Read Old Gods Almost Dead Online
Authors: Stephen Davis
Jethro Tull
“Jigsaw Puzzle ”
John, Elton
John Wesley Harding
Johns, Andy
Johns, Glyn
Johnson, Johnnie
Johnson, Robert
Jones, Brian
APPEARANCE
BACKGROUND, CHILDHOOD, FAMILY
CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY
; abuse of women; ambition; charisma; dishonesty; paranoia; sexuality and promiscuity; suicide attempt
DEATH
; funeral; premonitions of
DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE
; arrest and trial, first; arrests and police harassment, subsequent; hospitalizations; LSD
MUSIC AND CAREER:
abandoned by Stones in Morocco; arranging; beginning of the end with Stones; break with Keith Richard over Anita; comment on hostility toward Stones; comment on his playing; contracts and; Ceylon; debut of Rollin' Stones and; early players for Rollin' Stones and; electric guitar; as Elmo Lewis, with Korner's band; fans and; fired by Stones; first guitar; founding member, Rolling Stones; France and; getâout schemes,; harmonica playing; Hawaiian guitar; injuries, on and off stage; last American tour; last appearance with the Stones; last contributions to Rolling Stones; last performance; last time all five Stones together; as leader and promoter, Rollin' Stones,; Mellotron playing; missing gigs, outsider status, and decline of; Monterey Pop Festival; Morocco and Jajouka musicians; mountain dulcimer; movie soundtrack; at 102 Edith Grove; playing brilliance; restoration to band, 1965; saxophone playing; secret deal with Easton/Oldham; sitar Vox guitar; “weaving” with Richard
MUSICAL INFLUENCES
RELATIONSHIPS AND LOVERS:
Andrews, Pat and child, Julian; Keith, Linda; Lawrence, Linda and child; Molloy, Dawn and child; Nico; Pallenberg, Anita; Potier, Suki; unnamed girl and child; Valerie and first child; Wohlin, Anna; Zou Zou
RESIDENCES:
Chelsea house; Cotchford Farm (House at Pooh Corner); Courtfield Road; Royal Avenue House
Jones, Darryl
Jones, Peter
Joplin, Janis
Jordan, Dave
Jordon, Steve
“Jump on Top of Me ”
“Jumpin' Jack Flash ”
“Just My Imagination ”
“Just Wanna See His Face ”
Keith, Linda
Keltner, Jim
Kesey, Ken
“Key to the Highway ”
Keylock, Tom
Keys, Bobby
“Killin' Floor ”
Kimsey, Chris
King, B. B.
King of the Delta Blues Singers
Kingsway Studio
Kinks
Klein, Allen; Beatles and
Kooper, Al
Korner, Alexis
Kravitz, Lenny
Kray twins, Reg and Ron
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones
(film)
“Lady Jane ”
lang, k. d.
“Lantern, The ”
“Last Time, The ”
Lawrence, Linda
“Leather Jacket ”
Leavell, Chuck
Led Zeppelin
Lennon, John
“Let It Be ”
Let It Bleed
“Let It Loose ”
“Let It Rock ”
“Let Me Go ”
“Let's Go Steady ”
“Let's Spend the Night Together ”
Let's Spend the Night Together
(film)
“Let's Work ”
Lewis, Jerry Lee
Liebovitz, Annie
“Lies ”
“Like a Rolling Stone ”
Lindsay-Hogg, Michael
Lindstrom, Astrid
Linnear, Claudia
“Little Baby ”
“Little by Little ”
Little, Carlo
“Little Queenie ”
“Little Red Rooster ”
Little Richard
“Little T&A ”
Litvinoff, David
“Live With Me ”
LIVEr Than You'll Ever Be
London Howlin' Wolf Sessions, The
London Records
“Long Distance Call ”
“Long Tall Sally ”
“Looking Tired ”
“Love in Vain ”
“Love Is Strong ”
“Love Me Do ”
Love You Live
“Loving Cup ”
“Lowdown ”
Lowenstein, Rupert
“Luxury ”
Made in the Shade
Main Offender
Mandel, Harvey
Mankowitz, Gered
Marks, Emeretta
Marley, Bob (and the Wailers)
Marquee Jazz Club
Marrakech.
See
Tangiers and Marrakech
Martin, Dean
Master and Margarita, The
(Bulgakov)
“Maybellene ”
Maysles, David and Albert,
McCartney, Paul
McLagan, Ian “Mac ”
“Mean Disposition ”
“Mean Woman Blues ”
“Meet Me at the Bottom ”
“Meet Me at the Station ”
“Melody ”
Melody Maker
“Memo from Turner ”
“Memory Motel ”
“Mercy, Mercy ”
Metamorphosis
“Midnight Rambler ”
“Might as Well Get Juiced ”
Miller, Jimmy
Mingus, Charlie
“Miss Amanda Jones ”
Miss Pamela
“Miss You ”
“Misty Roads ”
“Mixed Emotions ”
“Mockingbird ”
“Mona ”
Monck, Chip
“Money ”
“Monkey Man ”
Monkey Grip
Moon, Keith
“Moon Is Up ”
“Moonlight Mile ”
Morad, Luciana
Morrison, Jim,
“Mother's Little Helper ”
“Mr. Tambourine Man ”
“Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter ”
Muscle Shoals Studio
Music from Big Pink
Musicland Studio
“My Generation ”
“My Girl ”
“My Obsession ”
Nanker Phelge Music Ltd.
Nash, Graham
Ned Kelly
(film)
“Needles and Pins ”
“Neighbors ”
New Barbarians
“New Faces ”
News of the World, The
Nico
“19th Nervous Breakdown ”
Nitzsche, Jack
“No Expectations ”
No Security
“No Use in Crying ”
“Norwegian Wood ”
“Not Fade Away ”
“Now I've Got a Witness ”
Now Look
Obermeier, Uschi
Ocean Way Studios
Ode to a High-Flying Bird
(Watts)
“Off the Hook ”
Oldham, Andrew
Olympic Studio
“On with the Show ”
“One Hit ”
“One More Try ”
One Plus One
(film)
Ono, Yoko
Ormsby-Gore, Jane
“Out of Control ”
“Out of Focus ”
Out of Our Heads
“Out of Tears ”
“Out of Time ”
Page, Jimmy
“Pain in My Heart ”
“Paint It, Black ”
Pallenberg, Anita; American detox; arrests; break-up with Keith; children with Keith Richard; death of son; heroin addiction; Richards, Keith and
“Parachute Woman ”
Parker, Charlie
Parsons, Gram; wife
Pathé-Marconi Studios, Paris
“Peggy Sue ”
Performance
(film)
Perrin, Leslie
Perrine, Valerie
Phelge, Jimmy
Phillips, John
Phillips, Mackenzie
Phillips, Michelle
Pickett, Wicked Wilson
Pink Floyd
Pitney, Gene
“Play with Fire ”
“Please Go Home ”
“Please Please Me ”
“Poison Ivy ”
Potier, Suki
“Potted Shrimp ”
“Pretty Beat Up ”
Preston, Billy
“Pretty Thing ”
Pretty Things
Price, Jim
“Primitive Cool ”
Primitive Cool
Prince
“Prodigal Son ”
“Promo Man ”
“Quick One, A ”
Radizwill, Princess Lee
“Rainy Day Woman ”
RCA Studio, Los Angeles
Rebennaack, Dr. John-Mac
Redding, Otis
Reed, Jimmy
“Reelin' and Rockin' ”
Regent Sound studio
Reggae
“Respectable ”
“Revolution ”
Richard, Keith [Keith Richards]
APPEARANCE
BACKGROUND, CHILDHOOD, FAMILY:
birth; birthdays; daughter, Alexandra; daughter, Angela (Dandelion); daughter, Theodora Dupree; education; father and breach with; granddaughter, Ella Rose; hometown; mother and; musical family of; son, Marlon; son, Tara
CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY:
aggression; blind girl and
DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE
; American detox; bed fire; car accidents; cocaine use; drug busts, arrests, and sentences; heroin addiction; Toronto detention
MUSIC AND CAREER:
benefit concerts; break with Brian over Anita; as child singer; comment on America, 1964; comment on
Beggar's Banquet
; comments on Brian; comment, Chess studios; comment, “Come On,”; comment, crowd rioting; comment, feuds; comment, Klein; comment, “The Last Time,”; comment, Little Richard; comment, Muddy Waters; comment, 1968; comment, onstage performances; comment, playing; comment, Polish concert; comment, songwriting; comment, touring; control of Stones; debut of Stones and; Fifth Dimension and; first gig; first electric guitar; first guitar; first solo track on Stones recording; five-string guitar; “Get Off of My Cloud,” opinion of; “Glimmer Twins,”; “the Human Riff,”; incident in Omaha; injuries during concerts; joins Rollin' Stones; Korner, Alexis, and; Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys; Live Aid concert, 1985; name change; near-fatal electrocution; New Barbarians; at 102 Edith Grove,; playing and performance style; Rasta tapes; relationship with Beatles;
Rolling Stones
interview; “Satisfaction,” playing on; solo albums; solo career; solo tour; songwriting; success; vocalizations; “weaving” with Jones
MUSICAL INFLUENCES:
Berry, Chuck; Cooder, Ry; country music; Everly, Don; grandfather, Gus Dupree; Moore, Scotty; reggae; rock and roll; Waters, Muddy; White, Bukka,
RELATIONSHIPS AND LOVERS:
Bennett, Ronnie; Hanson, Patti, see Richards, Patti Hanson (wife); Jagger and; Jones, Brian, and; Keith, Linda; Marks, Emeretta; Obermeier, Uschi; Pallenberg, Anita, see Pallenberg, Anita; Wenglass, Lily; Wood, Ronnie, and
RESIDENCES:
America, green card; Cheyne Walk; Connecticut; Hampstead; Jamaica (Point of View); Mapesbury Road; Montreux; Nellcote; Redlands; South Salem, NY; St. John's Wood
Richards, Bert
Richards, Doris Dupree
Richards, Patti Hanson
“Ride 'Em on Down ”
“Ride On Baby ”
Right Track Studio
“Rip This Joint ”
“Road Runner ”
“Rock and a Hard Place ”
“Rock Around the Clock ”
“Rock Me Baby ”
Rock Dreams
(Peelaert)
“Rock Island Line ”
Rock 'n' roll and Rock music
“Rocks Off ”
Roeg, Nicholas
“Roll Over Beethoven ”
“Rollin' Stone ”
Rolling Stones: accountant and business manager, see Klein, Allen; Lowenstein, Rupert; album, Chess studios; album, first British; album, first US; album, second British; album, second U.S.,
12 X 15
; album, U.S.,
The Rolling Stones Now
; alliances within the group; appeal and sexuality of; appearance and costume; arrangers, see Nitzsche, Jack; arrest, Rhode Island; Bahama recordings; Barbados and Montserrat creative sessions; Beatles and; “Best R&B Group,”; birth of; booking agent; bootleg releases; break between Keith and Brian; breakâup of original members; Budweiser sponsorship; bus purchased by Stewart; celebrity status; censorship; chauffeurs or bodyguards,
see also
Keylock, Tom; computer game; conditions on the road, 1964; contract with Easton/Oldham; core creative structure; “delinquent aristocracy,”; demo tapes #1; demo tape #2; documentary by Frank; drug busts and ensuing legal problems, 1967; Dylan, Bob,
see
Dylan, Bob; early players, Rollin' Stones period; early struggle; earnings; endorsement deal with Vox; EP, first; EP, second; exile in France and tax problems; fans; feuding in band; Fifth Dimension, recordings of 1968; films; fires Brian Jones; first article on; first “disco 45,”; first No. 1 single; first No. 1 U.S. single; first photos; first U.S. single; first woman with major part on record; first women onstage; flat at 102 Edith Grove; founding; as generation's point men; German period/Munich recordings; “Glimmer Twins,”; groupies; as gypsy band, post 1970; Hall of Fame; heroin and; image created for; injuries during concerts; Jagger leaves; Jamaica recording sessions, 1972; Jones, Darryl, hired; Kellogg commercial; Keys, Bobby, as adjunct Stone; Keys, Bobby, kicked out,
see also
Keys, Bobby; last time all five Stones together; lawsuits against Klein, Oldham, and Easton; legal problems; liner notes; logo; Long Beach near crushing; longevity; Longview Farm, rehearsals, 1981; Los Angeles, 1965, studio work; Los Angeles, 1966, studio work; “Lost Jam,”; LSD and; make 'em wait attitude; managers,
see also
Bergman, Jo; Oldham, Andrew; mayhem and rioting at performances; Mobile, truck-mounted studio; MTV; musical style and transformations of; name chosen; Nanker Phelge as publishing credit; Nellcote recordings; near-fatal electrocution of Keith; opening acts for; origins as the Rollin' Stones; Pallenberg, Anita, and; Pepsi sponsorship; press agents,
see also
Perrin, Leslie; producer-engineers, see Johns, Andy; Johns, Glyn; Kimsey, Chris; Miller, Jimmy; reaction to, negative; reconciliation in 1988â89; record contracts, see Atlantic; CBS; Decca; EMI; IBC; recording sessions,
see specific studios
; reign as a teen act ends; Rolling Stones Records; Romford pissing incident, 1965; security,
see also
Barger, Sonny; Hell's Angels; song theft; staff physician; Starship; Stewart's death and; success, early; Taylor, Mick, quits band; Taylor, Mick, replaces Brian Jones; tensions and problems; TV appearance and rise of; TV documentary; typical set, 1972; unreleased songs; videos; Vienna, wreck hotel; Watts impact on and “shuffle and eighths,”, 42; Wood, Ron, joins band; Wyman, Bill, retires