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Abba 76, 97, 159
‘Dancing Queen’ 211
Abbey Road studio 9–10, 12–13, 28
‘Abide With Me’ 99, 100
Adams, Terry 193
African music, and blues 111–12
Aida 72
al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab 158
Albert Hall 47, 102
Alexander, Arthur
‘A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues’ 58, 59
‘You Better Move On’ 58, 59
Alfie 157
Allen, Richard 16
Allez Allez 136
Alpert, Herb, ‘The Lonely Bull’ 10
Amazon 171
American Graffiti (film) 89–90, 154
Anderson, Jon 134
‘Angels’ 154
Angola Penitentiary 69
Animals
‘Club A Gogo’ (‘Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood’) 59
‘House Of The Rising Sun’ 191
Apple Store 171
Appleton, Mike 127–9, 133, 134, 137
Arctic Monkeys 106
Armstrong, Louis
‘Hello Dolly’ 193
Batley gig 193
Astaire, Fred 159
Aswad 135
Asylum 143–4
audiences 198–9
Azoff, Irving 184
B-sides 57–61
Babe: Pig in the City 157
Bacharach, Burt, songs 150
Baker, Arthur 85
Band, The 17, 19
‘The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down’ 58–9, 60
Barber, Chris 120
Barkin, Ellen 77
Barrett, Carlton 17
Batman 157
BBC
Peel Wing 90
Radio 1 8, 90, 94
Radio 3, The Essay 65–6
Radio 4 143, 156
Beach Boys 158, 196
‘Help Me, Rhonda’ 28
‘Surfin’’ 37
‘Wendy’ (‘Good Vibrations’) 59
Beale Street 112, 117–20
Beatlemania xiii, 25–6, 36
Beatles xv, 5, 68, 80, 106, 148, 189, 199, 212
albums
A Hard Day’s Night 24–6, 29
Abbey Road 15
Beatles For Sale xiv
Help! 8, 15, 27–8
Let It Be 4
Revolver 184
Rubber Soul xiv, 27–30, 184
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 7, 33, 184
With The Beatles xiii, 9
and Pete Best 12, 14, 36
happy sounds 8–9
underrated 3–11
songs
‘A Day In The Life’ 34
‘All My Loving’ 7, 8
‘Come Together’ 15
‘Day Tripper’ 7, 30
‘Eight Days A Week’ 8
‘Get Back’ 10
‘Getting Better’ 9
‘Hello Goodbye’ 6
‘Here, There And Everywhere’ 6–7, 153
‘I Should Have Known Better’ 26
‘I’m Down’ (‘Help!’) 59
‘I’m Happy Just To Dance With You’ 26
‘If I Fell’ 26
‘Imagine’ 99
‘In My Life’ 29, 30
‘Love Me Do’ 34
‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’ 7
‘Michelle’ 29, 30
‘No Reply’ 8, 158
‘Norwegian Wood’ 29
‘Penny Lane’ 7, 8
‘Roll Over Beethoven’ 150
‘She Loves You’ 9
‘She Said She Said’ 8
‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ 7
‘The Word’ 30
‘Things We Said Today’ 8
‘This Boy’ 129–30
‘Ticket To Ride’ 15
‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ 8
‘We Can Work It Out’ 7, 30
‘Yesterday’ 57
‘You Won’t See Me’ 29
Beck, Jeff 120
‘Beck’s Bolero’ (‘Hi Ho Silver Lining’) 60
Bee Gees
‘Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You’ (‘Holiday’) 59
‘Holiday’ 57
Beethoven 148
Bell, Maggie 134
Bennett, Alan 101
Berghofer, Chuck 11
Berry, Chuck 122, 149–50, 201
‘Promised Land’ 205
Bradford gig 191
Best, Pete 12, 14, 36
Beyoncé 72, 106, 134
Birds 49
‘Birdie Song’ 212
Blackboard Jungle 82
Blackfoot, J., ‘Taxi’ 207
Blaine, Hal 10
Blake, Blind, ‘Too Tight’ 126
blues 107–26
British rock and 120–2
Blunt, James, ‘You’re Beautiful’ 152–3, 154
Bob Dylan, ‘From A Buick 6’ (‘Positively 4th Street’) 59
Bolan, Marc 153
Bonham, John 17, 19
Bonzo Dog Band, ‘Canyons Of Your Mind’ (‘I’m The Urban Spaceman’) 58, 59
Bowie (Jones), David 37, 71, 153
Berlin Trilogy 184
‘Heroes’ 184
Lodger 184
Low 184
‘The Jean Genie’ 212
‘The London Boys’ (‘Rubber Band’) 59
Brambell, Wilfrid 25, 38
Branson, Richard 51, 170
Braun, Michael, Love Me Do! 6
Brel, Jacques, ‘Amsterdam’ 184
Brit Awards 1992 81
British Record Shop Archive (website) 168–9
Brookes, Bruno 94
Brothers, Coen, The Ladykillers 157
Brown, Gordon 106
Brown, James, ‘Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag’ 28
Brown, Joe 102
Brown, Richard ‘Rabbit’, ‘James Alley Blues’ 126
Browne, Jackson 129, 153
‘The Late Show’ 204
Bryson, Bill 158
Buckley, Tim 153
Buena Vista Social Club 176
Burdon, Eric 121–2
Burnett, Charles, ‘Warming by the Devil’s Fire’ 120
Burnside, R.L. 124
Burton, Tim, Planet of the Apes 157
Bush, George 196
Bush, Kate 136
Byrds 28
‘I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better’ 58, 59
‘Mr Tambourine Man’ 11, 27
Cagney, Jimmy 70
Caledonia Soul Orchestra 193
Campbell, Glen 10
Canned Heat 117
Capital Radio 293
Capra, Frank 158
Carmel 136
Carmichael, Ian 159
Carr, Nicholas, The Shallows … 148
Casey, Al 11
Cash, Johnny 151
‘Hurt’ 97
Cash, Rosanne, ‘Runaway Train’ 206
Cave, Nick 151
Chapin, Harry 129
Charles, Ray 118, 121
Charters, Sam 113
Cheapo Cheapo 168
Chess, Leonard 122
Chess, Marshall 122, 123
Chilton, Alex 107–12
Chuck D 122, 123
Clapton, Eric 120, 121, 125
Climax Blues Band 129
Cobain, Kurt 73, 124
Coghlan, John 19–20
Cohen, Leonard 52–3
Coldplay 106
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, poems 187, 190
‘Come Together’ 17
Common (Chicago rapper) 123
Contempo 168
Cooder, Ry 129
‘Vigilante Man’ 129
Cooke, Sam, ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ (‘Shake’) 61
Cooper, Mark 197
Costello, Elvis 123, 148, 189
and the Attractions 199
London gig 192
‘Radio Radio’ 192
‘She’ 99
Cotton Club 69
Cowboys International 136
Crazy Horse 129
Cream, ‘Tales Of Brave Ulysses’ (‘Strange Brew’) 60
Creedence Clearwater Revival, ‘Born On The Bayou’ (‘Proud Mary’) 60
Crosby, Bing 111
Crowded House
Sydney, Australia gig 195–6
‘Weather With You’ 99
Cure, The
Faith 185
Pornography 185
Seventeen Seconds 185
Cusack, John 154–5
darkness 156–9
Daunt bookshop 172
Dave Clark Five xiv
Davies, Ray 44–5
Davis, Miles 151
Dawn of the Dead 157
Demme, Jonathan, Manchurian Candidate 157
Desert Island Discs 99
Diabaté, Toumani, in Mali 193
Diddley, Bo 122
Dillon, Matt 71
Diner (film) 77
Dixie Chicks, London gig 196
DJs 89–95
Dobell’s Jazz & Blues Shop 121, 168
Dominoes 191
Donegan, Lonnie 120, 124
Donovan, ‘To Sing For You’ (‘Colours’) 61
Doobie Brothers 191–2
Doors
‘Love Street’ (‘Hello, I Love You’) 61
‘Roadhouse Blues’ 19
Drake, Nick
Bryter Layter 185
Five Leaves Left 185
Pink Moon 185
Dreyfuss, Richard 89
drummers 12–20
Dury, Ian, and the Blockheads
Do It Yourself 194
New Boots And Panties!! 194
Sheffield gig 194–5
Dylan, Bob 34, 37, 46–8, 50, 51, 53, 54, 66, 82–4, 138, 139, 189, 190, 198
and reality 71
‘Blowin’ In The Wind’ 36
‘Forever Young’ 154
‘High Water’ 48
Hollywood gig 197
‘Lay Lady Lay’ 153
‘Like A Rolling Stone’ 28
‘Long And Wasted Years’ 48
Love And Theft 185
‘Maggie’s Farm’ 83
Modern Times 185
‘Must Be Santa’ 47
‘Scarlet Town’ 48
Tempest 48
Theme Time Radio Hour 185
Time Out Of Mind 185
‘Times They Are A-Changin’’ 47
Eastwood, Clint 90
edginess 156–9
Edwards, Richey 73
Electric Mud 122–3
Elgar, Edward, ‘Nimrod’ 99
Eliot, T.S., poems 187
Ellen, Mark 44–5, 134
Epstein, Brian 13, 22–3
Eugenides, Jeffrey, The Marriage Plot 149, 151
Everett, Kenny 7
Everly Brothers, ‘I’m Not Angry’ (‘Crying In The Rain’) 57, 60
‘(Everything I Do) I Do It For You’ 154
Extreme Noise Terror 81–2
Fagen, Donald 146–8, 185
‘I.G.Y.’ 147
‘New Frontier’ 147
Sunken Condos 146–7
‘The Goodbye Look’ 147
The Nightfly 146–7
‘Weather In My Head’ 147
Fahey, John 114
failure 143–5
Faithful, Marianne, ‘Sister Morphine’ 58, 60
Fame, Georgie 120
Famous Five 25
Farlowe, Chris 120
Fats Domino 16
Ferry, Bryan 174–6
The Jazz Age 175–6
Ferus Gallery 38
Figgis, Mike, ‘Red, White and Blues’ (film) 120–2
Fingerprintz 134
Finn Brothers 159
Fitzgerald, Ella, ‘Manhattan’ 99
Flamingos, ‘I Only Have Eyes For You’ 154
Floyd, Eddie, ‘Big Bird’ 204
Forbes magazine 92
Forster, Robert, The Ten Rules of Rock and Roll 199
Four Tops, ‘I Can’t Help Myself’ 28
Frankie Goes to Hollywood 95
Franzen, Jonathan, Freedom 151
Front, Charles 30
Fun Boy Three 136
funerals 96–102
‘Funky Drummer’ 17
Gabriel, Peter, ‘In Your Eyes’ 155
Gallagher brothers 153
Gallagher, Noel 4
Gatting, Mike 138
Gaye, Marvin 150, 151
‘I Heard It Through The Grapevine’ 15, 16
‘Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)’ 58, 60
Geffen, David 144
Geldof, Bob 141–2
George, Lowell 205–6
‘Georgia On My Mind’ 121
Gerry and the Pacemakers xiv
‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ (‘How Do You Do It?’) 59
getting rid of stuff 160–2
gigs, memorable 191–7
Gladwell, Malcolm 205
Outliers 5
Gladys Knight & The Pips, ‘Midnight Train To Georgia’ 201–2
Godchildren of Soul, ‘Rockaway Beach’ 208
Godzilla films 156
Gordon, Rosco 119–20, 124
Goulet, Robert 120
Graduate, The (film) 34
Graham, Bill 118
Granada TV 129
Grant, Hugh 159
Gray, Simon 187–8
Grayson, Larry 48
Great Gatsby, The 174, 176
Great Train Robbery 36
Greatest Hits collections 188
Green, Al, ‘Take Me To The River’ 99
Green Day trilogy 183
Green, Peter 120, 121
Green, Sir Philip 51
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 74
groupness 5, 15
Gunsmoke (TV) 71
Haigh, Kenneth 25
Haley, Bill, ‘Rock Around The Clock’ 82
Hall, Sir Peter 156
Hall, Tom T., ‘That’s How I Got To Memphis’ 202
Hammond, John 116
Handy Park 112
Handy, W. C. 111–12
Harlequin 168
Harpers Bizarre, ‘Witchi Tai To’ (‘Knock On Wood’) 60
Harris, Bob 94, 128, 130
Harris, Emmylou, ‘Boulder To Birmingham’ 205
Harris, Joyce, ‘No Way Out’ 177–8
Harrison, George 29, 101–2, 129–30
‘All Things Must Pass’ 102
‘The Art Of Dying’ 102
Harry Potter 157
Harvey, Goldsmith 136
Hawaii Five-0 theme 11
Helm, Levon 17, 19
Hendrix, Jimi 84–5
‘The Wind Cries Mary’ (‘Purple Haze’) 60
HMV record shops 170, 171, 174–6
Hoffnung, Gerard 175
Holland, Jools 135
Hooker, John Lee 121
Hopper, Dennis 38
House of Pain, ‘Jump Around’ 212
House, Son 108, 110, 114, 115, 117
‘Death Letter’ 124
Howlin’ Wolf 83, 121, 122, 123
Hurt, Mississippi John 117
‘I Heard It Through The Grapevine’ 178
‘I Will Always Love You’ 100, 154
‘I’ll See You In My Dreams’ 102
Incredible String Band, ‘No Sleep Blues’ (‘Painting Box’) 61
Isle of Wight Festival 54
Italian Job, The 157
J. Geils Band 129
Jackson Five 159
Jagger, Mick 18, 37, 40, 43, 51, 137–40
James Brown’s band 17
James, Elmore 110
‘I Can’t Hold Out’ 126
James, Skip 120
Jan & Dean, ‘Surf City’ 204
Jardine, Al 37
Jarre, Jean-Michel 137
Jimi Hendrix Experience, ‘The Wind Cries Mary’ (‘Purple Haze’) 60
John, Elton
Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy 196
Wembley Stadium gig 196–7
John Lennon Acoustic 158
Johnson, Blind Willie 120
‘Dark Was The Night’ 125
Johnson, General 208
Johnson, Plas 10
Johnson, Robert 110, 114, 115–16, 121
‘Crossroads’ 108
‘Stop Breaking Down’ 124
‘Walkin’ Blues’ 116, 122
Johnson, Samuel 43
Jones, Brian 37
Jones, Tom 120
Jones, Uriel 16
Joy Division. ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ 97
Juice (turntablist) 123
Kasabian 80
Kaye, Carol 10, 11
Kennedy assassination 36
Kershaw, Andy 134
Kidman, Nicole 157
King, B. B. 108, 118–19, 120, 124
‘You Upset Me Baby’ 125
King, Martin Luther, ‘I Have A Dream’ speech 36
Kinks 28
‘All Day And All Of The Night’ 44
‘Autumn Almanac’ 44
‘Dandy’ 44
‘Days’ 44
‘Dead End Street’ 44
‘Dedicated Follower Of Fashion’ 44
‘Ev’rybody’s Gonna Be Happy’ 44
‘I’m Not Like Everybody Else’ (‘Sunny Afternoon’) 59
Ray Davies songs 44–5
‘See My Friends’ 44
‘Set Me Free’ 44
‘Sunny Afternoon’ 44
‘Till The End Of The Day’ 44
‘Tired Of Waiting For You’ 27, 44
‘Waterloo Sunset’ 44
‘Wonderboy’ 45
‘You Really Got Me’ 44
Kissing the Pink 136
KLF 81
Konrads 37
Kooper, Al 121
Krupa, Gene 14
Lamb, Annabel 136
Lancaster, Alan 19, 20
Landau, Jon 197
Late Night Review 156
Law, Jude 157
Le Carré, John 48
Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares 176
Lead Belly, ‘In The Pines’ 124
Led Zeppelin 17, 19, 80, 149
‘Communication Breakdown’ (‘Good Times Bad Times’) 61
Ledbetter, Huddie (‘Lead Belly’) 69, 70, 73
Lennon, John xv, 29, 34–5, 45, 73, 101
and ‘groupness’ 5
‘My Mummy’s Dead’ 158
‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ 67
‘Woman Is The Nigger Of The World’ 158
‘Working Class Hero’ 158
Lenoir, J. B. 120
Lester, Dick 25–6
Level 42 140
Levert, Gerald 157
Levin, Marc, ‘Godfathers and Sons’ (film) 122
Lewis, Furry 112–13, 117
Lewis, Jerry Lee 75
Lewisohn, Mark 25
Light of the World 136
Lightnin’ Slim, ‘Rooster Blues’ 125
Little Feat 129
London gig 191–2
‘Willin’’ 205–6
Little Richard 16, 57
Live Aid 1985 141–2, 194
Lomax, John 68–70
Look Back in Anger 72
Los Angeles session musicians 10–11
loudness 81–8
Lovelace, Linda, Deep Throat 195
Lovin’ Spoonful, ‘Didn’t Want To Have To Do It’ (‘Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?’) 60
Lowe, Nick 158
Brentford Trilogy 185–6
Dig My Mood 186
The Convincer 186
The Impossible Bird 186
Lucas, George 89
Luhrmann, Baz 176
Lulu 120
‘The Boat That I Row’ (‘To Sir With Love’) 59
Lyttelton, Humphrey 120
‘Bad Penny Blues’ 122
Madness 159
Madonna, ‘Open Your Heart’ 211
Maines, Natalie 196
Majors, Farrah Fawcett 202
Mamas and Papas, ‘Got A Feelin’’ (‘Monday Monday’) 60
managers 21–3
Manchester Free Trade Hall 83–4
Manic Street Preachers 73
Marillion and Wah 136
Marley, Bob 17, 133
‘One Cup Of Coffee’ 38
Marquee Club 37, 38
Marsh, Dave, The Heart of Rock and Soul 177–8
Marshall, Jim, Marshall Stacks 84
Martell, Bobby see Marley, Bob
Martha and the Vandellas, ‘Dancing In The Street’ 101
Martin, Dean xiv, 131
Martin, George 12–13, 17, 29, 30
Martin, Steve 159
Martyn, John 136
Mayall, John 121
McBlues 118
McCartney, Paul 5, 29, 34–5, 50, 52, 101, 138, 148
‘All My Loving’ 194
‘Getting Better’ 194
‘Hello Goodbye’ 194
Earls Court gig 194
‘I’m Down’ 57
McClintock, Harry, ‘Big Rock Candy Mountain’ 207
McCoys, ‘Sorrow’ (‘Fever’) 59
McDowell, Mississippi Fred, ‘Shake ’Em On Down’ 125
McEwan, Ian, On Chesil Beach 38, 149–50
McGuinness, Paul 22
McInerney, Jay 137
McTell, Blind Willie 69–70
Meehan, Tony 14
Meek, Joe 38
Melly, George 51, 120, 121
Melody Maker 129, 143
Memphis 107–8, 112, 117–20
Memphis Blues Festival 107, 112–13
Memphis Jug Band, ‘K. C. Moan’ 125
Menand, Louis, Iron Law of Stardom 3, 183
Miller, Steve 206
Missa Luba 176
Mississippi Delta 108–17, 124
Mitchell, Joni 71
Blue 148
‘Furry Sings The Blues’ 117
Modern Lovers 130
Monroe, Marilyn 38
Montgomery, Little Brother, ‘Vicksburg Blues’ 108
Monty Python, ‘Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life’ 99
Moon, Keith 19
Morrison, Van 151, 179
It’s Too Late To Stop Now 193
London gig 193
Morrissey 136, 154
moving on 200–8
Muddy Waters 108, 113, 122, 123
‘To Young To Know’ 126
Mulligan, Mick 121
Murakami, Haruki, Norwegian Wood 150
Mutant Ninja Turtles xiii-xiv
‘My Heart Will Go On’ 154
Napier-Bell, Simon 144
Nash, Johnny, ‘I Can See Clearly Now’ 150
New Line Cinema 157
Newman, Randy
‘Sail Away’ 188, 202–3
Best Of 188
Newport Folk Festival 83
Nightingale, Annie 128, 130, 134
Nike Town 171
Nipper the HMV dog 170
Nirvana 73
Nirvana, Unplugged 124
NME 127, 128
novelists 149–51
Nyro, Laura, ‘Wedding Bell Blues’ 150
Oasis 4, 42–3
‘Wonderwall’ 154
Be Here Now 43
Ocean’s Eleven 157
‘Ol’ Man River’ 111
old favourites 146–8
Old Grey Whistle Test 127–42, 143
‘Newsdesk’ 133
One Stop 168
Orbison, Roy 205
‘Love Hurts’ (‘Running Scared’) 59
Orton, Joe 38
Palmer, David 185
Palmer, Earl 10, 16
Parfitt, Rick 19, 20
Parsons, Gram 205
Parton, Dolly 131
Patton, Charley 111, 115, 125
‘High Water Everywhere’ 111
Paul Butterfield Blues Band 83
Pearce, Richard, ‘The Road to Memphis’ (film) 118–20
Peel, John 90
Peter Kay 159
Peter Pan 156
Peter, Paul & Mary 46
Petty, Tom 147
Phillips, Sam 120, 124
Pickett, Wilson, ‘In The Midnight Hour’ 28
Pink Floyd 50
Play Misty for Me (film) 90
playlists, rites of passage 96–102
‘pop’ as verb 11
Pope John Paul II 68
Porter, Cole 5
Presley, Elvis 28, 74, 75, 112
‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’ 155
‘A Mess of Blues’ (‘It’s Now Or Never’) 60
Prine, John 129
Procol Harum, ‘Good Captain Clack’ (‘Homburg’) 60
Public Enemy 122
pursuit 174–6, 177–9
Quiver 129
Radiohead 159
‘No Surprises’ 190
Ramone, Joey 208
Ramone, Tommy 19
Ramones 19
Randy California’s Spirit 133
Rankin, Ian, Black & Blue 150
RCA Studios 40
Read, Mike 94–5
Ready Steady Go! 121
record shops 167–9, 170–3
records as ‘physical product’ 165–6
Redding, Otis 204
‘Down In The Valley’ (‘My Girl’) 60
‘Respect’ 28
Reed, Jimmy 37, 38, 121
Reynolds, Burt 113
Richards, Keith 37, 40, 43, 72, 131–2
Richman, Jonathan 130
‘You’re Crazy For Taking The Bus 202’
Righteous Brothers
‘Unchained Melody’ (‘Hung On You’) 58, 60
‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’’ 27
Ring, The (American film) 157
rites of passage 96–102
‘River Deep Mountain High’ 10
rock stars, finances 49–56
rock TV 127–42
Rolling Stones 16, 18–19, 28, 37, 38, 49–50, 121, 124, 137, 212
‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ 27, 40–3
‘Come On’ 150
‘Off The Hook’ (‘Little Red Rooster’) 59
‘Sister Morphine’ 58
Ronettes, ‘Be My Baby’ 16
Rossi, Francis 19, 20
Rough Trade East 172
Roxy Music, ‘Love Is The Drug’ 17
Rush, Bobby 119, 120
Rush, Otis 121
‘All Your Love’ 126
Russell, Leon 113
Say Anything 155
Schwarz, Brinsley 210
Scorsese, Martin 125
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues 111, 118–24
Seabrook, John, The Song Machine 85
Seasick Steve 72–3
Seeger, Pete 83
Seger, Bob, ‘Roll Me Away’ 203
Sensational Alex Harvey Band 129
Shadows, The 14
Shakespeare, William
As You Like It 156
King Lear 157
Shaw, George Bernard 75
Shea Stadium 28
Shepperton Studios 128
Sill, Judee 129, 143–4
‘Jesus Was A Cross Maker’ 143
Simon & Garfunkel
‘America’ 203
‘For Emily …’ (‘A Hazy Shade Of Winter’) 59
Bookends 203
Simon, Paul 37, 189, 203
Sinatra, Frank xiii, xiv, xv, 50
‘My Way’ 100
Sinatra, Nancy
‘Summer Wine’ (‘Sugar Town’) 59
‘These Boots Are Made For Walkin’’ 11
Sledge, Percy, ‘When A Man Loves A Woman’ 97–8
Sledge, Sister 210
Small Faces, ‘Just Passing’ (‘I Can’t Make It’) 59
Smith, Norman ‘Hurricane’ 29
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, ‘Choosey Beggar’ (‘Going To A Gogo’) 60
Sobers, Sir Garfield 138
Solti, Sir Georg 81–2, 87
‘Somethin’ Stupid’ 10
songs, great 187–90
Sonny & Cher, ‘I Got You Babe’ 27
Speckled Red, Dirty Dozens 123
Spice Girls 76
Spiderman 157
Speir, Henry C. 115
Spinetti, Victor 25
Spotify 97, 176
Springfield, Dusty, ‘My Colouring Book’ (‘I Just Don’t Know …’) 60
Springsteen, Bruce 72, 73, 128, 136, 139, 140, 147, 197
‘Born To Run’ 190
‘Dancing In The Dark’ 212
‘Thunder Road’ 204–5
Star Wars 157
Starr, Ringo xiv, 5, 12–15, 36–7, 101
Status Quo 19–20
‘In My Chair’ 20
Hello Quo! 20
Steely Dan 158
Countdown To Ecstasy 185
Katy Lied 185
Pretzel Logic 185
Stern, Daniel 77
Steve Miller Band, ‘Mercury Blues’ 206
Stevens, Cat, ‘Father And Son’ 155
Stewart, Ian 37
Stewart, Nick 47
Stratford Literary Festival 44
Stravinsky, Igor 68
Stubblefield, Clyde 17
stylishness 156–9
Sunday Night at the London Palladium 52
Superman 156
Sutherland Brothers 129
Swift, Taylor 52, 80
Tarantino, Quentin 159
Taylor, James 153
Taylor, Kingsize 191
Tedesco, Tommy 10
Telstar 38
Temptations 158
‘Don’t Look Back’ (‘My Baby’) 60
Tennyson, Alfred Lord 54
terminology 74–80
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 157
Tharpe, Sister Rosetta 121
Them, ‘Gloria’ (‘Baby, Please Don’t Go’) 58, 59
This Is Spinal Tap (film) 79
Thomas Crown Affair 157
Thomas, Rufus 107, 118, 124
Thompson, Danny 136
Thompson, Richard 129
Tibetan Book of the Dead 8
Top of the Pops 121, 130, 134
Top Shop 171
topical references 149–51
Townshend, Pete 87
Traffic, ‘Coloured Rain’ (‘Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush’) 60
Travis, Geoff 172
trilogies, accidental 183–6
Troggs, ‘From Home’ (‘Wild Thing’) 60
Trower, Robin 133
Turner, Ike 120
Turner, Othar 124
Turtles, ‘We’ll Meet Again’ (‘Happy Together’) 60
U2 22, 72, 137, 157
Uncle Stan xiii-xv
United Artists 25
Unplugged (TV) 73
Van Zandt, Steve 137
Verdi, Guiseppe, Otello 81
Vernon, Richard 25
Virgin megastores 170
Waits, Tom 72, 73, 129
Walker Brothers, ‘Make It Easy On Yourself’ 27
Walker, Scott 153
‘My Death’ (‘Mathilde’) 61
trilogy 183–4
Warhol, Andy 38
Warner Brothers Music Show 191–2
Warwick, Dionne, ‘Do You Know The Way To San Jose’ 206–7
Washington, Geno, and the Ram Jam Band, Leeds gig 195
Waters, Roger 50
Watts, Charlie 16, 18–19
Weatherly, Jim 202
Webster, Ben, ‘Danny Boy’ 99
weddings 209–12
Weller, Paul 4
Welsh, Irvine 159
Wenders, Wim, ‘The Soul of a Man’ 120
West, Kanye 80
White Album 4, 14
White, Andy 12
White, Bukka 114
White, Jack 124, 125
White Stripes 124
Whiteman, Paul 111
Who, The 19, 50
‘Circles’ (‘Substitute’) 59
‘My Generation’ 28, 84
‘Will The Circle Be Unbroken?’ 100
Williams, Dar 157
Williams, Lucinda, ‘Car Wheels On A Gravel Road’ 207
Williams, Robbie, ‘Angels’ 99
Williamson, Sonny Boy 110
Wilson, Al 117
Wilson, Brian 204
wimps 152–5
Winwood, Steve 120, 121
Wodehouse, P. G. 158
Womack, Bobby 157
Wonder, Stevie 188
‘I Don’t Know Why’ (‘My Cherie Amour’) 60
Fulfillingness’ First Finale 185
Innervisions 185
Talking Book 184–5
Wood, Ron 49–50
Word, The 10, 193
Wordsworth, William, poems 187, 189, 190
Wrecking Crew, The, (documentary) 10–11
X Factor 172, 174
Year of the Blues 111
Yes 134
London gig 192
‘Something’s Coming’ (‘Yours Is No Disgrace’) 60
young bands 198–9
Young, Neil 50
‘Heart Of Gold’ 184
On The Beach 184
‘Sugar Mountain’ (‘The Loner’) 60
Time Fades Away 184
Tonight’s The Night 184
Young, Paul, ‘Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)’ 58
Zappa, Frank 65
Zimmerman, Robert see Dylan, Bob