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Index
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A&R Studios, 203, 206
ABBA, 521–23
Abbey of Thelema, 432
Abbey Road Studios, 61, 98
Aberystwyth, 311
AC/DC, 349
“Achilles Last Stand,” 447–50
Ackers, Graham, 19
Aerosmith, 531, 547
Air India, 504
Aizer, Sam, 441, 496
Albert Hall, 194, 224, 261, 335, 474, 565, 566
album cover art, 296–97, 473
for Coda, 567
for Houses of the Holy, 297–302, 461
for In Through the Out Door, 529–31, 535, 543
for Led Zeppelin, 171
for Led Zeppelin II, 209–10
for Led Zeppelin III, 234
for Led Zeppelin IV, 246, 264–66, 268, 297
for Physical Graffiti, 392
for Presence, 459–62
Allman Brothers, 529
“All My Love,” 522, 524, 525
All Your Own, 29–30
Altamont, 218
Alterman, Loraine, 378
Ambassador Hotel, 327
American Gangster, 342
amplifiers, 165–66
Anderson, Jon, 483
Andersson, Benny, 522, 523
Andrew, Prince, 468
Anger, Kenneth, 384–85, 471
Animals, 65, 96, 121, 122, 160, 181
Ann Arbor Sun, 406
Appice, Carmine, 158–59, 161, 165, 167, 172, 196, 199–201, 206–7, 241, 561
Arabella Hotel, 447
Arden, Don, 83, 95–96, 109, 157, 283, 464
ARMS charity concert, 568
art college, 49–50
Sutton Art College, 49–52
Asher, Dick, 156
Asylum Records, 348
Atco Records, 155
Atkin, Herb, 540–41, 555
Atkins, Chet, 47
Atlanta Constitution, 311
Atlanta Stadium, 310–12
Atlantic Records, 92, 153–58, 162, 167, 179, 184, 207, 212, 275, 327, 366–67, 370, 374, 378, 386, 503, 504, 517, 544, 564
Bonham’s death and, 561
Coda and, 565
Houses of the Holy cover and, 302
Led Zeppelin royalties and masters ownership deal with, 515–16
Led Zeppelin’s contract with, 155, 162, 179, 297, 343, 347
and Led Zeppelin’s fourth album having no title, 266, 268, 297
Led Zeppelin’s Swan Song label negotiations with, 347–49
“Stairway to Heaven” and, 282
tribute to, 572
Auger, Brian, 192
“Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You,” 1, 9, 112, 113, 145, 173
Bad Company, 354–55, 357, 366, 368, 373, 374, 385, 388, 389, 391–93, 424, 440, 458, 469, 483, 496, 517–19, 530, 531, 537, 561, 563
Badgley, Larry, 414, 491
Baez, Joan, 1, 9, 112, 173
Bag O’Nails, 102–3
“Baja,” 138
Baker, Ginger, 16, 261
Baldry, Long John, 16, 18
Baldwin, Joe, 135–36
Baldwin (Jones), Maureen “Mo,” 140, 164, 189, 429
Baltimore Civic Center, 336
Band, 148, 221, 231
Band of Joy, 109, 111, 114, 124–26, 131–32, 145, 177, 183, 288
Bang Records, 62
Bangs, Lester, 176–77, 382
Banks, Darrell, 124
Bannister, Freddie, 228–30, 531–33, 535, 540, 541
Bannister, Wendy, 540
Barber, Chris, 14, 118
Barney’s Beanery, 240–41
Barrett, Syd, 297–98
Barry, John, 57
Barsalona, Frank, 159, 160, 284
Bart, Lionel, 479
Basile, Phil, 158–59
Bassey, Shirley, 57
Bath Festival, 227–30, 531
“Battle of Evermore, The,” 256, 262, 303, 484
BBC, 14, 29, 160, 194, 426
Beatles, 60, 61, 64, 70, 82, 99, 105, 108, 122, 128, 149, 154, 186, 188, 193, 194, 199, 206, 208, 213, 223, 230, 236, 250, 270, 276, 297, 310, 312, 349, 381, 479, 516
Abbey Road, 214
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 98, 297, 298
White Album, 181
Beatty, Warren, 442
Beausoleil, Bobby, 384
Beck, Annetta, 52–53
Beck, Bogert & Appice (BBA), 199, 206–8
Beck, Jeff, 2, 5, 24, 50, 52–54, 66, 73–83, 85–91, 101–3, 114, 142, 144, 156, 160, 161, 169, 178–79, 181, 196, 367, 568
Truth, 99, 105, 142, 154, 171, 178, 180
“Beck’s Bolero,” 80–82, 99, 106, 107, 139, 152
Bee Gees, 154
Behan’s West Park, 455–57
Belfast, 272–73, 300
Bell, Maggie, 207, 292, 348, 366, 368–70, 373, 374, 376–80, 424, 440, 458, 469, 483, 487, 516, 518, 531, 542, 564
Queen of the Night, 376–77
Suicide Sal, 424, 429
Bellson, Louie, 127
Benjamin, Louie, 152
Bennett, Duster, 346
Berns, Bert, 60, 62, 148, 153
Berry, Chuck, 18, 21, 22, 24, 30, 31, 39, 41, 96, 140, 160, 194, 253, 362, 381, 499
Berry, Dave, 55, 63
Bevan, Bev, 123, 128, 560, 561
Beverly Hilton, 316, 423, 477
Bicknell, Ed, 94, 95, 151, 346, 532
Billboard, 170, 186, 243, 544
Biltmore Hotel, 423
Bindon, John, 462, 467–68, 478, 488, 496–97, 501, 504–6, 511
knife fight and flight of, 540
Matzorkis assault and arrest of, 508–11
Bingenheimer, Rodney, 164, 189, 314, 315, 318, 319, 321, 322, 478
English Disco of, 314, 315, 317–18
Birkin, Jane, 335
Birmingham, 116–17, 122, 127
Birmingham Town Hall, 193–94
“Black Country Woman,” 383
“Black Dog,” 252–53, 261
“Black Mountain Side,” 148, 175
Black Sabbath, 129, 176, 194, 288, 484, 519–20, 572
Blackwell, Chris, 152, 153, 156
Blake, Peter, 297
Blakey, Art, 127
Bland, Bobby “Blue,” 331
Blind Faith, 297
Blodwyn Pig, 194
Blondie, 484
Blood Sweat & Tears, 186
Blue Cheer, 236
blues, 5–6, 8, 11, 13–24, 30, 41, 42–44, 46, 54, 56, 64, 66, 70–73, 75, 78, 119–20, 123–24, 150, 173–74, 177, 225, 226, 330, 358, 363, 450, 566
Blues Incorporated, 14–16, 20
Blue Star Trio, 127, 128
Blues Syndicate, 18
Blue Whale, 239
Bogert, Tim, 199, 206–7
Bohn, Chris, 543–44
Bolan, Marc, 298, 305
Boleskine House, 246, 351
Bolin, Tommy, 459
Bonham, Bill, 121, 134
Bonham, Jason, 572–75
Bonham, John
in bands prior to Led Zeppelin, 114, 126–32
“Bonzo” nickname of, 126
car accident of, 514
cars collected by, 413, 418–19
cattle farm of, 325
collapses on stage at Nuremberg, 550–51
death of, 558–63, 565, 568
drinking and drunken behavior of, 129, 192, 196–98, 237–38, 274, 279, 320–22, 353, 377, 378, 380, 397, 400–401, 413, 414, 418–19, 422–24, 429, 459, 475, 485–86, 492, 493, 501, 514, 550, 551, 557–58
drug use of, 355, 378, 413, 418, 422, 447, 459, 493–96, 500–501, 514, 521, 524–25, 533–34, 542, 550, 551
drumming of, 111, 126–29, 132, 149–50, 172–73, 187, 209, 257–58, 261, 289, 358, 362–63, 495, 561–62
in formation of New Yardbirds/Led Zeppelin, 110, 111, 114–15, 132, 133–35, 141
funeral for, 560
homesickness of, 237, 397, 400, 419, 551, 556
jobs of, 130
marriage of, 130
Matzorkis assault and arrest of, 507, 510–11
Midlands background of, 6, 115, 116, 148
public indecency incident of, 197
replacements after death considered for, 561–62
tensions between Plant and, 273–74, 278
twenty-fifth birthday of, 320–22
Bonham, Mick, 126, 127
Bonham, Pat, 130, 134, 188, 189, 200, 219, 237, 351, 422, 429, 513
John’s death and, 558–59
“Bonzo,” see Bonham, John
“Boogie with Stu,” 254–55, 258, 384
Book of Signs, The (Koch), 246, 266, 267
bootleg recordings, 230, 247–48, 565
“Born to Be Wild,” 176
Boston Garden, 336
Boston Phoenix, 9
Boston Tea Party, 3–5, 7–11, 537
Bowie, David, 64, 316
Branson, Richard, 349
Bray Studios, 533, 556–57
Brewer, Don, 253
Bridges, Lloyd, 379
Brilleaux, Lee, 425
“Bring It On Home,” 203
Bron-Yr-Aur, 220–23, 231, 248–49, 251, 289, 311, 358, 566
“Bron-Yr-Aur,” 384
“Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp,” 226, 237
Brown, Arthur, 286
Brown, Carole, 109, 194–95, 246, 266, 345, 346, 368, 429, 467, 482
Brown, James, 289, 452
Brown, “Pop,” 124
Bruce, Jack, 16
Budokan, 2778
Buell, Bebe, 203, 378, 380, 414
Buffalo Springfield, 125, 154, 155, 168
Buildings of England, The (Pevsner), 117
Burdon, Eric, 16, 102
Burges, William, 345
Burnette, Johnny, 31, 39, 74, 118, 141
Burrell, Boz, 354–55, 537, 563
Burroughs, William S., 176, 406, 410, 430
Burton, James, 32, 36, 381
Butter Queen (Barbara Cope), 488–89
Byblos, 279
Byrds, 125, 168
Caesars Chariot, 487, 496, 498, 512, 546
Caesars Palace, 487
Caine, Michael, 545
Callan, Alan, 483, 516, 519, 547
Calmes, Jack, 393–94, 490, 535
Cameron, John, 451–52
“Candy Store Rock,” 452
Cantagiro Cantamondo Festival, 275–76
Capaldi, Jim, 122
Capote, Truman, 294, 307
Cardano, Girolamo, 267
Carlo, Phil, 157, 262, 291, 357, 368, 376, 390, 443, 468–69, 546–47, 549, 551–52, 555, 561–63, 570, 571
Carnegie Hall, 208–9, 211
“Carouselambra,” 520, 522, 526
Carr, James, 124
Carson, Phil, 92, 96, 154, 157, 179, 213–14, 215, 268, 278, 280, 281, 291, 329, 330, 332, 341, 347–49, 366, 374, 376, 387, 391, 408, 409, 482, 488, 495, 504, 505, 511, 517, 520, 547–48, 551, 564
Carter-Lewis and the Southerners, 54
Cartoone, 207
Cassidy, David, 442
Cattini, Clem, 55, 114, 121
Cavaliere, Felix, 369
CBGB, 383
Chancery Lane Record Centre, 248
Channel Islands, 435–36
Charles, Ray, 43, 107, 120, 136
Charlesworth, Chris, 179, 210, 229, 230, 275, 401–3, 407, 428
Chas and Dave, 533
Chateau Marmont, 164, 189, 190, 203, 205, 317
Chess Records, 17, 21, 26, 43, 174, 348
“Chest Fever,” 148
Chicken Shack, 122
Chicago, 473
Chicago, Ill., 330–31, 399–400
Chicago Stadium, 330
Chicago Sun-Times, 187
Chicago Tribune, 170, 330, 396
Childhood’s End (Clarke), 298
Chislehurst Caves, 387–88
Chkiantz, George, 184
Christgau, Robert, 462
Christian, Neil, 19, 20, 33, 35–40, 43–46, 48–49, 51, 78, 398
Chrysalis Agency, 97
Churchward, James, 266–67
Cincinnati Pop Festival, 382
Circus, 412, 477
Clapton, Eric, 2, 5, 16, 24, 28, 50, 53n, 68–70, 72–74, 102, 105, 119, 155, 219, 450, 570
Clark, Dick, 89, 159
Clarke, Allan, 76
Clarke, Arthur C., 298
Clash, 532, 537, 543
Clay, Otis, 124, 331
Clearwell Castle, 519–20
Cliff, Jimmy, 288
Clifton, Peter, 372, 384–85, 464–66, 475, 476
Cobo Arena, 292
cocaine, 205, 226, 255, 281, 315, 332, 359, 378, 394, 399–401, 405, 409, 415, 418, 448, 457, 458–59, 470, 492, 496, 514, 555
Grant and, 291–92, 331–32, 440–41, 457, 463–65, 467, 468, 482, 494, 503–7, 515, 535, 541
Cochran, Eddie, 31, 34, 40, 41, 55, 61, 118, 253, 381
Cocker, Joe, 105, 114, 134, 223
Coda, 564–68
cover of, 567
“Walter’s Walk,” 566
“Wearing and Tearing,” 566–67
“We’re Gonna Groove,” 565–66
Cole, Richard (“Ricardo”), 161–62, 168, 189, 190, 196, 199, 200, 201, 204–8, 210, 221, 229, 238, 248, 255, 272–74, 276, 277, 279–81, 294, 314–15, 317, 319, 321, 328–30, 333–34, 339–41, 344, 346, 351, 368, 377–78, 390, 391, 398, 400, 401, 404, 406–7, 413–15, 418, 423, 429, 447, 462, 464–68, 475, 478, 482, 487, 488, 491, 493, 496, 497, 504, 506, 512, 515, 522–23, 525, 533–34, 541, 542, 546, 555
arrest and imprisonment of, 555–56, 560
Bonham’s death and, 560
Matzorkis assault and arrest of, 508–11
Plant and, 546
Plants’ car accident and, 433–35
Coliseum, 334
Collins, Jeffrey, 248
Collins, Phil, 570, 571
Columbia Records, 156–57, 207, 439
Commander Cody Band, 534
“Communication Breakdown,” 1, 145, 175–76, 259
concert promoters, 283–85
Concerts for Kampuchea, 548
Concerts West, 285, 517
Continental Hyatt House, 203–4, 314–21, 402, 414, 415, 418, 423, 439, 477
Cook, Paul, 537
Cooke, Sam, 95
Cooper, Alice, 168
Cope, Barbara, 488–89
Corrigan-Devlin, Gyl, 317, 330, 332
Costello, Elvis, 484, 532
Coulson, Clive, 221–22, 366, 391, 530
Coulson, Sherry, 247
Country Joe & the Fish, 169
Crawdaddy, 235, 304, 406
Crawdaddy Club, 71–72
Crawling King Snakes, 121–23, 125–26
Cream, 6, 59, 82, 84, 86, 99, 105, 108, 133, 153, 154, 159, 161, 181
Creamer, Richard, 320–21






