Front Cover -- Front Flip -- Title Page -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Author's Note -- Introduction: Brothers -- 1. Dreamers of the Golden Dream -- 2. Magic Transistor Radio -- 3. They Put the Bomp -- 4. The Second Jesus -- 5. Everybody Had an Ocean -- …
Los Angeles in the 1960s gave the world some of the greatest music in rock 'n' roll history: "California Dreamin'" by the Mamas and the Papas, "Mr. Tambourine Man" by the Byrds, and "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys, a song that magnificently summarized the joy and beauty of t…
"Excellent social history...an indispensable account of a time of beauty and terror." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review A modern epic of the battles between innocence and cynicism, joy and terror Los Angeles in the 1960s gave the world some of the greatest music in rock 'n' rol…
Los Angeles in the 1960s gave the world some of the greatest music in rock 'n' roll history: "California Dreamin'" by the Mamas and the Papas, "Mr. Tambourine Man" by the Byrds, and "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys, a song that magnificently summarized the joy and beauty of t…
Los Angeles in the 1960s gave the world some of the greatest music in rock 'n' roll history: "California Dreamin'" by the Mamas and the Papas, "Mr. Tambourine Man" by the Byrds, and "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys, a song that magnificently summarized the joy and beauty of t…