Our House

Cool.

And at this time as well, she moves to Laurel Canyon and purchases a small house where she and Graham Nash live together, and he wrote "Our House" about this time at her house.

"Our House"

"Is a very, very fine house."

Yeah.

You can find it, it's, like, on Spotify or Apple Music as well.

Mm.

But in the, like, I believe it's their first Crosby, Stills, and Nash record with, with "Our House" on it.

And she says, you know, uh, Graham Nash's company just a- they, these guys were pioneer in glycite printing, and they were doing a lot of really interesting things, and Mac was really great on the phone.

And my wife Betty says to him, "You know, Mac," she says, "I think we're gonna give you the job, but I just have one request." And she goes, "What's ..." Mac says, "What's that?" "I, I'm gonna need a Graham-" To personally give me a rendition of Our House-

[laughs]

... at some point during the shoot, and you guys have the job." And he goes, "No problem, Betty.

All I can say, Betty, is you must really love his ass."

[laughs]

And he proceeds to play one of the best five, from what I understand, top five versions ever of Our House.

Wow.

He did the song, um, you're probably familiar with, uh-

Our House?

Just-

Yes

...

Our House.

Okay.

Yeah.

His bandmates, Roger McGuinn and Mr. Crosby, settled there, too.

So did members of other groups—the Turtles, the Monkees— Laurel Canyon was where Graham Nash wrote Our House for Joni Mitchell in 1969, where Carole King released Tapestry two years later, and where Mama Cass Elliott held house parties.

Bill Mummy, 72, a veteran performer who moved to the area in 1973 after achieving fame as a child actor, recalled jam sessions that echoed from house to house as one musician and then another would riff into the canyon on electric guitar.

I started one band, then another one, and then another one.

I would love that.

I've been really obsessed with, there's a demo of- Our House? Have you heard this demo?

Yes, it's my obsession.

My friend Elliot sent it to me and then they needle dropped it at the end of the invite.