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This Wheel's on Fire

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by Levon Helm


  King, Carole, 67

  King, Earl, 273

  King Biscuit Flower Hour, The, 251

  King Biscuit Time, 24–27, 71, 116, 251, 271

  “King Harvest (Has Surely Come),” 189, 263, 292

  King of Comedy, The, 289

  Kingston, Trio, 72

  Kissinger, Henry, 220

  Kleiban, Ed, 162

  “Knothole,” 20

  Knox, Buddy, 57

  Konikoff, Sandy, 75, 145

  Kooper, Al, 121, 122, 131, 132, 133, 135, 162, 176

  Kovacs, Laszlo, 258

  Krupa, Gene, 67

  Kudlets, Harold, 52, 56, 58, 71, 103, 105, 106, 109, 114, 121, 126, 127, 129, 136, 289–290, 302

  Lady with the Million Dollar Smile, The, 21, 215

  Laine, Frankie, 56

  “Land of 1000 Dances,” 111

  Landy, Elliott, 173–174, 191

  Larry Lee and the Leisures, 78

  La Rue, Lash, 32

  Last Waltz, The (concert), 243, 255–256, 257, 258–259, 260–269, 278, 280

  Last Waltz, The (album), 259, 274, 277

  Last Waltz, The (film), 9, 257–258, 266, 270–272, 274–277, 282, 283

  “Last Waltz Suite, The,” 271, 276

  La Traviata, 260

  Lavon & Linda, 33–36, 38–39, 208

  “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” 52

  Lay, Sam, 109

  “Layla,” 259

  “Lay Lady Lay,” 240

  Leadbelly, 156

  “Leave Me Alone,” 114–115

  Le Duc Tho, 220

  Lee, Stan, 181

  Leiber, Jerry, 67

  Lennon, John, 147, 202, 235

  “Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat,” 146, 240

  “Let It Slide,” 287

  “Let the Night Fall,” 269

  Leven, Boris, 260

  Levon and the Hawks, 53, 99–128, 265

  Levon Helm, 283

  Levon Helm and the RCO All-Stars, 273

  Levy, Morris, 56–58, 61, 62, 69, 70, 71, 72, 101, 103, 123, 125, 302

  Lewis, Jerry Lee, 22, 36, 38, 40, 44, 56, 69, 86

  Lewis, Jimmy, 110

  “Liebestraum,” 87

  Life, 176, 196

  “Life Is a Carnival,” 221, 226, 241, 263

  Lightfoot, Gordon, 72, 106, 130

  “Like a Rolling Stone,” 132, 135, 137, 146, 147, 199, 201, 228, 241, 242

  Liszt, Franz, 87

  “Little Birds,” 190, 193, 194

  “Little Body Rinktum Ti-mee-oh,” 33

  Little Caesar and the Consoles, 66

  “Little Liza Jane,” 115

  Little Richard, 22, 40, 56, 92, 101, 219

  Little Willie John, 61, 62

  Lloyd, Charles, 108, 111, 158, 161

  Lockwood, Robert Jr., 26, 27

  Lombardo, Guy and Carmen, 91

  “Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll,” 241

  “Lonesome Suzie,” 164, 165, 168

  “Long Black Veil,” 168, 200

  “Long Distance Operator,” 157

  “Long Tall Sally,” 40, 92

  Lonzo and Oscar, 20

  Look, 187, 192

  “Look Out Cleveland,” 189

  Lorenz, George “Hound Dog,” 66

  Los Angeles, California, 185–187, 190, 213, 214, 237–238, 248, 278–279

  Los Angeles Times, 225, 251, 256

  Lost Horizon, 245

  Louisiana Hayride, 36

  “Love Minus Zero/No Limit,” 134

  “Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever,” 194, 200

  Lovin’ Spoonful, 125

  “Lucille,” 40–41, 82, 111

  Lynn, Loretta, 282, 283, 284, 285

  McCarty, Eddie, 30

  McClure, Michael, 145, 265

  McGuinn, Roger, 301

  Mclntrye, Earl, 227

  Mack, Lonnie, 72

  McLuhan, Marshall, 107, 162

  McNulty, Freddie, 55–56, 97, 105, 173, 214

  McQueen, Colin “Bony,” 77

  “Maggie’s Farm,” 134

  Maimudes, Victor, 181

  Malone, Tom, 259, 273

  “Mannish Boy,” 265

  Man Outside, The, 291

  Manuel, Arlie, 10, 294–295

  Manuel, Ed, 86, 113, 126, 173

  Manuel, Gladys, 113, 126, 173

  Manuel, Jane Kristianson, 10, 112–113, 175–176, 186, 195, 232, 302

  Manuel, Paula, 204

  Manuel, Richard, 9–11, 86–89, 94, 95, 96, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 111, 112–113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 121, 122, 124, 125, 127, 128, 130, 135, 139, 141, 146, 147, 148, 150, 154, 155, 156, 157, 160, 163, 164, 165, 166–167, 168, 169, 170–173, 175–176, 178, 179, 184, 186, 187, 188, 189, 193, 194, 195, 203, 204–205, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 214, 216, 217, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 229, 232–233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 245, 246, 248, 249, 250–251, 252–253, 256–257, 263, 265, 267–268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 275, 276–277, 282, 289, 291, 292, 293, 294–297, 299

  Marcus, Greil, 225

  Margolin, Bob, 248, 265

  Marini, Lou, 273

  Markham, Jimmy, 73, 75, 144

  Mart, Tony, 105, 120–121, 128, 131, 135, 136, 140

  Martin, Mary, 125, 129, 130, 131

  Martyn, John and Beverly, 219

  Marvell, Arkansas, 17, 19, 22, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 39, 40, 41–42, 46, 50, 54, 115–116, 119, 206, 208, 216, 219

  Marvin, Lee, 88

  “Mary Lou,” 58, 59, 70, 82, 93

  Max, Peter, 303

  Meadows, Jayne, 58

  Mean Streets, 257–258

  Medium Is the Message, The (McLuhan), 162

  Melody Maker, 178

  “Memphis,” 111

  Memphis, Tennessee, 43, 46, 49–50, 69, 87–88, 144, 145, 151, 219, 303

  Memphis Slim, 27

  Midnight Ramble, 21–22, 271

  “Mighty Long Time,” 26

  “Mighty Quinn, The (Quinn the Eskimo),” 156, 201

  “Milk Cow Boogie,” 273, 287

  Miller, Mitch, 56

  Milligan, Miss, 91

  Mills Brothers, 252

  Mingus, Charles, 106, 196

  Minnelli, Liza, 258

  “Minstrel Boy,” 201

  Mississippi River Rock Festival, 199

  Mitchell, Joni, 106, 237, 257, 259, 263, 265

  “Mojo Hand,” 100

  Monck, Chip, 200

  “Money,” 110, 111

  Monroe, Bill, 19–20, 286

  Monterey Pop Festival, 162

  Moondog Matinee (album), 235–236, 246

  Moondog Matinee (radio show), 92

  Moondog Rock ’n’ Roll Party, 57

  “Moon Struck One,” 222

  Moore, Scotty, 36, 37–38

  Morrison, Van, 118, 178–179, 221, 253, 258, 263, 264–265

  “Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine),” 241

  “Motherless Child,” 72

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 91

  Mr. Dynamo, 67

  “Mr. Tambourine Man,” 131, 134, 146

  Muddy Waters, 20, 25, 33, 36, 100, 109, 110, 113, 130, 247–248, 253, 257, 260, 261, 263, 265, 275, 277, 287, 288

  Muddy Waters in Woodstock, 248–249

  “Mule Skinner Blues,” 121

  Mundi, Billy, 236

  Murray the K, 133–134

  Muscle Shoals All-Stars, 287

  Music from Big Pink, 151, 165–169, 174–178, 183, 185, 193, 194, 205, 209, 215, 221, 301

  Musselwhite, Charlie, 110

  “My Country! ’Tis of Thee,” 186

  Myles, Lou, 56, 72, 78, 137

  “My Own True Love,” 60

  “Mystery Train,” 44, 235, 264, 289

  Mystics, 60

  Nance, Jack, 79

  Nashville, Tennessee, 74–75, 80, 87, 145, 157, 281, 283, 284, 286

  Nashville Skyline, 199, 201

  Nathan, Syd, 61

  Ned Kelly, 187

  Nelson, Ricky, 75

>   Nelson, Willie, 291

  Neuwirth, Bobby, 164–165, 181

  “Never Say Goodbye,” 239

  New Orleans, Louisiana, 142–144, 206, 221–222, 227, 228, 274

  Newport Folk Festival, 131, 132

  Newsweek, 202

  New York, New York, 56–57, 60, 67, 72, 100, 101, 108, 110, 114, 115, 121–125, 131–132, 137–138, 140, 147–148, 159, 161, 164, 165, 182, 194–196, 205, 206, 209, 227–228, 237, 252–253, 261, 269, 274, 288, 291

  New York, New York, (movie), 258, 278,

  New York Folk Festival, 289

  New York Times, The, 133, 177, 192, 201, 216, 251, 256, 292

  Nighthawk, Robert, 27

  “Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The,” 188–189, 219, 220, 240, 251, 263, 294

  Nixon, Richard M., 231

  “No Help Wanted,” 33

  No Knees Joyce, 127

  “No Particular Place to Go,” 111

  No Reason to Cry, 250

  Northern Lights, Southern Cross, 249–250

  “Not Fade Away,” 110

  “Nothing Was Delivered,” 156, 157

  Nugurski, Wanda, 95–96

  Obie, Young Jessie, 58

  O’Connor, Flannery, 230

  “Odds and Ends,” 156

  “Odessa,” 58, 82

  Odessa (prostitute), 203

  Odetta, 159

  Of Course Of Course, 161

  “On a Night Like This,” 240

  One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 268

  “One Too Many Mornings,” 137, 146

  Ono, Yoko, 202

  On the Beach, 278

  “Ooby Dooby,” 46, 52

  “Open the Door, Richard,” 156

  “Ophelia,” 249, 250, 252, 263

  “Orange Juice Blues” (“Blues for Breakfast”), 156

  Orbison, Roy, 36, 46, 58, 210, 303

  Orchids, 101

  Orr, Connie, 99–100

  Ostin, Mo, 151, 256, 258

  Owens, Buck, 204

  Page, Jimmy, 118

  Paine, Rebel, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 93

  Parker, Junior, 113, 130, 235

  Parron, J. D., 227

  Parton, Dolly, 287

  “Party Doll,” 57

  Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, 236

  Paturel, Bernard and Mary Lou, 181

  Paul Butterfield Blues Band, 109

  Paul London and the Kapers, 92–93

  Paulman, George, 45, 47, 50

  Paulman, Jimmy Ray “Luke,” 38, 44, 45, 46–47, 48, 50, 51, 58, 59, 61, 62, 66, 67, 71, 72, 75, 167, 212

  Paupers, 106

  Pawns, 128

  Payne, Sonny “Sunshine,” 116

  Pearl, Minnie, 249

  Pearl Jam, 301

  Penfound, Jerry “Ish,” 83–84, 95, 106, 111, 114

  Pennebaker, D. A., 131, 146

  Pennick, Kirby, 142–144, 153, 154, 163

  “Peppermint Twist,” 61

  Perkins, Carl, 36, 44, 49, 66, 106

  Perkins, Pinetop, 116, 247–248, 263, 265

  Peter, Paul, and Mary, 130, 132, 148, 151, 162, 247

  “Peter Gunn,” 111

  Peterson, Oscar, 106

  Petty, Tom, 301

  Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 304

  Phillips, Sam, 36, 235

  Phillips, Sylvanus, 14

  Phillips County, Arkansas, 14–15, 33, 34, 35, 38, 47, 206, 298

  Phillips County Ramblers, 44

  Phipps, Mary, 38

  Pitney, Gene, 122

  Planet Waves, 239, 246, 267

  Playboy, 287

  “Please, Please, Please,” 111

  “Please Mrs. Henry,” 156

  Pomus, Doc, 67, 122–123, 124, 227, 257

  Poston, Tom, 58–59

  Presley, Elvis, 22, 36–38, 40, 44, 47, 52, 56, 70, 93, 99, 210, 235, 276, 286

  Preston, Billy, 250, 297, 300

  Price, Lloyd, 60

  Procol Harum, 175, 198

  “Promised Land,” 235

  “Promise Yourself,” 87

  Radle, Carl, 268

  Ragavoy, Jerry, 195

  “Rag Mama Rag,” 188, 217, 218, 220, 241, 263, 294

  “Rags and Bones,” 249

  “Ragtop,” 83

  “Rain Down Tears,” 273

  “Rainy Day Women #12 and 35,” 143, 201

  Ramone, Phil, 115, 164

  Rat, 173

  Ravens, 145

  RCO All-Stars, 272, 274, 282

  “Ready Teddy,” 40, 92

  Rebennack, Mac, see Dr. John

  Rebozo, Bebe, 231

  Redding, Otis, 276

  Red Headed Stranger, 291

  “Red Hot,” 58

  “Red Rubber Ball,” 161

  Reed, Jimmy, 87, 102, 130

  Reed, Lulu, 61

  Reisman, Joe, 57

  Renaldo and Clara, 258, 266

  Restivo, Johnny, 60

  Richards, Keith, 147

  Rick and the Roxatones, 80

  Rick Danko and the Starliners, 80

  Ricky and the Rhythm Notes, 81

  Rifleman, The, 59

  “Right as Rain,” 269

  Right Stuff, The, 288

  Riley, Billy, 38, 54

  “Ring Your Bell,” 249

  “Rip It Up,” 40

  “River Hymn,” 222

  Robbie and the Robots, 66

  Robbie Robertson and the Rhythm Chords, 66

  “Robbie’s Blues,” 111

  Robertson, Alexandra, 185–186

  Robertson, Dominique, 150, 163, 173, 174, 176, 182, 185–186, 190, 213–214, 229, 274

  Robertson, Robbie, 10, 63–72, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 82, 83, 87, 89, 93, 94, 95, 100, 104, 106, 108–109, 110, 111, 113–114, 115, 117, 121, 126, 128, 130, 131–132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 138, 140, 141, 144–146, 147, 150, 151, 156, 157, 161, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167–168, 169, 173, 175, 176, 177, 178, 182, 183, 185–186, 188, 189, 192–193, 194, 195, 200, 203, 205–206, 209, 210–211, 212, 213–214, 215, 216, 217, 219, 221, 222, 226, 227, 229, 231, 233, 234, 235, 237, 240, 241, 246, 248, 249, 252, 253–254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 261, 263, 265, 266, 269, 271, 272, 273, 274–278, 282, 289, 293, 297, 300, 303

  Robertson, Rosemarie Crysler “Mama Kosh,” 65, 67, 68, 78, 109, 126, 173, 186, 214

  Robin (Danko’s girlfriend), 147

  “Rockin’ Chair,” 189, 194, 217

  Rockin’ Revols, 87–88, 105, 218, 293–294

  Rock of Ages, 231, 246, 253

  Rolling Stone, 176–177, 192, 202–204, 216, 218, 230, 231, 249, 274, 291, 300

  Rolling Stones, 115, 131, 138, 147, 201, 250, 300

  Rolling Thunder Revue, 262

  Romping Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks, 53

  Ron Hawkins Quartet, 50, 52

  Ronnie Hawkins, 61

  Ronnie Hawkins Sings the Songs of Hank Williams, 74

  Roy Orbison and the Teen Kings, 46, 210

  “Ruben Remus,” 157

  Rubin, Alan, 273

  Rubinstein, Helena, 182

  Ruby, Jack, 276

  “Ruby Baby,” 57

  “Rumor, The,” 216

  Rundgren, Todd, 196, 215

  Rush, Otis, 87, 109

  Russell, Leon, 73, 144

  Ryan, Robert, 159

  Rydell, Bobby, 71

  St. Louis, Missouri, 219

  Sam and Dave, 269

  San Francisco, California, 189–194, 217, 226–227, 248, 253, 256, 260, 265, 269

  San Francisco Chronicle, 145, 190, 191, 193–194, 202

  “Satisfaction,” 115

  Saturday Night Live, 162, 273

  “Saved,” 235

  “Save the Last Dance for Me,” 67

  “Say Man,” 60

  “School Days,” 39

  Schuster, Eric, 121–125, 126

  Scorsese, Martin, 257–258, 260, 266, 270, 271, 275, 276, 277–278, 289

  Scriabin, Alexander, 150

  Scruggs, Earl, 20

  Sebastian,
John, 125

  Second City, 162

  Seeger, Pete, 159

  “See You in September,” 60

  “See You Later Alligator,” 222

  Seldner, Grace, 183, 184, 230

  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 288

  “Seven Days,” 250

  Shadow, The, 19

  Shadows, 69

  “Shadows and Light,” 265

  “Shake a Hand,” 21

  “Shape I’m In, The” (Restivo), 60

  “Shape I’m In, The” (The Band), 215, 216, 241, 252–253, 263, 291

  “Share Your Love,” 240

  Sharpe, Leon, 41

  “She Belongs to Me,” 134, 146, 199

  “She Loves Me,” 36

  Shepard, Sam, 288–289

  “She’s Nineteen Years Old,” 100

  “She’s Your Lover Now,” 145

  Shields, Brooke, 127

  “Shoot Out in Chinatown,” 226–227

  “Short Fat Fannie,” 49, 77, 82, 101, 111, 188, 287, 288

  Shultis, Ralph, 233

  Shuman, Mort, 67

  Simcoe Recorder, 126

  Simon, Carly, 150

  Simon, John, 160–165, 166, 168–169, 173, 174–175, 185–187, 188, 189, 191, 195, 209, 215, 219, 226, 227, 230, 231, 258–259, 260–261, 264–265, 268–269, 275, 293, 300–301

  Simon, Louis, 161

  Sinatra, Frank, 133, 235

  “Since I Don’t Have You,” 121

  “Sing, Sing, Sing,” 273

  “Sitting on Top of the World,” 19

  Sketches of Spain, 217

  Sky King, 19

  Skyliners, 60, 121

  “Sleeping,” 215

  “Slippin’ and Slidin’,” 41, 77, 193, 194, 199, 219

  Smith, Bessie, 108

  Smith, Rick, 173–174

  Smooth Talk, 291

  Smothers Brothers, 130

  Snyder, Elmer, 23

  So Many Roads, 110

  “Someone Like You,” 67

  “Song to Woody,” 241

  Sonny and Cher, 133

  Sonny Boy Williamson and His King Biscuit Entertainers, 25–27

  Sonny Burgess and the Pacers, 43

  Sons of Champlin, 191

  Southern, Terry, 182

  Spacek, Sissy, 282, 285–286

  Spector, Phil, 165, 235

  Spence (Danko’s uncle), 79, 80

  Spencer Davis Group, 147

  Spider (bass player), 60

  Springsteen, Bruce, 211

  Stackhouse, Houston, 116

  Stage Fright, (album), 208–209, 211, 215–216, 236

  “Stage Fright,” (song), 215, 217, 240, 263

  Stan and the Ravens, 72

  Staples, Mavis, 270

  Staples, Pop, 270

  Staple Singers, 156, 270, 271

  Starr, Ringo, 110, 134, 166, 242, 245, 253, 259, 263, 267, 268, 297–298, 300

  Steely Dan, 249

  Steppenwolf, 198

  Steve Allen Show, The, 58–59

  Stewart, Bubba, 32, 48

  “Sticks and Stones,” 130

  Stills, Stephen, 268, 303

 

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