Nature Boys of Palm Springs had strange and famous lives

The author of the song "Nature Boy" died in Palm Springs at the age of 86 after having wandered very far, very far indeed ...
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The Original Nature Boy: Eden Ahbez

Ahbez moved to LA in 1941 and started playing piano in a health-food store and raw-food restaurant called the Eutropheon, run by German immigrants on Laurel Canyon Blvd. There he met and hung out with ...
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Hitchhiking Tom Waits was once picked up by ‘Nature Boy’ songwriter Eden Ahbez

Tom Waits has recalled the extraordinary moment he was given a lift by none other than Eden Ahbez, the writer behind Nat King Cole’s hit song “Nature Boy”. The notoriously interview-shy US musician ...
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‘Nature Boy’ composer Eden Ahbez led a Los Angeles life under the stars

The song "Nature Boy" was a huge hit for Nat King Cole and recorded by hundreds of artists, including Frank Sinatra, David Bowie, and Lady Gaga. But most people don’t know the story of the composer, ...