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One of those projects, <span style="font-style: italic;">Lifehouse</span>, was never completed, though many of its songs formed the bulk of their 1971 album <span style="font-style: italic;">Who's Next</span>. The other, <span style="font-style: italic;">Quadrophenia</span>, was as down-to-earth as the multimedia <span style="font-style: italic;">Lifehouse </span>was futuristic; issued as a double album in 1973, it eventually became esteemed as one of the Who's finest achievements, despite unavoidable initial unfavorable comparisons to <span style="font-style: italic;">Tommy</span>. Drawing on material from several dozen interviews and mountains of rare archival coverage and recordings, it's the definitive account of this fascinating period in the Who's career, which saw both some of their greatest triumphs and, in <span style="font-style: italic;">Lifehouse</span>, rock's most spectacular failure. Notes <span style="font-style: italic;">MOJO</span>'s four-star review of the book, "Unterberger digs deep and deeper still through obscure press cuttings and his own interviews with engineers, producers and fans to make sense of it all. He does a grand job."<br> </font></p> <p><font size="+1">I wrote all of the historical essays and picture captions for the new Taschen book <a href="https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/photography/all/05346/facts.san_francisco_portrait_of_a_city.htm"><span style="font-style: italic;">San Francisco: Portrait of a City</span></a>, which tells the history of San Francisco with several hundred photos from 1850 through the present. I also did some of the photo research for the book, which was published in March 2022.<br> </font></p> <p><font size="+1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Also out: </span>My 2009 book, <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="vu.html">White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-By-Day</a> </span>(now available on Jawbone Press), is by far the most comprehensive book on the Velvet Underground ever published. The 368-page volume details the group's recording sessions, record releases, concerts, press reviews, and other major events shaping their career with both thorough detail and critical insight. Drawing on about 100 interviews and exhaustive research through documents and recordings rarely or never accessed, it unearths stories that have seldom been told, and eyewitness accounts that have seldom seen print, from figures ranging from band members to managers, producers, record executives, journalists, concert promoters, and fans. The July 2009 issue of <span style="font-style: italic;">MOJO </span>magazine hails it as "an impressive means to reflect on the conundrum of what could be the ultimate cult band...detailed and anecdote-packed"; <span style="font-style: italic;">Uncut </span>magazine chose it as #4 in its list of the ten best music books of 2009.<br> </font></p> <p><font size="+1"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></font><big><a href="vu.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-By-Day</span></a> includes not only basic nuts-and-bolts facts, but also many behind-the-scenes stories as to how their songs were written and recorded; how their strikingly original stage shows were devised; how the band were perceived by reviewers at the time of their 1965-70 heyday, not just in retrospect; and how the group as a whole underwent a most improbable, incessantly unpredictable evolution from the most avant-garde of bohemian origins into a highly accessible, yet still boldly creative, rock band by the time Lou Reed left the group he'd co-founded with John Cale in early 1965. </big><big>Along the way, many unreleased concert and studio recordings are vividly described; many obscure and unlikely concerts delineated; and many myths that have grown up around this most legendary of all cult bands untangled and dissected.<span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br> </span></span></big></p> <p><big><span style="font-family: Times;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></big><big><big><small><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="vu.html">White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-By-Day</a> </span>also features more than 100 illustrations, including reproductions of rarely or never seen photos, concert posters, letters, and other assorted documents and memorabilia. It's the ultimate history of the band that did more than any other to break down barriers between rock music and the avant-garde, incorporating electronic innovations, experimental instrumentation and improvisation, and lyrics detailing the realities of sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll with greater skill and daring than anyone else. Also available in French as <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://atheles.org/lemotetlereste/formes/whitelightwhiteheat/index.html">White Light/White Heat: Le Velvet Underground Au Jour Le Jour</a> </span>(on Le Mot Et Le Reste) and in Czech as <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.volvox.cz/knihy/evokace/evokace.php">White Light/White Heat: Velvet Underground Den Po Dni</a> </span>(on Volvox Globator). The updated/expanded ebook version, available on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/White-Light-Heat-Day-Day-ebook/dp/B072HFN64G/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1549208775&sr=8-8&keywords=Unterberger+Richie">Amazon</a> and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/white-light-white-heat-velvet-underground-day-by-day/id1229760674?mt=11">iTunes</a>, adds more than 40,000 words of additional material.<br> </small></big></big></p> <p><big><big><small>Also, I wrote the 13,000-word liner notes to the <a href="http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/ume-marks-45th-anniversary-the-velvet-underground-nico-with-multi-format-worldwide-release-1688593.htm">six-CD super-deluxe edition of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Velvet Underground & Nico</span></a>, released in October 2012.<br> </small></big></big></p> <font size="+1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Events:</span></font><font size="+1"> </font><font size="+1">Twice a month I present free Zoom events through San Francisco Community Living Campaign.</font><font size="+1"> </font><font size="+1">All events are free on Zoom from 6pm-7:30pm Pacific Time, and can be accessed at <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87072048045"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87521884135</span></a>. </font><font size="+1">On Thursday, October 31, I'll present a program of Halloween classics featuring hit and obscure songs to celebrate Halloween, from “The Monster Mash” and “I Put a Spell on You” to “Season of the Witch” and “Frankenstein,” by artists ranging from the Doors and the Who to David Bowie and the Ramones. On Thursday, November 14, I'll present a program of classic rockabilly, featuring artists like Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent, Buddy Holly, and Wanda Jackson. On Tuesday, November 26 (note slightly different time: 6:10pm-7:40pm), I'll feature girl groups of the early-to-mid-1960s such as the Shirelles, Shangri-Las, and Ronettes. On Thursday, December 12, "Early Motown: At the Apollo and Elsewhere" spotlights some of the first film footage of Motown's stars, among them Smokey Robinson, Mary Wells, Stevie Wonder, the Supremes, Martha & the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye, the Marvelettes, and the Contours. On Monday, December 23, a program on Ready Steady Go features the top British rock television series of the 1960s, which broadcast performances from greats like the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Who, as well as occasional guest appearances by American stars like the Beach Boys and Martha & the Vandellas. A full list of Community Living Campaign events that can be accessed for free online is at <a href="https://sfcommunityliving.org/events/">https://sfcommunityliving.org/events/</a>. These events are not recorded.<br> </font><font size="+1"><br> On Thursday, November 14 from 1pm-2:30pm, I'll present the free program "The Beatles: The World's Greatest Cover Band" at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco at 3200 California Street. </font><font size="+1">This will feature their interpretations of other artists' songs, by the likes of the Isley Brothers, Carl Perkins, and Chuck Berry. </font><font size="+1">Admission is free, though registration in advance is advised through <a href="https://www.jccsf.org/event/the-beatles-the-worlds-greatest-cover-band/">https://www.jccsf.org/event/the-beatles-the-worlds-greatest-cover-band/</a>. This event will not be on Zoom or recorded. </font><br> <font size="+1"> <br> On Wednesday, November 20 from 12pm-1:30pm, I'll present a free Zoom program on Syd Barrett through the main branch of the San Francisco Public Library. As the original leader and chief singer, songwriter, and guitarist in Pink Floyd, Barrett was the band’s prime creative force on their first few singles and their 1967 debut album, the psychedelic classic <span style="font-style: italic;">The Piper at the Gates of Dawn</span>. Sadly, he left the group due to illness shortly afterward, retiring from music in the early 1970s after a couple solo albums. To register for the program, go to <a href="https://sfpl.org/events/2024/11/20/presentation-syd-barrett">https://sfpl.org/events/2024/11/20/presentation-syd-barrett</a>. This program will not be recorded.<br> <br> On Thursday, December 19 from 1pm-2:30pm at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco at 3200 California Street, I'll present a free program on the Mamas & the Papas. It will feature film clips of them performing hits like "California Dreamin'," "Monday Monday," "I Saw Her Again," and "Creeque Alley," as well as other songs of theirs that helped define the Los Angeles folk-rock sound, like "Got a Feelin'" and "Straight Shooter." Although the event is free, registration is suggested at <a href="https://www.jccsf.org/event/california-dreaming-the-mamas-the-papas/">https://www.jccsf.org/event/california-dreaming-the-mamas-the-papas/</a>.<br> </font> <font size="+1"> </font><font size="+1"><br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Courses: </span></font><big><big><small></small></big></big><big><big><small>From November 5 through November 19, on Tuesdays from 10am-noon, I'll be teaching the three-week non-credit community education course "Early Elvis: Elvis Presley in the 1950s" in person at the California State East Bay branch of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, at 4700 Ygnacio Valley Road in Concord. This will feature Presley's earliest and best work from the mid-1950s, including performances like "Hound Dog," "Heartbreak Hotel," and "Jailhouse Rock," as well as lesser known songs he recorded on his first records in Memphis for the Sun label. For registration info, go to <a href="https://www.scholarolli.com/product/programs/courses/early-elvis-elvis-presley/">https://www.scholarolli.com/product/programs/courses/early-elvis-elvis-presley/</a>.</small></big></big><font size="+1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br> </font><font size="+1"> </font><font size="+1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="+1"><br> </font><font size="+1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blog: </span>I've started a <a href="http://www.richieunterberger.com/wordpress">blog</a> where I post about various topics, including vintage rock music, biking and hiking in the San Francisco Bay Area, socially responsible living, and baseball. Go to <a href="http://www.richieunterberger.com/wordpress">Folkrocks</a> to check it out.<br> <br> I've also written numerous rock history articles for the PleaseKillMe.com website since mid-2018, including stories on <a href="https://pleasekillme.com/astral-weeks-van-morrison/">Van Morrison's August 1968 live Boston tape, briefly released in late 2018 on iTunes</a>; <a href="https://pleasekillme.com/sympathy-for-the-devil-rolling-stones/">the expanded DVD version of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Sympathy for the Devil </span>film, including interview material from cinematographer Tony Richmond</a>; <a href="https://pleasekillme.com/doug-yule/">a lengthy interview with the Velvet Underground's Doug Yule</a>; <a href="https://pleasekillme.com/yardbirds-drummer-jim-mccarty/">an interview with Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty about his recent memoir</a>; <a href="https://pleasekillme.com/season-of-the-witch-when-an-american-reshaped-british-pop-music/">an overview of Joe Boyd's Witchseason production company, responsible for the production/management of top British folk-rockers Fairport Convention, Nick Drake, the Incredible String Band, and others, including interview material with Boyd and several Witchseason artists</a>; <a href="https://pleasekillme.com/john-simon/">an interview with producer John Simon (the Band, Big Brother & the Holding Company) about his recent memoir</a>; <a href="https://pleasekillme.com/dutch-beat/">an overview of the recent eight-CD <span style="font-style: italic;">Dutch Nuggets </span>box set of 1960s Dutch rock, including an interview with the set's annotator, <span style="font-style: italic;">Ugly Things </span>magazine editor/publisher Mike Stax</a>; <a href="https://pleasekillme.com/gene-clark-byrds/">recently excavated 1967 recordings by Gene Clark</a>; <a href="https://pleasekillme.com/lovin-spoonful-steve-boone-interview/">a long interview with the Lovin' Spoonful's Steve Boone</a>; <a href="https://pleasekillme.com/bob-seger/">the reissue compilation of Bob Seger's mid-1960s singles</a>; <a href="https://pleasekillme.com/laura-davis-chanin-student-teachers/">an interview with Student Teachers drummer Laura Davis-Chanin about her memoir</a>; <a href="https://pleasekillme.com/david-bowie-demos/">late-'60s David Bowie demos released for the first time fifty years later</a>; and <a href="https://pleasekillme.com/laura-davis-chanin-student-teachers/">God's Children, the early 1970s Latino soul-rock-pop band with former Thee Midniters singer Willie Garcia</a>.<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span></font><br> <p><font size="+1"><b>In Ugly Things:</b> Issue #49 (Winter 2018) </font><font size="+1">of the </font><font size="+1">(mostly) </font><font size="+1">1960s rock-centered magazine <a href="http://www.ugly-things.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Ugly Things</span></a> has my lengthy interviews with original Manfred Mann singer Paul Jones and Manfred Mann bassist/guitarist Tom McGuinness. </font><font size="+1">Issue #44 (Spring 2017) </font><font size="+1">has my similarly lengthy interview with Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean. </font><font size="+1">Issue #42 (Summer 2016) </font><font size="+1">has my longinterview with original Yardbirds bassist (and, through mid-1966, musical director) Paul Samwell-Smith. Issue #38 (Fall/Winter 2014) </font><font size="+1">has my 16-page interview with Kinks guitarist Dave Davies. The article also includes an extensive sidebar of information about the Kinks' 1960s career that I unearthed on my visit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives in spring 2014.<br> </font></p> <p><font size="+1">Also in </font><font size="+1"><a href="http://www.ugly-things.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Ugly Things</span></a>, </font><font size="+1">issue #31 (Spring 2011) and issue #32 (Fall/Winter 2011) </font><font size="+1">have my mammoth (30,000-word) two-part interview with Billy Harrison, guitarist for the great mid-1960s band Them, Van Morrison's first group. I</font><font size="+1">ssue #25 </font><font size="+1">has my huge (30-page) story on the Music Machine, one of the greatest garage-psychedelic groups of the 1960s, and the group that had more depth and quality to their original repertoire than perhaps <span style="font-style: italic;">any </span>other '60s band who are known primarily for one hit single ("Talk Talk," in the Music Machine's case). The article is based around lengthy interviews with two original members (bassist Keith Olsen and guitarist Mark Landon) who have rarely spoken about their experiences in the group, as well as two members of the second Music Machine lineup (keyboardist Harry Garfield and guitarist Alan Wisdom) who have never before discussed their stint in the band. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></span> </font></p> <p><font size="+1">Issue #23 (Summer 2005) has my similarly lengthy (20-page) story on the Belfast Gypsies. Including ex-members of Them, they were one of the finest overlooked bands of the British Invasion, their sole 1966 album produced by the legendary Kim Fowley. This is the first comprehensive history of this mysterious group ever to appear, the twisted stranger-than-fiction saga drawn from extensive interviews with Belfast Gypsies guitarist Ken McLeod, who consulted his original diaries from the mid-'60s to reconstruct the group's career. Excerpts from my interview with Kim Fowley about the Belfast Gypsies also appear in the article; for the full interview, <a href="fowley.html">click here.</a></font><br> </p> <font size="+1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Flashback</span> magazine: </span>I have numerous articles and reviews in the first eight issues of the new rock history magazine <a href="http://www.flashbackmag.com/">Flashback</a>, which is now out and available. My full-length articles are on the band Montage (a vehicle for chief Left Banke member Michael Brown after he left the group), the resurgence of vinyl in the reissue market, archiving rock magazines of the 1960s and 1970s, and the recent rock memoir boom. Also I did lengthy reviews of the John Fahey box set, the Kinks BBC box set, the Phil Ochs documentary DVD, the Graham Bond box set (with a sidebar interview with compiler/Bond friend/Cream lyricist Pete Brown), and the book dedicated to Syd Barrett's artwork, among other items, sometimes with interviews with the people involved. Ordering/availability information is on the magazine's website, <a href="http://www.flashbackmag.com/">www.flashbackmag.com</a>.<br> </font> <p><font size="+1"><b>In Record Collector: </b>The April and May 2013 issues of the British monthly magazine <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://recordcollectormag.com/">Record Collector</a> </span>have my two-part article on the most interesting rare San Francisco Bay Area rock records of the 1960s. The September 2014 issue has my story on recently discovered 1969-1971 Bob Dylan acetates. The November 2017 issue has my five-page article on Dion's mid-1960s folk-rock phase, based on a recent first-hand interview with Dion himself. The December 2017 issue has my story on Television guitarist Richard Lloyd, whom I interviewed about his new memoir. The June 2018 issue had my 10,000-word story on the Beatles' <span style="font-style: italic;">The White Album</span>, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the record's release in late 1968. The May 2019 issue has my 10,000-word story on the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in 1969.<br> </font></p> <p><font size="+1">The March 2011 issue of <span style="font-style: italic;">Record Collector </span>has my lengthy article on the recently discovered Tim Buckley demos, from late 1965 and mid-1966, that were issued on the bonus disc on Rhino Handmade's deluxe edition of his self-titled debut album. I interviewed Larry Beckett (frequent Buckley songwriting collaborator, and drummer on the 1965 demos), Jim Fielder (bassist on the 1965 demos), and Elektra Records president Jac Holzman for the piece.<br> </font></p> <font size="+1">Also, the May 2010 issue of <span style="font-style: italic;">Record Collector </span>has my story on <span style="font-style: italic;">The T.A.M.I. Show</span>, the legendary 1964 rock concert film featuring James Brown, the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, the Miracles, the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Lesley Gore, Chuck Berry, and others; I interviewed director Steve Binder for the article. The September 2007 issue<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>has my feature on Fairport Convention's original woman singer, Judy Dyble, drawing from an extensive recent interview with her. The August 2005 issue has my <a href="rc.html">20-page article on the top 25 overlooked American folk-rock albums</a>, with in-depth analysis of each LP and new first-hand interview material with some of the artists.</font><font size="+1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br> </font> <font size="+1"><br> </font><font size="+1"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">On the air: </span></font><big>On Thursday, February 11, 2010, I was one of the guest experts speculating about what the Beatles would have sounded like if they had managed to stay together for one more album on <a href="http://wamu.org">WAMU</a> (88.5 FM) in Washington, DC. The program's archived at <a href="http://wamu.org/programs/the_beatles_one_more_album">wamu.org/programs/the_beatles_one_more_album</a>.<br> <br> I talk about </big><font size="+1"><a href="https://ckua.com/listen/the-whos-tommy-at-50-the-beginning-of-an-amazing-journey/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Won't Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia</span></a></font><font size="+1"> on this podcast on the website of CKUA in Alberta.</font><br> <big> <br> A five-minute excerpt of my radio interview about </big><font size="+1"><a href="ubeatles.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Unreleased Beatles: Music and Film</span></a> </font><big>with Beatles expert Ken Michaels can be heard at <a href="http://www.kenmichaelsradio.com/">KenMichaelsRadio.com</a>.<br> </big><font size="+1"> </font><font size="+1"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></font><font size="+1"> </font> <p><font size="+1"><b>On-line: </b></font><font size="+1">I was interviewed on-line, taking questions from both conference hosts and readers, about </font><font size="+1"><a href="Who70s.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Won't Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia</span></a></font><font size="+1"> <span style="font-style: italic;"></span></font><a href="vu.html"><font size="+1"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></font></a><font size="+1"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>from June 23 to July 7 on </font><font size="+1"><a href="http://www.well.com/inkwell">The Inkwell</a>,</font><font size="+1"> the on-line conference that's part of the WELL website. To read the discussion, click on <a href="http://www.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/411/Richie-Unterberger-Won-t-Get-Foo-page01.html">Richie Unterberger, "Won't Get Fooled Again."</a></font><font size="+1"><br> </font></p> <p><font size="+1">For my other interviews about my books on the Inkwell, click on </font><a href="http://www.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/354/Richie-Unterberger-White-Light-W-page01.html"><font size="+1">Richie Unterberger, </font></a><font size="+1"><a href="http://www.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/354/Richie-Unterberger-White-Light-W-page01.html">White Light/White Heat</a> (from May-June 2009);</font><font size="+1"> <a href="http://www.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/285/Richie-Unterberger-The-Unrelease-page01.html">Richie Unterberger, "The Unreleased Beatles: Music and Film"</a> (from November 2006); <a href="http://www.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/196/Richie-Unterberger-Eight-Miles-H-page01.html">Richie Unterberger: "Eight Miles High"</a> (from September-October 2003); and <a href="http://www.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/160/Richie-Unterberger-Turn-Turn-Tur-page01.html">Richie Unterberger, "Turn! Turn! Turn!"</a> (from September-October 2002). </font><font size="+1"><br> </font></p> <p><font size="+1">Elsewhere, you can read <a href="http://www.sfbg.com/36/47/x_last_exit.html">Derk Richardson's review</a> "Turn! Turn! Turn!" by in the <span style="font-style: italic;">San Francisco Bay Guardian</span>, the Bay Area's top weekly paper. Also, there is a <a href="http://dttw.gdhour.com/unterberger.html">transcript of my July 17, 2002 interview on KPFA</a> on "Dead to the World" in Berkeley, CA discussing <i>Turn! Turn! Turn!</i> on the website of the show's host, David Gans.<br> </font></p> <p><font size="+1">And, I did an <a href="http://www.shindig-magazine.com/vu.html">interview for <span style="font-style: italic;">Shindig! </span>magazine</a> about </font><a href="vu.html"><font size="+1"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">White Light/White Heat: </span>The Velvet Underground Day-By-Day</span></font></a><font size="+1">,<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span>and about my work in general for <a href="http://neildaniels.com/Unterberger.html">Rock the Net!</a></font><font size="+1"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br> </font></p> <font size="+1"><b>On the best of 2003 lists: </b><i><a href="eighthome.html">Eight Miles High </a></i>was chosen as #9 on <i>MOJO </i>magazine's list of the Top Ten books of 2003.</font> <p><font size="+1"><b>On the best of 2004 lists: </b><i><a href="eighthome.html">Eight Miles High </a></i>was chosen as #3 on <i>Record Collector</i> magazine's list of the Top Ten books of 2004.<br> </font></p> <p><font size="+1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">On the best of 2007 lists:<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span><a href="ubeatles.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Unreleased Beatles: Music and Film</span></a> won a 2007 <a href="http://www.arsc-audio.org/">Association for Recorded Sound Collections</a> Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research in the "Best Discography" division of the "Best Research in Recorded Rock Music" category.<br> </font></p> <p><font size="+1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">On the best of 2009 lists: </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="vu.html">White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-By-Day</a> </span>was chosen as #4 on <span style="font-style: italic;">Uncut </span>magazine's list of the Top Ten music books of 2009.<br> </font> </p> <font size="+1"><b>In MOJO: </b>The <span style="font-style: italic;">Hendrix & the Summer of Love </span>edition of the <span style="font-style: italic;">MOJO Classic </span>series, published in the summer of 2007, has my articles on Big Brother & the Holding Company and George Harrison's visit to Haight-Ashbury in the summer of 1967. The <span style="font-style: italic;">Greatest Album Covers of All Time </span>edition of the <span style="font-style: italic;">MOJO Classic </span>series, published in spring 2007, has my article on psychedelic LP sleeves. Also, the January 2005 issue of <i>MOJO </i>has my lengthy article on Donovan, and the July 2004 issue of <i>MOJO </i>has my lengthy article on the 1972 Wattstax Festival, the largest American soul concert ever staged.<br> <br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">In Oxford American: </span>The 12th annual <span style="font-style: italic;">Oxford American </span>Southern music issue, which came out in late 2010, has my article on Judy Henske & Jerry Yester's 1969 cult psychedelic album <span style="font-style: italic;">Farewell Aldebaran </span>(an entirely different piece than my chapter on Henske and Yester in <span style="font-style: italic;">Unknown Legends of Rock'n'Roll</span>).<br> </font> <p><b><font size="+1"><i>Turn! Turn! Turn!</i> influences Johnny Cash?:</font></b><font size="+1"> From the November 2004 <i>MOJO</i> cover story on Johnny Cash, where producer Rick Rubin discusses the last album Johnny Cash recorded, <i>American V: A Hundred Highways</i>:</font> </p> <p><font size="+1">"Rubin, meanwhile, had been discovering a new fascination with early '60s American folk music. 'I had just read the book <i>Turn! Turn! Turn! </i>[by <i>MOJO</i>'s own Richie Unterberger] and I started getting very excited about a bunch of people like Tim Hardin, Joan Baez. I sent Johnny some of these songs. Whether he liked the song or not, it would always spark his memory and he'd say, "That made me think of this other song, and I like this one better." One example of that was the song "Four Strong Winds." Johnny said he remembered the version by Ian and Sylvia."</font> </p> <p><font size="+1">Author Sylvie Simmons goes on to write:</font> </p> <p><font size="+1">"I sat and watched Cash record 'Four Strong Winds' in his bedroom in Hendersonville -- a beautiful, vulnerable version. He also recorded Tom Paxton's 'Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound.'"</font></p> <p><b><font size="+1">Book Buying Info:</font></b> </p> <p><font size="+1">All of my books are widely available at both independent booksellers and chain bookstores throughout North America, as well as many such outlets overseas. To order on-line via amazon.com, click on the appropriate book cover below.<br> </font></p> <p><font size="+1"><br> </font></p> <blockquote> <center><a href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=richieunterberge&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=1906002223&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr"><img src="vucover.jpg" alt="The Unreleased Beatles: Music and Film" style="border: 1px solid ; width: 300px; height: 418px;" hspace="5"></a><br> <br> <a href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=richieunterberge&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=1906002355&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr"><img alt="Won't Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia" src="whocover.jpg" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 300px; height: 428px;"></a><br> <br> <a href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=richieunterberge&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0879308923&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr"><img src="ubeatles.jpg" alt="The Unreleased Beatles: Music and Film" style="border: 1px solid ; width: 214px; height: 249px;" hspace="5"></a></center> </blockquote> <p> </p> <center> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0879305347/richieunterberge"><img src="ULegends.jpg" alt="Unknown Legends of Rock'n'Roll" border="1" height="150" hspace="5" width="100"></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/087930703X/qid=1024158855/sr=8-1/richieunterberge"><img src="turn.jpg" alt="Turn! 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