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resignation of, 342
Washington Post, The, 173
Watts, Charlie, 354
Weaver, Dexter, 290
Weber, Buddy, 28, 29, 31
Weissler, Adam, 373, 374
“Welcome to the Occupation” (R.E.M.), 219, 245, 259
Wellford, Armistead, 35, 57, 61, 64, 98, 231, 353, 354
“Wendell Gee” (R.E.M.), 178, 185–86, 200
West Germany, 258
West Virginia Public Broadcasting, 272
“We Walk” (R.E.M.), 133
“What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?” (R.E.M.), 306, 310–11, 316, 318, 319, 322, 324, 366
“Whipping Post” (Allman Brothers Band), 105–6
“White Tornado” (R.E.M.), 105, 116
Who, 25, 28
“Why Not Smile” (R.E.M.), 367
“Wild Thing,” 150, 335
Williams, Dar, 392
Williams, Mark, 95–96, 119–20
Wilson, Brian, 266
Wilson, Cindy, 40, 76, 146, 157
Wilson, David, 167, 168, 169, 170, 254
Wilson, Ricky, 146, 275
“Windout” (R.E.M.), 104
Winters, Norm, 137–38
“Wolves, Lower” (R.E.M.), 115, 121, 122
Rock on TV and, 137
video for, 126, 137, 217, 270, 316
Wood, Adora, see Mills, Adora
Wood, Kurt, 57, 58
“World Leader Pretend” (R.E.M.), 272
“Wrong Child, The” (R.E.M.), 243
Wuoggerz, 50–51, 61, 75, 97
Wuxtry Records, 38, 44, 46–47, 49, 61, 92, 199, 328, 386
Wynette, Tammy, 18
Wynn, Steve, 406
Y
Young, Neil, 231, 362, 372
Young Fresh Fellows, 303, 315, 404
“Your Capricious Soul” (Stipe), 403
“You’re in the Air” (R.E.M.), 363
Z
Zappa, Frank, 82, 253
Zevon, Warren, 214
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Illustration Credits
1Courtesy of Michael Stipe
2Mari L. Berry
3Courtesy of Peter Buck
4From author’s collection
5M. H. Noni Crow
6M. H. Noni Crow
7Photo by Terry Allen
8Photo by Terry Allen
9Hank Grebe
10Hank Grebe
11Photo by Terry Allen
12Photo by Terry Allen
13Mari L. Berry
14Mari L. Berry
15John Atashian / Alamy Stock Photo
16Mari L. Berry
17Anwar Hussein / Alamy Stock Photo
18Mari L. Berry
19Brian Rasic / Contributor
20Mari L. Berry
21Mari L. Berry
22Mari L. Berry
23Mari L. Berry
24Fabio Diena / Alamy Stock Photo
25Edd Westmacott / Alamy Stock Photo
26jeremy sutton-hibbert / Alamy Stock Photo
27Scott Gries / Staff
About the Author
Peter Ames Carlin is a writer and the author of several books, including Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon, published in 2016, and Bruce, a biography of Bruce Springsteen published in 2012. Carlin has also been a freelance journalist, a senior writer at People in New York City, and a television columnist and feature writer at The Oregonian in Portland. A regular speaker on music, writing, and popular culture, Carlin lives in Portland.
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