‘Echo In The Canyon’ Premiere in Asbury Park

Echo In The Canyon celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of LA’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-60s as folk went electric and The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas and the Papas gave birth to the California Sound. It was a moment (1965 to 1967) when bands came to LA to emulate The Beatles and Laurel Canyon emerged as a hotbed of creativity and collaboration for a new generation of musicians who would soon put an indelible stamp on the history of American popular music.

Featuring Jakob Dylan, the film explores the beginnings of the Laurel Canyon music scene. Dylan uncovers never-before-heard personal details behind the bands and their songs and how that music continues to inspire today. Echo in the Canyon contains candid conversations and performances with Brian Wilson, Ringo Starr, Michelle Phillips, Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Roger McGuinn and Jackson Browne as well as contemporary musicians they influenced such as Tom Petty (in his very last film interview), Beck, Fiona Apple, Cat Power, Regina Spektor and Norah Jones.

The Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, New Jersey will host a premiere of the film on Thursday, April 25th. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Jakob Dylan and the film’s director, Andrew Slater, plus musical performance by Jakob Dylan, Cat Power and Jade (singer from Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros) performing songs by The Byrds, Beach Boys, and The Mamas & The Papas.

Check out the trailer below, and get your tickets here!