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   v i i C o n t e n t s Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi Profiles xvii 1. Sun Days and Hi Times 3 2. Chips, Goldwax, Sandy, and the Garage-Band Sound 14 3. The Road, the Tree, and Its Branches 28 4. Walking Through an Open Doorway 37 5. Grabbing the Pie and Biting the Apple 52 6. Soul Dance Number Three: Keeping It Real 63 7. New Voices, New Visions, Wayne’s World, and a Letter 77 8. A Place in the Sun 89 9. Chill of an Early Fall 101 10. It Looked Like a Family 111 11. Standing on the Verge of Getting It On 120 12. Songs for Young Weepers: Crying Like a Baby and the Death of a Dream 131 13. Memphis Goes On 144 14. Early Departures and Late Arrivals 157 15. People Sure Act Funny 173 16. The Present Is Prelude 191 17. From a Jack to a King 199 18. Good-Time Merry-Go-Round: Life after Elvis 219 19. Tommy Cogbill’s Year 236 20. Eyes of a New York Woman 247 21. Just Can’t Help Believing 274 22. Going in Circles 290 23. Right Can Be So Wrong 304 24. Wasted Doing Nothing 321 25. Broken-Hearted Rock and Roll Band 339 26. From Atlanta to Good-Bye 350 Suggested Listening 369 Notes 374 Bibliography 379 Index 381 This page intentionally left blank ...

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