McCarrell, Ron, 144–45, 180, 209
McCarron, Gerald, 389
McCarthy, Joseph, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 90
McCartney, Paul, 69, 270n, 417, 436
McGovern, George, 127, 272
McGuinn, Roger, 287
McKee, 368–69
McKeith, Sam, 149–50, 156, 174, 233
McLagan, Ian, 361, 364
McLoone, Tim, 353
McNamara, Robin, 113
Mad Dog & Englishmen, 85–86
Madison Square Garden, 40, 214, 260, 265, 272, 273, 401, 404, 409
Madonna, 315
Magic, 426, 432, 433–34, 451n
tour of, 430–31, 438, 439–40, 455
Magic Rat, 202–3
Magic Tour Highlights, 455
Magovern, Terry, 341, 432
Malick, Terrence, 291
Mallaber, Gary, 364, 384
Mancini, Henry, 29–30
Maniello, Vinny, 35, 44
Manion, Eddie, 453
Mann, Herbie, 140
“Mansion on the Hill,” 292, 295
“Man’s Job,” 361
“Many Rivers to Cross,” 448
Marching Home (Coyne), 38n
Marcus, Greil, 204, 205
Marks, Leonard, 224–25
Marlboro State Hospital, 30–31
Marquez, Hudson, 282n
Marriott, Steve, 95
Marsalis, Branford, 349
Marsh, Dave, 121, 205, 251, 255–56, 258, 282, 289, 324, 343
“Mary Queen of Arkansas,” 121, 128, 131, 146, 394–95
“Mary’s Place,” 415
Marziotti, Frank, 28, 30, 34
Maslin, Janet, 190
“Matamoros Banks,” 421
Matrix club, 71
Maurice and the Zodiacs, 277n
Mavroleon, Jimmy, 15
Max’s Kansas City, 160
Mayer, Mike, 220
Mayfield, Curtis, 304
MC5, 193
Meat Loaf, 231
“Meeting Across the River,” 195, 202
Meet the Beatles, 203
Mellencamp, John, 420
Mendez, Linda, 71
Men Without Women, 309
Meola, Eric, 247–48
Mercy Flight, 76
“Miami,” 339–40
Miami Horns, 443
Michels, Doug, 282n
Michigan Palace theater, 219
Midler, Bette, 206n
Miles, Buddy, 143
Miller, Glenn, 29
“Miserlou,” 22
“Missing,” 377, 413
“Miss You,” 305
Mitchell, Greg, 142–43
Mitchell, Joni, 112n
Mix This! studios, 393
Mizelle, Cindy, 452
Modell, Josh, 448
Mondale, Walter, 319
“Monkey Time, The,” 163
Monmouth College, 58–60, 74, 85
Monopoly, ix–x, 90–91, 94
Montana Flintlock, 114
Moon, Keith, 36, 269
“Moon River,” 30
Moore, Michelle, 452
Moore, Sam, 362
Morello, Tom, 297, 447–48, 459
Morrison, Van, 85–86, 92, 151–52, 156
Mothers of Invention, 56, 67
Motifs, 57
Motown, 361
MoveOn.org, 420
MSNBC, 410
MTV, 313–15, 316, 320
Muller, Bobby, 287
“Murder Incorporated,” 303, 381, 382, 439n
Murray, Anne, 182
MUSE organization, 273–77
Music Hall, 261
Musicians United for Safe Energy, 272–77
Musselwhite, Charlie, 121
“My City of Ruins,” 408–9, 413
“My Father’s House,” 292, 295
“My Generation,” 29
“My Hometown,” 295, 303, 326
“My Love Will Not Let You Down,” 303, 439n
“Mystery Train,” 400
Nash, Graham, 112n, 272
Nash, Robin, 123
Nashville Music Festival, 77
Nation, 386, 410
National Review, 417
NBC, 223
N’Dour, Youssou, 347
Nebraska, 295–98, 299, 303, 304, 306–7, 318, 333, 334, 384, 386, 421, 459
Nevermind, 203
Nevins, Allan, 285
Newark State College, 85
New Musical Express, 180, 207
New Orleans, La., 211
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 424–25
Newsweek, 148, 206–7, 208, 209, 216, 218, 228
“New Timer, The,” 384, 386
New York, New York, 241
“New York City Serenade,” 164, 166, 170, 174, 178, 183, 195, 439, 440
New York Post, 417
New York Times, 196, 204, 206, 338, 405, 417, 455n
Nicaragua, 347
Nicks, Stevie, 315
“Night,” 202, 203, 216
Nightline, 420
914 Sound Studios, 130, 174, 193–94
“96 Tears,” 440
Nirvana, 203, 365, 459
Nixon, Richard, 127, 187
Noah, Timothy, 403–4
“No Jr. Ginger Baker,” 183
“No Money Down,” 181
“None but the Brave,” 303
“No Need,” 110
“No Nukes” fund-raisers, 272–77
Norman Seldin and the Joyful Noyze, 132, 137, 140
“No Surrender,” 379, 387, 420
“Nothing Man,” 415
. . . Nothing Like the Sun, 349
Nothings Festival, 95
NYPD: Now You’re Practically Dead, 48, 56
Obama, Barack, 426–27, 434n
Obama, Michelle, 427
Oberman, Ron, 209
O’Brien, Brendan, 413–15, 420, 421, 425, 426, 448
Observer, 426, 431
Ocean County Community College, 39, 45–47, 48, 49, 52, 107
Ocean Way Studios, 361
O’Connell, Tom, 192
O’Connor, Flannery, 238, 362
Odin, 80, 95
Off Broad Street Coffee House, 43, 47
Oliver’s nightclub, 154, 157
100 Greatest American Folk Songs, 23
“One Step Up,” 333
“Open All Night,” 292, 295
Orbison, Roy, 77, 201, 422
Orlons, 22
“Orphans,” 105
Ortega, Daniel, 347
Orth, Maureen, 24, 206, 207
Oscar’s, 375–76
“Out in the Street,” 281, 346, 347
“Outlaw Pete,” 438
Paddock Lounge, 49
Palaia, Dennis, 99–100
Palin, Michael, 212
Palladium theater, 226
Pallagrosi, Tony, 302
Pan, 156
Pandemonium club, 57–58, 61
“Paradise,” 415
Parcher, Peter, 220, 225, 227n
Pareles, Jon, 338, 405
Parker, Tom, 124
“Part Man/Part Monkey,” 341
Partridge Family, The, 104, 110, 111, 113, 145
Party Bus, 261
Patriot Act, 418
Patti Smith Group, 260n
Payne, Bill, 361
Pearl, Daniel, 314n
Pearl Jam, 413, 420
Penn, Sean, 377
People, 315–16, 317n, 324
Percy, Will, 287
Perkins, Carl, 11
Pete Seeger and the Weavers, 191
Petillo, Joe, 79, 80, 151n
Philadelphia, 375
“Philadelphia,” 375
Philbin, Peter, 156, 159, 161, 167, 171, 219
Phillips, Bill, 323
Phillips, Julianne, 323–24, 326, 331, 332, 342–44
Piano Man, 178n
Pikula, Joan, 74–76
Pillot, Michael, 134, 209
“Pink Cadillac,” 292–93,
295, 302, 323
Pitalo, Stephen, 314n
Play It as It Lays, 448
Plotkin, Chuck, 251n, 253n, 269, 279–80, 295, 302, 303, 328, 360–61, 363, 379, 380, 413, 460
Pocketful of Tunes, 104
Pocket History of the United States, The (Commager and Nevins), 285
“Point Blank,” 260, 405
Pointer Sisters, 280
Police, 349
Pond, Steve, 321, 338, 342
Popkin, Paul, 25, 28, 36, 44
PopMatters, 448
Popovich, Steve, 134, 135, 232, 384
Porcaro, Jeff, 361–62
Postman Always Rings Twice, The (Cain), 238
Potenza, Anthony, 277
Potter, Geoff, 52
Potter, Margaret, 50–51
Potter, Tom, 50, 52, 55, 94, 102–3
Powers, Ann, 435n
Power Station, 268, 270
Premier Talent booking agency, 233, 283
Presley, Elvis, 19–20, 21, 112, 115, 124, 200, 201, 203, 205–6, 218, 246–47, 248, 300, 304, 356, 396, 399
death of, 249
Pretender, The, 220
“Price You Pay, The,” 282
Prince, 308, 315, 436
“Promise, The,” 225–27, 237, 252
“Promised Land, The,” 285, 329, 340, 346, 347, 405, 420, 431, 447
“Prove It All Night,” 253n, 254, 259, 381
“Purple People Eater, The,” 21, 192
Purple Rain, 315
“Quarter to Three,” 274, 277
“Queen of the Supermarket,” 434
“Question of Temperature, A,” 113
? and the Mysterians, 440
Quiet Bus, 261
“Racing in the Street,” 237, 252
“Radio Nowhere,” 430–31
Rage Against the Machine, 297, 384n, 447
Raitt, Bonnie, 167, 179, 264, 272, 362, 459
Ramm, Curt, 453n
Ramones, 240, 279
“Ramrod,” 282
Randolph, Boots, 139
“Randolph Street,” 108
Rappaport, Paul, 134, 145, 256n, 280–81
“Rave On,” 256, 274
Raydio, 272n
Reagan, Ronald, 284–85, 316, 317–18, 319, 347, 406, 410
“Real Man,” 361, 367
Real Paper, 178, 190, 205
“Real World,” 363, 367
“Reason to Believe,” 292
Rebo, Barry, 59, 188
Record Plant, 248
Redding, Otis, 192
“Red Headed Woman,” 362–63, 389–90
Reed, Lou, 157, 200
R.E.M., 420
“Rendezvous,” 237
Renzi, Maggie, 325
Reo, Don, 438
“Resurrection,” 59, 66–67, 87
Revolutionary War, 5
Reynolds, Burt, 281
Reynolds, George G., 2
Rhinoceros, 48, 56
Rhodes, Dusty, 21
Richards, Keith, 236
Richfield Coliseum, 267
“Richfield Whistle,” 299
Richie, Lionel, 326
Riddle, Boots “Bootsy,” 15n
Rifkin, Marty, 384
Rising, The, 413–18, 419, 420, 439
recording of, 414–15
tour of, 455
“Rising, The,” 427
River, The, 281–82, 289, 295, 296, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 341, 380, 395, 440, 452
recording of, 268–72
success of, 280–81
tour of, 283–84, 290, 371, 397
turned into double album, 278–79
“River, The,” 271–72, 274, 277, 288, 346, 382
Robinson, Smokey, 362
“Rock and Inequity,” 75
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 219n, 382, 399, 444
“Rock and Roll Shoes,” 191
Rockwell, John, 196, 204, 214, 222
Rocky, Marilyn, 210n
“Rocky Ground,” 451–52
Rogers, Angel, 369
Rogers, Kenny, 326n
Rogues, 26, 29
Roig, Jack, 228–29
Rolling Mountain Boys, 28
Rolling Stone, 166, 187, 192, 198, 205, 255–56, 289, 305, 316, 352, 356, 367, 414
Rolling Stones, 29, 115, 212, 305, 361, 399, 436
“Roll of the Dice,” 359–60, 366
“Rosalita,” x, 68, 152, 166, 174, 178, 188n, 260, 274, 341, 440
Rosenwasser, David, 411
Roslin, Vinnie, 24, 25, 52, 57, 59, 62, 65
ejected from Steel Mill, 73–74
in move to Challenger factory, 55
in move to San Francisco, 69, 70
poor work ethic of, 72
Ross, Bo, 46, 47
“Roulette,” 269, 341, 404
Rourke, Mickey, 435
Rowe, Lance, 15n
Roxy, 256
Roxy Music, 305
“Run Through the Jungle,” 285
Rutgers College, 117
Ryan, Sam, 390
Rydell, Bobby, 22
Sachs, Lloyd, 367
Safir, Howard, 404, 406
St. Rose of Lima’s parochial school, 11, 12–14, 31, 36, 388–90
“St. Valentines Day Massacre,” 49
Sam and Dave, 192
Sanborn, Dave, 196n
Sancious, David, 84–85, 90, 91, 92, 100, 106, 109, 118, 140, 163, 164–65, 170, 177, 182, 393, 399, 460
Sandgren, Christina, 290
“Sandy,” 431
San Francisco, Calif., 68–73
San Francisco Examiner, 71
“Santa Ana,” 163, 395
Santana, 68
Santelli, Robert, 163
Sartori, Maxanne, 150
Satellite Lounge, 177
“Satin Doll,” 150
Saturday Night Live, 368, 370
“Save My Love,” 443
“Say Goodbye to Hollywood,” 232
Sayles, John, 325–26
Scaggs, Boz, 71
Scarry, Richard, 10
Scherkeryk, Melanie, 106
Scherkeryk, Peter, 106–7
Schoeneweis, Barbara, 150–51
“School Days,” 173
Schruers, Fred, 289
Schwartz, Debbie, 184–85
Sciaky, Ed, 166
Scialfa, Patti, 312–13, 337, 340, 343, 344–45, 352, 353, 357–58, 359, 364, 377, 389, 390, 391, 402, 408n, 414, 420, 444, 449, 450, 452
Scorsese, Martin, 200, 241
Scott, A. O., 417
Scott, Toby, 253n, 277–78, 295, 296, 302, 328, 332, 334, 337, 361, 363, 374–75, 376–77, 380, 392, 413, 448, 450n, 456, 460
Scott-Heron, Gil, 272n
Searchers, The, 435
“Seaside Bar Song,” 163, 395
“Secret Garden,” 377, 380, 382
“Seeds,” 418
Seeger, Pete, 119, 410, 420, 423, 424, 427
Seguso, Rick, 210, 211, 219, 230, 236, 241–42
Seldin, Norman, 57, 132, 137, 140
“Sell It and They Will Come,” 388
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks of, 407–8, 412–13, 415–16
Sex Pistols, 240
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 206
Shadows, 33
Sha Na Na, 143–44, 150, 157
Shargo, Frank, 209
Shave, Michael “Mickey,” 41, 267, 271
“Sherry Darling,” 274, 281
“She’s the One,” 183, 185, 188, 202, 203, 341
Shin, Dennis, 448
Shipbottom Lounge, 138
Shirelles, 22
Sid’s Farm, 78
Sierras, 25, 57
Simon, Carly, 272n
Simon, Paul, 134, 227n
Simon and Garfunkel, 69, 192
Sims, Tommy, 368, 369, 372, 376
“Sinaloa Cowboys,” 386
Sinatra, Frank, 20n, 228
Sinclair, John, 193
Sing Sing prison, 142–43
Sir
Lord Baltimore, 114, 124
“Sister Theresa,” 66–67
skiffle, 21
Slant, 455n
Slate, 403–4, 417
“Slum Sentiments” (Springsteen), 42
Small Faces, 95
Smith, Fred, 193
Smith, Paul, 302, 306
Smith, Willow, 443n
Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The, 36
Snowbird, 182
Something Blue, 44
“Something in the Night,” 226, 237, 251, 252
Songs, 147, 293
“Song to the Orphans,” 104
Sonny and the Starfighters, 49
Sony, 365n, 370, 416
“Soul Driver,” 363, 367
“Souls of the Departed,” 367
Sounds, 173, 212–13
Soundworks West, 361
South Africa, 410n
South by Southwest indie music festival, 446–48
Southside Johnny, 93, 244
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, 190, 197, 232, 313, 339
Southside Johnny and the Kid, 118
“South Street,” 22
Soviet Union, 285
“So Young and in Love,” 395
Spachner, Rick, 45, 48, 49
“Spare Parts,” 342
Spears, Britney, 436
Spector, Ronnie, 232–33
Spectrum arena, 260
Spillane, Bobby, 102
“Spirit in the Night,” 131, 133, 140, 147, 152, 159, 169–70, 185, 216, 256, 259, 431
Spitz, Bob, 109–10, 112, 118, 119, 121–22, 125, 132, 133, 150, 171–72, 221, 222
Sports, 305
Springsteen, Adele Zerilli, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13–14, 16, 17, 31, 41, 60, 85, 89, 112, 123, 334, 358, 389, 461–62
Bruce’s electric guitar purchased by, 23–24, 399
Elvis Presley admired by, 20
on husband’s moods, 39–40
in move to California, 41–42, 60, 72
Springsteen, Alexander, 5
Springsteen, Alice, 2–4, 6, 16, 17, 64
Bruce’s relationship with, 4–5, 8–9, 11, 12, 17–18
death of, 17–18
religion of, 10–11
Springsteen, Bruce Frederick:
acoustic guitar purchased by, 23
Alice Springsteen’s relationship with, 4–5, 8–9, 11, 12, 17–18
appearance of, 174–75
Appel’s contracts with, 124, 151, 214–15, 220–25
Appel’s lawsuit with, 224–25, 226, 245
Appel’s meetings with, 103, 104–5, 109, 114, 116
in audition with Hammond, 121, 122
baseball loved by, 99
birth of, 4
“Boss” nickname of, ix–xi
Bracken mistreated by, 87–88
Bracken’s first meeting with, 60
children born to, 357
Clemons’s eulogy delivered by, 445
Clemons’s first meeting with, 136–39
Columbia deal signed by, 122–23
Darkness on the Edge of Town billboard defaced by, 257
discipline problems of, 13–14
drinking by, 138, 139, 244, 392
driving learned by, 69
drugs and alcohol disdained by, 37, 61, 64, 70, 99, 261–62, 324
early guitar lessons of, 21
electric guitar bought for, 23–24, 399
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