| Introduction: Rock and Roll and American Poetry |
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W.C.W. Watching Presley's Second Appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show: Mercy Hospital, Newark, 1956 |
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On the Elvis Mailing List |
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Woody Guthrie Visited by Bob Dylan: Brooklyn State Hospital, New York, 1961 |
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7 | (3) |
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11 | (3) |
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14 | (2) |
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How Near Vietnam Came to Us |
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16 | (2) |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (2) |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (2) |
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25 | (5) |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (3) |
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36 | (3) |
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39 | (2) |
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The Man Who Knew the Words to ``Louie, Louie'' |
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41 | (2) |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (3) |
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49 | (2) |
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51 | (2) |
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Time with Stevie Wonder in It |
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53 | (2) |
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The One White Face in the Place |
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55 | (4) |
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59 | (2) |
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Upon Finding a Black Woman's Door Sprayed with Swastikas, I Tell Her This Story of Hands |
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61 | (2) |
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Christ at the Apollo, 1962 |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (2) |
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67 | (2) |
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69 | (2) |
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It Was Fever That Made the World |
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71 | (2) |
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73 | (2) |
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75 | (2) |
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77 | (1) |
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78 | (2) |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (2) |
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83 | (1) |
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84 | (2) |
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The Penalty for Bigamy Is Two Wives |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (2) |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (2) |
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93 | (3) |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (2) |
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Dancing to the Track Singers at the Nightclub |
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99 | (2) |
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Nine of Clubs, Cleveland, Ohio |
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101 | (3) |
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104 | (1) |
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``Their Hats Is Always White'' |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (2) |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (2) |
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116 | (2) |
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118 | (2) |
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Heartbreak Hotel Piano-Bar |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (2) |
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Ancestral Echoes / Rap Music |
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123 | (1) |
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124 | (1) |
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125 | (2) |
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Paul Butterfield, Dead at 44 |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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The Girl with the Bad Rep |
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129 | (3) |
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132 | (1) |
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The Summer the Beatles Went Over Seven Minutes on a Single |
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133 | (2) |
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135 | (2) |
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The Year the Space Age Was Born |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (1) |
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Tempted by the Classical on Returning from the Store at Twenty below Zero |
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142 | (3) |
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145 | (2) |
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147 | (4) |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (3) |
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``What's So Funny 'bout Peace, Love and Understanding'' |
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155 | (1) |
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``When You Wish upon a Star That Turns into a Plane'' |
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156 | (2) |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (2) |
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161 | (2) |
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Cruising with the Beach Boys |
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163 | (2) |
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165 | (2) |
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First Performance of the Rock 'n Roll Band Puce Exit |
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167 | (3) |
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How Garnett Mims and the Enchanters Came into Your Life |
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170 | (1) |
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171 | (2) |
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Later Afternoon at the Arboretum |
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173 | (2) |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (2) |
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178 | (2) |
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180 | (2) |
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On Living with a Fat Woman in Heaven |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (2) |
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186 | (2) |
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188 | (2) |
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The Death of Janis Joplin |
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190 | (2) |
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People Are Dropping Out of Our Lives |
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192 | (3) |
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195 | (2) |
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197 | (2) |
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199 | (2) |
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201 | (2) |
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203 | (3) |
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Necromancy: The Last Days of Brian Jones, 1968 |
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206 | (1) |
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207 | (2) |
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209 | (2) |
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211 | (2) |
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213 | (2) |
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215 | (2) |
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217 | (1) |
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218 | (2) |
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A Challenge to the Reader |
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220 | (4) |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (3) |
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228 | (2) |
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230 | (1) |
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231 | (3) |
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On the Otis Redding Bridge |
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234 | (1) |
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| Contributors' Notes and Comments |
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235 | (34) |
| Acknowledgments |
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269 | (8) |
| Author Index |
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277 | (2) |
| Title Index |
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279 | (2) |
| Index to First Lines |
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