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Photos left to right: Brian Wilson and Jakob Dylan; David Crosby and Jakob Dylan; Stephen Stills in the studio; Ringo Starr and Jakob Dylan.
to him. I’d dedicate it to him if he was here as well. He was just that important and impactful.”
“Echo In The Canyon” is the kind of film that will likely lead music enthusiasts on a pilgrimage to Laurel Canyon and beyond to search out
the homes of the songwriters and landmarks in the movie. Many of the monuments still exist, including the Canyon Country Store and the famous nightclubs such as The Viper Room, the Troubadour and the Whiskey a Go Go. Some
of the studios are also still there, but they exist as one-story buildings, and that’s not good in a place like L.A.
“Someone’s gonna knock ‘em down and put up high rises eventually,” explained Dylan. “If you want to check them out, I would say sooner rather than later.”
With the film project behind him, the Wallflowers founder is looking forward to getting back to his music career. No doubt he is happy with his decision to take on such an unexpected detour to make the film.
“It’s a long road making a documentary,” Dylan said. “Now that it’s done, I think it’s terrific.”
And that it is.
William J. Purpura is the editor of AAA Magazine.
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