Table of Contents
Introduction 1
1 The Kintyre Mist 7
2 Rotten Apple 31
3 Playing with Himself 54
4 Enter Billy Martin 75
5 One Guy Standing there Shouting "I'm Leaving!" 103
6 Another Day, Another Dilemma 124
7 Working 9 to 5 150
8 Keep on Truckin 166
9 Back Across the Water 194
10 Of Beatles and Barristers 218
11 Battering Ram 254
12 Growing Wings 277
13 War is Over. If You Want It 305
14 Ireland, It's the Capital of Liverpool 337
15 Introducing … Rikki and the Red Streaks 351
16 Getting High and Jamming 376
17 Preparing for Liftoff 401
18 "Chantez a Bit If you know Les Mots" 427
19 From the Autobahn to the Red Rose Speedway 454
20 Romeo, Romeo 482
21 Double Vision 507
22 Five of them Came Up Illegal 529
23 Dustin Off the Cobwebs 553
24 "How Dare You Inconvenience Us" 583
25 Step Softly, This Town is Jinxed 608
26 Restless Momentum 628
27 The King of Pop 657
Acknowledgments 673
Illustrations 676
Bibliography 677
Selected Discography 679
Selected Videography 681
Concert Tours 683
Notes 685