Contents

Author’s Note

Introduction: The Only Sound That Matters (2013–2014)

1. No Regrets (1980–1981)

2. Early in the Morning (1948–1961)

3. Other Arms (1981)

4. Easily Lead (1961–1965)

5. Like I’ve Never Been Gone (1981–1983)

6. If It’s Really Got to Be This Way (1965–1968)

7. Promised Land (1984–1985)

8. Killing the Blues (1968–1969)

9. Little by Little (1985–1988)

10. Let the Boogie Woogie Flow (1969)

11. The Last Time I Saw Her (1988–1994)

12. Let’s Have a Party (1970–1971)

13. Tie Dye on the Highway (1995–1998)

14. Trouble Your Money (1971–1973)

15. Season of the Witch (1999–2004)

16. Like I’ve Never Been Gone (1974–1977)

17. Upon a Golden Horse (2004–2013)

18. Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson (1977–1980)

Acknowledgments

Discography

Selected Bibliography

Photographs