by Steve Almond
To my wise and generous editor, Jill Schwartzman.
Last, and always, to my wife, Erin. If Kip Winger ever does get you back to his hotel room, babe, he’ll be a fraction as lucky as I am.
Permission Acknowledgments
Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reprint previously published material:
Alfred Music Publishing Co., Inc.: Excerpt from “Short Man’s Room,” words and music by Joe Henry, copyright © 1992 WB Music Corp., True North Music and Lemz Music. All rights administered by WB Music Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Alfred Music Publishing Co., Inc.
Cherry Lane Music Company: Excerpt from “Africa,” words and music by David Paich and Jeff Porcaro, copyright © 1982 Hudmar Publishing Co., Inc., and Rising Storm Music. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Chrysalis Music Group USA: Excerpt from “Our Song” by Joe Henry, copyright © 2007 Chrysalis Music and Blood Count Music. All rights administered by Chrysalis Music. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Chrysalis Music Group USA.
Hal Leonard Corporation: Excerpt from “Hello, Mary,” words and music by David Baerwald, copyright © 1990 Almo Music Corp. and Zen of Iniquity. All rights controlled and administered by Almo Music Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
Boris McCutcheon: Excerpts from “Hurt” and “Pony Ride,” words and music by Boris McCutcheon, copyright © 2003, 2008 Cactusman Records (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission of Boris McCutcheon.
James McMurtry: Excerpt from “Rachel’s Song,” words and music by James McMurtry, copyright © 1995 Short Trip Music. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Ike Reilly: Excerpts from “The War on the Terror and the Drugs,” “I Don’t Want What You Got (Goin’ On),” “Commie Drives a Nova,” and “What a Day,” words and music by Ike Reilly, copyright © 2001, 2004, 2008 Siren Six Music. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Ike Reilly.
Bob Schneider: Excerpt from “Hocaine,” words and music by Bob Schneider, copyright © 2007 Shockorama Music. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Universal Music Publishing Group: Excerpt from “All Out of Love” by Graham Russell and Clive J. Davis, copyright © 1980 Nottsongs. All rights administered by Universal-Careers (BMI). All rights reserved. Used by permission of Universal Music Publishing Group.
About the Author
STEVE ALMOND is the author of five previous books. He lives and rocks outside Boston with his wife and two children.
www.stevenalmond.com
Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life is nonfiction. I’ve changed a few names to protect the innocent and reconstructed certain conversations that took place many bongs ago. But all of it happened, especially the songs.
Copyright © 2010 by Steve Almond
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Random House, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
RANDOM HOUSE and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
The chapter “Winter in America with Gil Scott-Heron” was originally published in a different form in The Believer.
Permission acknowledgments can be found on page 221.
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