East Germany, 258

  “E-Bow the Letter” (R.E.M.), 350, 393, 398

  Edmunds, Dave, 31

  Edson, Michael, 24, 30, 32

  Ed Sullivan Show, 78, 164

  Eitzel, Mark, 353

  “Electrolite” (R.E.M.), 350, 351–52

  “Electron Blue” (R.E.M.), 380

  Ellison, Jimmy, 56, 62, 70, 145, 152

  Emory University, 87

  English Beat, 138, 139, 142, 148, 174

  Entertainment Tonight, 174, 193

  Entertainment Weekly, 380

  En Vogue, 284

  Eponymous (R.E.M.), 372

  Escovedo, Alejandro, 405, 406

  Essex, David, 22, 292

  Eubanks, Tony, 199–200, 227

  Everly Brothers, 200, 213

  “Everybody Hurts” (R.E.M.), 288, 294, 325, 354, 375

  at Glastonbury Festival, 366–67

  at Hyde Park show, 382–83

  MTV’s Video Music Awards and, 300

  video, 295

  “Everybody’s Talkin’,” 165

  “Every Breath You Take” (Police), 141

  “Exhuming McCarthy” (R.E.M.), 219, 245

  Exile on Main Street (Rolling Stones), 81

  F

  Fables of the Reconstruction (R.E.M.), 184–86, 200, 201, 235, 377

  recording of, 179–80, 182–83, 185

  reviews of, 194–95

  tour for, 180, 188, 191–92, 193, 198, 202

  see also specific songs

  “Fall on Me” (R.E.M.), 209, 259, 377

  at Glastonbury Festival, 366

  on Mountain Stage, 272

  on radio playlists, 218, 220–21

  recording of, 204

  revision of, 208

  video, 218, 270, 351

  “Falls to Climb” (R.E.M.), 364

  Fare, Vanity, 165

  Faris, Valerie, 316

  FBI (Frontier Booking International), 111, 112, 124, 141

  Fechtner, Ken, 74–75, 76, 87–88, 265

  Feelies, 148, 392

  “Feeling Gravitys Pull” (R.E.M.), 183, 184, 235

  Fier, Anton, 200

  “52 Girls” (B-52’s), 41, 147

  “Find the River” (R.E.M.), 294

  “Finest Worksong” (R.E.M.), 214, 219, 235, 367, 385

  Finster, Howard, 36–37, 160, 192

  Athens, Ga.: Inside/Out and, 200, 213

  dedication of “Maps and Legends” to, 185

  “Radio Free Europe” video and, 135, 138

  Reckoning cover and, 158

  “Fireplace” (R.E.M.), 219

  Five Eight, 385

  Flat Duo Jets, 212

  Fletcher, Tony, 140, 323

  “Flowers of Guatemala, The” (R.E.M.), 208, 259

  Fogerty, John, 190, 381

  40 Watt, 94, 95, 101, 172, 385, 393

  Fouratt, Jim, 117

  Fox Theatre, 111, 211, 250

  Franklin, Aretha, 287

  Franklin, Craig, 20, 22, 24, 28–29

  Freston, Tom, 281

  Frontier Booking International (FBI), 111, 112, 124, 141

  Full Time Men, 199

  Funahara, Chosei, 58

  G

  GAFFA award, 273

  Gamble, David, 56–57

  Gang of Four, 42–43, 58, 95, 98, 112, 127, 142

  Gangster, 45, 53

  “Gardening at Night” (R.E.M.), 102–3, 105, 116, 126, 387

  Gayton, Tony, 212–13

  Geffen, David, 342–43

  Gehman, Don, 201–2, 203–4, 205, 213, 218

  Georgia Music Hall of Fame, 385–86

  “Get on Their Way” (R.E.M.), 104

  “Get Up” (R.E.M.), 237, 248, 257, 271, 273

  “Ghost Rider” (Suicide), 335

  Gianola, Jeff, 191

  Gifford, Kathie Lee, 297

  Gilmore, Jimmie Dale, 272

  Ginsberg, Allen, 183

  “Girl Like You, A” (R.E.M.), 102

  Glass, Philip, 117, 118

  Glastonbury Festival, 365–67, 369

  Glauber, Karen, 337

  Globe and Mail, 226

  “God Save the Queen” (Sex Pistols), 65, 88, 90

  Go-Go’s, 113, 125, 135

  Gold, Jeff, 281

  Golden Palominos, 200, 214

  “Good Advices” (R.E.M.), 178

  Goodman, Curtis, 202

  Good Old Boys (Newman), 229

  Gore, Al, 281, 282, 286

  Gore, Tipper, 281–82

  Grabel, Richard, 135

  Graff, Gary, 241

  Grammy Awards, 273, 278, 309, 384

  Grandmaster Flash, 114, 387, 388

  Grand Ole Opry, 206, 210

  Grant Lee Buffalo, 321, 325, 327

  Grateful Dead, 88, 125

  “Great Beyond, The” (R.E.M.), 369

  Green (R.E.M.), 238–39, 280, 372, 378, 381

  creation of, 236–39, 263

  opening song of, 235–36, 241, 266

  promotion of, 8, 271

  reviews of, 242–43

  sales of, 8, 243, 257, 271

  tour for, see Green Tour (1989)

  see also specific songs

  Green, Barrie, 296

  Green Day, 309, 346

  Greenfield, Robert, 109

  “Green Grow the Rushes” (R.E.M.), 185, 200

  Greenia, Dennis, 70–71, 73

  Green Tour (1989), 241–42, 243–50, 251, 252, 266, 267

  Nature Conservancy and, 259, 278

  opening bands for, 247–48

  profits from, 257

  rider on standard performance contract of, 249

  Russell as tour manager of, 244, 246–47

  Grohl, Dave, 354

  Group 3, 145, 152

  Gruber, Andrew, 28–29

  Gruber, Danny, 28–29

  Guston, Philip, 36

  Guthrie, Woody, 284

  Gysin, Brion, 183

  H

  Hagar, Sammy, 388

  Haggard, Merle, 18

  Hague, Stephen, 130–32, 132n

  Haines, William, 75–76

  “Half a World Away” (R.E.M.), 263, 266, 272, 326

  Hall, Arsenio, 274

  Hammer, MC, 274

  Hammond, Liz, 160

  “Hang On Sloopy” (McCoys), 393

  “Harborcoat” (R.E.M.), 157

  Hard Day’s Night, A (Beatles; movie), 216–17

  “Hard Day’s Night, A” (Beatles; song), 79

  Hatch, Marianne, see Stipe, Marianne

  Hatchet, Molly, 309

  Havel, Václav, 258

  Havens, Richie, 175

  Hawkins, Rick, 70–71

  Hay, Vanessa Briscoe, 56, 98, 152, 385

  in Pylon and, 42, 59, 247, 248

  at R.E.M.’s debut performance, 61, 65

  Haynes, Joe, 27–28, 29, 31, 44, 45

  Healey, Bill, 122

  Healey, David, 116, 121, 122

  Healy, Jay, 237

  Heavens to Betsy, 395–96

  Hell, Richard, 22, 46, 148

  Helm, Levon, 175

  Helmey, David, 148

  Hendrix, Jimi, 125, 253

  Hendryx, Nona, 173

  Henke, Jim, 220

  Henley, Don, 284

  Herbert, Jim, 34

  Athens, Ga.: Inside/Out and, 200, 213

  on Ayers, 146

  Carnival, 147–48

  Reckoning video and, 156, 158–59, 197, 270

  Herman, Pee-wee, 274

  Herrold, Melanie, 20–21, 24–27, 29–30, 37–38, 44, 150–51

  Hibbert, Jonny, 106–7, 110, 113, 119, 121, 122–23

  Hib-Tone Records, 106–7, 113, 121, 122

  Hindu Love Gods, 214

  Hitchcock, Robyn, 248, 272, 405

  Hobbs, Mike, 69–70

  Hogarth, Ross, 202–3, 204

  Holsapple, Peter, 105, 245, 246, 263, 298–99, 315

  Holt, Bertha Merrill, 99, 280

  Holt, Jefferson, 99–100, 116, 179, 195, 229

  background of, 279–80

  Berry and, 100, 251, 334, 353

  in “Can’t Get There from Here” video, 189

  Document and, 215

  Easter and, 105

  as equal nonperforming R.E.M. member, 99–100, 111

  family background of, 99, 280

  Gehman and, 202

  helping drive during 1983 tour, 139

  Hibbert on, 122

  Holsapple and, 298

  I.R.S. Records and, 113, 120, 125, 157, 224, 228

  living in Athens, Ga., 279

  “Losing My Religion” and, 264

  Monster Tour (1995) and, 296, 305, 316, 329

  MTV’s Video Music Awards and, 273

  in Paraguay in 1992, 278

  “Radio Free Europe” video and, 138

  RCA Records and, 117, 118

  in R.E.M. video for CMJ awards, 160

  responding to R.E.M.’s complaints about going nonstop, 180

  separation agreement between R.E.M. and, 340–41, 387

  sleazy behavior of, 336, 337, 340

  Stipe and, 280

  support for R.E.M. opening for the Police, 142

  Williams and, 119

  Hood, Patterson, 385, 406

  “Hope” (R.E.M.), 363

  Horses (Smith), 23–24, 25, 46

  Hoskyns, Barney, 344–45

  Hot Festival, 371

  “How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us” (R.E.M.), 339

  Hüsker Dü, 156, 190, 193, 229, 231

  “Hyena” (R.E.M.), 207, 209

  I

  “I Believe” (R.E.M.), 207

  Idol, Billy, 274

  “I Don’t Sleep, I Dream” (R.E.M.), 318, 322

  “Ignoreland” (R.E.M.), 288

  “I’m Gonna DJ” (R.E.M.), 390

  “Imitation of Life” (R.E.M.), 371, 372

  “[I’m Not Your] Steppin’ Stone” (Monkees), 54, 65, 72

  Incredible Throbs, 106

  Indigo Girls, 248, 262

  Ingley, Alan, 168–70, 254

  Interview, 24, 43, 58

  In Through the Out Door (Led Zeppelin), 41

  In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 (R.E.M.), 372–73, 374

  I.R.S. Records, 3, 135, 138, 151, 157, 229, 337

  artist-centric record company model of, 125

  Athens, Ga.: Inside/Out and, 212

  Boberg and, see Boberg, Jay

  campaign to get R.E.M. to sign another contract, 224, 228, 230–31

  Chronic Town and, 127

  Dead Letter Office and, 221

  Document and, 8, 220–21

  Eponymous and, 372

  Fables of the Reconstruction and, 188

  “Fall on Me” and, 208

  frustration with R.E.M.’s videos, 218

  Gehman on, 203–4