Everybody Had an Ocean : Music and Mayhem in 1960s Los Angeles (Hardcover)

from akblanchard

In his Author's Note, William McKeen really got my hopes up. He begins the book with an anecdote about hanging out in Dennis Wilson's hotel room, the writes that for years he'd been "stockpiling" stories about the Los Angeles music scene in the 1960s. I thought that this meant that he was going t...

from Diana_Long_Thomas

I love the music of the 60's and was ecstatic when I had a chance to read and review this book. My older brother and cousins helped my get hooked since I was a child of the 70's. This book focuses on California's influence on the small bit of time that made the music of the era what it was. It st...

from lauriebrown54

ile this book covers the Los Angeles music scene of the 60s, the backbone of the book is the story of the Beach Boys. Beginning with their early teen days of using music to keep their brutal, abusive, father from beating them, to the days when they worked with Jan and Dean, and then the LA studio...

from lauriebrown54

ile this book covers the Los Angeles music scene of the 60s, the backbone of the book is the story of the Beach Boys. Beginning with their early teen days of using music to keep their brutal, abusive, father from beating them, to the days when they worked with Jan and Dean, and then the LA studio...