by Jeff Burger
Positively Main Street (Toby Thompson), 330
Positively Tie Dream, 60
Pound, Ezra, 41
Prado, Pérez, 491
Pravda, 214
“Precious Angel,” 378
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 220, 485
Presley, Elvis, 276, 306, 310, 316, 317, 426, 443, 475–476, 479, 483
Prestige Records, 10
“Pretty Boy Floyd” (Woody Guthrie), 272
“Pretty Peggy-O,” 154
Pride, Charlie, 167
Prince, 310
Princeton University, 214–215, 513
Prine, John, 318
“Prison Cell Blues” (Blind Lemon Jefferson), 499
Proby, P. J., 159
Pryor, Richard, 206
Puckett, Riley, 495
“Puff, the Magic Dragon” (Peter, Paul, and Mary), 118
Pulitzer Prize, 212
Pushkin, Alexander, 219
“Queen Jane Approximately,” 66, 501
Quinn, Anthony, 91, 177
Quinn, Martha, 270
“Quinn, the Eskimo,” 174, 177
Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 503
Radio City Music Hall, 338, 394
Rainey, Gertrude “Ma,” 74, 125
Rainey, Judy, 273
“Rainy Day Women #12 & 35,” 151–152
Raisin in the Sun, 3
“Rambling Gambling Willy,” 9
“Rank Strangers to Me,” 455
Rauschenberg, Robert, 483
Ray, Dave, 223
Ray, Johnnie, 277, 344–345, 388
“Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” (the Four Tops), 318
“Real American Joe, A” (Doug Sahm), 474
Rebennack, Malcolm John. See Dr. John
Record Mirror, 189
Redding, Otis, 74
Reed, Jimmy, 46, 495
Reed, Lou, 318, 408–409, 511
Reeves, Dianne, 471
Regent Theatre, 236
Rembrandt, 481
“Reminiscence Blues,” 9
Renaldo and Clara, 222, 226, 228–238, 241–242, 244, 247, 302, 309, 328
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste, 501
Rensler, Ralph, 19–20
Resurrection City, 181
Rich, Charlie, 96
Richards, Keith, 323, 498
Richie, Lionel, 297
Riddle, Nelson, 492
Ridenhour, Carlton Douglas. See Chuck DRijksmuseum, 481
Riley, Billy Lee, 461
Rilke, Rainer Maria, 166
Rimbaud, Arthur, 96, 160, 217, 290, 422
“Ring Them Bells,” 357, 380
Ripley, Steve, 468
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 271
Robbins, Paul Jay, 59
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, 337
Roberts, Elliott, 324, 326
Roberts, Oral, 466
Robertson, Robbie, 43, 93, 112, 356
Robinson, Smokey, 66, 96
Roche, Peter, 57
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 337, 340, 388, 446
Rock Express, 220
Rock On, 259–262
Rockwell, John, 192
Rodgers, Jimmie, 7, 392, 397
“Roll On, John,” 19–20
Rolling Stone, xi, 59, 93, 191–193, 221–222, 240, 248, 263, 307, 315, 320, 337, 340, 384, 436, 446–447, 462, 485, 487, 488
Rolling Stones, the, 72, 130, 238, 253, 295, 311, 381, 468
Rolling Thunder Revue tour, 217, 236–237, 284–285, 309
Roman Lives (Plutarch), 482
Ronettes, the, 283
Ronstadt, Linda, 238
Rosen, Jeff, 395, 447
Rosenbaum, Ron, 246
Rosko, 165
Rothko, Mark, 481
Rotolo, Carla, 132
Rotolo, Suze, 132
Roulette Records, 402
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 219
“Ruben’s Train,” 172
Rubin, Jerry, 247
“Run, Rudolph, Run” (Chuck Berry), 377
Runyon, Damon, 400
Rush, Tom, 167
Russell, Leon, 201
“Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands,” 148
Sager, Carole Bayer, 321
Sahl, Mort, 206
Sahm, Doug, 474
Sail Away (Randy Newman), 363
Sam Thomas and the Mystery Trend, 114
Samson and Delilah, 158
“San Francisco Bay Blues” (Jesse Fuller), 455
Sandburg, Carl, 477
Sandburg, Lilian, 477
Sandstrom, Daniel, 513
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 43
Santana, Carlos, 264
“Sara,” 203, 210, 236, 248
Sarkozy, Nicolas, 463–464, 483
Saturday Evening Post, 33–34, 160
Saturday Night Fever, 232
Saul, Hubert, 187
Saved, 218, 250, 254, 257, 260, 487
“Saved,” 252
Scaduto, Anthony, 191
Scaggs, Austin, 447
School of Nonviolence, 126
Scipio, 480
Scorsese, Martin, 211, 395, 456, 466
Scott, Mike, 318
“Señor (Tales of Yankee Power),” 390
“See That My Grave Is Kept Clean” (Blind Lemon Jefferson), 207
Seeger, Pete, 6, 30, 179–180, 194, 197, 206, 213, 355, 367
Self Portrait, 193, 293, 321, 475, 487
Sellers, Brother John, 7
“Sentimental Journey” (Bud Green), 487
Seventeen, 27
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (the Beatles), 253
Shadows in the Night, 487–511
“Shake Shake Mama,” 475
Shakespeare, William, 40, 49, 219, 356, 357, 359, 364–365, 399, 402, 425, 436, 502, 509, 514–515
Shaver, Billie Joe, 472
Shaw, George Bernard, 514
“She Smiled Sweetly” (the Rolling Stones), 318
“She’s About a Mover” (Sir Douglas Quintet), 474
Shelley, Percy Bysshe¸ 219, 402, 422, 447
“Shelter from the Storm,” 321
Shelton, Robert, 4, 8, 147, 207–208, 329, 428, 430
Shepard, Sam, 313, 321, 336
Short, Luke, 219
Shot of Love, 218, 259–260, 319
“Shot of Love,” 285
Showtime TV network, 486
Siegfried & Roy, 440
Silas Mariner (George Eliot), 49
Silber, Irwin, 5–6
Silverstein, Shel, 280
“Silvio,” 469
Simon, Paul, 238, 280, 356, 359, 503
Simon and Schuster, 447
Simone, Nina, 198
“Simple Twist of Fate,” 251
Sinatra, Frank, xvii, 119, 211, 216, 308, 481, 487, 492–494, 500, 510
Sinatra, Frank Jr., 493
Sinatra, Nancy, 493
Sing Out!, 5–6, 436
Sir Douglas Quintet, the, 99, 125, 474
Sirius XM Satellite Radio, 448
60 Minutes, 211
“Slip Knot” (Woody Guthrie), 10
“Slow Train,” 369–370
Slow Train Coming, 218, 250, 260, 292, 369, 378, 387, 391, 447, 454
Sly and Robbie, 290
Smith, Bessie, 207, 400
Smith, Carl, 496
Smith, Hobart, 15
Smiths, the, 323
“Smokestack Lightning” (Howlin’ Wolf), 16
Snow, Hank, 396, 496
“So Long It’s Been Good to Know You” (Woody Guthrie), 10
Socrates, 461
“Solid Rock,” 334
“Some Enchanted Evening” (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II), 488, 492
“Song to Woody,” 4, 9, 30, 194, 207, 293, 414
Sonny and Cher, 64, 71
Sophocles, 219
“Sound of Silence, The,” (Paul Simon), 356
Soviet Writer’s union, 334
“Spanish Harlem Incident,” 333
Speakeasy, the, 322–323, 335–336
Spector, Phil, 121, 276
Spin, 314
Spinal Tap, 453
Springsteen, Bruce, xii, 207, 261, 309, 310, 312, 318, 326, 332, 426, 493, 500, 507
St. James’ Park, 265
Stafford, Jo, 494
Stampfel, Peter, 3
“Standing on the Highway,” 9, 18
Stanley Brothers, the, 395, 425, 495
Staple Singers, the, 66, 125, 496, 498
Staples, Mavis, 488, 496, 498
Staples, Roebuck “Pops,” 496
Star Wars, 226
“Stardust” (Hoagy Carmichael), 457, 487, 489
Stardust (Willie Nelson), 489
“Star-Spangled Banner, The” (Francis Scott Key), 91
Starkey, Richard. See Ringo Starr
Starr, Belle, 84
Starr, Kay, 494
Starr, Ringo, 208, 260
“Stay with Me” (Jerry Ragovoy and George David Weiss), 488
“Stealin’,” 20
Steinbeck, John, 417
Stern, 265
Stevens, John Paul, 220
Stevens, Thaddeus, 219
Stewart, Dave, 309, 318, 323
Stewart, Rod, 381, 489, 490
Sting, 326
Stinson Records, 272
Stoller, Mike, 276
Stookey, Noel “Paul,” 3
“Strange Rain” (Len Chandler), 11
Strauss, Bruce “Mouse,” 476
Stravinsky, Igor, 401, 503
Street-Legal, 222, 250, 387, 390, 433, 447, 450, 489
Streisand, Barbra, 270, 326, 355
Stubbs, Levi, 318
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 82, 182
“Subterranean Homesick Blues,” 94, 97, 104, 149, 276, 341–342, 401
“Sugar Baby,” 452
Sullivan, Ed, 71, 108, 213–214, 219, 275, 482–483
Summitt, Pat, 485
Sumner, Gordon. See Sting
Sun City (various artists), 318
Sun Records, 477
Sunrise Musical Theatre, 387–388
Superman, 495
Swan Silvertones, 399
Swedish Academy, 516
“Sweetheart Like You,” 305
“Symphony No. 9” (Ludwig van Beethoven), 124–125
Tacitus, 482
Tackett, Freddy, 468
Taco Pronto, 73
Tagore, Rabindranath, 513
Tale of Two Cities, A (Charles Dickens), 49, 267
“Talkin’ John Birch Society Blues,” 214, 298, 482
“Talkin’ New York,” 3, 9, 30, 207
“Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues,” 3, 9
“Tangled Up in Blue,” 285, 330, 346, 445
Tarantula, 183, 428
Taylor, Derek, 475–476
Taylor, James, 238
Taylor, Mick, 290, 468
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich, 503
“Tears of Rage,” 486
Telegraph, the, 330, 462, 512–513
Ten O’Clock Scholar, 223
Tench, Benmont, 300, 319, 324, 470
Tennyson, Alfred, 188, 379
Terkel, Studs, 27, 331
Terry, Sonny, 206, 272
Textones, the, 295, 305
Tharp, Twyla, 211
Tharpe, Sister Rosetta, 399
“That Lucky Old Sun” (Beasley Smith and Haven Gillespie), 325, 488, 502
Their Satanic Majesties Request (the Rolling Stones), 253
Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan, 211, 448
“Things Have Changed,” 424
“This Land Is Your Land” (Woody Guthrie), 197, 261–262, 372
Thomas, Dylan, 70, 297, 356
Thomas, Henry, 30
Thomas, Roy B., 21
Thompson, Toby, 330
Thriller (Michael Jackson), 324
Thucydides, 219
“Thunder on the Mountain,” 449, 450
“Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love),” 288–289
Time magazine, 57, 192, 242, 328, 417, 436
Time Out of Mind, 392, 394, 403–404, 408–409, 418, 433, 448–449, 455, 459–460, 506
Times, 462
Times on Saturday, 393
Times They Are A-Changin’, The, 30–31, 169, 181, 191, 216, 391, 443, 477
“Times They Are A-Changin’, The,” 71, 92, 149, 181
“Times We Have Known, The,” 465
Tin Pan Alley, 340–341
Together Through Life, 463, 469–474
Tolstoy, Leo, 219
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 300, 317, 319, 322–324, 332, 470
“Tombstone Blues,” 154
Tommy (the Who), 511
“Tomorrow Is a Long Time,” 426, 475
“Too Much of Nothing,” 486
Toronto Star, 392
Town Hall, 5
Townsend, Susan, 327
Townshend, Pete, 484, 511
“Tracks of My Tears” (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles), 457
Traveling Wilburys, 373, 420, 458, 469
Triplicate, 487
Trouser Press, 248
Trudell, John, 388
True Confessions tour, 323, 325
“True Love Tends to Forget,” 368
Truffaut, Francois, 97
Truman, Harry, 91
Trump, Donald, 461, 466
“Trust Yourself,” 300
Turner, Gil, 9
Turner, J.M.W., 481
Turner, Tina, 324
TV Guide, 203, 227
Twain, Mark, 450
20/20, 306
“Two Roads, The” (Robert Frost), 48
“Ugliest Girl in the World,” 469
“Umbrella” (Len Chandler), 11
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe), 482
“Uncloudy Day” (Josiah Kelley Alwood), 496
Under the Red Sky, 458–459, 464
University of California, 98
University of Minnesota, 1–2, 6–7, 70, 222–224, 447
Updike, John, 183
USA for Africa, 296–297, 309
USA Today, 338, 393, 435
Valens, Ritchie, 301
Vallee, Rudy, 66
Van Gogh, Vincent, 234, 347, 480, 501
Van Heusen, Jimmy, 503
Van Ronk, Dave, 3–4, 206, 216, 398–399, 400
Variety, 129
“VD Blues,” 5
“VD City,” 5
“VD Waltz,” 5
Vee, Bobby, 3
Verne, Jules, 219
Viacom, 447
Victoria’s Secret, 98, 211
Vietnam Day Committee, 100, 120
Vietnam War, 68, 83–84, 144–145, 189
Village Gate, the, 274
Village Voice, the, xiii, 40
Villella, Edward, 215
Villon, Francois, 46
Vincent, Gene, 396, 495, 497
Vinton, Bobby, 73–74
“Visions of Johanna,” 141, 334, 414–415
von Schmidt, Rick, 3
Wagner, George Raymond. See Gorgeous George
Wagoner, Porter, 167, 496
Waits, Tom, 471, 511
Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 337
“Wallflower,” 345, 474
Wanted: Dead or Alive, 33
War and Peace, 229
Warhol, Andy, 221, 237, 335, 481–482
Was, Don, 458
Washington Civil Rights rally of 1963, 331
Washington, Ernie, 223
Washington, George, 397
Washington Square Park, 205
Wasserman, Paul, 226, 238, 245–246
Waterboys, the, 318
Waters, Hal, 273
Waters, Muddy, 13, 329
Watson, Doc, 162
“We Just Disagree” (Dave Mason), 254
Weavers, the, 194, 197
Weberman, A.J., 236, 250, 331
Weekly Standard, xii
Welk, Lawre
nce, 74
Wells, H.G., 219
Wembley Stadium, 265, 270, 279
Wenner Books, 456
Wenner, Jann, xi, 59, 191, 462
Wexler, Jerry, 292
WFMT-FM, 27
“What’s Going On? (Marvin Gaye),” 457
“When He Returns,” 250
“When I Paint My Masterpiece,” 237, 405
“When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky,” 301, 347
“When the Ship Comes In,” 335, 369
“When You Gonna Wake Up,” 369
“Which Side Are You On?” (Florence Reece), 9, 75
Whitaker, Forest, 464
White, Josh, 206, 216, 273
“White Christmas” (Irving Berlin), 456
Whitehead, John, 69
Whiteman, Paul, 377
Whitman, Ottis Dewey “Slim,” 396
Whitman, Walt, 236, 461, 463, 477–479
Whitmark demos, 340–341
Who, the, 190
“Who Killed Davey Moore,” 341
“Wicked Messenger, The,” 169
Wicker, David, 223
“Wild Mountain Thyme” (traditional), 332
Wilkinson, Ann, 140–141
William Morris Agency, 328
Williams, Andy, 276
Williams, Big Joe, 10, 184, 468
Williams, Hank, 14, 216, 308, 314, 351, 356, 372, 376, 414, 474, 480, 491, 493, 496
Williams, Stacey. See Robert Shelton
Williams, William Carlos, 374
Williamson, Sonny Boy, 455
Wills, Bob, 435
Wilson, Brian, 363, 451
Wilson, Teddy, 207
Winger, Debra, 335
“Winter Wonderland” (Richard B. Smith), 487
“With God on Our Side,” 30, 104, 144, 214, 262, 285
WNEW-FM, 262
Womack, Bobby, 328
Wonder, Stevie, 211, 386
Wonder Boys, 424
“Won’t You Buy a Postcard?,” 21–22
Wood, Grant, 468–469
Wood, Ron, 260, 290, 295, 323–324, 329, 335
Woodstock Music & Art Fair, 72, 195, 268, 331, 384, 444
World Gone Wrong, 386, 410, 455
liner notes, 412, 423–424
Wright, Orville, 436
Wright, Wilbur, 436
Written in My Soul (Bill Flanagan), 336
WNYC, 12
WSM, 495
X, Malcolm, 182
XM Satellite Radio, 211, 448, 454
Yarrow, Peter, 213
“Yazoo Street Scandal,” 196
Yeats, William Butler, 63
“Yellow Railroad,” 368
“Yesterday” (the Beatles), 293, 476–477
Yetnikoff, Walter, 326, 489–490
Young, Charles, 306
Young, Israel “Izzy,” 1–2, 181, 206, 208
Young, Neil, 324, 363, 386, 456, 480, 498
Young Rascals, the, 298
“Your Cheatin’ Heart” (Hank Williams), 372
Your Hit Parade, 340, 370
“You’re No Good” (Jesse Fuller), 207
YouTube, 469
Zellweger, Renée, 464