L.A. Sound history test

There’s a pre-concert vibe outside the Ace Hotel theater in downtown Los Angeles, people spilling off the sidewalk into the street as they wait for the doors to open.

It’s not unusual for estranged musicians to reconcile and start working together again, even when the musicians are family.

I was 13 years old when my brother placed a round, grooved disc of vinyl on the record player, dropped the needle and introduced me to the Doors, an L.A.

A case could be made that motor vehicles run a close second to electric guitars in the hierarchy of technological devices that have shaped Neil Young’s life.

Throughout the history of Southern California rock, two bands have loomed largest in America’s popular imagination: the Beach Boys and the Eagles.

It was a battle that John Densmore wishes didn’t require the beating of his drum, but one that his conscience wouldn’t let him sidestep when he decided to sue his former bandmates in the Doors, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger.