Most of the musicians in the Laurel Canyon scene of the 60's &70's came from northern Virginia, home of the Pentagon and CIA, whose parents worked in military intelligence.

"And so it is that, even while the father is actively conspiring to fabricate an incident that will be used to massively accelerate an illegal war, the son is positioning himself to become an icon of the ‘hippie’/anti-war crowd. Nothing unusual about that, I suppose. It is, you know, a small world and all that. And it is not as if Jim Morrison’s story is in any way unique."

Interesting read. Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon: Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops & the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream, David McGowan. centerforaninformedamer…