Rodgers: Talevski, Knocking on Heaven’s Door.
Rudetsky: death certificate; press coverage including Daily Express, 22 December 1986.
Serrano Serrano: Segalstad and Hunter, The 27s.
Shari: Malaysian news sites including www.murai.com.my.
Smith: Larkin (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Popular Music; Talevski, Knocking on Heaven’s Door.
Thain: inquest report, Daily Mirror, 11 February 1976; www.garythain.com.
Turner: Guardian obituary, 11 September 2011.
Walker: New York Times, 1 December 1995.
Ward: myspace; Segalstad and Hunter, The 27s.
Wilson: death certificate; de la Parra, Living the Blues.
Winehouse: death certificate; inquests.
Yohn: profile in International Trumpet Guild Journal, September 1997.
Zapata: news report in Rolling Stone, 2 September 1993.
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INDEX
Aberdeen High School 35, 38, 40, 76
Adderley, Julian ‘Cannonball’ 59
‘Addicted’ (Amy Winehouse) 258, 270–1
‘Adonais’ (Shelley) 173
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The (Mark Twain) 36
Aftermath (Rolling Stones) 88
Aigner, Ryan 73–5
‘Ain’t Too Proud to Beg’ (Rolling Stones’ cover of) 150–1
‘Alabama Song’ (Doors’ cover of) 71
Alan, Patrick 137, 138, 161
Albini, Steve 226, 227
Alexander, Dave 15, 303
Alexander, Pernell 25, 26
Allen, Nathan 143
Allen, Paul 295
Altman, John 137, 161, 162, 194
Alvarez, Al 87
‘Ambulance Man’ (unreleased Winehouse song) 78
Amirian, Elizabeth ‘Bipsy’ 303
‘Amy, Amy, Amy’ (Amy Winehouse) 78
Amy, My Daughter (Mitch Winehouse) 43, 45, 46–7, 55, 77, 80, 265, 268, 300
Amy Winehouse Foundation 55, 282, 297–8, 299, 300, 301
Andrew, Sam 28, 67, 127–8, 184, 202, 216, 233, 289
Andrews, Pat 23, 58–61, 84, 173, 178, 180, 181
Animals, the 65
Annie (Charles Strouse et al) 47
Anthony Jade (Amy’s cat) 5
Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare) 223, 237
Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola) 222, 290
Are You Experienced? (Jimi Hendrix album) 92
Are You Experienced? (Noel Redding memoir) 116
‘As Tears Go By’ (Rolling Stones) 85
Ashby, Juliette 44, 49, 57, 80, 81, 151
Ashmole Secondary School 48
Ashton, Bill 53
Association, the 94
Atherton, Anthony 25, 26, 115–16, 121
Ava (Amy’s pet canary) 78
Avalon Ballroom, the (San Francisco) 68
Avery, Teo 79
Axis: Bold as Love (Jimi Hendrix) 119
Azerrad, Michael 132
Aztec Coffee Bar 23
Babitz, Mirandi 124–5, 206, 222
‘Back Door Man’ (the Doors) 123
Back to Black (Winehouse album)
Grammy awards won by 4, 156
liner notes to 108
photo shoot for 141–2
playing of outside Amy’s home on night of her funeral 283
songs of 79, 111–12, 139–40, 144, 250, 258, 271, 280
success of 137, 148–9, 150, 153, 156, 250
‘Back to Black’ (Winehouse single) 111, 139, 144, 272
Badfinger 224, 304
Baithun, Professor Suhail 298
Baker, Dr 237
Baker, Maury 184
‘Ball and Chain’ (Janis Joplin) 95, 128
Band of Gypsys 186
Band of Gypsys (Jimi Hendrix album) 119
Barak, Daphne 251
Barnett, Professor Adrian 14
Barney’s Beanery (LA) 201, 202, 204, 205
Bashlachev, Alexander ‘Sasha’ 17, 224, 303
Baudelaire, Charles 31, 209
‘Beat It’ (Michael Jackson) 145–6, 151
Beatles, the 62, 84, 117, 130, 165, 179, 224, 295
Beese, Darcus 299
Beggars Banquet (Rolling Stones) 131
Behring Breivik, Anders 7
Belgrade, Amy’s disastrous concert in 4, 9, 269–74
Bell, Chris 303
Belvin, Jesse 303
Bennett, Tony 6, 42, 48, 256, 264, 299
Ben’s Toilet Saloon 42
Bergman, Ingmar 168
Berkeley Square Summer Ball 161–2, 247
Bernett, Sam 291
Bernstein, Maurice 149, 150, 153
Berry, Chuck 62
Between the Buttons (Rolling Stones) 89
‘Between the Cheats’ (Amy Winehouse) 157, 299
Big Brother and the Holding Company (album) 128
Big Brother and the Holding Company (band) 35, 67–8, 94–5, 115, 127–8, 184, 233, 289
see also Andrew, Sam; Joplin, Janis
Big Roll Band, the 86
bipolar disorder 21, 36, 56, 67, 86, 101, 125, 143, 189, 305
Birth of Tragedy, The (Friedrich Nietzsche) 32
Bizet, Georges 219
Blake, William 69
Bleach (Nirvana) 100–1
Bloodstone 16, 304
Blue Angel, The (Josef von Sternberg) 33
Blues & Soul magazine 81
Blues Incorporated 59
‘Body and Soul’ (Winehouse and Bennett cover) 264
Bon Homme Richard, USS 32–3
Bonafede, Sal 72, 126
Bono 145
Boon, Dennis 174, 303
borderline personality disorder (BPD) 265–6
Boy George 306
Brand, Russell 161
Branton, Leo 286–7
‘Break on Through’ (the Doors) 71, 92
Brian Jones Fan Club, the 178, 179
Brian Jones: The Inside Story of the Original Rolling Stone (Nicholas Fitzgerald) 176
Bridges, Alvenia 196, 197
Brigati, David 64
BRIT Awards 149
BRIT School, Croydon 53, 56, 147
Brittan, Lord (Leon) 139
Brodsky, Joel 98, 292
Bromfield, Dionne 160–1, 249, 276
Brooks, Harvey 126, 191
Brown, Tony 196–7
Browne, Tara 117
Buddhism, Kurt Cobain’s interest in 74, 238, 243, 296
Burdon, Eric 194, 195, 196, 197, 285
Buried Alive (Myra Friedman) 188
Burr, David 223, 232, 233–4, 241, 242
Burroughs, William S. 110
Bush Theatre (London) 106
Byrne Cooke, John 28, 95, 185, 188, 189, 190, 198, 200, 201–2
Cable, Andrew 10
Cafe au Go Go (NY) 65
Campbell, Brad 203
Canadinhas, Ricardo 50–2, 250, 278
Canned Heat 17, 94, 130, 224, 307
Capio Nightingale Hospital 156
Carroll, Linda 104
‘Cars Hiss By My Window’ (the Doors) 207
Caserta, Peggy 200
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller) 50
Cavett, Dick 27, 189
Cedars-Sinai Hospital (LA) 134, 135
‘The Celebration of the Lizard’ (Jim Morrison) 123
Chalpin, Ed 64, 186
Chandler, Chas 65, 116, 193
Channel 4 documentary 251
Channing, Chad 101
Charles, Ray 49
Charles-Ridler, Doug 5, 160, 247–8, 255, 260, 276, 277, 278
Chateau Marmont (LA) 150, 205, 210
Chauvin, Louis 13, 303
Cheap Thrills (Janis Joplin/Big Brother and the Holding Company) 127, 128–9
Cheltenham Cemetery 173, 285
Cheltenham Grammar School 21
Cherry Westfield Ltd 80, 251, 263
Chopin, Frédéric 219, 293
Chris (Amy’s first serious boyfriend) 57, 78, 79, 81, 106, 303
Chris Barber Jazz Band 59
Christian, Arlester ‘Dyke’ 303
> Church, Charlotte (TV show) 145–6
Ciarlet, Danièle see Zouzou
Cinderella (Milton Keynes Christmas pantomime) 253
City Savings & Loans Ltd 54–5
Civil, Georgette (formerly Fielder) 109, 110, 151
Civil, Giles 109–10, 151–2
Clapton, Eric 131
Clare, Alex 114, 140–1, 142, 146, 147, 149, 150
Cleopatra 237
Cleopatra-style eyeliner, Amy’s 56, 141
Cobain, Art 35
Cobain, Burle 35, 38
Cobain, Don 36–8, 39, 136, 230
Cobain, Frances Bean 134, 135, 225, 227, 229, 231, 233, 235, 236, 238, 240, 245, 296
Cobain, Iris 38, 47, 76, 230
Cobain, Jim 38
Cobain, Kenny 35
Cobain, Kimberley 35
Cobain, Kurt
background history 34–40, 73–4
at birth of Frances Bean Cobain 134
and Bleach album 100–1
body image, preoccupation with 102
closeness of to Iris Cobain 47, 230
death of 12, 15, 16, 17, 223, 224, 228, 229, 238, 240–2, 244–6, 257, 303
descent into drug addiction of during early years of Nirvana 101–4
enduring popularity of 284, 295
estate of 296
Exodus counselling session 235–6, 241
final hours of 236, 238–40
forming and naming of Nirvana 69, 74, 102
Goldberg and Burr’s attempt to straighten out 232–5, 241
and In Utero album 136, 225–7, 228
marriage of 133
memorial and funeral service 242–3
obsession of with suicide and death 38, 74–5, 102, 122, 135, 188, 222, 225, 237, 244
onstage performance of 75–6, 101, 103–4
overdose in Munich 231–2
parallels with Amy Winehouse 75, 100, 105, 230, 235, 257, 260, 262, 266, 280
parallels with Richey Edwards 225
parents’ break-up 24, 36–7, 45, 226
rage of 86, 104, 136, 230
relationship with Courtney Love 104, 105, 113, 132–6, 226, 227–9, 230–1, 232, 236, 242, 245–6
self-destructive nature of 18–19, 228, 232
suicide note of 239–40, 244
truancy of 48
see also Nirvana
Cobain, Leland 16, 36, 38, 76, 105, 230, 245
Cobain, Wendy (née Fradenburg) see O’Connor, Wendy (formerly Cobain)
Cobden Club, the (London) 138
Cole, Brian 93–4
Cole, Marlene 21
Collins, Henry 258
Collins, Richard 277
Columbia Records 70
‘Come and Get it’ (Badfinger) 224
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