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
the era in three and a half minutes.
But there was a dark flip side to the fun fun fun
of the music, a nexus between naive young musicians and the hangers-on
who exploited the decade’s peace, love, and flowers ethos, all fueled by
sex, drugs, and overnight success. One surf music superstar unwittingly
subsidized the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr. The transplanted Texas
singer Bobby Fuller might have been murdered by the Mob in what is still
an unsolved case. And after hearing Charlie Manson sing, Neil Young
recommended him to the president of Warner Bros. Records. Manson’s
ultimate rejection by the music industry likely led to the infamous
murders that shocked a nation.
Everybody Had an Ocean
chronicles the migration of the rock ’n’ roll business to Southern
California and how the artists flourished there. The cast of characters
is astonishing—Brian and Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean,
eccentric producer Phil Spector, Cass Elliot, Sam Cooke, Ike and Tina
Turner, Joni Mitchell, and scores of others—and their stories form a
modern epic of the battles between innocence and cynicism, joy and
terror. You’ll never hear that beautiful music in quite the same way.
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