Did You, Too, Survive the 1970s?
Did you ever sneak out of the house to hang with your "juvenile delinquent" best friend, scarf down fresh buttermilk doughnuts at three in the morning after smoking weed all day, take a terrifying peyote trip at a Stones concert, crash your parents' car, ignore your tickets until they went to warrant, and end up in jail for a night—yet feel it was all worthwhile because you got to rub elbows with rock stars, actors, politicians, and even astronauts?
In his memoir, Welcome to Fabulous Angeles: The Rock 'n' Roll Adventures of a Wayward Westside Teen, Richard A. Lefkowitz navigates the sharp edges of the generation gap splitting him from his Depression-era parents. Ricky, a rebel with a romantic soul, yearns to heed the restless stirrings of his artistic strings while, like his city, he tries to spread his wings beyond unstable boundaries.
Join the author for his joyride through the glamour and grit of LA's backstreets, descending into all-night escapades and confrontations with police, fueled by love, drugs, and FM radio songs and personalities. With the help of his best friend, Moxie, Ricky blusters and bluffs his way into exclusive parties and once-in-a-lifetime concerts, crossing paths with a host of celebrities including the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, the Doobie Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Muddy Waters, Joni Mitchell, and B. B. King.
Weaving LA and music history, pop culture, and a relentless pursuit of personal truth into a vivid tapestry illustrating the volatility of the psychedelic new age, Welcome to Fabulous Angeles takes you on an entertaining journey of raucous revelry. It brings back the fractious tracks of unforgettable times, while its bittersweet symphony makes you laugh, cry, and sing.