
412
00:20:22,831 --> 00:20:24,658
meet a fellow named
Charles Manson?"
413
00:20:24,702 --> 00:20:26,356
I said, "Charles Manson?
414
00:20:26,399 --> 00:20:27,923
"The guy who plays a guitar
415
00:20:27,966 --> 00:20:30,708
and all the girls sing
in the background?"
416
00:20:37,715 --> 00:20:40,892
- Manson was one of many
disgruntled young people
417
00:20:40,936 --> 00:20:42,807
who tried to get his music
recorded,
418
00:20:42,851 --> 00:20:44,809
and he happened
to be a crazy guy
419
00:20:44,853 --> 00:20:47,638
who took a lot of drugs
and had a following.
420
00:20:53,165 --> 00:20:56,995
- Two of the girls
who worked on that scene
421
00:20:57,039 --> 00:21:00,129
who were there,
I went to high school with.
422
00:21:00,172 --> 00:21:03,872
The Manson murders were close
to everybody.
423
00:21:05,874 --> 00:21:08,790
- We found out later
that Bobby Beausoleil,
424
00:21:08,833 --> 00:21:11,531
he had killed somebody.
425
00:21:11,575 --> 00:21:15,884
Nobody could imagine that
he would be involved in that.
426
00:21:19,931 --> 00:21:21,977
- Suddenly hippies
were not harmless anymore.
427
00:21:22,020 --> 00:21:25,023
Hippies became dangerous.
428
00:21:25,067 --> 00:21:26,982
When Manson happened,
429
00:21:27,025 --> 00:21:29,462
all of a sudden,
every hippie was looked at
430
00:21:29,506 --> 00:21:32,857
as possibly psycho killer.
431
00:21:32,901 --> 00:21:34,990
Who knows what drugs
have done to these kids.
432
00:21:52,050 --> 00:21:56,011
- Because of Gram Parsons'
friendship with The Stones,
433
00:21:56,054 --> 00:22:00,232
The Burritos were invited
to play at this huge concert--
434
00:22:00,276 --> 00:22:02,452
The Stones answer to Woodstock.
435
00:22:02,495 --> 00:22:04,280
All these young people
were coming
436
00:22:04,323 --> 00:22:07,196
from all over the country
to go to this free thing.
437
00:22:07,239 --> 00:22:09,415
- Our day started out bad.
438
00:22:09,459 --> 00:22:10,895
It was cold...
439
00:22:10,939 --> 00:22:14,333
way out in that
Altamont Raceway.
440
00:22:14,377 --> 00:22:17,162
- We played it because Garcia
had called Crosby
441
00:22:17,206 --> 00:22:19,164
and said, "You want to join
The Grateful Dead?
442
00:22:19,208 --> 00:22:21,688
We're gonna do this thing
down at the Raceway here?"
443
00:22:21,732 --> 00:22:23,429
We said,
"Sounds like a good idea.
444
00:22:23,473 --> 00:22:24,996
We'll go."
445
00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,781
- I was against Crosby,
Stills, Nash & Young
446
00:22:27,825 --> 00:22:29,261
being on the bill.
447
00:22:29,305 --> 00:22:30,959
I said,
"I don't think you should go.
448
00:22:31,002 --> 00:22:34,310
If you want to go against me,
I'm not going."
449
00:22:34,353 --> 00:22:37,922
The Hells Angels were gonna be
doing all the security.
450
00:22:37,966 --> 00:22:40,794
And people applauded
like that was a cool thing.
451
00:22:40,838 --> 00:22:43,754
The Rolling Stones had no clue.
452
00:22:43,797 --> 00:22:45,321
They didn't live in California.
453
00:22:45,364 --> 00:22:46,800
They were visitors.
454
00:22:46,844 --> 00:22:49,760
They romanticized the Angels.
455
00:22:49,803 --> 00:22:51,675
They were tattooed
and rode bikes
456
00:22:51,718 --> 00:22:54,025
and were outlaws.
457
00:22:54,069 --> 00:22:57,507
The Rolling Stones didn't know
what came with that reputation
458
00:22:57,550 --> 00:23:00,553
and how it was built.
459
00:23:00,597 --> 00:23:03,600
That was the only Crosby,
Stills, Nash & Young show
460
00:23:03,643 --> 00:23:05,254
I ever missed.
461
00:23:06,820 --> 00:23:08,387
- Red Cross truck.
462
00:23:08,431 --> 00:23:09,954
- Excuse me.
Which way is the stage?
463
00:23:09,998 --> 00:23:11,869
- I'm wading through the crowd.
464
00:23:11,913 --> 00:23:16,482
Good Lord, the Hells Angels
were just crazy.
465
00:23:16,526 --> 00:23:20,182
They were like Vikings,
ready to raid the monastery.
466
00:23:20,225 --> 00:23:22,401
- We're partying like you.
467
00:23:22,445 --> 00:23:24,664
Hey!
468
00:23:24,708 --> 00:23:26,362
- CSNY's coming offstage,
469
00:23:26,405 --> 00:23:29,104
and David says,
"Be careful. Pay attention.
470
00:23:29,147 --> 00:23:30,670
I'm getting out of here."
I said, "Really?"
471
00:23:30,714 --> 00:23:33,412
He says,
"It's not a good deal."
472
00:23:33,456 --> 00:23:34,805
The Burritos, to our credit,
473
00:23:34,848 --> 00:23:37,112
got up and calmed
everybody down.
474
00:23:37,155 --> 00:23:39,853
It's a different kind of music.
475
00:23:39,897 --> 00:23:42,552
- ♪ Well,
I pulled out of Pittsburgh ♪
476
00:23:42,595 --> 00:23:45,947
♪ Rollin' down
the Eastern Seaboard ♪
477
00:23:45,990 --> 00:23:47,644
♪ Got my diesel wound up
478
00:23:47,687 --> 00:23:51,561
♪ And she's a-runnin'
like never before ♪
479
00:23:51,604 --> 00:23:54,564
♪ There's a speed trap ahead,
all right ♪
480
00:23:54,607 --> 00:23:56,870
♪ But I don't see cop
in sight ♪
481
00:23:56,914 --> 00:23:58,524
♪ Six days on the road
482
00:23:58,568 --> 00:24:02,354
♪ And I'm gonna make it home
tonight ♪
483
00:24:02,398 --> 00:24:04,008
♪ Six days on the road
484
00:24:04,052 --> 00:24:06,184
♪ And I'm gonna make it home
tonight ♪
485
00:24:06,228 --> 00:24:09,535
- But I could feel it,
the tension, the darkness.
486
00:24:09,579 --> 00:24:11,929
Something wasn't right.
487
00:24:11,973 --> 00:24:14,584
Before that last note
on the bass stopped ringing,
488
00:24:14,627 --> 00:24:17,065
I unplugged,
put that thing in the case,
489
00:24:17,108 --> 00:24:18,675
and I got out of there.
490
00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:29,729
- You can call them people
flower children
491
00:24:29,773 --> 00:24:31,383
and this and that.
492
00:24:31,427 --> 00:24:33,690
Some of them people
was loaded on some drugs
493
00:24:33,733 --> 00:24:35,953
that it's just too bad
we wasn't loaded on
494
00:24:35,997 --> 00:24:40,566
because they come running off
the hill yelling, "Aah."
495
00:24:40,610 --> 00:24:43,874
But when they jumped
on an Angel, they got hurt.
496
00:24:43,917 --> 00:24:46,833
- This is Stefan Ponek,
KSAN Radio, San Francisco.
497
00:24:46,877 --> 00:24:48,661
- You know what?
They got got.
498
00:24:48,705 --> 00:24:51,055
- Someone was stabbed to death
in front of the stage
499
00:24:51,099 --> 00:24:52,665
by a member of the Hells Angels.
500
00:24:52,709 --> 00:24:54,406
Nothing is confirmed on that...
501
00:24:54,450 --> 00:24:57,061
- In the end, it was
the antithesis of Woodstock.
502
00:24:57,105 --> 00:24:58,671
People got run over.
503
00:24:58,715 --> 00:25:02,066
Four people died.
504
00:25:02,110 --> 00:25:04,329
- That was the end of the '60s.
505
00:25:04,373 --> 00:25:06,331
The assassinations, Vietnam,
506
00:25:06,375 --> 00:25:10,118
it had finally come full circle
into this dark, dark abyss.
507
00:25:14,818 --> 00:25:16,472
- The President
of the United States
508
00:25:16,515 --> 00:25:19,910
has just announced that
a new attack into Cambodia
509
00:25:19,953 --> 00:25:21,129
was launched this evening
510
00:25:21,172 --> 00:25:24,610
by United States Armed Force.
511
00:25:24,654 --> 00:25:26,786
- Kent State University in Ohio
512
00:25:26,830 --> 00:25:29,267
has had campus violence
for three nights.
513
00:25:29,311 --> 00:25:31,008
The students were protesting
514
00:25:31,052 --> 00:25:33,619
the American invasion
of Cambodia.
515
00:25:33,663 --> 00:25:35,926
The National Guard
was called in.
516
00:25:40,626 --> 00:25:43,760
- The guardsmen have fired
61 shots.
517
00:25:43,803 --> 00:25:45,109
Four students,
518
00:25:45,153 --> 00:25:48,808
two of them bystanders,
are dead.
519
00:25:48,852 --> 00:25:51,115
- Kent State and more
than 400 other institutions
520
00:25:51,159 --> 00:25:52,682
go on strike.
521
00:25:52,725 --> 00:25:54,814
The President says Americans
face a crisis
522
00:25:54,858 --> 00:25:57,252
that could threatened the very
survival of the nation.
523
00:25:57,295 --> 00:25:59,689
[Crosby, Stills,
Nash & Young's "Ohio"]
524
00:26:01,430 --> 00:26:04,172
- Neil saw the news
about the girl laying there.
525
00:26:04,215 --> 00:26:06,348
Her friend bending over her.
526
00:26:08,915 --> 00:26:11,309
That night, he wrote the song.
527
00:26:11,353 --> 00:26:13,616
The next night,
they recorded it.
528
00:26:13,659 --> 00:26:16,880
- ♪ Tin soldiers,
and Nixon coming ♪
529
00:26:16,923 --> 00:26:20,144
♪ We're finally on our own
530
00:26:20,188 --> 00:26:23,147
♪ This summer
I hear the drumming ♪
531
00:26:23,191 --> 00:26:26,019
♪ Four dead in Ohio
532
00:26:26,063 --> 00:26:29,153
- I drove the record
over to B. Mitchel Reed,
533
00:26:29,197 --> 00:26:32,896
the big DJ on FM radio
in Los Angeles.
534
00:26:32,939 --> 00:26:34,811
And he played it that night.
535
00:26:37,118 --> 00:26:39,903
Neil was so moved,
he couldn't help himself.
536
00:26:39,946 --> 00:26:42,210
And the rest of the guys
were right there.
537
00:26:42,253 --> 00:26:45,691
- ♪ And found her dead
on the ground ♪
538
00:26:45,735 --> 00:26:49,173
♪ How can you run
when you know? ♪
539
00:26:51,393 --> 00:26:53,830
- Our job is to take you
on little emotional voyages.
540
00:26:53,873 --> 00:26:55,136
Make you boogie sometimes.
541
00:26:55,179 --> 00:26:56,659
Make you sad sometimes.
542
00:26:56,702 --> 00:26:59,140
Happy sometimes.
543
00:26:59,183 --> 00:27:02,578
Every once in a while,
it's our job to be a witness.
544
00:27:02,621 --> 00:27:04,145
If your country starts
shooting its own children
545
00:27:04,188 --> 00:27:05,624
while they're protesting,
546
00:27:05,668 --> 00:27:07,235
exercising their
constitutional right,
547
00:27:07,278 --> 00:27:10,020
unarmed and on their own
college campus...
548
00:27:10,063 --> 00:27:13,328
- ♪ Soldiers
are cutting us down ♪
549
00:27:13,371 --> 00:27:14,894
- That would be
one of those times
550
00:27:14,938 --> 00:27:16,505
when you have to be a witness.
551
00:27:16,548 --> 00:27:18,289
And we were.
552
00:27:18,333 --> 00:27:20,378
- There was a very large shift.
553
00:27:20,422 --> 00:27:22,728
People were up in arms
about the Vietnam War.
554
00:27:22,772 --> 00:27:26,558
They didn't like Nixon,
Kent State, killing our kids
555
00:27:26,602 --> 00:27:28,343
because they have
the God-given right
556
00:27:28,386 --> 00:27:30,083
to protest what their government
557
00:27:30,127 --> 00:27:31,737
was doing in their name.
558
00:27:31,781 --> 00:27:34,218
It shifted tremendously.
559
00:27:38,266 --> 00:27:41,312
- When I was in college,
there was no separation
560
00:27:41,356 --> 00:27:44,402
between the issues of the day
and the music
561
00:27:44,446 --> 00:27:47,144
that galvanized souls
and brought people
562
00:27:47,188 --> 00:27:50,930
to not just march,
but to change their minds.
563
00:27:50,974 --> 00:27:52,584
And singing songs
about peace and love,
564
00:27:52,628 --> 00:27:54,325
it sounds corny,
but that's what needed
565
00:27:54,369 --> 00:27:56,588
to happen in a war-torn era.
566
00:27:56,632 --> 00:27:59,287
["Find the Cost of Freedom"
playing]
567
00:27:59,330 --> 00:28:02,115
- The only outlets
that we had for information
568
00:28:02,159 --> 00:28:05,075
were the press,
television, radio,
569
00:28:05,118 --> 00:28:06,772
and concerts.
570
00:28:08,774 --> 00:28:10,733
Musicians felt
that they could get the word
571
00:28:10,776 --> 00:28:12,387
out of a different opinion.
572
00:28:15,041 --> 00:28:21,352
- ♪ Find the cost of freedom
573
00:28:21,396 --> 00:28:26,183
♪ Buried in the ground
574
00:28:28,141 --> 00:28:31,014
♪ Mother Earth...
575
00:28:31,057 --> 00:28:32,624
- The Southern California sound
576
00:28:32,668 --> 00:28:35,540
was gentle yet rocking.
577
00:28:35,584 --> 00:28:37,716
- ♪ Lay your body...
578
00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:42,025
- It was acoustic
yet electrified.
579
00:28:42,068 --> 00:28:44,767
["Peace Frog" playing]
580
00:28:44,810 --> 00:28:47,335
- And then there was The Doors.
581
00:28:47,378 --> 00:28:50,120
The Doors gave us
582
00:28:50,163 --> 00:28:54,690
the Southern California
sound after dark.
583
00:28:54,733 --> 00:28:58,563
- ♪ Blood in the streets
in the town of New Haven ♪
584
00:28:58,607 --> 00:29:02,959
♪ Blood stains the roofs
and the palm trees of Venice ♪
585
00:29:03,002 --> 00:29:07,224
♪ Blood in my love
in the terrible summer ♪
586
00:29:07,268 --> 00:29:11,402
♪ Bloody red sun
of fantastic LA ♪
587
00:29:11,446 --> 00:29:15,058
The music can't help
but reflecting things
588
00:29:15,101 --> 00:29:17,713
that are happening around you.
589
00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:19,149
The mood I get for most of it
590
00:29:19,192 --> 00:29:22,674
is kind of a heavy,
gloomy feeling.
591
00:29:22,718 --> 00:29:27,026
♪ Blood is the rose
of mysterious union ♪
592
00:29:27,070 --> 00:29:29,768
I like to do a song
or a piece of music
593
00:29:29,812 --> 00:29:35,034
that's just
a pure expression of joy.
594
00:29:35,078 --> 00:29:39,212
["Love Street" playing]
595
00:29:39,256 --> 00:29:41,345
- "Love Street," that's one
where I had the music,
596
00:29:41,389 --> 00:29:43,956
and he just came up
with those words.
597
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:47,482
- ♪ She lives
on Love Street ♪
598
00:29:47,525 --> 00:29:49,527
- His girlfriend,
Pam, had just moved
599
00:29:49,571 --> 00:29:52,356
into that place up above
the country store there.
600
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,576
- ♪ She has a house
and garden ♪
601
00:29:54,619 --> 00:29:56,055
- She has a house and garden.
602
00:29:56,099 --> 00:29:57,709
I would like
to see what happens.
603
00:29:57,753 --> 00:30:00,408
- ♪ I would like
to see what happens ♪
604
00:30:00,451 --> 00:30:03,236
- There's this store
where the creatures meet.
605
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,327
That is the Canyon
Country Store.
606
00:30:06,370 --> 00:30:09,242
The heart of Laurel Canyon.
607
00:30:09,286 --> 00:30:13,159
- ♪ I see you
live on Love Street ♪
608
00:30:13,203 --> 00:30:16,685
♪ There's this store
where the creatures meet ♪
609
00:30:16,728 --> 00:30:21,298
♪ I wonder
what they do in there ♪
610
00:30:21,342 --> 00:30:23,039
♪ Summer Sunday
611
00:30:23,082 --> 00:30:24,780
- The first time
I saw Laurel Canyon,
612
00:30:24,823 --> 00:30:28,261
there was a full-scale
hippie infestation
613
00:30:28,305 --> 00:30:30,699
taking place
at the Canyon Store.
614
00:30:30,742 --> 00:30:32,962
It was exciting
to see that many people,
615
00:30:33,005 --> 00:30:36,487
that profusion of different
styles of freakdom.
616
00:30:36,531 --> 00:30:38,707
I would come into Hollywood,
and Laurel Canyon
617
00:30:38,750 --> 00:30:40,752
every chance I got after that.
618
00:30:42,754 --> 00:30:45,583
Laurel Canyon was a place
that gave you the permission
619
00:30:45,627 --> 00:30:47,846
to ask who you were, to find out
620
00:30:47,890 --> 00:30:51,154
what this life held for you,
and not be scrambling
621
00:30:51,197 --> 00:30:55,724
for some regimented job
in a regimented society.
622
00:30:55,767 --> 00:30:59,292
- ♪ I would like to see
what happens... ♪
623
00:30:59,336 --> 00:31:01,556
- That was
the creative lightning
624
00:31:01,599 --> 00:31:04,341
that was going on
between people.
625
00:31:04,385 --> 00:31:06,735
- Jackson and I,
we used to hang out a lot,
626
00:31:06,778 --> 00:31:08,389
not doing anything special.
627
00:31:08,432 --> 00:31:10,782
I always had my camera with me.
628
00:31:10,826 --> 00:31:12,610
In those days,
it wasn't competitive.
629
00:31:12,654 --> 00:31:16,179
It wasn't like, you know,
we got a single and you didn't.
630
00:31:16,222 --> 00:31:18,616
People were really
encouraging each other.
631
00:31:18,660 --> 00:31:21,140
"Go for it.
Do the best you can.
632
00:31:21,184 --> 00:31:23,969
Can't wait to hear
your new song."
633
00:31:24,013 --> 00:31:26,319
It was great.
634
00:31:26,363 --> 00:31:29,148
- You'd go play in a bunch
of different people's houses.
635
00:31:29,192 --> 00:31:31,803
David Crosby would show up.
636
00:31:31,847 --> 00:31:34,023
- A kid came in.
He was way too pretty.
637
00:31:34,066 --> 00:31:35,764
And I said, "Hi, kid.
What's your name?"
638
00:31:35,807 --> 00:31:38,810
He said, "Jackson."
I said, "Sing me a song."
639
00:31:38,854 --> 00:31:41,987
And he sang me "Adam."
640
00:31:42,031 --> 00:31:43,554
And I said, "Oh, shit.
641
00:31:43,598 --> 00:31:45,513
Here comes
the next wave."
642
00:31:45,556 --> 00:31:47,123
["A Song For Adam" playing]
643
00:31:47,166 --> 00:31:50,300
- ♪ Though Adam
was a friend of mine ♪
644
00:31:50,343 --> 00:31:52,911
♪ I did not know him well
645
00:31:52,955 --> 00:31:55,610
I was writing songs
and playing open-mic night
646
00:31:55,653 --> 00:31:57,394
at the Troubadour.
647
00:31:57,438 --> 00:31:58,961
That was a fun hang, too,
because you wind up
648
00:31:59,004 --> 00:32:00,702
waiting around
for about four hours
649
00:32:00,745 --> 00:32:03,226
with a bunch of songwriters
on the street, you know,
650
00:32:03,269 --> 00:32:06,403
just like waiting
for this window to open.
651
00:32:06,447 --> 00:32:08,666
I met a lot of friends there.
652
00:32:08,710 --> 00:32:12,061
♪ Now the story's told
that Adam jumped ♪
653
00:32:12,104 --> 00:32:16,413
♪ But I'm thinking
that he fell ♪
654
00:32:16,457 --> 00:32:18,023
- Eventually they told me,
like, "Kid, you don't have to--
655
00:32:18,067 --> 00:32:19,547
"don't have to sign up anymore.
656
00:32:19,590 --> 00:32:22,375
If you're gonna come,
just come."
657
00:32:22,419 --> 00:32:25,596
- Jackson's music
just really touched something.
658
00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:27,685
It was very emotional
659
00:32:27,729 --> 00:32:31,254
but in a quiet, calm way.
660
00:32:31,297 --> 00:32:34,431
- There were all these greats
second-wave songwriters
661
00:32:34,475 --> 00:32:37,652
all hanging out together
at the Troubadour bar.
662
00:32:37,695 --> 00:32:39,828
But no one had recorded yet.
663
00:32:39,871 --> 00:32:43,048
Everyone was on
an equal footing.
664
00:32:43,092 --> 00:32:46,312
- I was in this duo
Longbranch Pennywhistle
665
00:32:46,356 --> 00:32:48,271
with this guy name JD Souther.
666
00:32:48,314 --> 00:32:49,707
We started going
to the Troubadour
667
00:32:49,751 --> 00:32:52,449
all the time,
five nights a week.
668
00:32:52,493 --> 00:32:54,756
Out there in the bar,
I would sit with people,
669
00:32:54,799 --> 00:32:56,148
and I would ask questions.
670
00:32:56,192 --> 00:32:57,715
Gene Clark would come in,
671
00:32:57,759 --> 00:32:59,717
and I'd talk with him
about songwriting.
672
00:32:59,761 --> 00:33:01,893
And I ask him
why'd The Byrds break up.
673
00:33:01,937 --> 00:33:04,635
The next day, the guys
from Crosby, Stills & Nash.
674
00:33:04,679 --> 00:33:05,810
Who writes the songs?
675
00:33:05,854 --> 00:33:07,551
Where do they rehearse?
676
00:33:07,595 --> 00:33:10,380
I was trying to collect as
much information as possible
677
00:33:10,423 --> 00:33:13,383
that could help me
get to where I wanted to be.
678
00:33:15,472 --> 00:33:17,300
We had heard about this guy
Jackson Browne.
679
00:33:17,343 --> 00:33:19,650
He'd been playing
the same clubs we had,
680
00:33:19,694 --> 00:33:22,740
and we struck up a friendship.
681
00:33:22,784 --> 00:33:26,788
I learned so much from
Jackson about songwriting.
682
00:33:26,831 --> 00:33:28,790
It was the beginning.
683
00:33:28,833 --> 00:33:33,011
- I met Jackson in 1970 before
my first album came out.
684
00:33:33,055 --> 00:33:35,361
I loved his music.
685
00:33:35,405 --> 00:33:36,580
The thing about Jackson
is that he's been
686
00:33:36,624 --> 00:33:38,582
a real established songwriter
687
00:33:38,626 --> 00:33:41,411
since the time
he was about 17 or 18.
688
00:33:41,454 --> 00:33:43,021
I mean,
I heard about his legend.
689
00:33:43,065 --> 00:33:45,633
- Since the time we ran
into each other a year ago.
690
00:33:45,676 --> 00:33:47,765
- Oh, we played before either
one of us had had an album.
691
00:33:47,809 --> 00:33:50,289
He found out about me
and loved what I did,
692
00:33:50,333 --> 00:33:52,857
and we've been like brother
and sister ever since.
693
00:33:52,901 --> 00:33:55,904
It was a fantastic time
to be young
694
00:33:55,947 --> 00:33:58,123
and free.
695
00:33:58,167 --> 00:34:00,169
Able to party.
696
00:34:00,212 --> 00:34:03,128
Able to sleep around
if you wanted to.
697
00:34:03,172 --> 00:34:06,088
Everybody lived within
ten minutes of each other,
698
00:34:06,131 --> 00:34:07,959
and everybody
was up late at night.
699
00:34:08,003 --> 00:34:09,657
We all could go down
to the Troubadour
700
00:34:09,700 --> 00:34:12,355
and just run into a set
of people that were there.
701
00:34:12,398 --> 00:34:13,922
["These Days" playing]
702
00:34:13,965 --> 00:34:17,099
- ♪ Well,
I've been out walking ♪
703
00:34:20,406 --> 00:34:24,236
♪ I don't do
that much talking ♪
704
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:27,718
♪ These days
705
00:34:27,762 --> 00:34:33,681
♪ These days
706
00:34:33,724 --> 00:34:36,727
Crosby told me about this
really hip young agent,
707
00:34:36,771 --> 00:34:39,208
who, unlike most of the agents
and managers,
708
00:34:39,251 --> 00:34:40,905
was one of us.
709
00:34:40,949 --> 00:34:43,821
The guy that can do business
with the best of them.
710
00:34:43,865 --> 00:34:46,781
He's really smart,
and he's honest.
711
00:34:46,824 --> 00:34:48,434
- It was incredible
to be at the nexus
712
00:34:48,478 --> 00:34:50,045
of all that was happening.
713
00:34:50,088 --> 00:34:52,134
Very fertile period
of time for songwriters
714
00:34:52,177 --> 00:34:54,876
and singers and musicians.
715
00:34:54,919 --> 00:34:56,834
- Geffen was only 24
or something.
716
00:34:56,878 --> 00:34:58,357
I was about 18.
717
00:34:58,401 --> 00:35:01,230
So I sent Geffen a demo.
718
00:35:01,273 --> 00:35:03,188
I didn't get a reply.
719
00:35:03,232 --> 00:35:06,409
♪ And I had a lover
720
00:35:08,846 --> 00:35:11,022
- David calls me,
and he says, "Elliot,
721
00:35:11,066 --> 00:35:12,981
"I'm gonna play you
something that's one
722
00:35:13,024 --> 00:35:16,549
of the most moving things
I've ever heard."
723
00:35:16,593 --> 00:35:19,727
- ♪ These days
724
00:35:19,770 --> 00:35:23,687
- You could hear him sobbing
on the other end of the phone.
725
00:35:23,731 --> 00:35:27,430
- ♪ Now, if I seem
to be afraid ♪
726
00:35:27,473 --> 00:35:33,871
♪ To live the life
that I have made in song ♪
727
00:35:35,481 --> 00:35:37,701
- Eventually got a call back
from Geffen
728
00:35:37,745 --> 00:35:39,355
asking me to come in and meet.
729
00:35:39,398 --> 00:35:41,792
And when I met him,
within about 20 minutes,
730
00:35:41,836 --> 00:35:43,925
he said, "Okay,
I'll manage you."
731
00:35:43,968 --> 00:35:45,753
"You will?"
732
00:35:45,796 --> 00:35:47,755
It was like a dream.
733
00:35:47,798 --> 00:35:50,366
- Elliot Roberts and I,
we were coming across a lot
734
00:35:50,409 --> 00:35:52,890
of new artists
that big record companies
735
00:35:52,934 --> 00:35:54,370
weren't interested in.
736
00:35:54,413 --> 00:35:55,719
- We knew.
737
00:35:55,763 --> 00:35:58,200
We knew songs,
and we knew artist,
738
00:35:58,243 --> 00:36:00,071
but we couldn't get a deal
for Jackson.
739
00:36:00,115 --> 00:36:02,813
No one wanted it,
so we decided we better start
740
00:36:02,857 --> 00:36:07,209
our own company for artists
that we think are great.
741
00:36:07,252 --> 00:36:09,994
Between Joni
and Crosby, Stills & Nash,
742
00:36:10,038 --> 00:36:13,128
we felt we were dealing
with the cream of the crop.
743
00:36:13,171 --> 00:36:14,782
Let's do it ourselves.
744
00:36:14,825 --> 00:36:17,480
And we ended up forming Asylum.
745
00:36:21,702 --> 00:36:24,617
["Doctor My Eyes" playing]
746
00:36:28,926 --> 00:36:32,408
- ♪ Doctor,
my eyes have seen the years ♪
747
00:36:32,451 --> 00:36:36,804
♪ And the slow parade of fears
without crying ♪
748
00:36:36,847 --> 00:36:41,243
♪ Now I want to understand
749
00:36:41,286 --> 00:36:44,115
♪ I have done
all that I could ♪
750
00:36:44,159 --> 00:36:47,292
♪ To see the evil
and the good ♪
751
00:36:47,336 --> 00:36:49,077
♪ Without hiding
752
00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:53,168
♪ You must help me
if you can ♪
753
00:36:53,211 --> 00:36:57,302
♪ Doctor, my eyes...
754
00:36:57,346 --> 00:36:58,782
- Jackson got a lot of airplay
755
00:36:58,826 --> 00:37:00,131
because of "Doctor My Eyes,"
756
00:37:00,175 --> 00:37:02,699
and his records
were hit records.
757
00:37:02,743 --> 00:37:08,009
- ♪ To leave them open
for so long ♪
758
00:37:10,794 --> 00:37:12,361
- Geffen-Roberts Management,
759
00:37:12,404 --> 00:37:14,363
they were brilliant
at selecting acts,
760
00:37:14,406 --> 00:37:16,365
and they had their pick
of all these young acts
761
00:37:16,408 --> 00:37:18,367
that were coming of age then.
762
00:37:18,410 --> 00:37:20,064
They were really good
at promoting them
763
00:37:20,108 --> 00:37:22,937
and really good
at making it all work.
764
00:37:22,980 --> 00:37:26,027
But it was hard to make
a living as a musician
765
00:37:26,070 --> 00:37:27,811
if you didn't have hits.
766
00:37:27,855 --> 00:37:29,465
And the bands I was in
weren't paying enough
767
00:37:29,508 --> 00:37:31,467
really to make it.
768
00:37:33,338 --> 00:37:35,514
- Please welcome
The Flying Burrito Brothers.
769
00:37:37,125 --> 00:37:39,910
- ♪ It's a lazy day
770
00:37:42,695 --> 00:37:47,048
♪ I'm down
with nothing else to do ♪
771
00:37:47,091 --> 00:37:50,051
♪ It's a crazy day
772
00:37:52,793 --> 00:37:55,839
♪ I got a thing
that I want to try with you ♪
773
00:37:57,928 --> 00:38:01,714
♪ Now, baby, don't go away
774
00:38:01,758 --> 00:38:04,674
♪ Please don't spoil
my lazy day ♪
775
00:38:04,717 --> 00:38:06,763
- I did the third album
with The Burritos,
776
00:38:06,807 --> 00:38:09,766
but I was then thinking
of leaving that band.
777
00:38:09,810 --> 00:38:11,202
I had to work.
778
00:38:13,030 --> 00:38:14,989
- Our A&R guy
produced The Stone Poneys
779
00:38:15,032 --> 00:38:17,208
with Linda Ronstadt,
and he started hiring me
780
00:38:17,252 --> 00:38:18,601
to work on sessions.
781
00:38:18,644 --> 00:38:20,037
I met Linda.
782
00:38:20,081 --> 00:38:21,822
I later was in her band.
783
00:38:21,865 --> 00:38:23,301
["Walkin' Down The Line"
playing]
784
00:38:23,345 --> 00:38:25,956
- ♪ Got my traveling shoes
785
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:29,525
♪ Got on my traveling shoes
786
00:38:29,568 --> 00:38:31,266
♪ I got my traveling shoes
787
00:38:31,309 --> 00:38:32,876
♪ That I ain't gonna lose
788
00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:34,878
♪ I believe
I got the walking blues ♪
789
00:38:34,922 --> 00:38:37,402
♪ I am walking down
the line ♪
790
00:38:37,446 --> 00:38:41,189
♪ Well, I'm walking
down the line ♪
791
00:38:41,232 --> 00:38:43,278
♪ Well, I'm walking
down the line ♪
792
00:38:43,321 --> 00:38:46,977
♪ My feet will be flying to
tell about my troubled mind ♪
793
00:38:53,462 --> 00:38:55,768
- Linda, you really--you play
country music with a difference.
794
00:38:55,812 --> 00:38:57,248
That's--that's wild.
- Thank you.
795
00:38:57,292 --> 00:38:58,771
- How did you get
into country music originally?
796
00:38:58,815 --> 00:39:00,730
- Well, I'm a country girl
originally.
797
00:39:00,773 --> 00:39:02,123
- I would not have guessed that.
798
00:39:02,166 --> 00:39:03,341
- I grew up in Tucson, Arizona.
799
00:39:03,385 --> 00:39:05,343
- I see.
I wonder if you'd introduce
800
00:39:05,387 --> 00:39:06,649
the guys in the back...
801
00:39:06,692 --> 00:39:08,433
- I loved the Southwest.
802
00:39:08,477 --> 00:39:10,131
I thought it was the greatest.
803
00:39:10,174 --> 00:39:13,003
But I knew that I couldn't work in Tucson
804
00:39:13,047 --> 00:39:15,701
like I could work
in Los Angeles.
805
00:39:15,745 --> 00:39:17,790
I was into folk music
in those days.
806
00:39:17,834 --> 00:39:19,009
The Ash Grove and The Troubadour
807
00:39:19,053 --> 00:39:20,924
being the two main places.
808
00:39:20,968 --> 00:39:23,579
To me, that was like
artistic Shangri-La.
809
00:39:28,105 --> 00:39:30,891
Laurel Canyon...
810
00:39:30,934 --> 00:39:33,937
I lived up there for a while.
We lived up Kirkwood.
811
00:39:33,981 --> 00:39:36,026
A lot of people lived together
in the same house.
812
00:39:36,070 --> 00:39:38,420
It was just the people
you knew from the Troubadour--
813
00:39:38,463 --> 00:39:41,640
gigging musicians
trying to pay the rent.
814
00:39:41,684 --> 00:39:43,251
We would play music,
and you'd take a guitar,
815
00:39:43,294 --> 00:39:44,469
put on a harmony.
816
00:39:44,513 --> 00:39:46,210
It was just going on,
817
00:39:46,254 --> 00:39:47,951
and it was just a part
of what you did.
818
00:39:47,995 --> 00:39:49,605
Nobody was famous then.
819
00:39:49,648 --> 00:39:51,215
We're just people
that hung out there.
820
00:39:53,174 --> 00:39:56,177
- It had this air about it
that it was exclusive
821
00:39:56,220 --> 00:39:59,397
but not exclusive to wealth.
822
00:39:59,441 --> 00:40:02,531
It was exclusive to spirit.
823
00:40:02,574 --> 00:40:04,098
And you'd think,
824
00:40:04,141 --> 00:40:05,795
"God, if I could only live
in Laurel Canyon.
825
00:40:05,838 --> 00:40:07,188
It'd be so great to live
in Laurel Canyon."
826
00:40:07,231 --> 00:40:08,667
Then you find out, "Oh, I can."
827
00:40:08,711 --> 00:40:10,669
["New Hard Times" playing]
828
00:40:10,713 --> 00:40:13,846
- ♪ There's too much time
to sun yourself ♪
829
00:40:13,890 --> 00:40:15,936
- First time I saw Linda
is when she played
830
00:40:15,979 --> 00:40:17,459
the Troubadour
with The Stone Poneys.
831
00:40:17,502 --> 00:40:20,418
- ♪ You wonder
about your old friends ♪
832
00:40:20,462 --> 00:40:23,726
♪ You think
how hard you try ♪
833
00:40:23,769 --> 00:40:25,336
♪ You hunger for...
834
00:40:25,380 --> 00:40:27,773
- It was like
you were seeing a goddess.
835
00:40:27,817 --> 00:40:30,037
The voice was so beautiful.
836
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:33,736
- ♪ And the new hard times
837
00:40:33,779 --> 00:40:36,217
♪ Are here
838
00:40:36,260 --> 00:40:39,568
- We dated for two weeks,
and then she said "Steve,
839
00:40:39,611 --> 00:40:42,527
do you often date women and
not try to sleep with them?"
840
00:40:46,314 --> 00:40:48,794
- After Linda
was in The Stone Poneys,
841
00:40:48,838 --> 00:40:51,667
Steve Martin would open
for Linda at the Troubadour.
842
00:40:51,710 --> 00:40:53,147
- Ready to roll?
My name is Steve Martin.
843
00:40:53,190 --> 00:40:54,235
I'll be out here
in just a moment,
844
00:40:54,278 --> 00:40:55,801
and we're gonna start.
845
00:40:55,845 --> 00:40:57,281
We're starting
in just a few moments,
846
00:40:57,325 --> 00:40:59,327
just waiting for the drugs
to take effect,
847
00:40:59,370 --> 00:41:03,200
and then we'll get going.
Okay.
848
00:41:03,244 --> 00:41:05,202
- He was a huge hit.
849
00:41:05,246 --> 00:41:09,293
- You know, when I...
850
00:41:11,034 --> 00:41:12,818
Is this on?
Is this mic on?
851
00:41:12,862 --> 00:41:14,559
- We watched every set he did.
852
00:41:14,603 --> 00:41:16,387
We were just huge fans.
853
00:41:16,431 --> 00:41:19,216
He did
some very crazy stuff there.
854
00:41:20,870 --> 00:41:22,263
- It's a perfect instrument
for a comedian
855
00:41:22,306 --> 00:41:25,048
'cause it's real dumb.
856
00:41:25,092 --> 00:41:27,181
When you're playing
the banjo, everything is okay.
857
00:41:27,224 --> 00:41:29,139
It's like, "Hey, Steve,
your house is burning down."
858
00:41:29,183 --> 00:41:31,272
[upbeat banjo music playing
859
00:41:31,315 --> 00:41:32,577
Well, sing along.
860
00:41:34,492 --> 00:41:36,538
- We loved having him
as an opener
861
00:41:36,581 --> 00:41:38,235
'cause he could kill
the audience
862
00:41:38,279 --> 00:41:41,282
but without getting in the way
of your music thing.
863
00:41:41,325 --> 00:41:45,112
- ♪ I fall
864
00:41:45,155 --> 00:41:50,465
♪ To pieces
865
00:41:50,508 --> 00:41:56,471
♪ Each time I see you again
866
00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:59,039
- Linda was a singer,
technically,
867
00:41:59,082 --> 00:42:02,172
a song stylist, emotionally.
868
00:42:02,216 --> 00:42:06,133
- ♪ To pieces...
869
00:42:06,176 --> 00:42:09,092
- A storyteller with her voice.
870
00:42:09,136 --> 00:42:14,054
One of the most iconic voices
of our generation.
871
00:42:14,097 --> 00:42:15,707
- Frank Sinatra
never wrote any songs.
872
00:42:15,751 --> 00:42:17,622
Elvis Presley
never wrote any songs.
873
00:42:17,666 --> 00:42:19,233
Neither did Linda Ronstadt,
874
00:42:19,276 --> 00:42:20,408
but she had the knack
875
00:42:20,451 --> 00:42:22,540
for picking out instinctively
876
00:42:22,584 --> 00:42:26,153
what songs were gonna be
good for her.
877
00:42:26,196 --> 00:42:31,375
- ♪ But I tried,
and I tried, but I... ♪
878
00:42:31,419 --> 00:42:34,161
- It was all about what
she could do with the song.
879
00:42:34,204 --> 00:42:36,685
Every songwriter
wanted to get something to her
880
00:42:36,728 --> 00:42:38,469
and were very lucky
when she did,
881
00:42:38,513 --> 00:42:41,037
because she brought so much
to the party.
882
00:42:41,081 --> 00:42:43,039
She took over those songs.
883
00:42:43,083 --> 00:42:45,520
- ♪ You walk on by
884
00:42:45,563 --> 00:42:52,483
♪ And I fall to pieces
885
00:42:56,879 --> 00:42:58,837
- Linda just walked past me
in the Troubadour one night,
886
00:42:58,881 --> 00:43:00,274
and I said,
"Hi. I'm John David.
887
00:43:00,317 --> 00:43:02,058
I think
you should cook me dinner."
888
00:43:02,102 --> 00:43:03,712
And she said "Okay,"
gave me her phone number,
889
00:43:03,755 --> 00:43:05,105
and I called her.
890
00:43:06,845 --> 00:43:08,847
- We lived together
about a year and a half.
891
00:43:08,891 --> 00:43:10,762
We used to have a really
good time singing together.
892
00:43:10,806 --> 00:43:12,460
We used to have
a really good time
893
00:43:12,503 --> 00:43:14,984
listening to music together.
894
00:43:15,027 --> 00:43:16,464
I'd hear him writing something
down the hall,
895
00:43:16,507 --> 00:43:18,292
and I'd go down
and listen, and I'd say,
896
00:43:18,335 --> 00:43:21,382
"I really like that.
Teach it to me."
897
00:43:21,425 --> 00:43:24,080
- I had a little piano room
in the back of the house.
898
00:43:24,124 --> 00:43:26,082
I kept getting halfway
through "Faithless Love."
899
00:43:26,126 --> 00:43:28,128
She came padding down
the hall and said,
900
00:43:28,171 --> 00:43:30,869
"I think it's really beautiful
and I'd love to record it."
901
00:43:30,913 --> 00:43:34,482
- ♪ Faithless love
902
00:43:34,525 --> 00:43:36,266
- When Linda said
she wants to record something,
903
00:43:36,310 --> 00:43:38,921
it's very encouraging.
904
00:43:38,964 --> 00:43:42,272
- ♪ Raindrops falling
905
00:43:42,316 --> 00:43:44,535
♪ On a broken rose
906
00:43:44,579 --> 00:43:46,842
It was like having a tailor-made
songwriter, you know?
907
00:43:49,061 --> 00:43:50,628
We'd go
through some horrible row,
908
00:43:50,672 --> 00:43:52,239
and he'd write a song about
it, and I'd sing it.
909
00:43:52,282 --> 00:43:55,024
It was great.
910
00:43:55,067 --> 00:43:58,854
♪ And the night blows in
911
00:43:58,897 --> 00:44:02,466
♪ Like the cold dark wind
912
00:44:02,510 --> 00:44:09,517
♪ Faithless love
913
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:13,260
♪ Like a river flow
914
00:44:13,303 --> 00:44:15,087
- Longbranch Pennywhistle here.
915
00:44:15,131 --> 00:44:16,785
I suppose you're wondering
what that name meant.
916
00:44:16,828 --> 00:44:18,395
- The first
Longbranch Pennywhistle album
917
00:44:18,439 --> 00:44:21,833
didn't exactly
set the world on fire.
918
00:44:21,877 --> 00:44:23,357
They wouldn't make
a second record
919
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:24,923
with our material.
920
00:44:24,967 --> 00:44:26,534
The point is we're songwriters.
921
00:44:26,577 --> 00:44:28,100
We're trying
to learn to write songs.
922
00:44:28,144 --> 00:44:30,233
So we just said
we're not gonna record.
923
00:44:30,277 --> 00:44:31,930
And we sat around,
played a few gigs,
924
00:44:31,974 --> 00:44:35,543
and just waited to see
what would happen.
925
00:44:35,586 --> 00:44:37,762
- JD and I, we got up there,
926
00:44:37,806 --> 00:44:41,331
and we did our little
Longbranch Pennywhistle/
927
00:44:41,375 --> 00:44:44,160
Everly Brothers thing.
928
00:44:44,204 --> 00:44:45,509
- Jackson Browne took me over
929
00:44:45,553 --> 00:44:46,858
to David Geffen's house one day.
930
00:44:46,902 --> 00:44:50,035
I played him a couple songs.
931
00:44:50,079 --> 00:44:53,169
- I told JD and Glenn
that they needed to split up,
932
00:44:53,213 --> 00:44:55,954
that Longbranch Pennywhistle
wasn't gonna work.
933
00:44:55,998 --> 00:44:57,782
And I told Glenn
that he wasn't good enough
934
00:44:57,826 --> 00:44:59,219
to be a solo artist.
935
00:44:59,262 --> 00:45:01,221
He needed
to put together a band.
936
00:45:01,264 --> 00:45:02,787
- I thought Glenn
was so good, you know?
937
00:45:02,831 --> 00:45:04,659
I mean, I just thought
he was great.
938
00:45:04,702 --> 00:45:06,269
And I told him
that he was a hotshot.
939
00:45:06,313 --> 00:45:08,053
I said, "You're gonna do
something someday,
940
00:45:08,097 --> 00:45:09,751
"but in the meantime
you're starving to death.
941
00:45:09,794 --> 00:45:11,143
"Why don't you come
and play music with me?
942
00:45:11,187 --> 00:45:13,058
We'll have a great time."
943
00:45:13,102 --> 00:45:14,538
And then, of course,
944
00:45:14,582 --> 00:45:16,236
I was walking
through the Troubadour
945
00:45:16,279 --> 00:45:18,238
during the Hootenanny,
and this band Shiloh got up
946
00:45:18,281 --> 00:45:19,674
and did my exact version
947
00:45:19,717 --> 00:45:21,371
of "Silver Threads
and Golden Needles,"
948
00:45:21,415 --> 00:45:22,590
note for note off the record,
949
00:45:22,633 --> 00:45:24,418
and I just went, "What?"
950
00:45:26,550 --> 00:45:29,031
I heard the drummer, and
I thought he was really good.
951
00:45:29,074 --> 00:45:31,294
- I was lucky enough
to be in the right place
952
00:45:31,338 --> 00:45:33,514
at the right time.
953
00:45:33,557 --> 00:45:35,994
Linda and her manager,
John Boylan,
954
00:45:36,038 --> 00:45:38,475
they thought it might be cool
to have a singing drummer.
955
00:45:38,519 --> 00:45:40,303
But I had to audition.
956
00:45:40,347 --> 00:45:42,566
And I auditioned at a house
in Laurel Canyon,
957
00:45:42,610 --> 00:45:44,525
just off Kirkwood.
958
00:45:44,568 --> 00:45:46,178
And he said, "Look,
do you want to go on the road
959
00:45:46,222 --> 00:45:47,832
with Linda Ronstadt
for 200 bucks a week?
960
00:45:47,876 --> 00:45:51,140
And I said, "Sure."
And that was that.
961
00:45:51,183 --> 00:45:54,535
- ♪ I got a feeling
called the blues, oh, Lord ♪
962
00:45:54,578 --> 00:45:57,407
♪ Since my baby say good-bye
963
00:45:57,451 --> 00:46:00,454
♪ And I don't know
what I'd do ♪
964
00:46:00,497 --> 00:46:02,847
♪ All I do is sit and cry
965
00:46:02,891 --> 00:46:05,546
- Even though they were
a backup band for Linda,
966
00:46:05,589 --> 00:46:09,898
everyone knew that Don and
Glenn were writing great songs.
967
00:46:11,508 --> 00:46:14,294
That second wave--
people who came here
968
00:46:14,337 --> 00:46:17,079
to be successful--
969
00:46:17,122 --> 00:46:19,516
started to move up.
970
00:46:24,695 --> 00:46:27,002
By this time
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
971
00:46:27,045 --> 00:46:29,961
was the biggest American band.
972
00:46:30,005 --> 00:46:32,007
They were at their height.
973
00:46:34,444 --> 00:46:36,751
- We got so big so fast.
974
00:46:36,794 --> 00:46:39,406
There were thoughts of people
wanting to be Elvis
975
00:46:39,449 --> 00:46:41,016
or something.
976
00:46:44,585 --> 00:46:46,630
- We were all dealing
with the first mad rush
977
00:46:46,674 --> 00:46:49,067
of real big-time success.
978
00:46:49,111 --> 00:46:51,635
It made for some
interesting perspectives,
979
00:46:51,679 --> 00:46:54,551
let's put it that way.
980
00:46:54,595 --> 00:46:58,120
- We scripted our shows
that we would do solo sets.
981
00:46:58,163 --> 00:47:00,296
I did two, David would do two,
Stephen would do two,
982
00:47:00,340 --> 00:47:02,167
and Neil would do two.
983
00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:05,606
One night, Dylan came to see us.
984
00:47:05,649 --> 00:47:07,651
["Black Queen" playing]
985
00:47:07,695 --> 00:47:09,827
- ♪ Black queen
986
00:47:09,871 --> 00:47:11,263
- This time,
because Dylan was there,
987
00:47:11,307 --> 00:47:13,309
Stephen did five songs.
988
00:47:16,007 --> 00:47:18,096
And that pissed me off
righteously,
989
00:47:18,140 --> 00:47:20,055
'cause I knew
why he was doing it,
990
00:47:20,098 --> 00:47:21,883
but we could have
all have done that.
991
00:47:21,926 --> 00:47:23,885
We all had more than five
songs to be able to play.
992
00:47:23,928 --> 00:47:25,626
We all wanted to impress Dylan.
993
00:47:25,669 --> 00:47:27,454
But he did it.
994
00:47:30,370 --> 00:47:32,372
♪ Black queen
995
00:47:32,415 --> 00:47:35,462
- In the intermission, we were
so infuriated with each other
996
00:47:35,505 --> 00:47:37,986
that as I'm talking to him
and telling him exactly
997
00:47:38,029 --> 00:47:40,510
what I think about him,
he's holding a Budweiser,
998
00:47:40,554 --> 00:47:43,600
and he's slowly gripping it
and crushing the can.
999
00:47:43,644 --> 00:47:45,689
It was frothing
all over the cup,
1000
00:47:45,733 --> 00:47:50,433
all down his hand
with this maniacal energy.
1001
00:47:50,477 --> 00:47:51,913
And we went out
1002
00:47:51,956 --> 00:47:54,437
and played the greatest set
we ever played.
1003
00:47:54,481 --> 00:47:56,308
It's hard to get mad at someone
1004
00:47:56,352 --> 00:47:59,224
who's just played one of
the best songs you've heard.
1005
00:47:59,268 --> 00:48:02,140
It's always been the music
that kept us together.
1006
00:48:08,408 --> 00:48:10,932
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
rehearsed at Steven's house
1007
00:48:10,975 --> 00:48:12,890
in Laurel Canyon a whole lot.
1008
00:48:12,934 --> 00:48:14,718
And they were outside
talking one day,
1009
00:48:14,762 --> 00:48:17,155
and I kind of walked out
there, thinking, "Oh,
1010
00:48:17,199 --> 00:48:19,070
they're all in one group,
I'll get a group shot."
1011
00:48:19,114 --> 00:48:20,898
So I walked up
to take this picture.
1012
00:48:22,596 --> 00:48:24,554
Well, I didn't realize
that their little meeting
1013
00:48:24,598 --> 00:48:27,470
was to have
a little bumper dust,
1014
00:48:27,514 --> 00:48:30,212
what they call Peruvian
marching powder,
1015
00:48:30,255 --> 00:48:32,257
which had reared its ugly head
1016
00:48:32,301 --> 00:48:36,436
in our beautiful God's
herb community.
1017
00:48:36,479 --> 00:48:39,613
- We smoked a lot of pot
because we liked getting high.
1018
00:48:39,656 --> 00:48:41,745
It made us feel creative.
1019
00:48:41,789 --> 00:48:44,356
But cocaine would keep
that feeling for hours
1020
00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:46,576
instead of just fleetingly.
1021
00:48:46,620 --> 00:48:48,448
- Everybody was doing it.
1022
00:48:48,491 --> 00:48:50,667
People were wearing little
gold spoons around their necks.
1023
00:48:50,711 --> 00:48:52,234
I mean, they weren't
ashamed of the fact
1024
00:48:52,277 --> 00:48:54,497
they were doing drugs.
1025
00:48:54,541 --> 00:48:56,543
- Cocaine,
methamphetamine, speed,
1026
00:48:56,586 --> 00:48:58,980
all the fake-energy stuff.
1027
00:48:59,023 --> 00:49:01,112
You think it's gonna
help you ride into night
1028
00:49:01,156 --> 00:49:05,377
or stay with an idea,
and maybe for a while it does.
1029
00:49:05,421 --> 00:49:08,250
The physical consequences
of doing those drugs
1030
00:49:08,293 --> 00:49:10,731
eventually just compounds,
and you don't know it
1031
00:49:10,774 --> 00:49:12,210
because you're high.
1032
00:49:14,865 --> 00:49:17,085
- Drug use is like
a windy little road,
1033
00:49:17,128 --> 00:49:20,175
quite pretty at the onset.
1034
00:49:20,218 --> 00:49:23,091
Trees and flowers
and birds singing.
1035
00:49:23,134 --> 00:49:24,875
And you can't see
where the road goes
1036
00:49:24,919 --> 00:49:27,225
over the cliff.
1037
00:49:27,269 --> 00:49:29,706
The only thing is...
it does.
1038
00:49:32,404 --> 00:49:33,884
The first people
who gave me cocaine said,
1039
00:49:33,928 --> 00:49:36,321
"It's not addictive.
Don't worry."
1040
00:49:36,365 --> 00:49:39,977
It was a pretty disorganized
time in our lives.
1041
00:49:40,021 --> 00:49:44,547
Success had already had
some adverse effects on us.
1042
00:49:44,591 --> 00:49:49,509
We were all
feeling very separate.
1043
00:49:49,552 --> 00:49:52,337
- After a while, it became edgy,
1044
00:49:52,381 --> 00:49:56,211
colder, less truthful.
1045
00:49:56,254 --> 00:49:57,473
- You know,
we can't it blended that way.
1046
00:49:57,517 --> 00:49:58,953
And not only that,
but we can't--
1047
00:49:58,996 --> 00:50:00,389
- That's a jack.
- We can't rehearse it
1048
00:50:00,432 --> 00:50:02,478
so that it all
makes sense together.
1049
00:50:02,522 --> 00:50:03,914
- I can't do it, man.
1050
00:50:03,958 --> 00:50:08,179
- I'm not gonna cop out
an inch to fear.
1051
00:50:08,223 --> 00:50:10,399
And you've walked out
two fucking days in a row,
1052
00:50:10,442 --> 00:50:12,053
you fucking hypocrite.
1053
00:50:12,096 --> 00:50:13,750
You piss me off.
1054
00:50:18,494 --> 00:50:21,628
- Crosby, Stills,
Nash & Young soon ended.
1055
00:50:21,671 --> 00:50:24,544
Success breeds change
1056
00:50:24,587 --> 00:50:26,850
for everybody, for anybody.
1057
00:50:26,894 --> 00:50:28,199
["Love Me Like A Man" playing]
1058
00:50:28,243 --> 00:50:32,377
- ♪ I need someone to love me
1059
00:50:32,421 --> 00:50:36,294
♪ I want someone
to understand ♪
1060
00:50:36,338 --> 00:50:38,601
I was on the road
nine or ten months.
1061
00:50:38,645 --> 00:50:41,735
I couldn't wait
to get back to California.
1062
00:50:41,778 --> 00:50:45,347
♪ Won't have to put himself
above me ♪
1063
00:50:45,390 --> 00:50:48,785
♪ When he loves me
1064
00:50:48,829 --> 00:50:50,439
♪ Like a man
1065
00:50:52,572 --> 00:50:55,400
I sailed into Laurel Canyon,
rented a place,
1066
00:50:55,444 --> 00:50:59,100
and I was gonna make my third
album with Little Feat.
1067
00:50:59,143 --> 00:51:01,929
And that's pretty much
who I hung out with.
1068
00:51:01,972 --> 00:51:04,627
- When I finally moved up
into the Canyon,
1069
00:51:04,671 --> 00:51:06,455
I was already a member
of Little Feat.
1070
00:51:06,498 --> 00:51:08,109
That was the '70s.
1071
00:51:08,152 --> 00:51:10,372
People like Bonnie Raitt
were living there.
1072
00:51:10,415 --> 00:51:14,245
More and more people
had discovered Laurel Canyon,
1073
00:51:14,289 --> 00:51:16,683
which is kind of funny
because Laurel Canyon
1074
00:51:16,726 --> 00:51:19,642
way back when was home
to Tom Mix,
1075
00:51:19,686 --> 00:51:22,645
and Houdini
had a house up there.
1076
00:51:29,609 --> 00:51:32,220
And then Zappa and all
the different variations
1077
00:51:32,263 --> 00:51:33,874
of The Mothers.
1078
00:51:37,617 --> 00:51:39,836
Lowell George was a member
of The Mothers
1079
00:51:39,880 --> 00:51:42,186
until he started Little Feat.
1080
00:51:46,713 --> 00:51:48,584
The one thing Lowell told me
when I joined the band,
1081
00:51:48,628 --> 00:51:51,369
he says, "Rule number one,
there is no rules."
1082
00:51:53,023 --> 00:51:56,026
- Oh, give me a break, Lowell.
1083
00:51:56,070 --> 00:51:58,376
Lowell George plays in a band
called Little Feat,
1084
00:51:58,420 --> 00:52:00,552
and he sings-- he's the singer
1085
00:52:00,596 --> 00:52:03,947
and guitar player
and the writer.
1086
00:52:03,991 --> 00:52:08,343
And for those of you
who can't see, he's cute, too.
1087
00:52:11,128 --> 00:52:14,262
Coming out to LA and starting
out in the early '70s,
1088
00:52:14,305 --> 00:52:17,178
it really was
a cross-"pollinization."
1089
00:52:17,221 --> 00:52:19,267
It was the greatest gift
to that era.
1090
00:52:19,310 --> 00:52:22,836
♪ When you get home, baby
1091
00:52:22,879 --> 00:52:25,926
♪ Write me
a few of your lines ♪
1092
00:52:25,969 --> 00:52:28,711
Country music, blues,
R&B, all intermingled,
1093
00:52:28,755 --> 00:52:30,234
and it became
just part and parcel
1094
00:52:30,278 --> 00:52:32,062
of the music that we loved.
1095
00:52:32,106 --> 00:52:33,498
We didn't have
to put it in a box.
1096
00:52:33,542 --> 00:52:37,024
♪ Write me a few
of your lines ♪
1097
00:52:40,680 --> 00:52:43,770
♪ That'll be consolation
1098
00:52:43,813 --> 00:52:46,598
♪ Lord Honey,
oh, my worried mind ♪
1099
00:52:49,863 --> 00:52:52,866
Little Feat was like me--
more roots-oriented.
1100
00:52:52,909 --> 00:52:55,433
The kind of music
that they did was R&B-ish,
1101
00:52:55,477 --> 00:52:57,087
blues rock.
1102
00:52:57,131 --> 00:52:58,698
We straddled genres.
1103
00:53:00,743 --> 00:53:02,223
- One, two, testing, one.
1104
00:53:02,266 --> 00:53:03,615
♪ Say hello
1105
00:53:03,659 --> 00:53:04,573
♪ Yeah, yeah
1106
00:53:04,616 --> 00:53:05,530
Okay.
1107
00:53:09,360 --> 00:53:12,233
["Long Distance Love" playing]
1108
00:53:19,153 --> 00:53:21,808
- Little Feat, they were
extraordinary musicians.
1109
00:53:21,851 --> 00:53:25,376
Incorporated rhythm and blues
and Delta blues,
1110
00:53:25,420 --> 00:53:28,553
boogie-woogie
into rock and roll.
1111
00:53:28,597 --> 00:53:32,035
Some of it was radio friendly,
and some of it wasn't.
1112
00:53:32,079 --> 00:53:35,778
- ♪ Hello,
give me missing persons ♪
1113
00:53:35,822 --> 00:53:40,130
♪ They said,
"What is it that you need?" ♪
1114
00:53:40,174 --> 00:53:42,959
♪ I said, "Whoa
1115
00:53:43,003 --> 00:53:45,005
♪ I need her so"
1116
00:53:45,048 --> 00:53:49,792
♪ They said, "You got
to stop your pleading" ♪
1117
00:53:49,836 --> 00:53:51,489
- How do you identify yourselves
1118
00:53:51,533 --> 00:53:53,753
in terms
of the American musical scene?
1119
00:53:53,796 --> 00:53:55,189
- It's hard to say.
1120
00:53:55,232 --> 00:53:57,931
You know, we all write songs
in the group,
1121
00:53:57,974 --> 00:54:00,760
and every song takes
a different direction.
1122
00:54:00,803 --> 00:54:03,545
So it's really hard
to pigeonhole
1123
00:54:03,588 --> 00:54:05,416
the kind of music we play.
1124
00:54:05,460 --> 00:54:08,985
♪ Long distance love
1125
00:54:16,950 --> 00:54:20,823
- We were pushing boundaries,
but from the press standpoint,
1126
00:54:20,867 --> 00:54:22,477
it was difficult
for them to explain
1127
00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:24,131
just who the hell we were.
1128
00:54:27,525 --> 00:54:29,179
- We played how we felt,
you know.
1129
00:54:29,223 --> 00:54:30,833
If they come up
with a certain lyric
1130
00:54:30,877 --> 00:54:34,663
and everybody contributed
their part to it,
1131
00:54:34,706 --> 00:54:36,796
then the music
just came out like that.
1132
00:54:36,839 --> 00:54:38,058
It's sophisti-funk.
1133
00:54:38,101 --> 00:54:40,582
That was my name for it.
1134
00:54:40,625 --> 00:54:43,672
- ♪ Long distance love
1135
00:54:48,851 --> 00:54:52,072
- Why didn't
Little Feat catch fire?
1136
00:54:52,115 --> 00:54:56,990
They are some of the best
musicians on the planet.
1137
00:54:57,033 --> 00:54:58,687
- I really can't get up
in the morning
1138
00:54:58,730 --> 00:55:02,299
and think about the goals
of being successful,
1139
00:55:02,343 --> 00:55:04,171
'cause what is success?
1140
00:55:04,214 --> 00:55:05,868
I mean,
it certainly isn't money.
1141
00:55:05,912 --> 00:55:08,871
Doing something
that you really like doing
1142
00:55:08,915 --> 00:55:11,743
as a profession is
really success to me.
1143
00:55:11,787 --> 00:55:13,180
I guess I'm doing it.
1144
00:55:13,223 --> 00:55:15,486
So I feel good about that.
1145
00:55:15,530 --> 00:55:18,620
- This was a time
when music and art
1146
00:55:18,663 --> 00:55:20,274
was everything.
1147
00:55:20,317 --> 00:55:22,363
You lived for it.
It was your life.
1148
00:55:22,406 --> 00:55:26,802
And the prosperity
that it brought came second.
1149
00:55:26,846 --> 00:55:30,284
It was more important
to make good music
1150
00:55:30,327 --> 00:55:32,416
than it was to make it
1151
00:55:32,460 --> 00:55:34,897
as a celebrity.
1152
00:55:34,941 --> 00:55:36,812
- You know,
it's hard to draw a line
1153
00:55:36,856 --> 00:55:41,904
between aspiring to success
and aspiring to artistry.
1154
00:55:41,948 --> 00:55:44,907
For example, Glenn Frey,
who achieved artistry--
1155
00:55:44,951 --> 00:55:47,170
I remember sitting with him.
and he said,
1156
00:55:47,214 --> 00:55:51,609
"Oh, I want to be
a rock-and-roll star so bad."
1157
00:55:54,134 --> 00:55:56,614
- Glenn had always
had a plan for a band.
1158
00:55:56,658 --> 00:55:58,442
His gig with Linda
was only temporary
1159
00:55:58,486 --> 00:56:00,488
as far as he was concerned.
1160
00:56:00,531 --> 00:56:02,272
He had this very detailed plan
1161
00:56:02,316 --> 00:56:03,752
about the band
he wanted to start
1162
00:56:03,795 --> 00:56:05,754
and what kind
of music we would do.
1163
00:56:05,797 --> 00:56:07,582
He recruited me, and, you know,
1164
00:56:07,625 --> 00:56:10,280
I became partners
in that endeavor.
1165
00:56:12,326 --> 00:56:14,415
And after we got done
with Linda's tour,
1166
00:56:14,458 --> 00:56:16,069
we went back
to Los Angeles and started
1167
00:56:16,112 --> 00:56:18,941
the recruitment process
for the Eagles.
1168
00:56:18,985 --> 00:56:21,117
- Glenn and Don both wrote
at that time.
1169
00:56:21,161 --> 00:56:24,468
So they started talking
about putting a band together,
1170
00:56:24,512 --> 00:56:28,298
and we told them they should
get Randy Meisner to play bass
1171
00:56:28,342 --> 00:56:31,171
and Bernie Leadon,
guitar player,
1172
00:56:31,214 --> 00:56:32,999
and they thought
that was a good idea.
1173
00:56:33,042 --> 00:56:34,304
- I had a bluegrass background.
1174
00:56:34,348 --> 00:56:35,958
I had a folk background,
1175
00:56:36,002 --> 00:56:38,656
pop music background,
rock and roll, top 40,
1176
00:56:38,700 --> 00:56:41,181
but I had never
put it all together
1177
00:56:41,224 --> 00:56:43,531
in one thing
until I enjoyed the Eagles.
1178
00:56:43,574 --> 00:56:45,098
- It was like people in love.
1179
00:56:45,141 --> 00:56:46,708
It was the greatest thing
to see that band
1180
00:56:46,751 --> 00:56:48,840
when they first formed.
1181
00:56:48,884 --> 00:56:51,582
- We were very into
the country-rock sound,
1182
00:56:51,626 --> 00:56:54,411
groups like Poco and the
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band,
1183
00:56:54,455 --> 00:56:56,848
Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds.
1184
00:56:56,892 --> 00:56:58,763
- We were doing the same kind
of cross-pollination
1185
00:56:58,807 --> 00:57:00,417
that those other bands
had been doing
1186
00:57:00,461 --> 00:57:02,158
but with tougher rock.
1187
00:57:02,202 --> 00:57:06,510
["Witchy Woman" playing]
1188
00:57:06,554 --> 00:57:08,860
One of the first songs
we wrote was "Witchy Woman".
1189
00:57:08,904 --> 00:57:11,472
I wrote the music,
and Don wrote the lyrics.
1190
00:57:11,515 --> 00:57:13,517
- ♪ Raven hair
1191
00:57:13,561 --> 00:57:16,346
♪ And ruby lips
1192
00:57:16,390 --> 00:57:20,350
♪ Sparks fly
from her fingertips ♪
1193
00:57:20,394 --> 00:57:22,657
- Our Texas artist friend
Boyd Elder
1194
00:57:22,700 --> 00:57:25,355
had a big art gallery opening
in Venice.
1195
00:57:25,399 --> 00:57:27,009
All of his friends came.
1196
00:57:27,053 --> 00:57:29,229
Most of the people lived
in Laurel Canyon.
1197
00:57:29,272 --> 00:57:30,839
Everybody was there--
1198
00:57:30,882 --> 00:57:35,365
Joni and Cass
and most of the Turtles,
1199
00:57:35,409 --> 00:57:39,413
Jackson Browne and David Geffen.
1200
00:57:39,456 --> 00:57:41,241
The Eagles,
they only had a few songs,
1201
00:57:41,284 --> 00:57:43,895
so they kept singing
"Witchy Woman" over and over,
1202
00:57:43,939 --> 00:57:45,767
and everybody was dancing.
1203
00:57:45,810 --> 00:57:48,161
- We weren't really fit
for public presentation
1204
00:57:48,204 --> 00:57:50,337
at that point.
1205
00:57:50,380 --> 00:57:52,034
But we were just happy
to be hanging out
1206
00:57:52,078 --> 00:57:53,949
with that crowd.
1207
00:57:53,993 --> 00:57:55,907
It was a great scene
because all the people trying
1208
00:57:55,951 --> 00:57:57,735
to write songs
and trying to make records
1209
00:57:57,779 --> 00:58:00,042
were very supportive
of one another.
1210
00:58:00,086 --> 00:58:02,305
Jackson Browne was
a mentor to all of us
1211
00:58:02,349 --> 00:58:04,916
because
he had broken through first.
1212
00:58:04,960 --> 00:58:08,311
And we all aspired
to be what he was,
1213
00:58:08,355 --> 00:58:11,836
to write like that
and have that kind of insight.
1214
00:58:11,880 --> 00:58:13,969
- ♪ Well, I'm a-running down
the road ♪
1215
00:58:14,013 --> 00:58:16,015
♪ Trying to loosen my load
1216
00:58:16,058 --> 00:58:19,931
♪ Got a world of trouble
on my mind ♪
1217
00:58:19,975 --> 00:58:23,587
♪ Looking for a lover
who won't blow my cover ♪
1218
00:58:23,631 --> 00:58:26,199
♪ She's so hard to find
1219
00:58:26,242 --> 00:58:29,811
♪ Take it easy
1220
00:58:29,854 --> 00:58:33,597
♪ Take it easy
1221
00:58:33,641 --> 00:58:35,469
- Jackson had started
"Take It Easy"
1222
00:58:35,512 --> 00:58:37,079
and then abandoned it.
1223
00:58:37,123 --> 00:58:40,082
But he had played it
for Glenn at some point.
1224
00:58:40,126 --> 00:58:42,084
When we were about
to record our first album,
1225
00:58:42,128 --> 00:58:45,435
Glenn went to Jackson and said,
"I'd like to try to finish it."
1226
00:58:45,479 --> 00:58:48,482
Jackson said,
"Sure, have at it."
1227
00:58:48,525 --> 00:58:52,486
- ♪ Well, I'm a-standing on
a corner in Winslow, Arizona ♪
1228
00:58:52,529 --> 00:58:55,271
♪ Such a fine sight to see
1229
00:58:55,315 --> 00:58:58,927
♪ It's a girl, my Lord,
in a flatbed Ford ♪
1230
00:58:58,970 --> 00:59:01,799
♪ Slowin' down to take
a look at me ♪
1231
00:59:01,843 --> 00:59:05,325
♪ Well, come on, baby
- ♪ Baby
1232
00:59:05,368 --> 00:59:08,806
- ♪ Don't say "maybe"
- ♪ Maybe
1233
00:59:08,850 --> 00:59:12,332
- ♪ I got to know
if your sweet love ♪
1234
00:59:12,375 --> 00:59:15,944
♪ Is gonna save me
1235
00:59:15,987 --> 00:59:19,339
♪ Well, come on, baby
- ♪ Baby
1236
00:59:19,382 --> 00:59:22,777
- ♪ Don't say "maybe"
- ♪ Maybe
1237
00:59:22,820 --> 00:59:26,172
- ♪ I got to know
if your sweet love ♪
1238
00:59:26,215 --> 00:59:30,132
♪ Is gonna save me
- ♪ Is gonna save me
1239
00:59:30,176 --> 00:59:31,481
- ♪ Yeah
1240
00:59:38,706 --> 00:59:41,143
- Geffen pushed
"Take It Easy" pretty hard
1241
00:59:41,187 --> 00:59:44,233
because Asylum Records
was his new label.
1242
00:59:44,277 --> 00:59:45,974
Got in the top 20.
1243
00:59:46,017 --> 00:59:48,194
We had a lot of exposure
with our first album--
1244
00:59:48,237 --> 00:59:49,630
three hit singles.
1245
00:59:51,545 --> 00:59:53,112
- Oh, I think they were
very ambitious,
1246
00:59:53,155 --> 00:59:54,504
particularly Glenn.
1247
00:59:54,548 --> 00:59:57,333
Glenn wanted to have a hit band.
1248
00:59:57,377 --> 00:59:59,161
- I wanted limousines
1249
00:59:59,205 --> 01:00:02,512
and adoring fans and girls.
1250
01:00:02,556 --> 01:00:06,386
There's no university
that could've ever prepared me
1251
01:00:06,429 --> 01:00:09,302
for any of the things
I needed to learn.
1252
01:00:11,695 --> 01:00:12,783
- Hi.
- Hey.
1253
01:00:12,827 --> 01:00:13,915
- Hi.
- How are you doing?
1254
01:00:13,958 --> 01:00:14,959
- Hi.
- Hi, Jim.
1255
01:00:15,003 --> 01:00:16,483
- Oh, not again.
- Hey, we get...
1256
01:00:16,526 --> 01:00:18,615
Oh, Jim.
- We got to go now.
1257
01:00:18,659 --> 01:00:20,008
- When we first started
The Doors,
1258
01:00:20,051 --> 01:00:22,053
each person
was equally important.
1259
01:00:22,097 --> 01:00:25,187
As it progressed, Jim became
the center of attention.
1260
01:00:25,231 --> 01:00:27,015
Morrison, Morrison, Morrison.
1261
01:00:27,058 --> 01:00:28,495
- Wait a while.
Don't get out yet.
1262
01:00:28,538 --> 01:00:30,192
- We won't hurt him.
1263
01:00:30,236 --> 01:00:31,802
- So he was the one
who had to live with it.
1264
01:00:31,846 --> 01:00:33,717
It was extremely difficult
for him.
1265
01:00:33,761 --> 01:00:35,893
That's why he really started
to drink as much as he did.
1266
01:00:35,937 --> 01:00:37,460
- Come on, girl.
- What are you doing? Hey.
1267
01:00:41,116 --> 01:00:43,249
- Morrison always
had a wild streak,
1268
01:00:43,292 --> 01:00:46,252
always a little crazy.
1269
01:00:46,295 --> 01:00:49,603
A few too many drinks,
and he was right over the edge.
1270
01:00:49,646 --> 01:00:51,648
- ♪ Get together
1271
01:00:54,129 --> 01:00:56,436
- He touched
the authorities in a way
1272
01:00:56,479 --> 01:00:59,221
that I've never seen
anyone touch the authorities.
1273
01:00:59,265 --> 01:01:03,269
- ♪ Some outlaws lived
by the side of a lake ♪
1274
01:01:03,312 --> 01:01:07,229
♪ The minister's daughter's
in love with the snake ♪
1275
01:01:07,273 --> 01:01:11,190
♪ Who lives in a well
by the side of the road ♪
1276
01:01:11,233 --> 01:01:12,887
♪ Wake up, girl
1277
01:01:12,930 --> 01:01:15,455
- It's a little nerve-racking
sometimes,
1278
01:01:15,498 --> 01:01:18,632
but I thought he'd be
one of those drunks
1279
01:01:18,675 --> 01:01:20,721
who lives to be 85 years old.
1280
01:01:27,336 --> 01:01:29,817
- We had an incident,
perhaps was a turning point
1281
01:01:29,860 --> 01:01:33,081
in The Doors' career.
1282
01:01:33,124 --> 01:01:36,432
- I ain't talking
about no revolution.
1283
01:01:38,304 --> 01:01:41,176
I'm talking
about having a good time.
1284
01:01:41,220 --> 01:01:43,526
I'm talking about love.
1285
01:01:43,570 --> 01:01:45,311
- It was a horrible show,
I have to say it.
1286
01:01:45,354 --> 01:01:48,314
Jim was so drunk.
He couldn't sing right.
1287
01:01:52,492 --> 01:01:54,668
You're all a bunch of slaves.
1288
01:01:54,711 --> 01:01:56,539
- And Jim said,
"What do you want from me?"
1289
01:01:56,583 --> 01:01:58,585
- People telling you
what you're gonna do?
1290
01:01:58,628 --> 01:02:01,849
- "How about if I show you
my cock?"
1291
01:02:01,892 --> 01:02:03,590
- He probably
would've pulled it out
1292
01:02:03,633 --> 01:02:06,288
had Ray not told
our equipment guy, Vince,
1293
01:02:06,332 --> 01:02:08,334
"Don't let him do it.
Don't let him do it."
1294
01:02:11,206 --> 01:02:13,817
- We have taken out
two warrants for Jim Morrison
1295
01:02:13,861 --> 01:02:15,819
for indecent exposure,
1296
01:02:15,863 --> 01:02:17,691
for the use of obscene languages
1297
01:02:17,734 --> 01:02:19,301
during his performance.
1298
01:02:19,345 --> 01:02:21,085
- Jim, do you have
anything to say?
1299
01:02:21,129 --> 01:02:24,393
- I'm admitting the charge
of the public profanity,
1300
01:02:24,437 --> 01:02:29,093
but I'm denying
the exposure charge.
1301
01:02:29,137 --> 01:02:30,617
I told the audience,
1302
01:02:30,660 --> 01:02:32,445
"I realize
that you're not really here
1303
01:02:32,488 --> 01:02:35,535
"to listen to some
fairly good musicians.
1304
01:02:35,578 --> 01:02:37,014
"You know, you're here
for something else,
1305
01:02:37,058 --> 01:02:40,670
and why not admit it?"
1306
01:02:40,714 --> 01:02:42,455
- "Is a trial date set?"
1307
01:02:42,498 --> 01:02:44,195
"Hey, man.
You're putting me on a bummer.
1308
01:02:44,239 --> 01:02:46,763
Let's get on to another
subject, all right?"
1309
01:02:46,807 --> 01:02:48,765
It's a rainy day in LA,
1310
01:02:48,809 --> 01:02:52,247
talking about
this horrible nonsense.
1311
01:02:57,252 --> 01:03:00,516
- We were supposed to go
on the rest of the tour.
1312
01:03:00,560 --> 01:03:03,345
We hear, "Oh, shit.
The tour's canceled."
1313
01:03:03,389 --> 01:03:07,480
["Crawling King Snake" playing]
1314
01:03:07,523 --> 01:03:09,046
- What do you plan
to do in the future
1315
01:03:09,090 --> 01:03:10,700
as far as the band goes
and everything else?
1316
01:03:10,744 --> 01:03:13,050
- Well, we have
another album to do,
1317
01:03:13,094 --> 01:03:17,011
and we'll start cutting
in a couple weeks.
1318
01:03:17,054 --> 01:03:20,928
- ♪ Well, I'm the Crawlin'
King Snake ♪
1319
01:03:20,971 --> 01:03:24,192
♪ And I rule my den
1320
01:03:27,848 --> 01:03:32,331
♪ Well, I'm the Crawlin'
King Snake ♪
1321
01:03:32,374 --> 01:03:35,377
♪ And I rule my den
1322
01:03:39,599 --> 01:03:43,472
♪ Come on,
give me what I want ♪
1323
01:03:43,516 --> 01:03:46,562
♪ Ain't gonna crawl no more
1324
01:03:50,479 --> 01:03:52,916
- We were finishing up
the album "L.A. Woman".
1325
01:03:52,960 --> 01:03:54,875
He said,
"I'm going to Paris."
1326
01:03:54,918 --> 01:03:58,139
I said,
"Whoa. What a good idea, man.
1327
01:03:58,182 --> 01:04:01,229
"Get away from all of this
rock-and-roll thing
1328
01:04:01,272 --> 01:04:03,318
and become a poet again."
1329
01:04:06,669 --> 01:04:09,716
- The death of another rock
musician was disclosed today,
1330
01:04:09,759 --> 01:04:12,414
Jim Morrison,
lead singer of The Doors.
1331
01:04:12,458 --> 01:04:15,330
His manager said Morrison died
six days ago in Paris
1332
01:04:15,374 --> 01:04:17,376
either of a heart attack
or pneumonia,
1333
01:04:17,419 --> 01:04:20,640
but the death was kept secret
to avoid a sensation.
1334
01:04:20,683 --> 01:04:23,077
He was buried in Paris
in the same cemetery
1335
01:04:23,120 --> 01:04:27,081
where Balzac and other
French immortals lie.
1336
01:04:27,124 --> 01:04:29,300
- I got a phone call
from our manager
1337
01:04:29,344 --> 01:04:31,607
telling me Jim Morrison is dead.
1338
01:04:33,479 --> 01:04:34,784
Last thing I was going
to believe
1339
01:04:34,828 --> 01:04:36,917
is Jim Morrison's dead in Paris.
1340
01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:40,007
He went there to clean up,
to dry out.
1341
01:04:43,227 --> 01:04:47,754
He died 27 and a half,
July 3, 1971,
1342
01:04:47,797 --> 01:04:51,018
outlaw, renegade,
wild Dionysian poet.
1343
01:04:52,672 --> 01:04:54,500
And I miss him.
1344
01:05:03,509 --> 01:05:06,033
- Most people who make it
in the music industry
1345
01:05:06,076 --> 01:05:07,817
are not prepared.
1346
01:05:07,861 --> 01:05:10,777
Success can be
just as scary as failure,
1347
01:05:10,820 --> 01:05:13,519
if not scarier.
1348
01:05:13,562 --> 01:05:16,739
And some people don't actually
live through it.
1349
01:05:16,783 --> 01:05:19,742
♪ Desperado
1350
01:05:21,265 --> 01:05:26,096
♪ Why don't you
come to your senses? ♪
1351
01:05:26,140 --> 01:05:30,623
♪ You been out ridin' fences
1352
01:05:30,666 --> 01:05:34,409
♪ For so long now
1353
01:05:34,453 --> 01:05:38,500
I moved to Laurel Canyon
in early 1973
1354
01:05:38,544 --> 01:05:41,111
into a little house
that was on stilts.
1355
01:05:41,155 --> 01:05:43,113
When the wind would blow,
the house would sway.
1356
01:05:43,157 --> 01:05:45,855
Made me nervous.
1357
01:05:45,899 --> 01:05:48,162
It was formally occupied
by Roger McGuinn,
1358
01:05:48,205 --> 01:05:50,904
the co-founder of The Byrds,
so I took that as a good omen.
1359
01:05:50,947 --> 01:05:54,168
And I somehow got an old
upright piano in there.
1360
01:05:54,211 --> 01:05:55,735
I don't know where it came from.
1361
01:05:55,778 --> 01:05:57,780
That was the year
that Glenn and I
1362
01:05:57,824 --> 01:05:59,260
really started
writing songs together.
1363
01:05:59,303 --> 01:06:01,044
He came to that house.
1364
01:06:01,088 --> 01:06:04,961
I showed him the little pieces
that I had of "Desperado."
1365
01:06:05,005 --> 01:06:06,528
- We started writing
"Desperado,"
1366
01:06:06,572 --> 01:06:09,009
and we started
writing "Tequila Sunrise."
1367
01:06:09,052 --> 01:06:10,706
And the more we started
thinking about it,
1368
01:06:10,750 --> 01:06:12,534
the more this seemed like,
1369
01:06:12,578 --> 01:06:17,191
"Well, maybe this is kind
of a country-rock opera.
1370
01:06:17,234 --> 01:06:19,410
"Write it all about
the Old West.
1371
01:06:19,454 --> 01:06:22,239
"Why guys became outlaws,
1372
01:06:22,283 --> 01:06:23,763
"the romance of it,
1373
01:06:23,806 --> 01:06:27,418
the tragedy of it, the fame."
1374
01:06:27,462 --> 01:06:31,118
- I, like most of the guys
of my generation,
1375
01:06:31,161 --> 01:06:35,252
felt like The Eagles
had written Desperado for us.
1376
01:06:35,296 --> 01:06:38,255
Rock musicians
and guitar players
1377
01:06:38,299 --> 01:06:42,608
were like gunslingers
in the Old West.
1378
01:06:42,651 --> 01:06:44,697
- In our youthful exuberance
and cockiness,
1379
01:06:44,740 --> 01:06:47,221
we tried to make
that analogy, yeah.
1380
01:06:47,264 --> 01:06:48,875
We didn't exactly rob banks,
1381
01:06:48,918 --> 01:06:51,007
but we did have
a similar lifestyle in that
1382
01:06:51,051 --> 01:06:54,750
we would go from city to city,
and we had a life on the road.
1383
01:06:54,794 --> 01:06:56,012
There was drinking,
and there was gambling.
1384
01:06:56,056 --> 01:06:57,840
There were women.
1385
01:06:57,884 --> 01:06:59,973
So we liked to think
of ourselves as being outside
1386
01:07:00,016 --> 01:07:01,801
the norms of society.
1387
01:07:01,844 --> 01:07:03,411
And we were in a sense.
1388
01:07:05,326 --> 01:07:08,503
- The "Desperado" album
is one of the finest pieces
1389
01:07:08,547 --> 01:07:09,678
of music ever written,
1390
01:07:09,722 --> 01:07:12,899
but the album wasn't making it.
1391
01:07:12,942 --> 01:07:14,814
- We made a concept album,
which didn't make
1392
01:07:14,857 --> 01:07:16,816
the record company happy at all.
1393
01:07:16,859 --> 01:07:18,948
The song "Desperado"
was not a hit for us
1394
01:07:18,992 --> 01:07:20,950
until Linda Ronstadt
recorded it.
1395
01:07:20,994 --> 01:07:22,952
She gave it wings.
1396
01:07:22,996 --> 01:07:24,650
- We'd like to introduce someone
1397
01:07:24,693 --> 01:07:27,304
who was very instrumental
in putting our band,
1398
01:07:27,348 --> 01:07:29,045
The Eagles, together.
1399
01:07:29,089 --> 01:07:30,786
Would you welcome
Linda Ronstadt?
1400
01:07:38,315 --> 01:07:42,406
- ♪ Desperado
1401
01:07:42,450 --> 01:07:47,498
♪ Why don't you come
to your senses? ♪
1402
01:07:47,542 --> 01:07:51,894
♪ You been out
ridin' fences ♪
1403
01:07:51,938 --> 01:07:54,984
♪ For so long now
1404
01:07:55,028 --> 01:07:58,684
♪ Oh, you're a hard one
1405
01:07:58,727 --> 01:08:03,906
♪ But I know
that you got your reasons ♪
1406
01:08:03,950 --> 01:08:08,258
♪ These things
that are pleasin' you ♪
1407
01:08:08,302 --> 01:08:11,479
♪ Can hurt you somehow
1408
01:08:13,960 --> 01:08:18,007
- ♪ Don't your feet get cold
in the wintertime? ♪
1409
01:08:18,051 --> 01:08:21,663
♪ The sky won't snow,
and the sun won't shine ♪
1410
01:08:21,707 --> 01:08:24,187
- There's no question
she resurrected that song
1411
01:08:24,231 --> 01:08:27,495
and helped keep The Eagles
away from the sophomore slump.
1412
01:08:29,715 --> 01:08:33,066
- ♪ You're losin' all
your highs and lows ♪
1413
01:08:33,109 --> 01:08:35,677
- The Eagles,
they kept their circle.
1414
01:08:35,721 --> 01:08:37,940
That's what I always liked
about them most,
1415
01:08:37,984 --> 01:08:40,247
the loyalty to each other
1416
01:08:40,290 --> 01:08:43,729
in those early
Laurel Canyon years.
1417
01:08:43,772 --> 01:08:46,296
- ♪ Desperado
1418
01:08:46,340 --> 01:08:48,734
- The best band
in the United States of America,
1419
01:08:48,777 --> 01:08:50,213
The Eagles.
1420
01:08:50,257 --> 01:08:53,173
["Already Gone" playing]
1421
01:09:02,704 --> 01:09:05,315
- ♪ Well,
I heard some people talkin' ♪
1422
01:09:05,359 --> 01:09:09,319
♪ Just the other day
1423
01:09:09,363 --> 01:09:14,324
♪ And they said you were gonna
put me on a shelf ♪
1424
01:09:14,368 --> 01:09:16,109
- The Eagles were not pioneers.
1425
01:09:16,152 --> 01:09:17,763
The Eagles were settlers.
1426
01:09:17,806 --> 01:09:19,852
But I do believe
that we did a pretty good job
1427
01:09:19,895 --> 01:09:22,593
of cultivating the land
that we settled.
1428
01:09:22,637 --> 01:09:26,554
We put ourselves into it
and made it uniquely our own.
1429
01:09:28,164 --> 01:09:32,995
- ♪ 'Cause I'm already gone
1430
01:09:33,039 --> 01:09:35,781
- The whole California
country-rock thing exploded
1431
01:09:35,824 --> 01:09:38,392
with Crosby, Stills & Nash,
Poco,
1432
01:09:38,435 --> 01:09:41,961
Linda, Jackson,
and the Burrito Brothers,
1433
01:09:42,004 --> 01:09:44,398
but The Eagles
kicked that to the next level.
1434
01:09:44,441 --> 01:09:47,096
It was the dominant
musical form of the '70s
1435
01:09:47,140 --> 01:09:48,271
in this country.
1436
01:09:54,930 --> 01:09:56,802
- I don't think
any of us had any idea
1437
01:09:56,845 --> 01:10:00,153
how big the tsunami
of sales that was coming,
1438
01:10:00,196 --> 01:10:01,328
was gonna be.
1439
01:10:01,371 --> 01:10:05,767
["Take It To The Limit" playing]
1440
01:10:05,811 --> 01:10:09,640
- When we got to The Eagles
and the later generations
1441
01:10:09,684 --> 01:10:13,775
of great bands,
the entire business changed.
1442
01:10:22,958 --> 01:10:25,134
- Things got so big so fast
1443
01:10:25,178 --> 01:10:30,139
that places like the Troubadour
became too small.
1444
01:10:30,183 --> 01:10:33,403
- What changed was the people
went to coliseums to play.
1445
01:10:33,447 --> 01:10:34,883
We didn't see each other
as much.
1446
01:10:34,927 --> 01:10:36,580
As soon as we went into arenas,
1447
01:10:36,624 --> 01:10:39,496
we didn't go and see each other.
1448
01:10:39,540 --> 01:10:44,632
- ♪ And I never knew
1449
01:10:46,852 --> 01:10:51,030
♪ You know I've always
been a dreamer ♪
1450
01:10:51,073 --> 01:10:53,510
- You feed the machine
that is the record business,
1451
01:10:53,554 --> 01:10:55,382
and the monster wants more.
1452
01:10:55,425 --> 01:10:59,342
Every artist has a peak,
a creative peak, a sales peak,
1453
01:10:59,386 --> 01:11:02,432
and then comes the pressure
of trying to repeat that.
1454
01:11:02,476 --> 01:11:05,609
You get caught up in this
swirling vortex of success
1455
01:11:05,653 --> 01:11:08,177
and money and fame and pressure.
1456
01:11:11,050 --> 01:11:14,444
- As people became very,
very successful,
1457
01:11:14,488 --> 01:11:16,316
the camaraderie changed.
1458
01:11:16,359 --> 01:11:18,318
People started guarding
their songs.
1459
01:11:18,361 --> 01:11:20,494
You didn't want to give up
one of your melodies
1460
01:11:20,537 --> 01:11:22,409
to somebody else.
1461
01:11:22,452 --> 01:11:26,195
Over time, people started
moving out of Laurel Canyon,
1462
01:11:26,239 --> 01:11:29,068
getting a better place
in a better neighborhood.
1463
01:11:29,111 --> 01:11:30,939
- ♪ You got to take it
1464
01:11:30,983 --> 01:11:37,816
♪ To the limit one more time
1465
01:11:39,513 --> 01:11:41,341
Thank you.
1466
01:11:41,384 --> 01:11:43,865
- The business
started burning people out,
1467
01:11:43,909 --> 01:11:46,955
and you were overworked
on the road so much
1468
01:11:46,999 --> 01:11:50,176
and played more than
you should play.
1469
01:11:50,219 --> 01:11:52,004
- You managed
to keep pretty busy.
1470
01:11:52,047 --> 01:11:53,266
I know, 'cause we've been
trying for two years
1471
01:11:53,309 --> 01:11:54,833
to get you on the show.
1472
01:11:54,876 --> 01:11:57,270
- I wanted to ask you,
when you do have any time
1473
01:11:57,313 --> 01:11:58,793
in that busy schedule of yours,
1474
01:11:58,837 --> 01:12:00,447
how do you like
to spend it best?
1475
01:12:00,490 --> 01:12:03,145
- Besides playing with my child,
which is obvious, I think,
1476
01:12:03,189 --> 01:12:05,452
for any mother, you know,
especially a mother who works.
1477
01:12:05,495 --> 01:12:06,888
You know, when you have
to spend a little time away,
1478
01:12:06,932 --> 01:12:09,978
you really relish
that time at home.
1479
01:12:10,022 --> 01:12:12,763
My mom was a very loving person,
1480
01:12:12,807 --> 01:12:16,289
but she also traveled a lot.
1481
01:12:16,332 --> 01:12:19,205
- Cass, now that you're such
a giant star in the firmament,
1482
01:12:19,248 --> 01:12:20,423
is this your life?
1483
01:12:20,467 --> 01:12:21,816
Is it ever going to change?
1484
01:12:21,860 --> 01:12:23,513
- Well, I wouldn't like
to have to work
1485
01:12:23,557 --> 01:12:25,037
as much as I'm working now.
1486
01:12:25,080 --> 01:12:27,256
Nobody wants to work that hard.
1487
01:12:27,300 --> 01:12:30,129
I'd like to go back to school...
1488
01:12:30,172 --> 01:12:32,783
- She closed a two-week
sold-out engagement
1489
01:12:32,827 --> 01:12:34,916
at the London Palladium.
1490
01:12:34,960 --> 01:12:37,963
She had stayed up for 40 hours.
1491
01:12:38,006 --> 01:12:40,966
She went to sleep and had
a heart attack in her sleep.
1492
01:12:41,009 --> 01:12:42,576
- "Mama" Cass Elliot,
1493
01:12:42,619 --> 01:12:44,621
a pop star who won fame
with the group called
1494
01:12:44,665 --> 01:12:46,928
The Mamas and Papas,
died today in London.
1495
01:12:46,972 --> 01:12:48,147
She was 33.
1496
01:12:48,190 --> 01:12:49,583
Ms. Elliot was in England
1497
01:12:49,626 --> 01:12:52,194
for concert
and nightclub appearances.
1498
01:12:52,238 --> 01:12:55,197
- It was a big shock.
That, to me, was a big shock.
1499
01:12:55,241 --> 01:12:58,244
She was a Los Angeleno.
1500
01:12:58,287 --> 01:13:00,986
She was one of us,
you know, one of ours.
1501
01:13:01,029 --> 01:13:02,813
It had a big impact.
1502
01:13:02,857 --> 01:13:04,815
It just wasn't the same anymore.
1503
01:13:07,122 --> 01:13:09,168
- Out of that loss,
for me, personally,
1504
01:13:09,211 --> 01:13:11,387
came a blessing.
1505
01:13:11,431 --> 01:13:13,912
My wife, Leah, and I raised Owen
1506
01:13:13,955 --> 01:13:16,305
after Cass passed away.
1507
01:13:16,349 --> 01:13:19,265
But the loss of Cass
was traumatic,
1508
01:13:19,308 --> 01:13:20,875
not only for us.
1509
01:13:20,919 --> 01:13:23,617
It was a huge loss
for the music community
1510
01:13:23,660 --> 01:13:25,662
and the brother and sisterhood
1511
01:13:25,706 --> 01:13:27,838
that had developed
in Laurel Canyon.
1512
01:13:36,891 --> 01:13:39,285
- Mama Cass,
1513
01:13:39,328 --> 01:13:43,028
she put a lot
of social things into motion
1514
01:13:43,071 --> 01:13:44,855
and changed people's lives.
1515
01:13:47,336 --> 01:13:50,905
She was sent by the angels.
1516
01:13:50,949 --> 01:13:53,081
A teacher to all of us.
1517
01:13:53,125 --> 01:13:55,214
As we all are to each other.
1518
01:13:57,694 --> 01:13:59,305
When I first picked up a camera,
1519
01:13:59,348 --> 01:14:02,047
it was as a folk musician,
1520
01:14:02,090 --> 01:14:06,834
quietly taking pictures,
documenting, to learn.
1521
01:14:07,922 --> 01:14:10,011
Not consciously.
1522
01:14:10,055 --> 01:14:12,492
But when I saw that first
picture on the wall,
1523
01:14:12,535 --> 01:14:15,799
glowing in color
like it was alive,
1524
01:14:15,843 --> 01:14:18,237
that's when I became
a photographer.
1525
01:14:28,987 --> 01:14:33,774
There's a reason that these
people became so well-known.
1526
01:14:33,817 --> 01:14:37,473
They had amazing talent
for life, really...
1527
01:14:37,517 --> 01:14:39,910
for singing, writing songs,
1528
01:14:39,954 --> 01:14:42,000
thinking poetically.
1529
01:14:43,784 --> 01:14:45,351
What is it really about?
1530
01:14:45,394 --> 01:14:46,917
Why are we here?
1531
01:14:46,961 --> 01:14:49,485
What is this
wonderful experience?
1532
01:14:49,529 --> 01:14:51,574
What's the best way to live it?
1533
01:14:51,618 --> 01:14:53,707
And that's Laurel Canyon.
1534
01:15:00,366 --> 01:15:02,498
- If you believe in God,
1535
01:15:02,542 --> 01:15:05,153
it's like God said,
1536
01:15:05,197 --> 01:15:07,416
"Okay, kids, I'm gonna show you
1537
01:15:07,460 --> 01:15:10,289
"what the Garden of Eden
was like.
1538
01:15:10,332 --> 01:15:15,033
And you get to live
and play and love."
1539
01:15:15,076 --> 01:15:17,687
We embraced it all,
1540
01:15:17,731 --> 01:15:20,777
and it was wonderful.
1541
01:15:20,821 --> 01:15:23,519
- Laurel Canyon's become
a name for a thing,
1542
01:15:23,563 --> 01:15:25,652
and it's really just a myth.
1543
01:15:25,695 --> 01:15:28,785
Places become focal points
1544
01:15:28,829 --> 01:15:31,397
for breaking out of convention.
1545
01:15:31,440 --> 01:15:33,834
What was happening
in Laurel Canyon
1546
01:15:33,877 --> 01:15:38,578
was the universe cracking open
and revealing secrets.
1547
01:15:38,621 --> 01:15:42,408
It was just about a time,
the creative awakening.
1548
01:15:45,019 --> 01:15:49,023
- There are periods in history
when there are peaks.
1549
01:15:49,067 --> 01:15:51,460
And nobody really knows why--
1550
01:15:51,504 --> 01:15:54,028
Paris in the '30s,
1551
01:15:54,072 --> 01:15:56,726
the Renaissance in Italy,
1552
01:15:56,770 --> 01:16:00,295
Los Angeles in around '65, '75.
1553
01:16:00,339 --> 01:16:02,384
Very hard to define it.
1554
01:16:02,428 --> 01:16:04,517
But the proof's in the pudding.
1555
01:16:04,560 --> 01:16:05,909
The music's there.
1556
01:16:08,477 --> 01:16:11,350
["Turn! Turn! Turn!" playing]
1557
01:16:22,709 --> 01:16:27,192
- ♪ To everything,
turn, turn, turn ♪
1558
01:16:27,235 --> 01:16:32,153
♪ There is a season,
turn, turn, turn ♪
1559
01:16:32,197 --> 01:16:35,983
♪ And a time
to every purpose ♪
1560
01:16:36,026 --> 01:16:39,378
♪ Under Heaven
1561
01:16:39,421 --> 01:16:42,903
♪ A time to be born,
a time to die ♪
1562
01:16:42,946 --> 01:16:46,907
♪ A time to plant,
a time to reap ♪
1563
01:16:46,950 --> 01:16:50,737
♪ A time to kill,
a time to heal ♪
1564
01:16:50,780 --> 01:16:53,435
♪ A time to laugh
1565
01:16:53,479 --> 01:16:58,223
♪ A time to weep
1566
01:16:58,266 --> 01:17:03,228
♪ To everything,
turn, turn, turn ♪
1567
01:17:03,271 --> 01:17:08,363
♪ There is a season,
turn, turn, turn ♪
1568
01:17:08,407 --> 01:17:12,193
♪ And a time
to every purpose ♪
1569
01:17:12,237 --> 01:17:15,588
♪ Under Heaven
1570
01:17:15,631 --> 01:17:19,331
♪ A time to build up,
a time to break down ♪
1571
01:17:19,374 --> 01:17:24,118
♪ A time to dance,
a time to mourn ♪
1572
01:17:24,162 --> 01:17:27,208
♪ A time to cast away stones
1573
01:17:27,252 --> 01:17:30,255
♪ A time to gather
1574
01:17:30,298 --> 01:17:33,432
♪ Stones together
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