Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint excerpts from the following copyrighted material. The acknowledgments are in the order in which the excerpts appear in the book.

“My Town” by Michael Stanley. © 1983 by Bema Music Co./Michael Stanley Music Co.

“The Return of the Exile” from Poems by George Seferis. Translation copyright © 1960 by Rex Warner. Reprinted by permission of David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc.

“My My Hey Hey” by Neil Young and Jeff Blackburn. © 1979 Silver Fiddle. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Paterson by William Carlos Williams. Copyright © 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1963 Florence Williams. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation.

“No Surrender,” “Glory Days,” and “Born in the U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen. © 1984 Bruce Springsteen. ASCAP. All rights reserved.

“I Heard It Through the Grapevine” words and music by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong. © 1966 Jobete Music Co., Inc. Used by permission. International copyright secured. All rights reserved.

“The Rubberband-Man” by Tom Bell and Linda Creed. © 1976 Mighty Three Music. Administered by the Mighty Three Music Group.

“Splish Splash” by Bobby Darin and Jean Murray. © 1958 Unart Music Corp. © renewed 1986 CBS Catalogue Partnership. All rights controlled and administered by CBS Unart Catalog Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission.

Books of Blood, Volume I, by Clive Barker. Copyright 1984. Reprinted by permission of The Berkeley Publishing Group.

“Summertime Blues” by Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart. © 1958 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Rightsong Music, Elvis Presley Music and Gladys Music. Used by permission of Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. All rights reserved.

“Earth Angel.” © 1954, renewal 1982 by Dootsie Williams Publications. Recorded by the Penguins, Dootone Records.

“Do-Re-Mi” by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Copyright © 1959 by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Williamson Music Co., owner of publication and allied rights throughout the Western Hemisphere and Japan. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Mean Streets, a film by Martin Scorsese. © 1973 Warner Bros. Inc. All rights reserved.

“Here’s to the State of Richard Nixon” by Phil Ochs. © 1974 Warner Bros. Inc. ASCAP. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

“Whole Lot of Shakin’ Goin’ On” by David Curlee Williams. Used by permission.

“Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay” by David White. Published by Golden Egg Music/Singular Music. By permission of American Mechanical Rights Agency Inc.

“Bristol Stomp” words and music by Kal Mann and Dave Appell. © 1961 Kalmann Music, Inc.

“It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” by Billy Joel. © 1980 Impulsive Music & April Music Inc. All rights controlled and administered by April Music Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission.

“Light My Fire” words and music by The Doors. © 1967 Doors Music Company. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

“My Toot Toot” by Sidney Simien. © 1985 Flat Town Music Company and Sid-Sam Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

“Tutti Frutti” by Dorothy La Bostrie and Richard Penniman. © 1955, renewed 1983 Venice Music Corp. All rights controlled and administered by Blackwood Music Inc. under license from ATV Music (Venice). All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission.

“Diana” by Paul Anka. Copyright © 1957, 1963, renewed 1985 by Spanka Music Corp./Management Agency and Music Publishing, Inc. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.

“High School Confidential” by Ron Hargrave and Jerry Lee Lewis. By permission of Penron Music.

“Travelogue for Exiles” from Collected Poems 1940–1978 by Karl Shapiro. Copyright 1942 and renewed 1970 by Karl Shapiro. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc.

“You Got to Lose” words and music by Earl Hooker. © Copyright 1969 by Duchess Music Corporation. Rights administered by MCA Music, a division of MCA Inc., New York, N.Y. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

“The Girl Can’t Help It If the Menfolks Stop and Stare” words and music by Robert W. Troup. © 1956 Twentieth Century Music Corp., renewed 1984 Robert W. Troup. Assigned 1984 Londontown Music, Inc.

“Don’t Back Down” by Brian Wilson. © 1964 Irving Music, Inc. (BMI). All rights reserved. International copyright secured.

“Surfin’ U.S.A.” music by Chuck Berry, words by Brian Wilson. Copyright © 1958, 1963 by Arc Music Corporation. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

“Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream)” by James Keyes, Claude Feaster, Carl Feaster, Floyd F. McRae, and James Edwards. Copyright © 1954 by Progressive Music Publishing Co., Inc. Copyright renewed, assigned to Unichappell Music, Inc. (Rightsong Music, Publisher), International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

“I Knew the Bride When She Used to Rock ‘n’ Roll” by Nick Lowe. © Anglo Rock Inc. Used with permission.