Research Catalog

Title

Rock roadie : backstage and confidential with Hendrix, Elvis, The Animals, Tina Turner, and an all-star cast / James Tappy Wright and Rod Weinberg.

Author

Wright, Tappy.

Publication

New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

Weinberg, Rod.

Description

xiii, 236 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 22 cm.

Subjects

• Rock musicians > Anecdotes
• Concert tours > Anecdotes
• Concert agents > Biography
• Wright, Tappy

Note

• "First published in Great Britain by JR Books."--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Chapter 1. Clubs, Coal Dust and Cubs: The Start of The Animals -- From the Very Beginning -- Too Wild for The Wildcats? -- Rivals and Just Good Friends -- Animals at Last -- Chapter 2. Tooth and Claw and Chasing Tail: The Animals Fight Their Way to the Top -- Goodbye Newcastle ... Hello London -- Chuck and Carl -- Rising Sun -- Goodbye, England ... Hello, USA -- Groupies, Groupies Everywhere -- Chapter 3. 100% Animal: On the Road with The Animals -- Goodbye, Chas Chandler? -- Lady Fate -- So Many Women ... -- Eric and Ali -- Back to Work -- The International Sex Girls -- A Different Kind of Animal -- My Big Simple Chance -- Back and Forth and Best Forgotten -- Chapter 4. England Swings, but The Animals Rock: Back in the UK with The Animals -- Not So Rock ǹ' roll -- Back on Track: Big Day with Big Names -- Ready, Steady, Go! -- Partying Up North: Doubles, Memories, Danger and the Man from the NME -- Daddy Cool -- Pay Back -- Chapter 5. Animals will be Animals: The Beginning of the End -- Finding the Help -- Hilton in the Sky -- Hilton Hypnotises -- Alan and Bugs -- Eric and Chas: Egos at War -- Saying Hello to The Hollies -- Paramount Coincidence with a Little Disruption -- Elvis is in the Building -- The Plastercasters -- Chapter 6. Bitter Ends and Sweet Beginnings: The End of The Animals -- John and Anne -- Japanese if you Please -- Swedish Surprises -- Rocky Replacement -- From Poland with Love -- Darker States -- Happily Ever After? -- Shark Bait -- Goodbye to The Animals -- Chapter 7. All Change: Peter Noone, Herman's Hermits and at Home with the King -- Finding Herman -- Playing with Peter -- The Plastercasters #2 -- Married to the Princess and her Mother -- Pleasing Peter -- Glorious Graceland -- Chapter 8. Destiny Calls: Old Friends and New Adventures -- Down the Boardwalk -- Bliss with Billie-Jo -- Shocking the Neighbours -- Mr Como and Mr Wright -- Happy Coincidence for a New Beginning -- The Anim Experience -- Hey Joe -- On the Road with Ike and Tina -- Dodging Jayne -- Keeping Up with the Turners -- Chapter 9. It was an Experience: Jimi Hendrix and Anim Ltd -- Getting Hendrix in a Haze -- Cruising Carnaby, Hendrix Style -- Office Pranks for a Done Deal -- Joining Jimi for Monterey -- The Name's Wright, Tappy Wright -- I Said You'd Call Dr Robertson -- Abstinence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder -- Never Mess with Mike -- A Little Eye-Opener for Alan Price -- Chapter 10. End of an Era: The Last Years of Jimi Hendrix -- Losing Jimi to the Ladies -- If You've Got It, Spend It -- The Truth About M̀usical Differences' -- Singing in the Rain at Woodstock -- Under Pressure -- The Problem with Monika -- The Final Weeks -- Chapter 11. Gone But Not Forgotten: Resurrecting Jimi Hendrix -- Pulling Together -- Where There's a Debt There's a Scam -- The Big Idea -- Duty Calls -- Life and Death in New York City -- A Helping Hand -- Chapter 12. In Conclusion -- Losing Mike -- That Historic Night.

ISBN

• 9780312646646 (alk. paper)
• 031264664X (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2010021386
• 99939165639

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries