15. Playboy, November 1968.
Eleven: The Tao of Cowboy
Author interviews with: Leonard Cohen, David Crosby, Bob Johnston, Marianne Ihlen, Terese Coe, Liberty, Thelma Blitz, Danny Fields, Kris Kristofferson, Steve Sanfield, Richard Vick, Terry Oldfield, Henry Zemel, Bill Donovan, Ron Cornelius, Charlie Daniels
Books, films and documents: Artist’s cards, Columbia Records Archive. Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems 1956–1968, Jonathan Cape, 1969. Bob Dylan, Chronicles: Volume One, Simon & Schuster, 2004. Lian Lunson, Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man, documentary film, Lionsgate, 2005. Michael Ondaatje, Leonard Cohen, McClelland & Stewart, 1970.
Chapter heading: SS.
1. Prologue at concert in Paris, June 6, 1976, leonardcohen-prologues.com.
2. Prologue at concert in Nuremberg, May 10, 1988, leonardcohen-prologues.com.
3. Lunson, 2005.
4. Dylan, 2004.
5. Rainer Blome, trans. Nick Townsend, Sounds, 1969.
6. Prologue at Henderson Hospital concert, UK, August 1970.
7. Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems 1956–1968, dust jacket of U.S. first edition, Viking, 1968.
8. Ondaatje, 1970.
9. SS, 2001.
10. Blome, 1969.
11. Michael Harris, Duel, Winter 1969.
12. Ibid.
13. SS, 2001.
14. Alec Dubro, Rolling Stone, May 17, 1969.
15. William Kloman, New York Times, April 27, 1969.
Twelve: O Make Me a Mask
Author interviews with: Leonard Cohen, Suzanne Elrod, David Cohen, Steve Sanfield, Danny Fields, Bob Johnston, Charlie Daniels, Ron Cornelius, Mort Rosengarten, Bill Donovan, Ian Milne, Kris Kristofferson, Jeff Dexter, Murray Lerner
Film and documents: Artist’s cards, Columbia Records Archive. Murray Lerner, Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970, CD and documentary film, Columbia Legacy, 2009.
Chapter heading: Dylan Thomas, “O Make Me a Mask,” 1938.
1. Paul Saltzman, “Famous Last Words from Leonard Cohen,” Maclean’s, June 1972.
2. Archive.
3. Pamela Andriotakis and Richard Oulahan, People, January 14, 1980.
4. Archive.
5. SS, 2001.
6. Gavin Martin, NME, October 19, 1991.
7. Harvey Kubernik, Melody Maker, March 1, 1975.
8. Robin Denselow, Guardian, May 11, 1970.
9. Archive.
10. Nancy Erlich, Billboard, August 8, 1970.
11. Steve Turner, NME, June 29, 1974.
12. Lerner, 2009.
Thirteen: The Veins Stand Out Like Highways
Author interviews with: Leonard Cohen, Suzanne Elrod, Charlie Daniels, Ron Cornelius, Joe Boyd, Chris Darrow, Chester Crill, David Lindley, Henry Zemel, Brian Cullman, Bob Johnston, Bill Donovan, Peter Marshall, Steven Machat, Liberty, Steve Sanfield, Tony Palmer
Books, films and documents: Artist’s cards, Columbia Records Archive. Leonard Cohen, The Energy of Slaves, McClelland & Stewart, 1972. Tony Palmer, Bird on a Wire, documentary film, 1974. Henry Zemel, Bonds of the Past, documentary film, 1972.
Chapter heading: Leonard Cohen, “Dress Rehearsal Rag,” Songs of Love and Hate, Columbia, 1971.
1. SS, 2001.
2. Roy Shipston, Disc & Music Echo, November 14, 1970.
3. John Walsh, MOJO, September 1994.
4. Martin Walker, Guardian, November 8, 1972.
5. SS, 2001.
6. Karl Dallas, Melody Maker, May 22, 1976.
7. Paul Saltzman, “Famous Last Words from Leonard Cohen,” Maclean’s, June 1972.
8. Leonard Cohen, “I have no talent left,” The Energy of Slaves, June 1972.
9. Cohen, “The poems don’t love us anymore,” Ibid.
10. Cohen, “How we loved you,” Ibid.
11. Cohen, “You are almost always with someone else,” Ibid.
12. Cohen, “The 15-year-old girls,” Ibid.
13. Times Literary Supplement, January 5, 1973.
14. Stephen Scobie, Leonard Cohen, Douglas & McIntyre, 1978.
15. Saltzman, 1972.
16. Palmer, 1974.
Fourteen: A Shield Against the Enemy
Author interviews with: Leonard Cohen, John Lissauer, Lewis Furey, Mort Rosengarten, Bob Johnston, Suzanne Elrod, Tony Palmer, Henry Zemel, Marianne Ihlen, Terry Oldfield, Leanne Ungar, Malka Marom, Danny Fields, Harvey Kubernik, Paul Body, Richard Vick, Aviva Layton, Larry “Ratso” Sloman
Book, films and documents: Artist’s cards, Columbia Records Archive. L. S. Dorman and C. L. Rawlins, Leonard Cohen: Prophet of the Heart, 1990. Ira B. Nadel, Various Positions, Bloomsbury, 1996. Tony Palmer, Bird on a Wire, documentary film, 1974. Larry “Ratso” Sloman, On the Road with Bob Dylan, 1978; reprinted by Three Rivers Press, 2002.
Chapter heading: Leonard Cohen, “Lover Lover Lover,” New Skin for the Old Ceremony, Columbia, 1974.
1. Archive, “The Woman Being Born/My Life in Art,” 1973.
2. Robin Pike, ZigZag, October 1974.
3. Ibid.
4. Roy Hollingworth, Melody Maker, February 24, 1973.
5. Leonard Cohen, “My Life in Art,” unpublished manuscript, Archive.
6. Ibid.
7. Pike, ZigZag, 1974.
8. Gavin Martin, NME, October 19, 1991.
9. Leonard Cohen, “The Final Revision of My Life in Art,” unpublished manuscript, cited in Nadel, 1996.
10. Article marking the twentieth anniversary of the war, Maariv, 1993, trans. Doron B. Cohen.
11. Cohen, “The Final Revision.”
12. Leonard Cohen, prologue to live performance of “Lover Lover Lover,” Frankfurt, Germany, October 6, 1974, leonardcohen-prologues.com.
13. Pike, ZigZag, 1974.
14. Harvey Kubernik, Melody Maker, March 1, 1975.
15. Leonard Cohen, liner notes to Greatest Hits/The Best of Leonard Cohen, 1975.
16. Michael Wale, ZigZag, August 1974.
17. Kubernik, Melody Maker, 1975.
18. Cited in Dorman and Rawlins, 1990.
19. Clipping from NME, 1974 (author and date unknown).
20. Paul Nelson, Rolling Stone, February 26, 1975.
21. Prologue at concert in Melbourne, Australia, March 1980, leonardcohen-prologues.com.
22. Barry Coleman, Guardian, September 13, 1974.
23. Harry Rasky, The Song of Leonard Cohen (documentary film), 1980.
24. Larry Sloman, Rolling Stone, November 1974.
25. Kubernik, Melody Maker, 1975.
26. Archive, “My Life in Art.”
27. Leonard Cohen, “The End of My Life in Art,” unpublished essay, Archive.
Fifteen: I Love You, Leonard
Author interviews with: Leonard Cohen, Dan Kessel, David Kessel, Harvey Kubernik, Suzanne Elrod, Hal Blaine, John Lissauer, Steven Machat, Malka Marom, Ronee Blakley
Books, films and documents: Artist’s cards, Columbia Records Archive. Leonard Cohen, Death of a Lady’s Man, 1978. Mick Brown, Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector, Knopf, 2007. Leonard Cohen Under Review 1934–1977, documentary film, Chrome Dreams, 2007. Steven Machat, Gods, Gangsters and Honour, Beautiful Books, 2010. Richard Williams, Phil Spector: Out of His Head, 1972; Omnibus reprint, 2003.
Chapter heading: Phil Spector, quoted by Leonard Cohen to Kevin Howlett, Leonard Cohen: Tower of Song, BBC Radio One, August 7, 1994.
1. Cohen, interview with Harvey Kubernik, 1977, later published in LA Phonograph, January 1978.
2. Brown, 2007.
3. Leonard Cohen, prologue to live performance of “Memories,” Tel Aviv, 1980, leonardcohen-prologues.com.
4. Cohen, interview with Harvey Kubernik, 1977.
5. Ginsberg in Record Collector, Februar
y 1995.
6. Cohen, interview with Harvey Kubernik, 1977.
7. SS, 2001.
8. Kevin Howlett, Leonard Cohen: Tower of Song, BBC Radio One, August 7, 1994.
9. Leonard Cohen Under Review, 2007.
10. Brown, 2007
11. Leonard Cohen Under Review, 2007.
12. Brown, 2007.
13. Stephen Holden, Rolling Stone, January 26, 1978.
14. Ibid.
15. Janet Maslin, New York Times, November 6, 1977.
16. Cohen, interview with Harvey Kubernik, 1977.
17. Maslin, New York Times, 1977.
18. Paul Nelson, Rolling Stone, February 9, 1978.
19. Sandy Robertson, Sounds, November 26, 1977.
20. SS, 2001.
21. William Ruhlmann, Goldmine, February 19, 1993.
Sixteen: A Sacred Kind of Conversation
Author interviews with: Leonard Cohen, Suzanne Elrod, Rabbi Mordecai Finley, Nancy Bacal, Steve Sanfield, John Lissauer, Lewis Furey, Roscoe Beck, Harvey Kubernik, John Bilezikjian, Terry Oldfield, Dennis Lee, Sharon Robinson
Books and films: Leonard Cohen, Book of Mercy, 1984. Harry Rasky, Song of Leonard Cohen, documentary film, 1980. Harry Rasky, The Song of Leonard Cohen: Portrait of a Poet, a Friendship and a Film, Souvenir Press, 2001. Howard Sounes, Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan, Grove, 2001.
Chapter heading: Leonard Cohen to Robert Sward, 1984.
1. Barbara Amiel, Maclean’s, September 1978.
2. Columbia Records press release, 1979.
3. Nick Paton Walsh, Observer, October 14, 2001.
4. SS, 2001.
5. Sounes, 2001.
6. SS, 2001.
7. Ibid.
8. ZDF TV, Germany, October 31, 1979.
9. Rasky, 1980.
10. Cohen, “So Long, Marianne,” Songs from a Room, Columbia, 1969.
11. Debra Cohen, Rolling Stone, February 21, 1980.
12. Larry “Ratso” Sloman, High Times, February 1980.
13. NME, 1979.
14. SS, 2001.
15. Brad Buchholz, Austin American-Statesman, March 31, 1979.
16. Pamela Andriotakis and Richard Oulahan, People, January 14, 1980.
17. Rasky, Song of Leonard Cohen film.
18. Ibid.
19. Ibid.
20. Nick Duerden, Guardian, October 7, 2011.
21. SS, 2001.
22. Robert Sward, “Leonard Cohen as Interviewed by Robert Sward,” 1984.
23. NME, March 2, 1985.
24. Bruce Headlam, Saturday Night, December 1997.
25. Ibid.
26. Christian Fevret, Les Inrockuptibles, August 21, 1991, reproduced in Throat Culture, 1992, trans. Sophie Miller.
27. Sward, “Leonard Cohen.”
28. Peter Gzowski, Leonard Cohen at 50, CBC, 1984.
Seventeen: The Hallelujah of the Orgasm
Author interviews with: Leonard Cohen, John Lissauer, Leanne Ungar, Larry “Ratso” Sloman, Anjani Thomas, David Lindley, Roscoe Beck
Chapter heading: Jeff Buckley, in OOR, 1994.
1. Robert Sward, “Leonard Cohen as Interviewed by Robert Sward,” 1984.
2. SS, 2001.
3. Ibid.
4. Nigel Williamson, Uncut, October 12, 1997.
5. Cohen to John McKenna, RTÉ, May 9, 1988.
6. Paul Zollo, Songwriters on Songwriting, 1992, revised edition, Da Capo, 2003.
7. Q, September 1994.
8. Zollo, 1992.
9. Williamson, Uncut.
10. Richard Cook, NME, February 9, 1985.
11. Sounds, January 26, 1985.
12. Brian Appleyard, Sunday Times, January 9, 2005.
13. Word, July 2007.
14. Cohen, interview with Jian Ghomeshi, CBC TV, 2009.
15. Warnes, interview with Kevin Howlett, BBC Radio One, August 7, 1994.
16. Ian Pearson, Saturday Night, March 1993.
17. Cohen, interview with Kevin Howlett, BBC Radio One, August 7, 1994.
18. Ibid.
19. Marc Rowland, Musician, July 1988.
Eighteen: The Places Where I Used to Play
Author interviews with: Leonard Cohen, Iggy Pop, Roscoe Beck, Sharon Robinson, Sharon Weisz, Perla Batalla, Steven Machat, Sean Dixon, Julie Christensen, Hal Willner
Chapter heading: Leonard Cohen, “Tower of Song,” I’m Your Man, Columbia, 1988.
1. Mat Snow, Guardian, February 1988.
2. Mark Rowland, Musician, July 1988.
3. SS, 2001.
4. Mark Cooper, Q, March 1988.
5. Ibid.
6. Prince Charles, interviewed on Ant & Dec, ITV1, May 20, 2006.
7. SS, 2001.
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid.
10. Christian Fevret, Les Inrockuptibles, August 21, 1991, reproduced in Throat Culture, 1992, trans. Sophie Miller.
11. Anjelica Houston, Interview, November 1995.
12. SS, 2001.
13. Elena Pita, El Mundo, September 26, 2001.
14. SS, 2001.
Nineteen: Jeremiah in Tin Pan Alley
Author interviews with: Leonard Cohen, Rebecca De Mornay, Anjani Thomas, Black Francis, Nick Cave, Hal Willner, Julie Christensen, Perla Batalla, Nancy Bacal, Leanne Ungar, Suzanne Elrod
Book: Leonard Cohen, Stranger Music, McClelland & Stewart, 1993.
Chapter heading: Irving Layton to Ian Pearson, Saturday Night, March 1993.
1. Brendan Kelly, Financial Post, December 12, 1992.
2. Paul Zollo, Songwriters on Songwriting, 1992.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Details, July 1993.
7. Brian D. Johnson, Maclean’s, December 7, 1992.
8. Alan Jackson, Observer, November 22, 1992.
9. Agreta Wirberg and Stina Dabrowski, Stina Möter Leonard Cohen, TV documentary, 1997.
10. Barbara Gowdy, November 19, 1992, reprinted in One on One: The Imprint Interviews, ed. Leanna Crouch, Somerville House, 1994.
11. Cohen, Juno Canadian Music Hall of Fame induction speech, March 3, 1991.
12. SS, 2001.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Billboard, November 28, 1998.
16. Gowdy in One on One.
17. SS, 2001.
18. Gavin Martin, NME, January 9, 1993.
19. Anthony De Curtis, Rolling Stone, January 1993.
20. Gowdy in One on One.
21. Ibid.
22. Johnson, Maclean’s.
23. Leonard Cohen and Rebecca De Mornay, Interview, June 1993.
24. Jon Pareles, New York Times, June 16, 1993.
25. Cohen, induction speech, Governor General’s Award, Canada, 1993.
26. Ian Pearson, Saturday Night, March 1993.
Twenty: From This Broken Hill
Author interviews with: Leonard Cohen, Kigen, Robert Faggen, Roscoe Beck, Rebecca De Mornay, Daijo, Sharon Robinson, Steve Sanfield, Jarkko Arjatsalo, Perla Batalla, Julie Christensen, Ratnesh Mathur, Chris Darrow, Nancy Bacal, Leanne Ungar, Anjani Thomas
Books and films: Armelle Brusq, Leonard Cohen: Portrait: Spring 96, documentary film, 1997. Leonard Cohen, Book of Longing, Ecco, 2006. Agreta Wirberg and Stina Dabrowski, Stina Möter Leonard Cohen, TV documentary, 1997.
Chapter heading: Leonard Cohen, “If It Be Your Will,” Various Positions, Columbia, 1985.
1. SS, 2001.
2. Ibid.
3. Gilles Tordjman, Les Inrockuptibles, interview with the author, October 15, 1995.
4. Robert Hilburn, Los Angeles Times, September 24, 1995.
5. SS, 2001.
6. Cohen, lette
r to Marianne Ihlen, February 1967.
7. Billy Walker, Sounds, October 23, 1971.
8. Wirberg and Dabrowski, 1997.
9. Pico Iyer, Buzz, April 1995.
10. SS, 2001.
11. Ibid.
12. Wirberg and Dabrowski, 1997.
13. Gilles Tordjman, Les Inrockuptibles, March 15, 1995.
14. SS, 2001.
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid.
18. Ibid.
19. Bruce Headlam, Saturday Night, December 1997.
20. Tordjman, Les Inrockuptibles, 1995.
21. Neva Chonin, Rolling Stone, December 11, 1997.
22. NME, September 1995.
23. SS, 2001.
24. Ibid.
25. Ibid.
26. Wirberg and Dabrowski, 1997.
27. SS, 1997.
28. Ibid.
29. Paul Zollo, Songwriters on Songwriting, 1992.
30. Susan Nunziata, Billboard, November 28, 1998.
31. SS, 2011.
32. Ibid.
33. Ibid.
34. Ibid.
35. Ibid.
36. Ibid.
37. Ibid.
38. Ibid.
39. SS, 2001.
40. SS, 2011.
41. Ibid.
42. Ibid.
Twenty-one: Love and Theft
Author interviews with: Leonard Cohen, Robert Kory, Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave, Hal Willner, Anjani Thomas, Leanne Ungar, Sharon Robinson, Ratnesh Mathur, Julie Christensen, Perla Batalla, Robert Faggen, Richard Landon
Books and films: Armelle Brusq, Leonard Cohen: Portrait: Spring 96, documentary film, 1997. Leonard Cohen, Book of Longing, Ecco, 2006. Agreta Wirberg and Stina Dabrowski, Stina Möter Leonard Cohen, TV documentary, 1997.
Chapter heading: Leonard Cohen, “To a Teacher,” The Spice-Box of Earth, 1961.
1. Christian Langlois, CARP, June 2006.
2. SS, 2001.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. Robinson, interview with the author, 2009.
6. Sarah Hampson, Shambhala Sun, November 2007.
7. Frank DiGiacomo, New York Observer, February 22, 2002.
8. SS, 2001.
9. Jon Pareles, New York Times, October 1995.
10. SS, 2001.
11. SS, 2011.
12. Wirberg and Dabrowski, 1997.
13. Leon Wieseltier, Arts & Opinion vol. 4, no. 2, 2005.
14. Ibid.
15. Cohen, e-mail to Jarkko Arjatsalo, June 2004.
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