Mad, 202
“Madame George,” 6, 10, 208, 271, 274–78, 285, 289–91
Magic Theater, 156–57
Magyar, Dezso, 170n
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 59
Malanga, Gerard, 122n
Mann, Aimee, 287
Manson, Charles, 32, 33, 291–93
Man to Man, 234, 235
Marcus, Greil, 208n, 286
Marcus, Rusty, 95–96
Marshall, John, 152
Marsh Chapel, 224–27, 229–30, 235, 241, 251–53
Martin, Mary, 282
Mason, Bob, 266n
Mason, Lee, 102
Mayfield, Curtis, 262
MC5, 88, 106
McCarthy, Cecil, 273
Mcdonald, Gregory, 58
McGuire, Wayne, 105–6, 121–22, 131
McKenes, Jack, 79–80, 99
McLean Hospital, 181–82, 206, 216
McLellan, Vin, 171
McLuhan, Marshall, 53–54, 201
McNamara, Edmund, 145
McQueen, Steve, 139–41
“Mean Ole’ World,” 115
Mekas, Adolfas, 110
Mekas, Jonas, 110, 111, 154–56, 300
Merenstein, Lewis, 10–11, 15, 18, 19, 175, 186n, 187, 207–8, 267–69, 271, 272, 275–78, 281, 285, 286
Merv Griffin Show, The, 166
Metelica, Michael, 292
Metzner, Ralph, 198–99, 202
MGM, 158, 159, 162, 165–67
MGM Records, 7, 76, 80, 84, 88, 93–97, 99–101, 121, 122, 165, 244
Mills, Paul, 257
Milton, Joyce, 202
Mingus, Charles, 198
Minto, Janet Morrison, 3–5, 10, 14, 15, 19–22, 25, 177–78, 182, 187, 270, 275, 278, 287–88
Mirror at the End of the Road (Lyman), 300
Mitchell, Joni, 12
Mixed Bag, 176
MK-ULTRA, 193
Modern Lovers, 122n, 124–25, 130, 221–22
Monkees, 264
Monroe, Bill, 85
Moondance, 20, 282, 285
“Moondance,” 179, 188, 268
Morneau, Ed, 180
Morrison, Janet, see Minto, Janet Morrison
Morrison, Jim, 3, 87, 118
Morrison, Shana, 20
Morrison, Sterling, 120, 127, 128, 132, 134
Morrison, Van, 3–7, 9–25, 27, 33, 48, 66–67, 76, 92n, 115, 118, 125–27, 130, 217–19, 263–65, 278–79, 282–91
Bailey’s writings and, 125, 126
early life of, 3
Janet and, see Minto, Janet Morrison
Them, 3, 4, 22, 66, 176, 217, 264, 279, 289
Van Morrison Controversy, 15, 129, 175–88, 265, 279
see also specific albums and songs
Morrissey, Paul, 57–58
Morton, Jelly Roll, 3
Moses, Greg, 234
Mother McCree’s Uptown Jug Champions, 27
Mothers for Adequate Welfare, 232n
Moulton, Victor “Moulty,” 184–85
MTV, 126, 205
Muldaur, Geoff, 28, 29, 45, 90, 205, 208–9, 262
Muldaur, Maria, 43, 45–46, 257n, 262
Mumler, William, 213
Mungo, Ray, 244–45
Murray, Henry A., 193, 194
Murrow, Edward R., 106
Myddle Class, 263–65
Myers, Eve, 92, 97
Myers, Ted, 92–93, 96–97, 243–44
NAACP, 231, 246
Name, Billy, 124
Nasitir, Mort, 84
Nassar, George, 143
National Educational Television, 56
National Endowment for the Arts, 54
National Express Recording Studio, 264
National Review, 291
Natural Woman, A (King), 263
Neem Karoli Baba, 199
Nelson, Steve, 115–17, 127–29, 232
Neuwirth, Bobby, 90
New England Anti-Slavery Society, 230
New England Merchants National Bank, 168–74
New England Teen Scene, 54, 89
Newport Folk Festival, 1–2, 7, 29, 31, 77, 257n, 291
New Republic, 201
Newsweek, 58, 83–84, 150
Newton, Huey P., 247
New Yorker, 292
New York Film Festival, 150
New York Post, 263
New York Times, 72–73, 90, 142, 154, 161, 162, 165, 197, 201, 205, 211, 213, 218, 292
Nico, 57–58, 119, 122n, 127, 276
Nixon, Richard, 100, 170, 173, 281, 298
No Guru, No Method, No Teacher, 274
Norris, Rob, 122–24, 265
Notes from the Circus, 154
NPR, 21
Nugent, Ted, 238
Occult America (Horowitz), 214
O’Connell, Jack, 162n
Off the Record: An Oral History of Popular Music (Smith), 287
“Old Cape Cod,” 185
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 31–32, 181
O’Neil, Dapper, 115–16
Ono, Yoko, 110
Oracle, 190
Orbison, Roy, 165
Orpheus, 76, 79–81, 83, 88–89, 94, 95, 97, 99–101
Ostin, Mo, 47–48, 287
Oteri, Joe, 39–41, 196
Pagano, Patsy, 14
Page, Patti, 185
Page, Ronna, 110
Paglia, Camille, 222
Pahnke, Walter N., 224–26
Palmer, David, 262–64
Papadopoulos, George, 77, 179–80
Paradox Restaurant, 110
Paret, Ray, 77–79, 87, 92, 93
Parker, Maceo, 238
Parker, Theodore, 213
Parry, Jim, 219
Paul, Steve, 81
Payne, John, 16, 131n, 181–82, 206–8, 223n, 266n, 268–72, 276, 277, 282, 288–89
Payne, Sarah, 182, 207
Peabody Essex Museum, 46
Peanut Butter Conspiracy, 102
Pebbles, 256–59
People’s History of the United States, A (Zinn), 40
Peper, Alison, 257
Peper, George, 49, 63, 65, 110–11, 114–15, 154, 156, 157, 171, 292–93
Perry, Joe, 117
Person to Person, 106
Petrucci & Atwell Studios, 262–63
Philp, Rick, 263–67, 266n
Pickett, Wilson, 55
Pierce, Bill, 236, 240
Pitchfork, 7
Planet, Janet, see Minto, Janet Morrison
Platania, John, 266n
Plath, Sylvia, 181
Playboy, 88–89
Polanski, Roman, 291
Polatin, Betsy, 129
Politics of Ecstasy, The (Leary), 204
Polydor Records, 101
Powers, Walter, 92n, 128, 134–35
Pratt, Thomas, 251–52
Presley, Elvis, 27
Press, Paula, 61–62, 190–91
Psychedelic Information Center (PIC), 202–4
Psychedelic Information Center Bulletin (PIC Bulletin), 203–4
Psychedelic Supermarket, 179–80
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (Bangs), 286
Q, 284
Rachel Maddow Show, The, 295
Rainbow Ballroom and Rollerdome, 178
Ram Dass (Richard Alpert), 30–31, 194–200, 202–5, 208n, 224, 293, 300
Ram Dass: Fierce Grace, 200
Ramparts, 67
Ramsey, Obray, 300
Rattigan, Terence, 144
RCA Victor, 76
Realist, 292
Real Paper,
171, 172n
Red Guitar, The, 188
Reed, Lou, 106, 117–24, 126–28, 132–35, 212, 225n, 265, 273
Reed, Rex, 166
Reid, Robert, 192
Remains, 77, 90
Reprise Records, 27, 47, 97
Revolution, 162n
Rice, Michael, 59, 68–72
Richard D. Herbruck Presents Jim Kweskin’s America Co-starring Mel Lyman and the Lyman Family, 48
Richards, Keith, 22
Richardson, Elliot, 145–46, 150
Richman, Jonathan, 7, 117–18, 120, 122n, 124–25, 129–32, 212, 221–22, 266n, 283–84
Richmond, Fritz, 29
Rickles, Don, 18
Riepen, Ray, 108–9, 111–14, 116–19, 128–29, 133–34, 183, 215–17, 219–22, 250, 303
Rigsbee, Janet, see Minto, Janet Morrison
Rinkel, Max, 191–92
“Roadrunner,” 118, 221–22
Robey, Ames, 147
Robinson, David, 130–31
Rockefeller Foundation, 54
“Rock of Ages,” 1–2, 301
Rocky Point Amusement Park, 183
Rogers, Joe, 216–17, 220
Rogers, John, 39, 41
Rolling Stone, 28, 32, 42, 43, 48, 62, 90–91, 94, 102, 113, 157, 157n, 160, 163, 166, 171, 191, 206, 248n, 250–51, 259, 260, 275, 283, 285, 286, 293, 294, 296
Rolling Stones, 27, 52, 61, 66, 118n, 179, 180
Rooney, Jim, 90
Roos, Fred, 159
Rotten, Johnny, 118
Rowan, Peter, 85–87
Rush, Tom, 90
Russell, Dick, 42–43
Saint Dominic’s Preview, 283
Saltzman, Buddy, 277
Sandler, Adam, 286
Sandler, Harry, 80, 99–100
San Francisco Chronicle, 77
Saturday Review, 150
Say Brother, 249
Scandore, Joe, 18
Scene, 81
Schechner, Richard, 51, 71
Scheer, Lenny, 101
Schueren, Tony, 92, 96
Schwaid, Bob, 267–68, 281, 282
Science, 197–98
Scientology, 272
Scorsese, Martin, 12
Seale, Bobby, 247
Secret of the Andes (Brother Philip), 273
Seeger, Pete, 1
“September Grass,” 188
Sesnick, Steve, 127, 128, 132, 134
Sha Na Na, 134
Sharpton, Al, 237
Sheldon, John, 9–12, 16, 176, 179–82, 184, 186–88, 267
Sheldon, Phoebe, 10
Shlosser, Rick, 283
Siggins, Bob, 28
Silber, Irwin, 301
Silver, David, 44, 51–73, 260n
Silver, Judy, 30, 293, 300–301
Silver, Karen, 260n
Silverglate, Harvey, 41, 172, 173
Simels, Steve, 93
Simon, Carly, 33, 59, 107
Simon, David, 28
Simon, Peter, 59
Simon & Garfunkel, 82
Sinatra, Frank, 237
Sinatra, Nancy, 67–68, 70
Sing Out, 301
Sinnott, Richard J., 38–39, 233
“Sister Ray,” 118, 122, 123
Slater, Philip, 192
“Slim Slow Slider,” 208, 276, 284
Smith, Harry, 28
Smith, Huston, 226
Smith, Jack, 110
Smith, Joe, 18–19, 76–77, 272, 282, 285, 287
Smith, Mayne, 48
Smith, Robert, 69–71
Smith, Warren, Jr., 269, 277, 282, 284
Snyder, Tom, 173
Society for the Investigation of Human Ecology, 192
Solanas, Valerie, 153–54
Somma, Robert, 100, 120, 131–33
Sources of Country Music, The (Benton), 46, 47
Spector, Phil, 79
Spergel, Howard, 69–71
Spielberg, Steven, 295
Spin, 124
Spiritualism, 212–14, 219
Spock, Benjamin, 245
Springsteen, Bruce, 90, 91, 285
Spruill, James, 249–50
Starr, Harrison, 160
Stewart, Rod, 220
Strangler, The, 142
Stubblefield, Clyde, 239
Sullivan, Walter J., 41
Summer, Dick, 77
Supper Club, 126
“Sweet Thing,” 6, 274
Symphony Hall, 287
Tartachny, Paul, 88
Tate, Sharon, 291
Taxi Driver, 12
Taylor, James, 10, 33, 107, 181, 187–88
Taylor, Robert, 200
“T.B. Sheets,” 4, 218, 289
Tech, 131n
“That’s Life,” 237
Them, 3, 4, 22, 66, 176, 217, 264, 279, 289
Thien, Chris “Herc,” 168–69, 171, 172
Third World Raspberry, 283
Thomas Crown Affair, The, 137–41, 146
Thompson, Hunter S., 32, 48, 292
Thoreau, Henry David, 244
Thorne, Karen, 52–53, 56, 59, 61–63, 72
Thurman, Howard, 225, 229
Time, 226, 242, 291
Tiny Tim, 14
“Tir Na Nog,” 274n
Titicut Follies, 148–53, 173
Tonight Show, The, 27, 241
Townshend, Pete, 180
Traffic, 134
“Train,” 284–85, 289
Treatise on White Magic, A (Bailey), 123–24, 273
T. Rex, 133
Trump, Donald, 295
Truss, Norman, 34
Trustman, Alan, 138–40, 146, 158
Tucker, Moe, 131n, 134
Tupelo Honey, 20, 48, 283
Turner, Steve, 126
Tyler, Steven, 225n
Ultimate Spinach, 76, 78–79, 83, 84, 87, 94–97, 242
Unabomber, 193n
Uncut, 175
Underground Railroad, 230
Underground Women, The (Boyle), 262n
Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (McLuhan), 54
Unicorn Coffee House, 77–79
United Front (UF), 246–47, 249
United Illuminating, 31–33, 256
Vanguard Records, 97–98
Van Morrison Controversy, 15, 129, 175–88, 265, 279
Van Ronk, Dave, 66
Veedon Fleece, 283
Vellucci, Alfred E., 41
Velvet Underground (VU), 7, 18, 57, 82, 105–6, 117–23, 127, 128, 130–32, 134–35, 225n, 263, 265
Velvet Underground in Boston, The, 119n
Ventura, Jesse, 42
Vibrations, 118n
Vice, 125, 153
Vietnam War, 35, 40, 55, 60–61, 68, 71, 76, 86, 133, 220, 241, 243–45, 244n, 251
Vogue, 84, 85
Volpe, John, 149
Von Schmidt, Eric, 90, 209
Walden (film), 155
Walker, Beverly, 162–64, 169, 173
Wall Street Journal, 94–95
Wang Theatre, 288
Ward, Ed, 27
Warhol, Andy, 57–58, 82, 105, 106, 110–13, 118–19, 124, 127, 131, 153–54, 300
Warner Brothers, 4, 11, 19, 27, 47, 72, 76, 130, 268, 272, 277–78, 281–82, 287
Warwick, Dionne, 270n
Watergate, 169, 171–73
Waters, John, 294
Waters, Muddy, 232
“Way Young Lovers Do, The,” 12, 276
WBCN, 22–23, 109, 183, 215–17, 219–22, 244, 262
WBZ, 77
W
eil, Andrew, 195–98, 202, 224
Weil, Gunther, 224–27
Weir, Bob, 27
Weisberg, Dick, 75, 81–83, 86n, 88, 89, 99
Wenner, Jann, 43
West, Don, 156–57, 291–92
West, Kathy, 264–67
WGBH, 7, 51–54, 58, 59, 61, 67–69, 71–72, 154, 176, 184, 201, 234–36, 238–40, 249
What’s Happening, Mr. Silver?, 51–73, 154, 158, 201, 208, 234, 244, 249, 260n
Whisky a Go Go, 3
White, Kevin, 7, 231–37, 240–42, 246–47, 249
White, Laura, 131n
White Album, 262
White Light/White Heat, 105, 119, 121, 124
“White Light/White Heat,” 123
White Stadium, 246
Whitney, Marva, 237, 238, 240
Who, 88, 220
Williams, Paul, 33, 34, 90, 155, 261
Williamson, George Hunt, 273
Wilson, Dave, 35, 55–56, 259–61
Wilson, Tom, 18, 82, 102
Wilson, Woodrow, 214
Wilton, John, 209
Winston, Ronnie, 195, 196
Winters, Jonathan, 44
Wiseman, Frederick, 148–53
Wolf, Peter, 17, 21–25, 50, 82, 99, 115, 131n, 175, 188, 216, 217, 232, 266n, 279, 287, 288
Wolfe, Tom, 48
Women’s Room, The (French), 8
Women’s Wear Daily, 272
World’s Religions, The (Smith), 226
Yakus, Herbert, 11, 185–86
Yakus, Milton, 11, 185, 282
Yakus, Shelly, 282
Yardbirds, 66
Yorke, Ritchie, 275
Yule, Doug, 127–28, 132, 134–35
Zabriskie Point, 33, 158–67, 173–74, 223n, 260
Zappa, Frank, 59, 216, 221
Zinn, Howard, 40, 68, 71, 244, 252
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* It’s easy to take this too far: I pick up a little jar from the table of snacks and hold it up to him. “Did you put this out on purpose?” I ask, showing him the brand name: Tupelo Honey. Wolf laughs and says no.
* Lyman borrowed the name from a Connecticut power company whose neon sign he spotted one night on a drive between Boston and New York. The company’s motto—“Eternally at Your Service”—was Lyman’s creation: He had it painted onto the side of the community’s VW Bus.
* Earth Opera wasn’t the only Boston Sound band affected by the Red Sox’ miraculous 1967 season. Dick Weisberg remembers a multi-night string of Beacon Street Union gigs at the Rathskeller in Kenmore Square, right next to Fenway Park. They had made a giant plywood sign that the club manager let them lean against the front, saying “NOW APPEARING, BEACON STREET UNION—ALBUM COMING THIS JANUARY!” The drummer was home watching the news when he saw the eight-foot sign being carried through Kenmore Square by ecstatic Red Sox fans. Then they smashed it to pieces.
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