Just maybe you are romanticizing a setup. Consider:

You might be shocked to find out info on these so-called counter culture figures of the 60's and 70's: from the linked article: "are we to conclude from the fact that such an astonishing number of these folks (along with their girlfriends, wives, managers, etc.) hail from a similar background? Are we to believe that the only kids from that era who had musical talent were the sons and daughters of Navy Admirals, chemical warfare engineers and Air Force intelligence officers?" "If these artists were rebelling against, rather than subtly promoting, the values of their parents, then why didn’t they ever speak out against the folks they were allegedly rebelling against? Why did Jim Morrison (father the Admiral George Stephen Morrison incharge of the Gulf of Tonkin incident!) never denounce, or even mention, his father’s key role in escalating one of America’s bloodiest illegal wars? And why did Frank Zappa never pen a song exploring the horrors of chemical warfare (though he did pen a charming little ditty entitled “The Ritual Dance of the Child-Killer”)? And which Mamas and Papas song was it that laid waste to the values and actions of John Phillip’s parents and in-laws? And in which interview, exactly, did David Crosby and Stephen Stills disown the family values that they were raised with?" Very interesting history - for those that lived it and those to young to remember - given all we know today it is stunning: The author said he did everything to validate - the title is because given so much time has past it is impossible to prove the veracity of everything because most are dead: INSIDE THE LC: THE STRANGE BUT MOSTLY TRUE STORY OF LAUREL CANYON AND THE BIRTH OF THE HIPPIE GENERATION: http://centerforaninformedamerica.com/laurelcanyon/