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Ahbez composed the song "Nature Boy" about friend and fellow freegan hippie Robert Gypsy Boots Bootzin, which told a fantasy of a "strange enchanted boy" "who wandered very far" only to learn that "the greatest gift" "was just to love and be loved in return." It was a huge hit for Nat King Cole, and would be covered by Frank Sinatra, John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan, David Bowie, and Céline Dion.

Eden lived a bucolic life. He refused to use capital letters to spell his name. He travelled in sandals, camped out below the first L in the Hollywood sign above Los Angeles, studied Oriental mysticism , and cultivated a ChristChrist from the Greek Χριστός, or Khristós means anointed and is equivalent to the Hebrew term Messiah''. Also suitable is the approximate name pronounced at the time ,Yeshua. In the Christian religi-like appearance with his shoulder-length hair and beard. He claimed to live on three dollars a week, sleeping outdoors with his family, eating vegetables, fruits, and nuts.

In the mid-'50s, he did some recording with jazzFor other article subjects named Jazz see jazz (disambiguation). Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. It has been called the first original art form to develop in th musician Herb Jeffries ; he also did some occasional composing and singing, sometimes for rock & roll novelty records. His most comprehensive statement as a recording artist, however, was the 1960 LP Eden's Island , a bizarre record which mixed exoticaThis article is about the musical genre. For the 1994 Atom Egoyan film, see Exotica (movie). Exotica is a musical genre, named for the 1957 Martin Denny album of the same title, popular during the late 1950's to mid 1960's typically with the middle aged s album and beatnikBeatnik can refer to two different things: A member of the Beat Generation An esoteric programming language The Beatnik Stereotype The term " Beatnik" was coined by Herb Caen of the San Francisco Chronicle on April 2, 1958 as a derogatory term, a referenc poetryPoetry is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. It consists largely of oral or literary works in which language is used in a manner that is felt by its use. Many consider it as one of the weirdest exotica records ever created.

Ahbez was also photographed with Brian WilsonSee Brian Wilson (politician) for the Labour MP in the UK. Brian Wilson (born June 20, 1942, in Hawthorne, California) is an American pop musician, best known as a founding member of and the main producer, composer, and arranger for The Beach Boys. Wilson in the studio in 1966, lending further credence to the theory that the head Beach Boy was influenced by exotica during the Pet SoundsPet Sounds is the title of the 1966 LP recorded by American pop group The Beach Boys. Long regarded as the masterpiece of composer-producer Brian Wilson, it has been hailed as one of the best and most influential albums in popular music, and many leading and Smile sessions. Ironically, he died in 1995 after being hit by a car.