by Mitch Myers
“Ohm on the Brain” benefited from the listening of OHM+: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music on Ellipsis Arts.
“Rock ’n’ Roll Heaven” included a quote from the lyrics of “Crystal Blue Persuasion” by Tommy James, Ed Gray, and Mike Vale, Big Seven Music. Portions of this essay appeared in Newcity, June 2000.
“The Mix-Tape Murder Mystery” is fiction.
“Waiting on a Train” was inspired by Kathleen Mock’s performance of her song, “Waiting on a Train.” Portions of this essay were performed on National Public Radio, All Things Considered, April 2005.
“Afterword: How to Succeed in the Music Business Without Really Trying” is true.
Cover design by Kevin Calaguiro/Mama Likes Design
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AC/DC, 49, 214
Adams, John, 203, 207
Adderley, Cannonball, 60
Aerosmith, 128, 215
Africa Bambaataa, 155
Albini, Steve, 23–24, 210–212
Ali, Rashied, 239, 251, 253
Allen, Daevid, 174–176, 203
“Alligator,” 89
Allman, Duane, 232
Allman, Greg, 232
Allman Brothers Band, 102, 232
“All You Need Is Love,” 242
Alvin, Dave, 111
Ammons, Albert, 29
Amram, David, 35
Anderson, Cat, 173
Asch, Moe, 35, 39, 296
Asleep at the Wheel, 31
“At the Crossroads,” 140
Ayler, Albert, 237–257
Ayler, Beatrice, 246
Ayler, Donald, 241, 249–250, 251, 252–253, 255, 256
Ayler, Edward, 241, 250
Ayler, Myrtle, 241, 250, 255
“Baba O’Riley,” 199
Babbitt, Milton, 259
“Baby, I Love You,” 7
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 41, 205
Bachman Turner Overdrive, 122
Baker, Chet, 201–202
Ballard, Hank, 128
Bang on a Can, 142
Bangs, Lester, xii, 20, 24, 25, 27, 105, 108, 261, 262
Barber, Jack, 130, 131, 135, 139
Barger, Sonny, 77–79, 81–82, 83, 84–88, 90
Barrow, Arthur, 187–188
Barry, Jeff, 7
Basho, Robbie, 101
Basie, William “Count,” 172, 173, 238
Beach Boys, 7, 131, 159, 233
Beatles, 15, 92, 107, 130, 165, 214, 238, 242, 278, 285–286
Beausoleil, Bobby, 228
Beck, Jeff, 235–236
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 42
Belew, Adrian, 186, 188
“Believe,” 156 “Be My Baby,” 6
Bernstein, Steven, 3–4
Berry, Chuck, 159
Berry, Jan, 159
Best, Denzil, 57
Betts, Dickey, 232
Big Black, 212
Big Brother & the Holding Company, 133, 238
Bingenheimer, Rodney, 261
Bishop, Walter, Jr., 61
Black, Jack, 261
Black, Jimmy Carl, 179–180, 181, 191
Black Grass, 110
“Black Napkins,” 187
Black Oak Arkansas, 31
“Black Page, The,” 186, 192
Black Sabbath, 44–52, 214
Blairman, Allen, 254
Blakey, Art, 56–64, 156
Bland, Bobby “Blue,” 128, 130
Blanton, Jimmy, 57
Blasters, 111
Bley, Carla, 239–240, 248
Bley, Paul, 246–247
Blind Joe Death, see Fahey, John Blondie, 215
Bloomberg, Michael, 51
“Blowin’ in the Wind,” 120–121
Blue Cheer, 47
Blue Oyster Cult, 49, 107, 109, 110, 111, 213, 214
Bonds, Barry, 48
“Boogie Bands and One-Night Stands,” 31
“Boogie Chillun,” 30
“Boogie Nights,” 31
“Boogie Till You Puke,” 31
“Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy, The,” 31
Booth, Juini, 252
“Border Song,” 165
“Born in the USA,” 121
“Born to Boogie,” 31
“Born to Run,” 121
Bostic, Earl, 244
Bottle Rockets, 128
Bozzio, Terry, 186, 187, 192
Brand, Stuart, 205
“Brass Buttons,” 292
Bread, 165
Brewer, Don, 214
“Bridge Over Troubled Water,” 165
Brock, Napoleon Murphy, 184, 188
Brønsted, Niels, 245
Brown, Clarence “Gatemouth,” 128
Brown, James, 130, 131, 155, 162, 238
Bruce, Lenny, 179
Buhaina, Abdullah Ibn, see Blakey, Art
Butler, Geezer, 45, 49
Byas, Don, 57
“Bye Bye Blackbird,” 245
Byrd, Donald, 61
Byrds, 291–292
Cage, John, 42, 143, 204, 259
Cale, John, 19, 200–201, 203–204, 206
“California Waiting,” 215 Can, 203
Canned Heat, 30–31, 160, 254
Captain Beefheart, 65–66, 183
Carlos, Walter (Wendy), 205
Carney, Harry, 173
Carrasco, Joe “King,” 140
Carter, Clarence, 233
Catlett, Big Sid, 56, 155
“Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks),” 89
“CC Rider,” 38
Chadbourne, Eugene, 127–128
Charles, Ray, 131, 161, 163, 166
Charters, Ann, 35, 39
“Chase, The,” 153
Cher, 156
Cherry, Don, 244, 247, 249, 256
“Choo Choo Cha Boogie,” 31
Chopin, Frédéric, 41
Christgau, Robert “The Dean,” 21, 105, 107, 111, 113–115
Christian, Charlie, 57
Christian, Roger, 159
Clapton, Eric, 11, 13–14, 122
Clarke, Kenny, 56, 57, 58
Clash, 68, 118
Clinton, Bill, 51
Clinton, Hillary, 51
Cobbs, Call, 254
“Cocaine,” 122
Colaiuta, Vinnie, 187, 189–190, 192
Coleman, Ornette, 237, 239, 242, 244, 245, 247–248, 249
Collins, Ray, 179, 188
Colomby, Harry, 62
Coltrane, John, 58, 62, 66, 161, 204,
237, 239, 242, 244, 245, 246, 248,
249, 250–253, 256
Conrad, Tony, 28, 200–201, 203–204
Costello, Elvis, 137, 197
“Cow Cow Boogie,” 31
“Crazy Daisy,” 129
Cream, 11, 49, 168
Creedence Clearwater Revival, 137, 214
“Crimson and Clover,” 260
“Cripple Creek,” 102
“Crossroads,” 11
Cruise, Tom, 48
“Cryptical Envelopment,” 88, 89
“Crystal Blue Persuasion,” 260
Crystals, 6
Curtis, King, 163, 164, 165
Cusack, John, 261–262
Czukay, Holger, 259
“Da Doo Ron Ron,” 7
Damned, 68
“Dark Star,” 74, 89
Dave Clark Five, 131
Davis, Miles, 58, 162, 178, 254
“Death Don’t Have No Mercy,” 89
Debussy, Claude, 182
Deep Purple, 47, 49
De La Parra, Adolfo “Fito,” 31
Delmore Brothers, 31
Dempster, Stuart, 205
DeRogatis, Jim, 261–262
Dickinson, Bruce, 213
Diddley, Bo, 160<
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“Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue,” 171, 172
Dodds, Warren “Baby,” 155
Dogg, Snoop, 273, 286
Dolphy, Eric, 182, 239
“Don’t Fear the Reaper,” 213
“Don’t Play That Song,” 165
Doobie Brothers, 160
Doors, 107, 230
Dorham, Kenny, 60, 61
“Dr. Feelgood,” 165
Dr. John, 136, 180
“Drum Battle, The,” 157
“Drums,” 89
Duke, George, 184–185, 188
Dunbar, Aynsley, 183, 191
Dupree, Cornell, 163
Dylan, Bob, 35, 36–37, 86, 120–121, 126, 127, 132, 136, 139
Earle, Steve, 132, 136–137
Eckstine, Billy, 56
Edwards, David “Honeyboy,” 14
Edwin Hawkins Singers, 123
El Be-Bop Kid, 129
Eldridge, Roy, 57
“Eleanor Rigby,” 165
“Eleven, The,” 74, 89
Ellington, Edward Kennedy “Duke,” 154, 155, 171–173, 178, 187, 237, 238, 240
Eno, Brian, 141–143, 199, 205, 259
Ensemble Modern, 183
Entwhistle, John, 232
Erickson, Roky, 132, 135–136, 139
Escovedo, Alejandro, 197–198
Estrada, Roy, 179–180, 181, 188
Fahey, John, 92–99, 101 Farrar, Jay, 134
Feins, John, 38, 39
Fender, Freddy, 129–130, 132, 135, 138
Fenton, Nick, 57
Ferrari, Luc, 259
“Fever Dog,” 234
Fitzgerald, Ella, 31
Flying Burrito Brothers, 292
Foghat, 31
Fontana, DJ, 32
Foo Fighters, 51
Foster, Stephen Collins, 121, 250
Fowler, Bruce, 184
Fowler, Tom, 178, 185
Fowley, Kim, 180
Franklin, Aretha, 161–167
Free, 214
“Freebird,” xii, 1–4, 122
“Freedom Jazz Dance,” 152
Fugs, 33, 37, 247
“Funeral March,” 203
Gang of Four, 119
Garcia, Jerry, 74, 78–79, 87, 93, 133
Gardiner, Ronnie, 245
Gardner, Bunk, 181
Gaye, Marvin, 238
George, Lowell, 186
Germs, 111 Gershwin, George, 94, 245
Gershwin, Ira, 94 “Ghosts,” 243, 248
Gibson, John, 202
Gillespie, John Birks “Dizzy,” 57, 60, 172
Gilmore, John, 246
Ginsberg, Allen, 33–40
Giuliani, Rudy, 51
Glass, Philip, 199, 203, 207, 208
Glitter, Gary, 121
“Goin’ Up the Country,” 31
Golden Earring, 158
Gong, 174–176, 203
Gonsalves, Paul, 171–173
“Good Morning Little Schoolgirl,” 82
Gordon, Dexter, 153
Gourds, 139
Graham, Bill, 74, 77–78, 87, 88, 90, 162, 166, 167
Grand Funk Railroad, 168–170, 214
Grateful Dead, 71–73, 74, 78, 81,
85–91, 126, 133, 135, 162, 200
“Gravity/Falling Down Again,” 198
Gray, Wardell, 153
Greenwich, Ellie, 6–7
Greer, Sonny, 56, 155
Griffin, Johnny, 62, 63
“Guitar Boogie,” 30
Guralnick, Peter, 14
Guthrie, Woody, 295–296
Guy, Joe, 57
Haden, Charlie, 181
Hammond, John, 35, 36–37, 161
Hardman, Bill, 61–62, 63
Harrington, David, 203, 207–208
Harris, Beaver, 242
Harris, Bob, 188
Harris, Eddie, 152
Harris, Emmylou, 292
Harrison, George, 8, 123
Hart, Mickey, 74
Hassell, Jon, 205, 259
Hassell, Margaret, 205
Hawkins, Coleman, 57, 58, 172
Hayes, Isaac, 122
Heartbreakers, 68–70
Hell, Richard, 68
Helms, Chet, 133
“Help I’m a Rock,” 180
“Helter Skelter,” 286
Henderson, Fletcher, 56
Henderson, Joe, 187
Hendrix, Jimi, 19, 86, 107, 122, 168, 174, 178, 240, 254
Hentoff, Nat, 252
“He’s a Rebel,” 6
“Hillbilly Boogie,” 31
Hillman, Chris, 292
Hines, Earl “Fatha,” 57
Hite, Bob “The Bear,” 30–31
Hodges, Johnny, 173
Hoffman, Philip Seymour, 262
Holiday, Billie, 247
Holly, Buddy, 126
Holmstrom, John, 21
“Holy Family,” 254
“Honky Tonk Women,” 214
Hooker, John Lee, 30, 31, 32
Hopper, Dennis, 7
“Hot Rod Lincoln,” 159
Houston, Cisco, 296
Hubbard, Freddie, 62
Huerta, Baldemar, see Fender, Freddy
Humble Pie, 214
Humphrey, Ralph, 185, 191–192
“Hungry Heart,” 121
“Imagine,” 122
“I Mean You,” 63
“I’m Going Home,” 31, 32
“I’m Your Captain,” 169
“In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,” 155
Ingber, Elliot, 179, 180
“In Walked Bud,” 63
Iommi, Tony, 45, 49
Iron Maiden, 3
“I Wanna Be Your Dog,” 198
“I Want a New Drug,” 122
Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats, 159
Jackson, Michael, 48
Jacobs, “Little” Walter, 241
Jacquet, Illinois, 244
Jagger, Mick, 7
James, Skip, 92
James, Tommy, 260
Jan & Dean, 159
Jarrett, Keith, 2
Jefferson, Blind Lemon, 30
Jefferson Airplane, 19, 107
Jemmott, Jerry, 163
Jennings, Waylon, 127, 136
Jimenez, Flaco, 136, 138
John, Elton, 165, 233
Johnson, Pete, 29
Johnson, Robert, 10–14
Johnston, Daniel, 55
Jones, Elvin, 181
Jones, Jo, 173
Jones, John Paul, 49
Jones, Papa Jo, 56
Joplin, Janis, 86, 133, 238
Jordan, Louis, 31
“Jumping Jack Flash,” 120
“Jumpin’ Punkins,” 155
Kaufman, Phil, 292
Kaye, Lenny, 17, 107
Kaylan, Howard, 183, 188
Keneally, Mike, 182
Kerouac, Jack, 34, 36, 250
King, Ben E., 165
King Curtis and the Kingpins, 163, 164, 165
“King Kong,” 182
Kings of Leon, 215
Kinks, 137
Kirk, Roland, 182
Koenigswarter, Nica de, 62
Kot, Greg, 262
Kottke, Leo, 93, 94–99, 101, 102
Kronos Quartet, 203, 207–208
Krupa, Gene, 157
Kubernik, Harvey, 34, 36, 39
Kupferberg, Tuli, 37
Laing, Corky, 214
Lang, Peter, 97
Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter), 37, 154
Led Zeppelin, 49, 122, 212, 232–233
Lee, Alvin, 31–32
Lee, Spike, 51
Legendary Stardust Cowboy, 55
Lennon, John, 8, 122, 278, 286
Leno, Jay, 47
Lesh, Phil, 200
“Let’s Work Together,” 31
Letterman, David, 47
Lewis, Jerry Lee, 30, 32, 111
Lewis, Meade “Lux,” 29
“Like a Rolling Stone,” 120–121
“Little Boy Blue,” 13
“Little Martha,” 102
“Live and Let Die,” 122
Lloyd, Charles, 163
Lockwood, Robert Jr., 13
“Loco-Motion, The,” 169
London Symphony Orchestra, 183, 193
Los Angeles Symphony, 183
“Lost Highway,” 159
Love, Courtney, 51
Lovelace, Linda, 118, 119
“Love the One You’re With,” 164
Lovin’ Spoonful, xiii, 30
“Low Rider,” 160
Lure, Walter, 68, 69
Lynyrd Skynyrd, 2, 232
McBirney, Charlie, 135
McCain, John, 51
McCartney, Paul, 122, 174, 278
McCoy, Rose Marie, 253
McKernan, Ron “Pigpen,” 74
McLean, Jackie, 61
McNeely, Big Jay, 244
Magic Band, 66
Mahavishnu Orchestra, 185
Maher, Bill, 50
Mahler, Gustav, 203
“Make It with You,” 165
Mance, Junior, 61
Mann, Ed, 190
Marcus, Greil, 14, 105, 107, 113–115
Maria, Mary (Mary Parks), 252, 253, 254, 255, 256
Mars, Tommy, 188
“Marseillaise, La,” 242, 255
Martin, Bobby, 188
Mauritz, Barbara, 110
“Maybelline,” 159
Mayfield, Curtis, 122
Mazzacane-Conners, Loren, 94
MC5, 168
“Mean Mistreater,” 169
“Meet Me in Stockholm,” 137
Mehta, Zubin, 183
Mekons, 25, 118–119
Mellencamp, John, 121
Meltzer, Richard, 105–116, 260–262
Memphis Horns, 163, 167
“Memphis Soul Stew,” 163
Mercury, Freddie, 121
“Mescalin Mix,” 201–202
Meyers, Augie, 130–131, 133, 134, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140
Miller, Jimmy, 214
Mingus, Charles, 61
Minutemen, 111
“Mississippi Queen,” 214
“Miss Ree,” 163
“Misty,” 155
Mitchell, Joni, 221
Mobley, Hank, 59, 61
Moby Grape, 107
“Money,” 122
Monk, Thelonious Sphere, 33–34, 56–64
Montgomery, Wes, 148