Hollywood Eden: Electric Guitars, Fast Cars, and the Myth of the California Paradise

Now in paperback — from surf music to hot-rod records to the sunny pop of the Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, the Byrds, and the Mama’s & the Papa’s, Hollywood Eden captures the fresh blossom of a young generation who came together in the epic spring of the 1960s to invent the myth of the California Paradise.
Central to the story is a group of sun-kissed teens from the UniversityHigh School class of 1958 — a class that included Jan & Dean, Nancy Sinatra, and future members of the Beach Boys — who c...