Table of Contents
Introduction: Partnership 1
Just a Kid 6
The First Lessons 21
The First Season Serious Music-1960s 27
Rating 29
Wrestling 32
The Avalons 34
Summer of '66 39
First Year in Philly 43
The Record Deal 46
Meeting Daryl 49
Drive-In 54
Rocky Mountain. High. 56
Moon Walk 61
Valentine 64
Jerry Ricks 68
The Second Season Melody for a Memory-1970s 75
The Draft 77
Europe 81
Back in Philly 98
Making a Move 102
Desperation Leads to Action in LA 108
The Audition-11/22/71 114
Philly Mean Streets 118
The First Album. The First Real Tour. 123
Parkas 131
She's Gone 133
Abandoned Luncheonette 137
The Cover 150
Road Writing 156
War Babies 158
War Babies in the Woods 163
The Silver Album 169
Jamaica 172
Silver. and Gold. 178
1975 Part II 186
1976 191
Helen Hobbs Jordan 197
Racing. Life Accelerated. 200
Road Trip 206
All Things Must Pass 210
The Third Season Possessions, Obsessions-1980s 215
I Hear the Voices 217
T-Bone 227
Pop Artists 233
The '80s Sessions 236
Here She Comes 240
Smoking Guns, Hot to the Touch 244
A Word from Our Sponsors… 249
Video Killed Some Radio Stars 253
More Racing 260
Flying 263
July 13, 2985 267
Wall Street 276
Financial House of Cards 281
The Fourth Season Back Together Again-The 1990s 291
"Guys Like You" 293
The Mustache 299
Aspen Return 303
Inner Athlete 307
Going to the Chapel 315
Prelude to Reclamation 317
Chickens 319
Jasper 323
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch 327
Build a House, Birth a Baby 331
Midnight, June 19, 1996 333
Hawk 340
Finally Meeting Hunter 346
Ashes in the Sky 353
Money, Money, Money 358
Show Us the Money 361
When You Start to See the Light at the End of the Tunnel 363
Peak Perspective 366
Afterword-Whole Oates 369
Acknowledgments 375
Index 379