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I've loved music ever since I wore out Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington records in high school. 'Hit the Road Jack' introduced me to Ray Charles. A girlfriend turned me on to Chuck Berry, and we dug James Brown at the Apollo. In '64 I panned the Beatles in the college paper and praised Martha and the Vandellas instead--my first rock writing. After covering civil rights in Mississippi, I reported on "Swinging London" for Newsweek. An interview with John--abrasive - and Paul - charming - converted me to the Beatles. Then I transferred to San Francisco as Haight-Ashbury hippies made headliness. The Fillmore was my beat; Janis and Jerry my inside sources. At Montery Pop I sat mindblown in the press section.
Exciting days. My hair grew, I quit Newsweek, helped start Rolling Stone, hitch-hiked to LA to join the Rolling Stones on the wild ride to Altamont. My first book, Rock Folk, reflects the tumult of the times, writing now collected in FLASHBACKS (Routledge US/GB).
In the 70s I met pianist Ellen Mandel and got a Gibson flat-top, a harmonica, a Bob Dylan songbook, and started writing songs and climbing on stages. We worked unpaid with the equally unknown Robin Williams. I wrote my second book, Boogie Lightning. We moved to New York, opened for Muddy Waters in Boston. In the '90s I wrote Ray Charles: Man and Music. Today I'm writing books and playing East Village clubs with a jazz combo. When I get back grins from couples singing the chorus, I thank the greats who inspired me, but I'm also thinking, "Look out world, here comes Michael Lydon!"
Books: Rock Folk (1971)
Boogie Lightning (1975)
How to Succeed in Show Business by Really Trying (1985)
Writing and Life (1995)
Ray Charles: Man and Music (1999)
Flashbacks (2003)
CDs: Love at First Sight (1999) (Brite Records)
Mike on Mike (2002) (Brite Records)
List of articles in the library by artist
Beatles, The : Lennon and McCartney: Songwriters – A Portrait from 1966
Interview by Michael Lydon, unpublished, March 1966
Beatles, The : When the Beatles Arrived in America, 1964
Essay by Michael Lydon, Yale Daily News, February 1964
Charlatans, The (US) : The Charlatans: Pioneer San Francisco Rock Group
Profile and Interview by Michael Lydon, Rolling Stone, March 1968
Ray Charles: Thanks for Bringing Love Around Again (Crossover)
Review by Michael Lydon, Rock's Backpages, September 2002
Bo Diddley : AUDIO: Bo Diddley (1970)
Interview by Michael Lydon, Rock's Backpages Audio, September 1970
Bo Diddley
Book Excerpt by Michael Lydon, Boogie Lightning (Da Capo), 1974
Doors, The : Jim Morrison and the Doors, LA, 1968
Profile and Interview by Michael Lydon, New York Times, December 1968
Bob Dylan : The Flood: Dylan and The Band on Tour ’74
Report by Michael Lydon, unpublished, 1974
Aretha Franklin : A Spirit in the Dark: Aretha Franklin at Fillmore West, 1971
Book Excerpt by Michael Lydon, Boogie Lightning, 1974
Grateful Dead : An Evening with the Grateful Dead
Report and Interview by Michael Lydon, Rolling Stone, September 1970
Grateful Dead : The Grateful Dead: Burnout Sets In
Report and Interview by Michael Lydon, Rolling Stone, August 1969
Bill Haley : Wild Bill Haley
Report and Interview by Michael Lydon, Rolling Stone, November 1967
Jimi Hendrix 1968
Interview by Michael Lydon, New York Times, March 1968
Jimi Hendrix: A Shoddy Hendrix Record?
Report by Michael Lydon, Rolling Stone, January 1968
Jefferson Airplane: After Bathing At Baxter’s
Review and Interview by Michael Lydon, Rolling Stone, November 1967
Louis Jordan : Louis Jordan
Retrospective and Interview by Michael Lydon, Rolling Stone, 1975
King Curtis: A Good Man Gone
Obituary by Michael Lydon, Fusion, October 1971
Curtis Knight : Jimi Hendrix: A Shoddy Hendrix Record?
Report by Michael Lydon, Rolling Stone, January 1968
Carl Perkins
Interview by Michael Lydon, Rolling Stone, December 1968
Wilson Pickett : AUDIO: Wilson Pickett (1977)
Interview by Michael Lydon, Rock's Backpages Audio, May 1977
Wilson Pickett : Return of the Wicked Pickett
Report and Interview by Michael Lydon, unpublished, 1977
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas : When the Beatles Arrived in America, 1964
Essay by Michael Lydon, Yale Daily News, February 1964
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles : Smokey Robinson
Profile and Interview by Michael Lydon, Rolling Stone, September 1968
Rolling Stones, The : Rolling Away the Stones: Stanley and I
Essay by Michael Lydon, Rock's Backpages, January 2002
Jesse Stone Tells His Story
Interview by Michael Lydon, unpublished, 1995
Who, The : The Who in San Francisco List of genre pieces Bill Graham: The Producer of the New Rock
Report and Interview by Michael Lydon, New York Times, September 1968
Interview by Michael Lydon,
Electric Kool-Aid: On & Off the Bus
Essay by Michael Lydon, Fusion, March 1970
Foreword to Outlaw Blues by Paul Williams
Book Excerpt by Michael Lydon, Rolling Stone, April 1969
Harlem’s Finest: The Apollo Theatre
Retrospective by Michael Lydon, unpublished, 1986
Monterey Pops! An International Pop Festival
Report by Michael Lydon, unpublished, for Newsweek, June 1967
Monterey Pops! An International Pop Festival (2)
Report by Michael Lydon, unpublished, for Newsweek, June 1967
Rock for Sale
Report by Michael Lydon, Ramparts, 1969
Where’s the Money from Monterey Pop?
Report by Michael Lydon, Rolling Stone, November 1967
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