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Post by the Scribe on Sept 11, 2019 2:35:47 GMT -5
from Val:vimeo.com/ondemand/2352?cjevent=101da586d46711e981fb01d20a1c0e12Directed by Sasha and Anne Christine Von Wetter Mastered by Planet Group Entertainment
52 Minutes
During the 1970s, Topanga Canyon, nestled in the California mountains just behind Malibu, became a Mecca for many of Hollywood’s top musical performers. These musicians and their artist friends blended in naturally with the latter day hippies and long-time eccentrics that made up this laid-back community...a 'stoners' throw from Los Angeles.
This is the inside story of an iconoclast culture, filled with impromptu and staged musical performances by noted Topanga residents Billy Preston, Lowell George, Fred Tackett, Ramblin Jack Elliott, Spanky McFarlane, Bob Hite, Canned Heat, Gary Farr and others. The late Herta Ware Geer, former wife of actor Will Geer reminisces about the singular Topanga lifestyle, as Billy Preston rides through the canyon in his beloved cowboy garb.
For more details and University and Academic film purchase, please go to: planetgroupentertainment.squarespace.com/in-hollywoods-back-yard/Following the LA hippy trailNeil Young, The Doors and Dennis Hopper have all fallen for its laidback bohemian charm. Now Mike Hodgkinson pays a visit to see if the spirit of 68 still lives on in Topanga Canyon Mike Hodgkinson amp.theguardian.com/travel/2008/mar/26/losangeles.usa Wed 26 Mar 2008 15.26 GMT
When the free-thinkers of post-war Los Angeles set about changing the world through meditation, rock 'n' roll, mysticism, organic food, ritual dancing and/or hallucinogens, it's safe to assume that – at some time or other – they all passed through Topanga Canyon. Far enough from the suburbs to be considered wild, and sufficiently bedevilled by flood, fire and rattlesnakes to deter the half-hearted, Topanga has traditionally cast itself as LA's preferred utopian outpost: the city's own rustic, occasionally treacherous, Shangri-la.
Topanga Canyon, LA: flowers Wild flowers in Topanga. Photograph: Grant Fleming
Touted by contemporary Angelenos as the neighbourhood where you're most likely to find "old hippies" in their natural habitat, Topanga Canyon is still championed for its idealistic, free-spirited, all-natural allure. But just how much of that allure is exaggerated, or refracted through the rainbow-tinted, round-rimmed spectacles of nostalgia? We set off on a day trip, to find out.
Topanga Canyon, LA: road Leaving LA's smog behind. Photograph: Grant Fleming
Instantly, it's easy to understand why people are drawn to Topanga Canyon. Sloping fields are a wildflower riot of yellow and green; red-tailed hawks make effortless arcs in the piercing blue sky; the air smells pleasantly of leaves. Clutches of native Topangans gather for brunch on the tree-shaded wooden patio at Pat's Grill (+1 310 455 0533), the first place serving food if you're heading downhill on the community's lone main road. Among them is Rick Provisor, a canyon resident for 35 years.
The conversation turns to rock 'n' roll history. "The Topanga Corral was a music venue that was real big in the 60s. Jim Morrison wrote Roadhouse Blues on the way up here. Aside from the people that played there – Canned Heat, Little Feat – all the musicians came up to watch each other. Linda Ronstadt was there all the time."
The Corral burned to the ground, for the second and last time, in 1986.
Topanga Canyon, LA: frogs Entrance to Froggy's. Photograph: Sally Lohan
Even though plans for a Disney-owned golf course were abandoned in the mid-90s, after community protests, development has inevitably made an impact over the years on the canyon's backwoods, barefoot, flowerchild-friendly charm because, in Provisor's words, "it's pretty hard for a free spirit to be able to purchase a $1.75 million home". Grill owner Pat Burke, another long-term Topangan, translates the division of wealth and property into local slang. "The Peakers are the yuppies with the houses on the peaks of the mountains," he says. "And the Creekers are everybody else."
Burke – who runs a sideline in Persian rugs and hangs his paintings on the walls of his café – remembers the good old trippy days: "We used to get zipped on LSD in the 60s, go off in the wilderness, lay down and stare at the sky. At the time we didn't realise that all those flying saucer lights and stuff like that was actually the final approach for LAX [Los Angeles International airport]."
In 2007, Burke's bear-like dog – Chin – was named Grand Marshal at Topanga Days, one of a couple of local springtime festivals (along with Topanga Earth Day). As a showcase for local bands – like psychedelic Western rockers Spindrift – Topanga Days goes some way to backing up Provisor's claims that the heart and spirit of the canyon remain, by and large, unchanged.
Topanga Canyon, LA: Will Geer
The memory of Will Geer lives on. Photograph: Sally Lohan
Theatricum Botanicum Not all former Topanga characters were as benign and well-meaning as Geer. Aside from the Charles Manson connection, mobster Mickey Cohen used a local Spanish-style mansion – restored in 1989 as the Mountain Mermaid, and currently hired out for photo shoots – as a brothel and gambling den.
Like the Mountain Mermaid, the Inn of the Seventh Ray (+1 310 455 1311)– a waterside organic restaurant among the small cluster of buildings known, tongue-in-cheek, as "downtown" – has no shortage of history. Once a retreat owned by evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, then a church, and later an auto junkyard, the place should be visited for lunch, provided you're not upset by liberal use of the colour purple, or in any way averse to the music of John Barry.
Topanga Canyon, LA: signs Signs of the times. Photograph: Sally Lohan
Topanga Home Grown The rest of the journey to canyon's end, and the Pacific's edge, passes another, smaller batch of stores (including an antiques shop, and a natural food market) until the winding road brings the ocean abruptly into view. Suddenly, Topanga has given way to Malibu, the domain of surf, which is an altogether different proposition, practically a different country. With the salt air lining your nostrils, take the natural right-hand turn on the coastal highway for a final fish-and-chips stop at the Reel Inn (+1 310 456 8221). Or, if there's any Topangan in you, indulge the urge to head back up the canyon, back the way you came … the coyotes start singing after dark.
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Post by the Scribe on Sept 12, 2019 19:35:50 GMT -5
Many new people coming here might not be familiar with Spirit. They have been a topic in regards to a lawsuit from Randy Kalifornia's estate and Led Zeppelin. Topanga Canyon was fertile grounds for music and art though most of the attention has been given to Laurel Canyon. I think there are lots of canyons in and around Los Angeles. It just depends what side of the hill or mountain you live on. Looks like Val was witness to the birth of one of the most iconic songs ever written. Back in the 1970's every wannabe guitarist practiced using that song. The courts ruled for Led Zeppelin but you be the judge.Spirit vs Led Zeppelin Stairway to Heaven Plagiarism LawsuitPosted by Shawn McNulty on May 20, 2014 Spirit vs Led Zeppelin Stairway to Heaven Plagiarism Lawsuit2019-02-08T20:04:38+00:00under Similar Songssongsalike.com/similar-songs/spirit-vs-led-zeppelin-stairway-to-heaven-plagarism-lawsuit/One of the most popular songs in music history is being questioned for plagiarism in an upcoming court case. Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin may have ripped off the song Taurus by the band Spirit which was released in 1968. The lawsuit is coming from the estate of the late Randy California who wrote the song for Spirit, and it’s no coincidence that this is happening right before of the release of a remastered version of Led Zeppelin IV. Francis Alexander Malofiy, the attorney for Spirit, will attempt to get a songwriting credit for California on the song. Stairway to Heaven, which is worth an estimated $560 million, can be heard on every classic rock station in the world and even was famously denied by Wayne Campbell at the guitar store in the first Wayne’s World movie.
Jimmy Page supposedly wrote the song (which he refers to as his baby) using the powers of black magic and candles in 1970. Randy California died in 1997 when he saved his son from drowning in Hawaii. Before his death, he told Listener magazine that he believed that Led Zeppelin ripped him off, and was pretty miffed about it. Both bands were on similar bills in the late 60s, so it’s very probable that Jimmy Page heard Taurus during that time. Listen to the audio clip of Taurus via the YouTube video below and you will hear that iconic guitar magic. It would be difficult to nail down who initially came out with this very basic chord progression, probably somebody before 1968, but this could be a giant payday for the Randy California family. Maybe they will sing the got $5000 song like Wayne and Garth did in the movie, but add some zeroes to it.
I love connections. What do Jimmy Page and Barbara Bush have in common? Page was a fan of Alistair Crowley and even bought his house and Barbara's mother and Crowley were close...so much so it is rumored that Crowley was Barbara's biological father. Crowley was into some heavy mystical, magical...dark stuff. That might explain the 2000 presidency as it was quite a topic at the time. carwreckdebangs.wordpress.com/2015/06/09/aleister-crowley-jimmy-page-and-the-curse-of-led-zeppelin-when-myth-magick-and-weird-facts-collide/
See what you think:
Here is a new wrinkle to me (Cry Me A River):
There are also questions about Jethro Tull and Eagles but Anderson puts things into perspective, at least for him...
Joe Walsh goes a step further here. I recall Linda Ronstadt saying many times she would steal the "licks" from other musicians when she could and that she "stood" on the shoulders of those before her.
www.thatsongsoundslike.com/?s=spirit&submit=Search
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Post by musedeva on Sept 12, 2019 22:27:03 GMT -5
Yo Boy!!! that's a Heavy Post!!! hahahah YES PEOPLE!!! get on YOU TUBE NOW and "Subscribe" and make sure you hit the notification "BELL" to the right of SUBSCRIBE...and WATCH IT LIVE!!! I'm going to....exciting www.youtube.com/user/9thcircTHE POINT is; the JURY WAS NOT ALLOWED to hear the frickin songs!!! hOW INSANE is that!!! INSTEAD they were assigned "sheet music' well who the F in R n R does "sheet music" ...its usually after the fact by hired guns and of course their are lead sheets...but that ain't the case...it was SHEET MUSIC vs. NOT HEARING!!! the outtake I think they WILL get a reversal for TRYING OF FACT, ie. another Ear 2 Hear I take issue with the above post I'm a TOTAL zep head.....long long long b4 any Linda afficianadoisms!!hahaha and Jay F of Spirit use to record me Randy California's "family" i.e. "Estate' aint getting the moolah people,,,,,to my understanding HE SOLD HIS PUBLISHING!!!!! mistake number 999999999 you NEVER do that!!! BUTTT!!!! Spirit and Randy's family, justice WISE are CERTAINLY hoping for the BEST....legacy wise,,,eh?? Maybe his family/estate will get something...but from what I understand the lawsuit shows someone that BOUGHT Randy's publishing...SAD AS FOR ZEP...i have a totally coool cool connect w/them that i won't go into here...BUT....the thing about pagey doing candles and black majic for that song......uhhh...i don't think so....that's marketing from the 70's but who knows....he certainly is a dabbleer....and I had a bit of interaction of that direction with the guy, I "thinK"hahahah....I have never read any credible account by HIM, anyways of such an act to "create" that song....BUT to me,,,its SO FRICKIN obvious he LIFTED Taurus what is most delicious is that URANUS,,,,,,the PLaNET of "upset" "chaos" is RIGHT NOW recently MOVED INTO TAURUS....!!!ahahah....Life! can't make it up!
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Post by the Scribe on Sept 13, 2019 0:21:59 GMT -5
Lori Mattix said Page was fascinated by the occult and especially with Mr. Crowley but not to the point of being a practitioner. Some of us are just born curious and with the same rising sign as his I can relate.
www.planetaryinfluence.com/charts/jimmy-page-vedic-birth-chart
Maybe Val can answer this. Was there much of an occult presence in and around the Topanga Canyon area when Linda lived there? The Manson family connections seem to indicate that but wondering if there was any other things going on back then?
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Post by musedeva on Sept 13, 2019 15:53:33 GMT -5
OH! Woooowwwww...poor Lewis!!! that's his life...protecting all that??? Wow...never heard of this Val,,,thank YOU for posting....reminds me of the old "Tea Gardens" up on East Mountain Road in "cito...without the fantabulous structures...but some of the outdoor seating/marble stuff.....doesn't seem that Lewis the 4th is utilizing the fates too much himself....
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Post by the Scribe on Sept 13, 2019 16:40:37 GMT -5
From Val:
Take a 1967 Visit to Topanga's Green Stamps Hippie Ranch
By Adrian Glick Kudler Dec 28, 2012, 10:52am PST
We wouldn't think they'd let the squares from the Wall Street Journal up to the Moon Fire Ranch in Topanga Canyon, but they did, and they return with tales of the infamous hippie spot that hosted the Doors and the Mansons alike (Even if you've never heard of it, it's iconic, you know?). Lewis Beach Marvin III, the heir to the totally uncool S&H Green Stamps fortune (they were those stamps you'd get at the grocery store that you could trade in for prizes), bought the property in 1957 for $15,000 and "Over the next two decades, Mr. Marvin's estate became part-salon, part-muse for his motley crew of artistic friends." Those friends included, naturally, George Harrison, Andy Warhol, Tommy Chong, and Jim Morrison, as well as the Manson Family, supposedly, although the WSJ doesn't mention them.
The property is known especially for its Moon Fire Temple, but Marvin also raised his kids there--living spaces are spread between three buildings: the Round House, "a two-story living room built inside a water tank-like building whose interior includes porous rainforest-wood walls, a giant chandelier and 20-foot tall windows looking out on the Santa Monica Bay far below," and a geodesic dome that connects "to a trailer housing a kitchen next to one of the home's two bedrooms." There's just one bathroom. Power comes from solar panels and a backup generator; water comes from the sky. There are many stories out there of crazy llamas on the property as well.
It's hard to get a consistent accounting of the Moon Fire, but according to Ed Sanders's book The Family, "the place had been constructed for a 1966 movie called Harper, starring Paul Newman and Lauren Bacall ... In the film, the structure on the high hill above the Pacific belonged to a "religious fanatic" to serve as a "Temple in the clouds." Sanders also writes that "occult ceremonies had occurred" at the ranch and says a police source showed him where the Manson Family had painted cultic circles in the temple in 1970.
Anyway, here's Marvin and the ranch (and an adorable monkey) in the super-fun 1967 documentary Mondo Hollywood. Marvin died in 2005. (go to youtube for Mondo Hollywood and the very cute monkey can be seen around 1:10:00)
Here is another view of the ranch and it appears it can be booked for a reservation
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Post by the Scribe on Sept 16, 2019 5:56:22 GMT -5
The Topanga Story: Order Your Copy Now!April 19, 2012 - By Michele Johnson After 10 years of effort, the Topanga Historical Society (THS) announces the long-anticipated arrival of the expanded second edition of The Topanga Story in May, 2012.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TOPANGA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
After 10 years of effort, the Topanga Historical Society (THS) announces the long-anticipated arrival of the expanded second edition of The Topanga Story in May.
THS members get first crack at reserving a copy of the book, a 400-page beauty featuring dozens of new photos and articles contributed to by several residents. The book was edited by Michele Johnson and designed by award-winning graphic artist Amy Inouye.
Non-members can become THS members for $15, single, or $25, family, a year, which gives them the privilege of pre-ordering the book.
The first edition, edited by Louise Armstrong York, was a gem of a book, so popular among Topanga history buffs that it sold out. In 2002, rather than just reprint the original, the THS decided it was time for an update.
Since York was sidelined by illness, Michele Johnson, an experienced writer and former Topanga Messenger editor, was asked to tackle the project. The long-time Topangan discovered a wealth of new material had been donated to the THS library organized by Ami Kirby, who became photo editor of the expanded edition. The update quickly became a major expansion.
Every chapter has been revised. Respected scientists added new information to the early chapters focusing on the natural canyon and Topanga’s early inhabitants. Articles such as “The Early Rock Scene” about Canyon geology and “Studying our Critters,” written in the unique voice of Topanga biologist Rosi Dagit, add immeasurably to those subjects. Gorgeous new photos punctuate the text with David Blattel’s iconic “Grandmother Oak,” Herbert Petermann’s photo of lupine growing in Summit Valley and Katie Dalsemer’s shot of Cheese Rock in Old Topanga.
It was hard to improve upon Louise’s lively and well-researched stories of Topanga’s early pioneers. But new information on rare and gritty women homesteaders was uncovered and the colorful life of early denizens of Lower Canyon, remembered with affection and fun by a little lady who grew up there, add punch to the new edition as do the additional historic photos.
The later history of the Canyon was widely expanded and features photos from the pages of the Topanga Messenger. “Post-War Pioneers” who moved here after World War II, like Harriet Swenson, tell their colorful, first-hand stories.
Johnson puts a spotlight on the bohemians of the fifties, including those who hung at the Theatricum, attempting to escape the horrors of McCarthyism. After the Beatnik era, Topanga became a hippie haven, sheltering artists, rockers and, for a time, the notorious Charles Manson.
PHOTO MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIVES, COURTESY THS
“The Arts” chapter of Topanga Story doubled in size, fattened by an amazing wealth of material on famous artists and musicians such as Neil Young (above) and Linda Ronstadt.
the 70s, Topanga remained a latter-day hippie oasis. Pulitzer-winning Al Martinez, whose letters are now being celebrated at the Huntington Library, wrote an LA Times piece in 1975, detailing the life of the Canyon with his accustomed wit and heart. It is reprinted in The Topanga Story, as is an excerpt from celebrated Topanga novelist Carolyn See’s “Golden Days,” a novel not so loosely based in the Topanga of the time.
An all-new chapter, “After 1980: Into the New Millennium,” brings us up to date, exploring the activism that saved Summit Valley and brought us T-CEP, and the forces of change that offer Topanga both threat and opportunity.
Expanding within York’s blueprint, there are new calamities detailed in the “Disasters” chapter, especially the fire of 1993 and earthquake of 1994.
“The Arts” chapter doubled in size, fattened primarily by an amazing wealth of material on famous artists and musicians — PHOTO MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIVES, COURTESY THS
Linda Ronstadt, Topanga..
from Linda Ronstadt and Neil Young to Wallace Berman and Woody Guthrie — who made Topanga their home. The anecdotes in that chapter are part of the reason that Johnson considers the history of Topanga “endlessly interesting.”
THS Members pre-order now
Those who are interested in purchasing The Topanga Story The Expanded Edition, should act soon, as it is expected to sell out quickly.
All proceeds go to the programs of the THS for the benefit of all Topangans.
The THS website has been updated to enable current and new members to pre-order (topangahistoricalsociety.org).
Choose from the standard edition at $65, plus tax, S&H, or a linen-bound, slip-cased limited edition (100 copies only are available for this printing) for $300, plus tax, S&H. To save on shipping costs, books can be picked-up at the THS office.
After the official publication, planned for mid-May, The Topanga Story will be available for purchase by non-members through the website, in person at the THS office, or at Topanga Homegrown.
An advance copy of The Topanga Story is available for viewing at the Topanga Historical Society office, 120 S. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Suite 206, Topanga, CA, open Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., or at the Topanga Public Library.
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Post by the Scribe on Sept 28, 2019 16:52:58 GMT -5
That was the month I left home for the first time to go to college. 8 months later I met Linda on campus. Brings back memories. Thanks Val.
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Post by Genny on Oct 9, 2019 21:03:59 GMT -5
This photo is by Ed Caraeff in Topanga Canyon August 22, 1971. He took many beautiful photos of her.
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Post by the Scribe on Oct 10, 2019 1:11:03 GMT -5
This photo is by Ed Caraeff in Topanga Canyon August 22, 1971. He took many beautiful photos of her.
amen to that. I know she was friends with Henry Diltz but I wonder how well she knew Ed? He did take some iconic photos of Linda. At least up until she was into her Trio period, the first aborted attempt.
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 4, 2019 3:31:54 GMT -5
#162 Eagles & Linda Ronstadt Hollywood Commune - Where the California 70's Sound Was Born (1/18/17)
Daze with Jordan the Lion
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Post by Zachariah on Dec 8, 2019 23:07:04 GMT -5
So, as far as the Beachwood Canyon address is concerned, I happened to live in that apartment in 2017 (which is funny 'cuz that's when this thread was started I think). The woman who owns it is the same one who owned it then and lives in the downstairs. She has another apartment set up in the back above the garage. REALLY cute place. Everything in it is super old but in pretty good working order. Apparently the wallpaper in the bathroom is the same wallpaper she picked out back then. Here's a picture I took of the entrance to the place:
2595 Beachwood Canyon Drive
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 9, 2019 1:38:51 GMT -5
Zachariah, you have a photo of the bathroom? Inquiring minds want to know! What was it like living there? I imagine there must be some changes in the area from back in the day. Thanks for posting that.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Dec 9, 2019 8:39:35 GMT -5
Love plant arbors. I get to plant bougainvillea at the Florida house!!!! Cool name, Zacariah!!!! eddiejinnj
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Post by Jeff Cody Morris on Mar 12, 2021 7:33:15 GMT -5
After I moved into 21 Westminster Ave in Venice Ca, I was told by several older tenants, and by one former owner, that Linda Ronstadt lived in my basement unit A/B.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Mar 13, 2021 6:12:00 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum, JCM!!!! So the basement was considered 2 units (A/B)? Just find it very interesting. It's easy to join the forum. Thanks for post. eddiejinfl
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Post by MokyWI on Jun 14, 2021 12:38:20 GMT -5
Linda no longer lived or owned her home next to OJ Simpson’s home when the murders took place at Nichole’s condo on Bundy Drive which was not near Linda’s old home next to Simpson’s. When Linda walked dogs with Nichole it was when she was still married to OJ and lived with him on Rockingham Drive next door to Linda.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2021 17:24:08 GMT -5
Linda sure has known or met her share of infamous perps & unfortunate victims in her life.
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Post by erik on Jul 17, 2021 13:13:38 GMT -5
Well that depends. If she does, then more power to her. San Francisco, however, has been getting progressively hotter during the summer as the years have gone by, as has much of California.
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Post by rick on Jul 17, 2021 14:41:36 GMT -5
I just checked and it is 64 degrees in San Francisco. My friend David, a lifelong resident of San Francisco, was in San Francisco on Tuesday and said it was chilly/cool. My daughter lives in San Francisco and said it's been cool there this summer so far. Once you get out of San Francisco and go down toward the Peninsula, say Palo Alto by Stanford, or over to the East Bay, then it gets warmer.
Where I live by the ocean here in Los Angeles County, it's been around 73 to 75 degrees and I am able to keep my doors and windows open and not use my air conditioning.
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Post by Bob Gillard on Aug 14, 2021 22:54:03 GMT -5
In 1969 I had been out of prison about a year when I met singer/songwriter Warren Zevon. Linda moved in next door sometime in 1970. ? At 78 years old my memory is not what it used to be. Anyway Warren hired me as a body guard but we eventually became fast friends. The garage apartment at the back of Lindas house/apartment mentioned on Beachwood drive was where Stash Waggoneer from "Fraternity of Man" lived with two groupies named Trixie and Dixie and "The Dillards" lived there at another time.. I never knew Harry Dean lived there when I was there....I kept my 1939 Harley chopper in the left part of the back garage. Warren eventually lived in a cabin on top of a steep set of stairs with his beautiful wife Tule. Many nights I spent the night on the front room couch. I think, but am not sure, that Warren and his wife lived in Lindas house long before Linda ever moved there.. I remember hanging out there for hours while Warren wrote songs, got high and entertained friends. His drug habit was the major cause of the several breakups between his wife and himself. Eventually he rented the little bungalo on the hilltop because most of his money was being spent on his habit. He was a part of "Bones Howe Productions" but at that time I think his only album was "Wanted Dead or Alive", produced by Bones He was playing background for other groups or playing piano to make ends meet...Everyone at that address was pretty drugged out but none of us ever realized it...... At that time I was pretty stoned most days. Once Linda moved in Warren seemed to resent her. He said she was pretty stuck up. I truly believe that he resented her success and getting his house. Things fell apart a few months later and Warren acused me of sleeping with his wife.... It was completely false...she really loved him and all I ever did was play the body guard for Warren for Tule and for a short 2 week period I was a body guard for Natalie Cole who was best friends with Tule.....Hope this sheds some light on the Beachwood address in the early Hollywood music scene....... Thanks for listening...Bob
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Post by eddiejinnj on Aug 15, 2021 6:33:34 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum, Bob. Speaking for the forum, we sincerely appreciate reading your perspective as part of the mix for lack of better phrase. It is appreciated for posterity sake. It is easy to join the forum and again thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences. I know they will generate much discussion on here. All have a great Sunday!!!! eddiejinnj
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Post by musedeva on Aug 18, 2021 12:34:43 GMT -5
Wow! a 1939 Harley!!!...thanks Bob for that contribution....Poor Poor Pitiful W......carefull what ya write!
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Post by PoP80 on Aug 18, 2021 12:51:02 GMT -5
In 1969 I had been out of prison about a year when I met singer/songwriter Warren Zevon. Linda moved in next door sometime in 1970. ? At 78 years old my memory is not what it used to be. Anyway Warren hired me as a body guard but we eventually became fast friends. The garage apartment at the back of Lindas house/apartment mentioned on Beachwood drive was where Stash Waggoneer from "Fraternity of Man" lived with two groupies named Trixie and Dixie and "The Dillards" lived there at another time.. I never knew Harry Dean lived there when I was there....I kept my 1939 Harley chopper in the left part of the back garage. Warren eventually lived in a cabin on top of a steep set of stairs with his beautiful wife Tule. Many nights I spent the night on the front room couch. I think, but am not sure, that Warren and his wife lived in Lindas house long before Linda ever moved there.. I remember hanging out there for hours while Warren wrote songs, got high and entertained friends. His drug habit was the major cause of the several breakups between his wife and himself. Eventually he rented the little bungalo on the hilltop because most of his money was being spent on his habit. He was a part of "Bones Howe Productions" but at that time I think his only album was "Wanted Dead or Alive", produced by Bones He was playing background for other groups or playing piano to make ends meet...Everyone at that address was pretty drugged out but none of us ever realized it...... At that time I was pretty stoned most days. Once Linda moved in Warren seemed to resent her. He said she was pretty stuck up. I truly believe that he resented her success and getting his house. Things fell apart a few months later and Warren acused me of sleeping with his wife.... It was completely false...she really loved him and all I ever did was play the body guard for Warren for Tule and for a short 2 week period I was a body guard for Natalie Cole who was best friends with Tule.....Hope this sheds some light on the Beachwood address in the early Hollywood music scene....... Thanks for listening...Bob Interesting personal anecdotes re: Zevon at that time. The Bible (Linda's memoir) states that she never got to know him well. "I remember him as someone who mostly stayed quiet, his complicated gaze directed at the floor." Maybe because he resented her and thought she was stuck up?--lol. In any case, they seemed to have mended fences later on when she recorded his songs and they became big hits.
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Returning to Topanga, this article has Linda saying Gary Hinman, the 1st Manson murder victim, was her next door neighbour vermilioncountyfirst.com/2020/05/19/linda-ronstadt-recalls-dodging-manson-girls-recording-with-neil-young/"During a chat with Mojo magazine, the legendary singer revealed that she has an ugly connection to Charles Manson and his infamous Family, explaining, “They murdered my next door neighbor, Gary Hinman. We knew those girls. They used to hitchhike through the canyon all the time. After (the murder), I didn't go home for a couple of weeks. Eventually, I moved out. Topanga Canyon had a very dark undertone. A funky, dark place, with a lot of those communes; I always shied away from that stuff. And there were floods all the time. I moved to Beechwood Canyon, which was very handy for the Troubadour.” Hinman lived at 964 Old Topanga Canyon Road, so what number was Linda at then?
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Post by Guest on Sept 28, 2022 20:37:19 GMT -5
I am looking for Linda Ronsdat current house in Sea Cliff, San Francisco....does anyone know the street address...found her old location fine...
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Post by MokyWI on Sept 29, 2022 9:36:51 GMT -5
I am looking for Linda Ronsdat current house in Sea Cliff, San Francisco....does anyone know the street address...found her old location fine... I hope no one gives you an answer. It’s her current home and the address if known by someone on this board I hope won’t give it out, doing so should NEVER be allowed on this board. Complete invasion of her privacy and safety.
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