Echo In The Canyon - 2019 - 5/10

Overhyped documentary seems created primarily for an uninformed homage concert.
Leading SoCal musicians took up residences in Laurel Canyon from the mid-60’s onward.
Surviving relics air their history of what times were like. The fog of misremembered nostalgia hangs.
A great many people and bands omitted, chief among them: The Doors, Joni Mitchell, Zappa’s cronies.
The retro concert showcase more current performers who do not seem to grasp the songs.
So-called “classic” songs were originally sung by musicians in their twenties, brimming with optimism and hope.
Modern concert event is performed by aging X-ers (in their 40’s-50’s) too old and too jaded for optimism, having grown up with a worldview of irony and sarcasm.
I had been looking forward to this since I first heard of it. Sadly, this was a major disappointment.
My bride, equally soured, began playing Byrds albums to wash the new arrangements from her ears.