The Byrds 17, 196
“Cadillac Ranch” 210
Cafe Wha 19, 54
“California, You’re A Woman” 42
“Candy’s Boy” 135, 148, 149, 162
“Candy’s Room” 135, 149, 160 fn, 161, 162, 168, 181
“Can’t Help Falling In Love” (Elvis Presley) 221, 223, 287, 293
“Carol” (Chuck Berry) 120
Carr, Barbara 215, 217, 224, 283
Carter, Ernest 80–1, 89, 90, 92
Cash, Johnny 186, 232, 233
The Castiles 15, 18–19, 22
Cats On A Smooth Surface 249, 278
CBS see Columbia Records
“Chain Lightning” 190, 191
Charlie’s Place 84
“Chevrolet Deluxe” 209–10
Chicago 70, 71
Chiffons 9
Child 27–8, 56
see also Steel Mill
“Child Bride” 242fn, 243
“Chimes of Freedom” 294
Chinook, Bill 26
“The Chosen” 54
“Chrissie’s Song” 100, 103
Christie Institute Benefit 236
“Cindy” 198, 200, 210
cinema, influence of 69, 153, 160–1, 184, 227, 237, 239, 253, 256
Circus 60
“Circus Song” 73, 74
“City of Night” 156
The Clash 146, 147, 204–5, 216, 234
The Clash 146
Clemons, Clarence 26, 34, 57–8, 63, 70, 80, 90, 96–7, 101, 110, 149–50, 184, 273, 297
Cliff, Jimmy 224
Clover 59
Cocks, Jay 117, 122
Cohan, Lou 188
Cohen, Mitch 167
Collins, Edwin 288
Columbia Records 49, 59, 60, 62, 72, 76, 78, 83, 86–7, 88, 89, 92, 99, 103, 119, 126, 136, 137, 154, 164, 165, 166, 173, 175, 177, 187, 189, 204, 217, 259
CBS-Laurel Canyon production agreement 51, 54, 125, 128, 138
considers dropping Springsteen 82, 86
Springsteen auditions for 47–9
Springsteen’s contract with 50–1, 124, 142
Springsteen’s demo tape 49–50, 52
“Come On, Come On (Let’s Go Tonight)” 159, 161–2, 210, 222
“Common Ground (Stay Hungry)” 254, 255
community, songs of 205, 206
Conley, Arthur 223
Cooke, Sam 86, 96
Costello, Elvis 59, 182–3, 234
country music 185, 232, 233
“County Fair” 265
“Cover Me” 245, 255, 268, 270, 274
“Cowboys of the Sea” 41 fn, 44
Crawdaddy 17, 43, 55, 60, 92, 165, 167
Cream 23, 27
Creedence Clearwater Revival 219, 223
Creem 60, 81, 117, 167, 189, 216, 217, 260
Cretecos, Jim 43–4, 45, 52, 92, 93
“Crush On You” 203
Crystals 9
“Cupid” (Sam Cooke) 96
Curz, Jules 92–3
“Cynthia” 265, 268, 269, 297
Dadomo, Giovanni 73
“Dancing In The Dark 273–4, 280
Dannen, Frederic 50
“Darkness On The Edge Of Town” 129, 135, 151, 153, 160, 161, 168, 170
Darkness On The Edge of Town
album 67, 129, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153–5, 160, 161–70, 173, 203, 217, 218, 219, 221, 256, 290
tour 40, 173, 174–82, 183–4, 185–7
“Darlington County” 168, 256, 257, 262, 270
Darvin, Karen 110, 112, 131, 133, 150, 229
Davis, Clive 50, 51, 52, 54, 59, 72, 83, 86, 88
Davis, Richard 53
Dean, James 153
“Dedication” 204, 210
Dedication (Gary US Bonds) 208, 223–4
The Deer Hunter (film) 227
Defries, Tony 137, 138
“Delivery Man” 263, 264
DePugh, Joe 253
“Deputy” 243
DiMartino, Dave 217
Dinkins, Barbara 33
“Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?” 49, 53, 58, 122, 297
“Dollhouse” 214
Domino, Fats 33, 79, 86
“Don’t Back Down (On Our Love)” 262, 263, 264
“Don’t Look Back” 136, 144, 147, 159, 160 fn, 163, 167, 297
“Don’t Say No” see “I Wanna Be Wild”
The Doors 23
“Down By The River (Say Sons)” 156
“Down, Down, Down” 255, 257
“Down In White Town” 195, 209
“Downbound Train” 242fn, 243, 245, 248, 251–2, 254, 257
Dr. Zoom and the Sonic Boom 32–3
“Drift Away” (Dobie Gray) 280
“Drive All Night” 148, 149, 168, 180, 208, 209, 212, 219
“Drop On Down And Cover Me” 268–9
Duncan, Robert 132
Dylan, Bob 16–18, 23, 40, 41, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 55, 56, 60, 61–2, 86, 94, 117, 118, 124, 165–6, 168, 207, 225, 227, 234, 250, 259, 279, 290, 293
E Street Band
beginnings 59
communal spirit 78–9, 81, 133, 267, 275, 295
disbands 275, 294–5
financial difficulties 93, 94, 214
first album 73
naming of 75
Nils Lofgren joins 277–8
Patti Scialfa joins 278
reunion tour 296–8
“E Street Shuffle” 70, 77, 78, 114, 120
E Ticket (bootleg recording) 100, 190
Earth 23
Earth Band 137
East of Eden (film) 153
Easter (Patti Smith Group) 148, 159
Eddy, Duane 91
Edwards, Henry 117–18
18 Tracks 161, 168
Electric Nebraska 231, 249, 250, 251–2, 253
Ellington, Duke 109, 143
Elliott, Marc 24, 126–7, 143
“Eloise” 49
Emerson, Ken 81
“English Sons (Wrong Side Of The Street)” 156
Epic 51
Epstein, Brian 138
Esquire 85, 294
The Essential Bruce Springsteen 268
European tours 118–21, 220–4, 225
“Evacuation of the West” 73
Executioner’s Song (Mailer) 234, 237–8, 264
“Factory” 153, 162, 163, 168, 170, 207, 221, 238
“Fade To Black” 231–2, 245, 246, 252, 254
“Family Song” 42
“The Fast Song (God’s Angels)” 135, 148, 149
Federici, Danny 25, 26, 27, 33, 53, 58, 80, 292, 294, 297
“Fever” 73, 78, 99, 183, 186
film noir 160–1
see also cinema, influence of
“Find It Where You Can” 191
“Fire” 34, 147, 174, 179, 219, 291
Fire On The Fingertips (bootleg recording) 1, 190
“Fire On The Wing” 77
Fisher, Mickey 164
“Fist Full of Dollars” 220, 243
Fist Full of Dollars (bootleg recording) 238
Flanagan, Bill 8
Flippo, Chet 230, 281
Floyd, Eddie 33–4
Fluhr, Carl 18
Fogerty, John 128
“Follow That Dream” 221, 223, 231, 262, 269, 270
“For You” 39, 40, 41, 44, 53–4, 120, 179, 181, 183, 219, 298
Ford, John 160, 169, 184, 256
“Fourth of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” 76, 187
“Frankie” 129, 135, 149, 152, 168, 256, 257, 297
“Frankie Teardrop” (Suicide) 234
frat-rock 132, 136, 174, 186
“From Small Things, Big Things One Day Come” 201
“From The Churches To The Jails” 101
“Fugitive’s Dream” 264
Gabriel, Peter 185, 294
Gahr, David 204
The Gaslight Au Go Go 54
The Ghost of Tom Joad 298
Gilbert, Jerry 93, 98
Gilmore, Gary 234, 237–8
“Give The Girl A Kiss” 157
“Gloria” (Them) 15
“Glory Days” 6, 245, 253, 257, 269, 284
“Glory of Love” 271
“Goin’ Back” (Goffin-King) 121
Gold, Debbie 163–4, 178–9, 189, 203, 215, 225
Goldsmith, Lynn 150, 181–2, 201
“Gone Gone Gone” 268
“A Good Man Is Hard To Find” 252, 254
“Good Rockin’ Tonight” (Roy Brown) 184
Goodman, Benny 86
Goodman, Fred 45, 140
Gordon, Robert 147, 179
Graham, Bill 29, 30
Grapes of Wrath (film) 160
Gray, Dobie 280
Greetings From Asbury Park 43, 52–4, 57, 59, 60, 61, 66, 67, 70–1, 166, 218, 296, 297–8
Grey, Zane 47, 67
Grossman, Al 51
“Growin’ Up” 49, 50, 53, 183, 184, 297
“Gun In Every Home” 249, 252, 253
Guthrie, Woody 220, 226, 227, 233, 235, 263, 266
Hamburg 223
Hammersmith Odeon 118–20, 121
Hammond, John 2, 36, 47–50, 51–2, 53, 57, 61, 72–3, 76, 78, 83, 277
Harris, Bob 118
Harvard Square Theater 85
“Have Love, Will Travel” 293
Hawks 117, 250
“Heartbreak Hotel” (Elvis Presley) 179
Heiser, Joyce 181–2, 190, 192, 197, 224, 229, 231
“The Heist” see “Meeting Across The River”
“Held Up Without A Gun” 211, 216, 219
Hendrix, Jimi 23, 27
“Henry Boy” 41 fn, 56
Hentz, Toni 11
“Hey Santa Ana” 67, 69, 70, 73, 77, 190, 297
“Hidin’ On The River” see “Backstreets”
“High School Confidential” (Jerry Lee Lewis) 184
“Higher and Higher” (Jackie Wilson) 136, 298
Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan) 16, 17
“Highway Patrolman” 239, 242fn, 243
Hilburn, Robert 84, 98, 182, 201, 260
Himes, Geoffrey 248, 257
Hit Factory 245
Holly, Buddy 179
“Hollywood Kids” 44
Holmes, Delores 33, 34
Hooker, John Lee 241
Hughes, Carl 26
The Human League 261
Human Touch 298
“The Hungry & The Hunted” 101
“Hungry Heart” 195, 196, 199, 200, 215
“I Can Only Give You Everything” (Them) 161
“I Don’t Care” 264
“I Don’t Wanna Hang Up My Rock & Roll Shoes” (The Band) 298
“(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle” (Hank Williams) 185
“I Met Her In A Tourist Trap in Tiguara” 67
“I saw rock & roll future” (Landau review) 85, 86, 88, 119, 166, 225
“I Sold My Heart To The Junkman” (Blue Belles) 86
“I Wanna Be Wild” 157
“I Wanna Be With You” 145, 149, 168, 194, 214, 297
“I Wanna Marry You” 63, 197, 198, 199, 200, 225
“I Want You” (Bob Dylan) 94–5, 224
“(I Will Forever Be) Candy’s Boy” 135, 148, 149, 162
“Iceman” 156, 157
“Ida Rose (No One Knows)” 274
“If I Was The Priest” 35–6, 39, 41 fn, 42, 44, 48, 49
“If You Need Me” 291
“I’m A Coward (When It Comes To Love)” 293
“I’m A Rocker” 204
“I’m Going Back” 156
“I’m Going Down” 255, 274, 286
“I’m Gonna Be There Tonight” 205
“I’m On Fire” 255, 257
“In The Midnight Hour” (Wilson Pickett) 219
“Incident on 57th Street” 77, 78, 94, 97, 114, 183, 186, 219
“Independence Day” 12, 135, 153, 154, 156, 159, 162, 168, 180, 187, 194, 203, 207, 216, 225
Ingham, John 85
Inglewood Forum 177
“Invitation To The Party” 273
Iovine, Jimmy 104, 105, 111–12, 121, 144, 148, 159, 182, 290
“Is That You?” 292
“It’s All Over Now Baby Blue” (Bob Dylan) 17
“It’s Gonna Work Out Fine” (Ike and Tina Turner) 133, 134
“It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City” 2, 44, 47, 48, 53, 57, 58, 94, 120, 137
“It’s My Life” (Animals) 12, 14, 122, 134, 136, 184, 186
“Jackson Cage” 194, 209, 225
“James Lincoln Deer” 246, 264
“Janey, Don’t You Lose Heart” 268, 269, 270, 288
“Janey Needs A Shooter” 67, 68, 107, 193–4
“Jazz Musician” 54, 55
The Jersey Devil (bootleg recording) 188
“Jesse James and Robert Ford” 245, 249
Joe’s Place 1, 79, 289
John Wesley Harding (Bob Dylan) 23, 46, 165–6, 259
“Johnny 99” 232, 237, 238, 242fn, 247, 252, 278, 283
“Johnny Bye Bye” 220, 222, 242, 243, 254, 262, 264, 269, 273, 276
Johnson, Robert 47, 197, 228, 241
“Jole Blon” 208, 223
“Jungleland” 77, 87–8, 89, 92, 94, 96–7, 101, 103, 104, 106, 107, 109, 110, 111
“Just Around The Corner To The Light Of Day” 268
Kaye, Lenny 28, 56, 97, 148, 159
Kent, Nick 10, 85, 170, 202, 216–17, 224
Kihn, Greg 179, 298
King, Ben E. 96
King Biscuit 66
King, Wayne 212, 218
Kirkup, Martin 64
“Kitty’s Back” 67, 78, 86, 97, 114, 120, 183, 186
“The Klansman” 263
Klein, Allen 138
Klein, Joe 226
Knobler, Peter 43, 59, 60, 61, 64, 92, 107, 122, 131, 167, 175
Koppelman, Charlie 87
Kovic, Ron 227
Krasilovsky, William 51
Kurz, Jules 125, 139
LA Coliseum 288
LA Sports Arena 226
“Lady and the Doctor” 43, 53
Lahav, Louis 72, 89, 91, 103
Lahav, Suki 76–7, 94, 96, 103, 104, 224
Landau, Jon 59, 60, 84–5, 86–7, 88, 101, 102–3, 104–5, 111, 112, 114, 123, 124, 126–7, 137, 144, 145, 146, 147, 150, 151, 154, 155, 158, 159, 160, 162–3, 165, 167, 168, 176–7, 178–9, 187, 189, 193, 199, 200–1, 202, 213, 215, 224, 225, 245, 247, 259, 261, 265, 270, 272, 276, 277, 282, 289, 290, 291
Lanier, Allen 133
“The Last Time” (Rolling Stones) 18, 184
Laughner, Peter 132
Laurel Canyon 35, 51, 54, 92, 103, 124, 125, 127, 128, 137, 138
Led Zeppelin 177, 217
Lennon, John 104
Leon, Craig 213
“Let The Four Winds Blow” (Fats Domino) 79
Let’s Dance (David Bowie) 276
Lieberson, Goddard 61
“The Light of Day” 293
“Like A Rolling Stone” (Bob Dylan) 16–17
“Linda Let Me Be The One” 107, 111, 112
literature, influence of 47, 67, 184, 226, 231, 235–6, 237, 239–40
“Little Girl Like You” 262, 263
“Little Queenie” (Chuck Berry) 120
“Little White Lies” 195
Live 1975–85 180 fn, 218, 275, 289, 290–1
live album argument 121, 127, 175–6, 189
“Living On The Edge Of The World” 204, 214, 231
Lofgren, Nils 30, 277–8, 282, 292, 296
Logan, Nick 118
Lombardi, John 85, 294
London Calling (The Clash) 204, 205, 216
“Lonely Night In The Park” 100, 106, 107–8, 111
“Looking After Number One” 209
“Loose Ends” 198, 199, 200, 214, 231, 297
Lopez, Vini 24, 25–6, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 34, 44, 53, 58, 70, 71, 72, 75, 76, 79–80, 81, 84, 90
“The Losin’
Kind” 232, 239, 242fn, 243, 258, 264, 375
“Lost In The Flood” 42, 53, 54, 70, 71, 120–1, 122, 183, 298
Lost Masters (bootleg recordings) 245, 250
“Love Is A Dangerous Thing” 232
“A Love So Fine” (aka “So Young And In Love”) 96
Lozito, Diane 33, 39–40, 79
“Lucille” 249
“Lucky Man” 292
Lucky Town 298
Lyon, Johnny 26, 32, 278
McKeith, Sam 58, 94
“Mad Dog” Lopez see Lopez, Vini
Madison Square Garden 70–1, 178, 201, 215
Magic 298
Mailer, Norman 234
Main Point show 97, 289
Malick, Terrence 235
“Man At The Top” 272–3, 281
“The Man Who Got Away” 190, 195, 199, 200
Manchester Apollo Theater 222
Manfred Mann 15, 113, 120, 137
Mann, Billy 290
“Mansion On The Hill” 230–1, 239, 242fn
Marcus, Greil 117, 187–8, 217, 259
Margaret & The Distractions 24
“Marie” 41
Marks, Leonard 125, 127, 137–8, 139, 140–1
Marsh, Dave 13, 60, 85–6, 115, 116, 124, 144, 145, 167, 169, 186, 201, 208, 215, 218, 242, 270, 283
“Mary Lou” 195, 198, 214, 358–9
“Mary Queen of Arkansas” 48, 49, 53, 66 fn
Max’s 54–5, 56, 68, 72, 75–6, 190, 289
Mayer, Myron 124, 125, 126, 140
Mayfield, Curtis 227
MC5 84
Meadowlands Arena 242, 280
“Meeting Across The River” 106, 108, 111, 112, 114, 186
Meltzer, Richard 283
Men Without Women (Steve Van Zandt) 266
“Merry Christmas Baby” 219, 298
Miami Horns 136
Miami Steve see Van Zandt, Steve
Mitchell, Greg 60
Mitchum, Robert 149, 161
“Mona” (Rolling Stones) 184
“The Money We Didn’t Make” 264
Moon, Keith 80
Morrison, Van 15, 31, 56, 59–60, 63, 129
“Mountain of Love” (Johnny Rivers) 95, 122
“Mr. Outside” 209
“Murder Incorporated” 252, 257
Murder Incorporated 262, 264, 265
Murray, Anne 89
Murray, Charles Shaar 81, 116–17
Musician 31, 242, 260
“My Father’s House” 3–4, 242fn, 257, 258, 259
“My Generation” (Who) 19
“My Hometown” 263, 268, 269, 270
“My Love Will Not Let You Down” 254, 257, 269, 273, 297, 298
“Mystic Eyes” (Them) 15, 19
Nashville Skyline (Bob Dylan) 166
Nassau Coliseum 218–19
“Nebraska” 235, 236, 238, 242fn, 243, 244, 247
Nebraska 50, 67, 161, 229, 231–2, 233, 234, 236, 237–45, 247–9, 251, 252, 256, 257–61, 270, 278, 279, 281, 291
Nelson, Paul 31, 34, 44, 55, 56, 60, 63, 93, 101, 105, 116, 145, 160, 167, 216, 242, 260, 272
New Dylan hype 42, 60, 61, 62, 118, 226, 293
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