The Boy Who Cried Freebird (30 page)

 

“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

Note: Entries in this index, carried over verbatim from the print edition of this title, are unlikely to correspond to the pagination of any given e-book reader. However, entries in this index, and other terms, may be easily located by using the search feature of your e-book reader.

 

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

“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 House I Used to Live In,” 181

“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