Great potential but a missed opportunity in many ways for music buffs of that era and the music that came out of Laurel Canyon. For example no mention of The Stone Poneys hit Different Drum written by Mike Nesmith, which launched Linda Ronstadt's career and also would have tied the story back to The Monkees who are featured briefly in part 1. A lot about Crosby Stills Nash, but no mention of Neil Young joining them to become CSNY and their ground breaking famous album Deja Vu. How could Alison Eastwood miss this!? Also no mention of Carole King who was living in the Canyon when she made one of the most iconic albums of the singer song writer era, Tapestry. Alison Eastwood bores us with too much time spent on insignificant and unsuccessful acts of the Canyon like Love, Bonnie Rait, and Little Feat.
Beautiful scenery and aerial photography of Laurel Canyon, which is not seen in other documentaries, so this was a bonus to get a feel for the landscape.
Also mentioning the Manson Family murder spree and the 4 deaths at Altamont was irrelevant in terms of the Laurel Canyon context and music that came from there.
I was happy to see the Mamas and Papas finally featured in a Laurel Canyon documentary, as they are usually missed, and only Cass Elliot gets attention.
If you know nothing about Laurel Canyon, you'll enjoy it, if you know a lot, you'll wonder at some of the omissions and inclusions.
Review of Laurel Canyon
