Table of Contents
Overture 1
Prologue 3
1 Epiphany (1950s-1960s) 9
2 The Source (1965-1967) 24
3 Upstage (1968-1970) 38
4 Southside Johnny and the Kid (1971) 49
5 The Business (1972) 56
6 Vegas! (1973) 62
7 Asbury Park-Doubling Down! (1974-1975) 70
8 The Boss of All Bosses (1974-1975) 78
9 I Don't Want to Go Home (1975) 87
10 LA A-Go-Go (1975-1976) 96
11 This Time It's for Real (1977) 103
12 The Punk Meets the Godfather (1978) 110
13 Baptism (1979-1980) 122
14 Checkpoint Charlie (1980) 131
15 Hemingway Appropriately (1980-1982) 135
16 Voice of America (1982-1983) 149
17 The Killing Floor (1983-1984) 157
18 The Breathless Projectionist (1984) 171
19 Revolution (1985) 181
20 Ain't Gonna Play Sun City! (1986) 190
21 Freedom-No Compromise (1987-1989) 197
22 The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1990) 205
23 Seven Years in the Desert (1991-1997) 221
24 A Night at the Opera (1998) 237
25 Cross Road Blues (1999-2001) 250
26 Gangster Days / Garage Nights (2002-2004) 255
27 A Wicked Cool Super Bowl (2005-2009) 275
28 Lilyhammer (2010-2013) 290
29 Once upon a Dream (2013-2014) 302
30 The Golden Nymphs (2014-2015) 319
31 Ambassador to the Court of Ronald McDonald (2016-2017) 336
32 Soulfire (2017-2018) 350
33 Summer of Sorcery (2019-2020) 359
33 1/3 Epilogue 372
Acknowledgments / Thank-Yous 377
Index 379