We met friends Mark and Cindy at MIM (Musical Instrument Museum) last night for a concert.
"Live from Laurel Canyon - Songs and Stories of American Folk Rock" is an evening of live music and narrated stories of some of the most influential songwriters who lived in Laurel Canyon in the mid 1960's and 70's. Similar to other legendary rock and roll neighborhoods of the same era like Haight Ashbury in San Fransisco or Greenwich Village in NYC, Laurel Canyon was a community of artists who would forge a new genre of music (Folk Rock) and forever change the look, sound and attitude of American pop music. Live from Laurel Canyon celebrates The Mamas and The Papas, the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Doors, Crosby, Stills, Nash, Neil Young, James Taylor, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, America, and the Eagles with their own unique interpretations of some of the most iconic songs of the era.
Yes, the above paragraph is from their website. It is more than just the music - between the songs, they tell the stories of the performers and the music. The musicianship was good: nice vocal harmonies; the lead guitar player was particularly good. I think we all enjoyed it - Joan was particularly taken with the stories they told to go with the music.
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I just got photos from Steph - Wednesday night (when I was left unsupervised), she and Joan went to a lavender soap-making class (a Mom and daughter experience for them)...
The end result: each of them came home with a "brick" of soap...
The soap has to set-up for a couple days to get firm, then they can cut it to a more usable size. They can get clean and smell like lavender!
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