{"id":16671,"date":"2019-06-24T05:30:30","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T09:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=16671"},"modified":"2019-05-13T13:14:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T17:14:59","slug":"live-from-laurel-canyon-songs-and-stories-of-american-folk-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/24\/live-from-laurel-canyon-songs-and-stories-of-american-folk-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"Live from Laurel Canyon: Songs and Stories of American Folk Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/laurel_canyon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"440\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16672\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/laurel_canyon.jpg 550w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/laurel_canyon-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>In the Hollywood Hills West district of Los Angeles, a mere two miles from Hollywood Boulevard, there exists a relatively secluded region called Laurel Canyon. Beginning in the middle 1960s and continuing for about a decade, the canyon became an incubator for a particular kind of music. Songwriters flocked to the Canyon, making homes there, developing their material and often collaborating on projects. A celebration of that creatively fertile scene, \u201cLive from Laurel Canyon\u201d brings this history to light through songs and stories.<\/p>\n<p>Singer-songwriter Brian Chartrand developed \u201cLive from Laurel Canyon\u201d to help audiences discover the connections among the many well-known artists who came out of the Laurel Canyon scene. While people may know every word and every note of the songs in the 90-minute show, Chartrand says, \u201cthey might not know the context in which those songs were created.\u201d That\u2019s what \u201cLive from Laurel Canyon\u201d is all about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe focus of the show is how these young singer-songwriters took the elements of folk and rock \u2018n\u2019 roll and made something great, changing the face of American popular music,\u201d he explains. To do that, Chartrand and his six fellow musicians do more than simply play the songs. \u201cI like context,\u201d he says. \u201cSo before we dive into the music, we provide a backdrop of what was happening socially and politically in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The events of the tumultuous 1960s had an enduring effect on most everyone who lived through that period. \u201cIt was a really interesting moment in American history,\u201d Chartrand says, \u201cwith a generation of songwriters who were feeling disconnected from their parents\u2019 music and disenfranchised from politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLive from Laurel Canyon\u201d charts a chronological path from the Mamas and the Papas\u2019 1965 single \u201cCalifornia Dreamin\u2019\u201d and follows that thread, one that intertwines the stories of Buffalo Springfield, James Taylor, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Eagles, Jackson Browne and many others. \u201cIt just keeps going,\u201d says Chartrand. The up-close-and-personal tone of the 90-minute concert helps place familiar songs into the wider context of popular culture.<\/p>\n<p>Chartrand launched \u201cLive from Laurel Canyon\u201d in his Phoenix hometown a few years ago; today the show tours all over the U.S.; a scaled-down version of the show toured Europe. Audiences everywhere connect with the songs and stories, he says. \u201cAll of that sentiment and talent coalesced in a special way that I\u2019m not sure we\u2019ll see again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Hollywood Hills West district of Los Angeles, a mere two miles from Hollywood Boulevard, there exists a relatively secluded region called Laurel Canyon. 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