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Preamble: roots -- 1958-1964. Basics: Moving to Queens, the royal teens, Gene Pitney, college, "This diamond ring," and the great blackout -- 1965. The year of living famously: Bob Dylan and life as a session musician -- 1965-1967. The blues project: Blonde on Blonde, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, a nervous breakdown, California, groupies, Brian Wilson, Monterey pop, and a sheepish return to New York -- 1967-1968. Blood, sweat & tears: Kooper was a bother to the band -- 1968-1969. A&R at Columbia Records, Super Session, Mike Bloomfield, live at the Fillmore, Bill Graham, Norman Rockwell, the Rolling Stones, and the first solo album -- 1969-1972. Scoring a film, losing a wife, Elton John, addiction, touring, Deep Purple, New Morning, Smokey Robinson, Milton Berle, and battles with Clive -- 1972-1974. Atlanta, sounds of the South Records, Lynyrd Skynyrd, a move to L.A., Dustin Hoffman, a million dollars, and speed in my soda -- 1974-1979. The Tubes, Nils Lofgren, Rick Nelson, life in modern-day Rome, orgies, nitrous oxide, and leaving Amerika -- 1979-1981. London, Eddie & The Hot Rods, David Essex, George Harrison, Texas floods, SRV, Joe Ely, and Los Angeles (slight return) -- 1981-1985. Living small, travels with Dylan, Championship Wrestling, A&R at PolyGram, Richard Thompson, the St. Regis fiasco, and the four-day turnaround -- 1986-1990. Crime Story, Michael Mann, John Waters, B. B. King, convention hopping, and finally leaving Los Angeles -- 1990-1995. Nashville, Thelonious monster, green on red, selling Jimi's Strat, Joe Walsh, Ray Charles, and Stephen King's band -- 1996-1998. The greening of Nashville, Doctor Al, Boston, Berklee, the new old book, and that's all he wrote. |
