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Prelude : a rock & roll fable -- River deep Phil Spector and Tina Turner -- Hellhound on my trail Robert Johnson -- Nuggets Sixties psychedelia -- The sound and the fury Lou Reed's metal machine music -- Endless boogie -- When Harry met Allen Allen Ginsberg and Harry Smith -- The power of tower Sonic Youth -- Who will save the world? Black Sabbath -- Something freaky this way comes outsider musicians -- The monk and the messenger Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk -- Captain's orders Captain Beefheart -- It's how you play the game Johnny Thunders -- Back to the Fillmore The Grateful Dead -- The steel-string trilogy John Fahey, Leo Kottke. -- A man out of time -- The strength of strings -- Bundy K. Blue's dance with death -- Round about -- War all the time Richard Meltzer -- Erector set Mekons -- Classics vs. anthems -- Oh happy day the Edwin Hawkins Singers -- A lone star state of mind Doug Sahm -- Taking tiger mountain Eno -- The sweltering guy -- The ballad of John Henry and the wheels of steel -- Need for speed car tunes -- Respect due Aretha Franklin -- Closer to home Grand Funk Railroad -- Diminuendo and crescendo Duke Ellington -- World's biggest gong fan George Jefferson -- What can you do that's fantastic? Frank Zappa -- A chance encounter -- High noon Alejandro Escovedo -- This American life Terry Riley -- House of the rising son Steve Albini -- Requiem for a cowbell -- Tie-die! A demonic tale of psychedelic possession -- Almost Famous -- A true story Jeff Beck -- Spirits, ghosts, witches, and devils Albert Ayler -- Ohm on the brain an electronic history lesson -- Rock'n' roll heaven on Earth -- The mix-tape murder mystery -- Waiting on a train -- Afterword : how to succeed in the music business without really trying. |
