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Authors: Andrew Grant Jackson
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The Rolling Stones perform in Münster, Germany, on September 11, four days after recording “Get Off My Cloud” in Hollywood.
From left:
Charlie Watts on drums, Brian Jones on guitar, and Mick Jagger.
(Courtesy of the Associated Press/Schroer)
A bondsman and a U.S. Marshal escort Johnny Cash from El Paso County Jail to the federal courthouse on October 5 after his arrest for crossing the Mexican border with 688 Dexedrine speed capsules and 475 Equanil downers.
(Courtesy of the Associated Press)
The Grateful Dead (at the time named the Warlocks) imitate the Beatles’
Help!
album cover, wearing Beatle boots. On December 4 they changed their name when they began performing for Ken Kesey’s Acid Tests.
From left:
Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, and Ron “Pigpen” McKernan.
(Courtesy of Photofest)
The Byrds in New York for their December 12 appearance on
The Ed Sullivan Show. From left:
Chris Hillman, David Crosby, Jim McGuinn, Michael Clarke, and Gene Clark.
(Courtesy of Photofest)
I am deeply grateful to my editor Rob Kirkpatrick for taking on the project, sharing his insights born of experience, helping to shape the narrative, and keeping it focused and moving forward.
Infinite thanks to editorial assistant Jennifer Letwack for pulling all the pieces together. The efforts of copy editor Jenna Dolan were crucial in strengthening the piece. Thanks to jacket designer Rob Grom for capturing the spirit of
Rubber Soul
and the early Acid Test posters, to production editor David Lott, publicist Joe Rinaldi, and marketing manager Karlyn Hixson.
It was a pleasure to work with freelance copy editor Laura Adiletta, who was vital in helping me see the forest for the trees. Many thanks to writers Morgan Hobbs, David Jenison, and Erick Trickey for their feedback, and to Jeff McCarty and Jay Burnley for going above and beyond the call of duty.
My agent, Charlie Viney, encouraged the project from the very beginning and has always provided inestimable guidance. Thanks also to Sally Fricker of the Viney Agency.
If I couldn’t live through 1965, at least I’m lucky enough to have YouTube to research the more obscure fringes of its music, along with the dusty bins of record conventions. Thanks to the night I heard “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” on the porch for the first time just before dawn, while the rain hissed on trees silhouetted by lightning and the great breeze of the summer thunderstorm blew through the screen. Thanks to my parents for passing on a sense of the ’60s’ epic romanticism, to Barb for being such a great mother to Keira, and to Keira for sharing her toys with me (sometimes).
Still the Greatest: The Essential Songs of the Beatles’ Solo Careers
Where’s Ringo?
Andrew Grant Jackson
is the author of
Still the Greatest: The Essential Songs of the Beatles’ Solo Careers
and
Where’s Ringo?
He has written for
Rolling Stone
, Yahoo!, Slate’s “Blogging the Beatles,” Baseline Studio System, music magazines
Burn Lounge, Mean Street
, and
Dispatch
, and has copyedited the Hollywood monthly magazine
Ingenue
. He directed and cowrote the feature film
The Discontents
, starring Perry King and Amy Madigan, and served as actor Jeff Bridges’s development associate at AsIs Productions. He lives in Los Angeles.
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ISBN 978-1-250-05962-8 (hardcover)
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First Edition: February 2015