Selected Bibliography
Original Interviews
Albin, Peter—June 9, 1992; December 14, 2012
Andrew, Sam—March 26, 1992; December 14, 2012
Arkush, Alan—January 20, 2013
Areas, José “Chepito”—June 7, 2013
Balin, Marty—October 4, 1992
Barthol, Bruce—January 22, 2013
Bernstein, Jane—September 16, 2012
Bleich, Eli—January 23, 2012
Blumer, Lee—July 21, 1992; February 6, 2013
Brooks, Chris—July 15, 1992
Brown, Arthur—September 5, 2013
Bustamonte, David—May 16, 2013
Casady, Jack—March 22, 2013
Christgau, Robert—November 28, 2012
Cohen, Bobby—March 27, 1992
Cohen, David Bennett—January 15, 2013
Cohen, Kip—December 19, 2012
Cole, Richard—December 14, 1992
Cooke, John Byrne—November 2, 2012
Cullinen, Robbin—February 23, 2013
Cooley, Alex—June 11, 1992
Davies, Dave—October 24, 2013
Fusco, Vinnie—September 4, 1992
Garner, Bonnie—January 8, 2013
Getz, Dave—March 26, 1992
Grossweiner, Bob—February 19, 1992
Hanley, Bill—January 17, 2013
Haynie, Jim—March 24, 1992; June 21, 1992; May 23, 2013
Helms, Chet—March 23, 1992
Herbert, Herbie—March 18, 1992; January 30, 2013
Jackson, Gary L.—January 18, 2013; May 11, 2013
Johanson, Jai Johanny (Jaimoe)—January 25, 2013
Kantner, Paul—May 18, 2013
Kaukonen, Jorma—April 3, 2013
Keefe, Dennis—May 12, 2013
Kelley, Alton—March 19, 1992; June 20, 1992
King, Bill—October 26, 2012
Lang, Michael—September 29, 1992
Langhart, Chris—January 26, 2013
Laudner, Bill—January 14, 2013
MacLean, Bonnie—October 14, 2012; June 5, 2013
Mednick, Ken—January 14, 2013
Melton, Barry—January 25, 2013
Monck, Chip—December 21, 2013
Morris, John—July 15, 1992; January 26, 2013
Opatoshu, Dan—February 4, 2013
Pense, Lydia—May 10, 2013
Romney, Hugh (Wavy Gravy)—March 19, 1992
Rothschild, Amalie R.—March 13, 2013; July 29, 2013
Rubinson, David—February 5, 2013
Rubinstein, Marc—October 23, 2012
Schneider, Ron—January 15, 2013
Schon, Neal—July 12, 2013
See, Bob—February 5, 2013
Segovia, Richard—May 13, 2013
Shrieve, Michael—February 25, 2013; March 6, 2013
Smith, Howard—January 18, 2013; January 28, 2013
Street, Dusty—March 28, 2013
Taylor, Derek—August 14, 1992
Thompson, Bill—January 28, 2013; May 13, 2013
Trucks, Butch—January 18, 2013
West, Leslie—February 7, 2013
White, Joshua—July 4, 1992; December 8, 2012
Wilhelm, Mike—March 25, 1992
Wyman, Bill—August 20, 1992
Youtt, Jene—December 5, 2012
Books
Allman, Gregg, with Alan Light. My Cross to Bear. New York: William Morrow, 2012.
Amburn, Ellis. Pearl: The Obsessions and Passions of Janis Joplin. New York: Warner Books, 1992.
Anson, Robert Sam. Gone Crazy and Back Again: The Rise and Fall of the Rolling Stone Generation. New York:. Doubleday, 1981.
Bockris, Victor, and Gerard Malanga. Up-Tight: The Velvet Underground Story. London: Omnibus Press, 1983.
Browne, David. Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970. Philadelphia: Da Capo, 2011.
Caserta, Peggy, with Dan Knapp. Going Down with Janis. New York: Dell, 1974.
Christgau, Robert. Any Old Way You Choose It: Rock and Other Pop Music, 1967–1973. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1973.
Cole, Richard. Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored. New York: Harper Collins, 1992.
Cooke, John Byrne. Janis Joplin: A Performance Diary 1966–1970. Petaluma, CA: Acid Test Productions, 1997.
Cutler, Sam. You Can’t Always Get What You Want: My Life with the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead and Other Wonderful Reprobates. Ontario, Canada: ECW Press, 2010.
Dalton, David. Piece of My Heart: A Portrait of Janis Joplin. Philadelphia: DaCapo, 1985.
Davis, Clive, with Anthony DeCurtis. Soundtrack of My Life. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Davis, Clive, with James Willwerth. Clive: Inside the Record Business. New York: William Morrow, 1975.
Davis, Miles, with Quincy Troupe. Miles: The Autobiography. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.
Draper, Robert. The Rolling Stone Story: The Magazine That Moved a Generation. Edinburgh, Scotland: Mainstream Publishing, 1990.
Echols, Alice. Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin. New York: Metropolitan Books, 1999.
Fenton, Craig. Take Me to a Circus Tent: The Jefferson Airplane Flight Manual. West Conshohocken, PA: Infinity, 2006.
Fong-Torres, Ben. Not Fade Away: A Backstage Pass to 20 Years of Rock & Roll. San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books, 1999.
Fornatale, Pete. Back to the Garden: The Story of Woodstock. New York: Touchstone, 2009.
Friedman, Myra. Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplin. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1973.
Gleason, Ralph. J. Jefferson Airplane and the San Francisco Sound. New York: Ballantine Books, 1969.
Goldman, Albert. Freakshow: Misadventures in the Counterculture, 1959–1971. New York: Cooper Square Press, 2001.
Graham, Bill, and Robert Greenfield. Bill Graham Presents. New York: Doubleday, 1993.
Grushkin, Paul. Art of Rock: A Spectacular Visual and Oral History. New York: Cross River Press, 1987.
Henderson, David. Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child of the Aquarian Age. New York: Doubleday, 1978.
Hopkins, Jerry, and Danny Sugerman. No One Gets Out Alive. New York: Warner Books, 1981.
Hoskyns, Barney. Across the Great Divide: The Band and America. New York: Hyperion, 1993.
Joplin, Laura. Love, Janis. New York: Villard Books, 1992.
Jovanovic, Rob. Seeing the Light: Inside the Velvet Underground. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2010.
Kostelanetz, Richard. Fillmore East: Recollections of Rock Theater. New York: Schirmer Books, 1994.
Krieger, Susan. Hip Capitalism (SAGE Library of Social Research). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 1979.
Leng, Simon. Soul Sacrifice: The Santana Story. London: Firefly Publishing, 2000.
Lesh, Phil. Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2005.
Makower, Joel. Woodstock: The Oral History. New York: Excelsior, 2009.
Mason, Nick. Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd. London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2004.
McCarthy, Jim, with Ron Sansoe. Voices of Latin Rock: The People and Events That Created This Sound. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard, 2004.
McDonough, Jack. San Francisco Rock: The Illustrated History of San Francisco Rock Music. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1985.
Nash, Graham. Wild Tales: A Rock & Roll Life. New York: Crown Archetype, 2013.
Norman, Philip. Elton John: The Biography. New York: Harmony Books, 1991.
———. Mick Jagger.
New York: Ecco, 2012.
Parish, Steve, and Joe Layden. Home Before Daylight: My Life on the Road with the Grateful Dead. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2003.
Perry, Charles. The Haight-Ashbury: A History. San Francisco: Rolling Stone Press, 1984.
Poe, Randy. Skydog: The Duane Allman Story. San Francisco: Backbeat Books, 2006.
Rothschild, Amalie R. Live at the Fillmore East: A Photographic Memoir. New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press, 1999.
Selvin, Joel. Summer of Love: The Inside Story of LSD, Rock & Roll, Free Love and High Times in the Wild West. New York: Dutton, 1994.
Simmons, Sylvie. I’m Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen. New York: Harper Collins, 2012.
Shapiro, Marc. Carlos Santana: Back on Top. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2000.
Slick, Darby. Don’t You Want Somebody to Love: Reflections on the San Francisco Sound. Berkeley, CA: SLG Books, 1996.
Slick, Grace, with Andrea Kagan. Somebody to Love?: A Rock-and-Roll Memoir. New York: Warner Books, 1998.
Smith, Joe. Off the Record: An Oral History of Popular Music. New York: Warner Books, 1990.
Smith, Patti. Just Kids. New York: Harper Collins, 2010.
Stewart, Rod. Rod: The Autobiography. New York: Crown Publishing, 2012.
Sullivan, Mary Lou. Raisin’ Cain: The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter. San Francisco: Backbeat Books, 2010.
Tamarkin, Jeff. Got a Revolution!: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane. New York: Atria Books, 2003.
Taylor, Derek. It Was Twenty Years Ago Today. London: Bantam Press, 1987.
Townshend, Pete. Who I Am: A Memoir. New York: Harper, 2012.
Walker, Michael. What You Want Is in the Limo: On the Road with Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, and the Who in 1973, the Year the Sixties Died and the Modern Rock Star Was Born. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2013.
Willis, Ellen. Beginning to See the Light: Pieces of a Decade. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.
Newspapers
New York Times
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Examiner
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post
New York Post
New York Daily News
Houston Chronicle
Daily Telegraph
Evening Standard
Village Voice
Daily Texan
Pacific Sun
Magazines
Rolling Stone
Vanity Fair
Time
Life
Newsweek
Details
Billboard
Variety
Time Out Chicago
Counterpunch
Interview
Oui
Texas Monthly
Ramparts
Relix
Other Publications
New Musical Express
Melody Maker
Guitar World
Jazz & Pop
A Tribute to the Fillmore Collector’s Issue
Fillmore East Programs—1968–1971
Mojo Navigator
International Times
Afro-American
Thrust
Chabad Journal
Radio, Television, and Documentaries
KSAN-FM
KPIX-FM
WPLJ-FM
WNEW-FM
KFOG-FM
PBS Radio
BBC Radio 2
BBC 6 Music
Australian Radio
60 Minutes
BBC TV
KRON-TV
20/20 Downtown
The Travel Channel
The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
The Smothers Brothers Show
The Dick Cavett Show
The Roseanne Show
Biography Channel
Religion Matters, Cable TV
Ed Bernstein Cable Show
The Smith Tapes
Fly, Jefferson Airplane DVD
Festival Express DVD
Final 24—Janis Joplin DVD
Websites
Terrascope.com.co.uk
CountryJoe.com
Allaboutjazz.com
MoonflowerCafe.com
Americansabor.org
NightwatchersHouseofRock.blogspot.com
Bill Graham’s Personal Papers and other Correspondence
Telegrams between Miles David and Bill Graham: The Wolfgang’s Vault Bill Graham Collection.
Personal letters from Bill Graham to Carlos Santana: The Wolfgang’s Vault Bill Graham Collection.
Telegrams between Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant and Bill Graham: The Wolfgang’s Vault Bill Graham Collection.
June 2, 1967, and July 14, 1967, letters from Bill Graham to Beatrice Kaukonen: The Jorma Kaukonen Collection at The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Bill Graham’s January 2, 1969, letter to Chuck Berry: The Wolfgang’s Vault Bill Graham Collection.
The 1984 Mill Valley Film Festival Tribute to Bill Graham Program.
Index
Abraxus (album), 282, 283, 302, 308–9, 331
AB Skhy, 173
acid, 99, 206, 237, 267, 269, 326, 341, 349–50, 361
Acid Tests, 47–48
Adler, Lou, 98
Adler, Renata, 179
After Bathing at Baxter’s (album), 91–92, 110, 111
Albin, Peter, 65, 67, 74, 76, 107, 108, 118, 132, 148, 156, 160, 161, 274
feelings toward Joplin, 161–62
Joplin’s death, 318, 323
Alice in Wonderland (Carroll), 35, 36, 51, 369
Allman, Duane, 337, 339, 343
Allman, Gregg, 269–70, 337–38, 339
Allman Brothers Band, 260–61, 269–70, 337–39, 353, 357, 358
at Fillmore East, 269, 354–55
at Fillmore West, 269
at Watkins Glen Festival, 364
Altamont concert, 255–57
American Bandstand (TV show), 97
American Beauty (album), 343
Anderson, Signe Toly, 42, 73–74, 79
Anderson Theater, 116, 120–21, 122–24
Andrew, Sam, 49, 67, 68, 75, 93, 100, 117, 123, 132, 156, 159, 160, 182, 184, 187, 208
drugs, 161, 220
and Fillmore East opening, 134
at Fillmore West closing, 363
and Janis Joplin, 147–48, 210, 221, 274–75, 318
and Peggy Caserta, 137–38
plays last show with Janis Joplin, 231–32
relationship with Big Brother, 161
writes new material with Joplin, 196
Appaloosa, 260
Areas, José “Chepito,” 210–12, 238, 245, 282, 304, 309, 326, 335–36, 341, 348
Arista Records, 366
Arkush, Allan, xiii, 123, 152, 253
and Allman Brothers, 260
and The Band, 216
and Band of Gypsies, 261
and Bob Dylan, 343–44
and CSN&Y, 243, 286–87
and Grateful Dead, 221, 264, 269
and Joshua Light Show, 198
last Fillmore East concert, 355
and Led Zeppelin, 199
problems with Motherfuckers, 190
and Santana, 231
and Tommy, 218–19, 247, 248
Aronowitz, Al, 168–69, 271, 287
Atlantic City Pop Festival, 231
Atlantic Records, 131, 193–94, 338
Avalon Ballroom, 54, 67, 69, 74, 76, 80, 92, 183
Avedon, Richard, 148
Baez, Joan, 234
Baker, Ginger, 106
Balin, Marty, 17, 42, 74, 81, 91, 102, 112, 179, 256
and Bill Graham, 368
drinking, 329
and drugs, 95–96
on Grace Slick joining Jefferson Airplane, 80
and Jefferson Airplane, 89, 342–43
joins Jefferson Starship, 367
Joplin’s death, 318
and Volunteers album, 249
withdraws from Jefferson Airplane, 299
Ballet Afro-Haiti, 173
Band, The, xv–xvi, 185, 310
and Bill Graham, 155–56
farewell show, 364
Festival Express, 295
at Fillmore East, 215, 216
Music from the Big Pink album, 155, 216
at Watkins Glen Festival, 364
at Winterland, 215–16
at Woodstock, 234
Band of Gypsies, 261, 263
Baratta, Paul, 102, 163, 259, 311–12, 329
Bark (album), 347
Bar-Kays, 186
Barncard, Stephen, 270–71
Barsalona, Frank, 131, 225, 234
Barthol, Bruce, 94
Batiz, Javier, 22–23, 27, 71
Beach, Scott, 266
Beach Boys, 343, 357
Beatles, 179–80, 187–88
Beck, Jeff, 152
Bell, Richard, 275
Bennett, Alex, 356
Bennett, Tony, 259
Bernstein, Jane, 273
Big Brother and the Holding Company, 65, 149–50, 284, 370
at Avalon Ballroom, 74–77, 92
and Bill Graham, 76
Cheap Thrills album, 149, 156, 159–60
and Chet Helms, 53
and Columbia Records, 126, 138
early shows, 49, 54
east coast tour, 131–32
farewell tour, 183
at Fillmore Auditorium, 56
at Fillmore East, xiii, 131, 158–59
at Fillmore West, 156, 274
fires Helms, 75–76
fires Karpen, 107
at Hunter College, 182–83
and Janis Joplin, 67–68, 69, 107
Janis Joplin decides to leave, 160–61
Joplin’s death, 318
and Mainstream Records, 99–100
managed by Grossman, 107–8, 116
at Monterey Pop Festival, 99
at Newport Folk Festival, 156–57
in NYC, 117–18, 120
profile by Time, 157
stranded in Chicago, 76–77
at Winterland Ballroom, 111
Billboard, 242, 275, 296, 331
Bill Graham Presents, 47, 48–49