Dave McGowan's Laurel Canyon expose' is a gold mine showing connection between celebrities and national security. "Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon How did an uncanny amount of rock superstars emerge from the rustic Laurel Canyon scene of the mid 60s when the primary music centers of the US at that time were NYC, Nashville, and Detroit? Why were many of these future stars sons and daughters of the military/intelligence complex and extreme privilege who just happened to all arrive in LA at the same time? From the Lizard King Jim Morrison to Frank Zappa, the Mamas and Papas, the Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, even the Monkees, they all had conspicuous family heritages that did not exactly jive with what would become the free love, anti war soundtrack of a generation. Meanwhile, looming behind these musicians was a dark underbelly of Hollywood stars, young turks, the mob, shadowy intelligence assets, and charmers like little Charlie Manson who everyone liked at first.. How and why did this all happen? And what about that covert military installation on Lookout Mountain? Are you ready to have your rock and roll fantasies challenged? You may never listen to this music the same way ever again. "
We would drive around that mountain every week on our regular trip to Florida in big truck. We were always heavily loaded too. You had to downshift when pulling those hills.
One time I had a green kid with me. I figured he would get lost running around the bypass in Atlanta, so I drove the middle part of the run. We left Flying J in Lake Park, GA and I hit the sleeper.
When I woke up I asked him, "Where are we at?" He said, "Hwy 27."
I could tell by the lights on left side of road that he went too far. I told him, "Get over in next left turn lane and pull all the way up to median across the way. When you make your turn, get the tractor all the way over on shoulder." Otherwise he would have pulled the trailer across the median and we were heavily loaded.
And that wasn't the only time he missed a turn. I'll bet he isn't driving trucks any longer.
If you asked the boss, who is now the son if the former owner about him, I bet he would say, "Oh, him? We had to get rid of him. He couldn't find his way around." ROTFLMAO!