Tapestry

Yesterday was the fifty anniversary of the release of Carole King's masterpiece Tapestry. 

Carole made her way from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, eventually settling in Laurel Canyon. Surrounded my like-minded souls, the release of Tapestry launched her into the singer-songwriter stratosphere. It garnered her four Grammy Awards that year, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year (for You've Got A Friend), and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. 

The album cover shows Carole and her cat Telemachus perched next to a window in her Laurel Canyon home. Oh to have been a fly on the wall during those magical and heady days....

"Ask anyone in America where the craziest people live and they'll tell you California. Ask anyone in California where the craziest people live and they'll say Los Angeles. Ask anyone in Los Angeles where the craziest people live and they'll say Hollywood. Ask anyone in Hollywood where the craziest people live and they'll say Laurel Canyon. Ask anyone in Laurel Canyon where the craziest people live and they'll say Lookout Mountain. So I bought a house on Lookout Mountain." – Joni Mitchell