The Laurel Canyon of the novel is a real place, and the people around it are real too. Crosby, Stills & Nash, whose harmonies came together in a canyon living room. Neil Young. Elliot Roberts, who managed both Joni Mitchell and Neil Young. David Geffen, who started in a talent agency's mail room and built Asylum Records.
Jamie White, the singer at the center of the novel, is the one invented character who walks into that room.
In this reel I talk about them — who they were, and what really happened there.