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After Syd Barrett departed Pink Floyd, the band that he had co-founded and fronted became a rudderless ship, releasing a series of nebulous (though highly inventive) jam albums and taking on touring expenses that nearly bankrupted them. Their eighth album was a make-it-or-break-it proposition, and its timing could not have been better. Released in March of 1973, The Dark Side of the Moon quickly topped the US Billboard charts and took up residence there for over 700 weeks, selling over forty-five million copies to date. In Lunacy, award-winning music biographer John Kruth (A fantastic writerJim Jarmusch) delves into the making of this iconic record and considers why it continues to speak to generation after generation of music lovers around the world.
Placing the album in its full cultural and musical context, Kruth provides an illuminating look at the ingredients of its great sonic stewa mixture of musical styles from avant-garde electronic to jazz to classical, all of them contributing to its timeless originality. Lunacy features in-depth interviews with musicians, artists, DJs, and many others who have deeply personal relationships with the record, including a passionate astrophysicist, a leading brain surgeons nurse (who has performed surgery while Brain Damage plays), and a woman who gave birth while screaming along to the Floyds Great Gig in the Sky.
Packed with behind-the-scenes details and unexpected insights, Lunacy is not just another rock history rehash, but a celebration of a unique time and the music that made it great.
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Great thanks to the Assorted Lunatics who generously gave of their time and thoughts to be interviewed for this book! They include:
WILLIE ARON keyboardist and guitarist with Thee Holy Brothers, Syd Straw, and Leonard Cohen
MICHAEL BLAIR percussionist and drummer with Elvis Costello, Lou Reed, Tom Waits
DR. MATTHEW BOBROWSKY astrophysicist and science educator, Delaware State University
ROY BOOK BINDER folk/blues singer/songwriter and guitarist
DARREN BROWN Violent Femmes road manager
PETE BROWN poet, percussionist, and lyricist with Jack Bruce, for hit songs by Cream and Mountain
CINDY CASHDOLLAR dobro picker and steel guitarist
TRIXIE DANE surgery nurse
JONATHAN ELIAS composer and producer with Yes, Grace Jones, and Duran Duran
DANNY FRANKEL drummer with Lou Reed, k.d. lang
JOHN FRANKOVIC bassist with Plasticland
JEFF HAMILTON multi-instrumentalist and producer with Violent Femmes and Beatallica
NORMAN HATHAWAY graphic artist and author
RICHIE HAVENS singer/songwriter and guitarist
BRIAN KEHEW author, producer and engineer, and keyboardist with the Who and the Moog Cookbook
MARIJKE KOGER-DUNHAM artist and clothing designer who, with partner Simon Posthuma, comprised the 1960s Dutch design collective the Fool
JON KRIVITSKY vocalist and arranger for a cappella group Vocomotion
VICTOR KRUMMENACHER bassist and singer/songwriter with Camper van Beethoven and Monks of Doom
CAROL LIPNIK New York singer/songwriter and chanteuse
GREG LISHER guitarist with Camper van Beethoven and Monks of Doom
GARY LUCAS guitarist with Captain Beefheart, guitarist and co-songwriter with Jeff Buckley
CORK MARCHESCHI electronic shaman with the Fifty Foot Hose and neon sculptor. A detail of his piece Linfluenza delle Stelle (Influence of the Stars) can be seen on the books cover.
ARIF MARDIN producer and arranger
KENNY MARGOLIS keyboardist with Mink DeVille, Smithereens, Cracker
DURGA McBROOM vocalist with Pink Floyd (postRoger Waters era)
LES McCANN jazz pianist, vocalist, and electronic explorer
ROB MORGAN musical arranger, vocalist, and concept artist with the Squirrels
ROBERT MUSSO guitarist and recording engineer (Bill Laswell / Axiom Records)
IVAN PETER PAWLE bassist and keyboardist with Dr. Strangely Strange
MATT PIUCCI singer/songwriter and guitarist with Rain Parade and Crazy Horse
FERNANDO PERDOMO multi-instrumentalist and producer
GLENN REHSE singer/songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist with Plasticland
GRANT RICHTER electronics wizard with F/i
BRIAN RITCHIE bassist with Violent Femmes
ROBBI ROBB singer and guitarist with the psychedelic space-rock band the 3rd Ear Experience
STAN SCHNEIR bassist, lap steel player, pedal steel guitarist, and producer with the Incredible String Band
DEREK SEE guitarist with Rain Parade
ELLIOTT SHARP multi-instrumentalist and avant-garde composer
JUDI SILVANO jazz vocalist
SKERIK saxophonist with the Seattle tribal jazz/funk band Critters Buggin
LARRY RATSO SLOMAN author and journalist
PETER STAMPFEL singer, banjoist, fiddler, and guitarist with the Holy Modal Rounders
SUZANNE mother
SHEL TALMY producer of the Kinks, the Who, Small Faces, Manfred Mann
MICHAEL TEARSON late night DJ on WMMR 93.3, Philadelphia
JOSHUA WHITE Joshua Light Show, Fillmore East, March 8, 1968June 27, 1971
HAL WILLNER producer and conceptual artist
ROBIN WILLIAMSON bard and multi-instrumentalist, formerly of the Incredible String Band
STEVE WYNN guitarist and singer/songwriter, the Dream Syndicate
Grazie to John Cerullo for inspiring me to take the great leap.
Tom Seabrook for his razor-sharp editing.
And to the lovely Marilyn Cvitanic, whose love shines brighter than a July Supermoon.
OTHER BOOKS AND
ALBUMS BY JOHN KRUTH
BOOKS
Bright Moments: The Life and Legacy of Rahsaan Roland Kirk (Jackalope Press second edition, 2022)
Hold On World: The Lasting Impact of John Lennon and Yoko Onos Plastic Ono Band, Fifty Years On (Backbeat Books, 2021)
A Friend of the Devil: The Glorification of the Outlaw in Song, from Robin Hood to Rap (Backbeat Books, 2017)
This Bird Has Flown: The Enduring Beauty of Rubber Soul, Fifty Years On (Backbeat Books, 2015)
Rhapsody in Black: The Life and Music of Roy Orbison (Backbeat Books, 2013)
To Lives to Fly: The Ballad of the Late Great Townes Van Zandt (Da Capo Press, 2007)
Bright Moments: The Life and Legacy of Rahsaan Roland Kirk (Welcome Rain Books, 2000)
AWARDS
The ASCAP/Deems Taylor Award for Best Musical Biography for To Lives to Fly, 2008
ALBUMS
Love Letters from the Lazaretto (Smiling Fez Records, 2020)
Forever Ago (ARS Spoletium, 2018)
The Drunken Wind of Life: The Song/Poems of Tin Ujevic (Smiling Fez Records, 2015)
Splitsville (Smiling Fez Records, 2008)
Eva Destruction (Crustacean Records, 2007)
Songs from the Windy Attic (Smiling Fez Records, 2004)
Everywhere Youve Never Been (Label M, 2000)
Last Year Was a Great Day (Gadfly Records, 1998)
The Cherry Electric (Weasel Disc, 1995)
Banshee Mandolin (Flying Fish Records, 1992)
Greasy Kid Stuff (Chameleon Records, 1989)
Midnight Snack (Hopewell Records, 1987)
PERIODICALS
The ASCAP/Deems Taylor Award for Best Timely Article: Ceremonies Against the Virus: Bachir Attar of the Master Musicians of Jajouka, published by Please Kill Me, 2020
Runner up, Best Music Articles of 2005, Da Capo Press, 2005
Acharya, Pundit. Breath Is Life (Nyack, NY: Prana Press, 1951)
Beard, Chris Joe. Taking the Purple: The Extraordinary Story of the Purple GangGranny Takes a Trip... And All That! (Chris Joe Beard, Kindle edition, 2014)
Blake, Mark. Comfortably Numb: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd (Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2008)
Boyd, Joe. White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s (London, England: Serpents Tail, 2006)
Farren, Mick. Give the Anarchist a Cigarette (London, England: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 2001)
Gillet, Charlie. The Sound of the City: The Rise and Fall of Rock and Roll (New York: Outerbridge and Dienstfrey, 1970)
Gilmore, Mikal. Stories Done: Writings on the 1960s and Its Discontents (New York: Free Press, 2008)
Gleason, Ralph J. The Jefferson Airplane and the San Francisco Sound (New York: Ballantine Books, 1969)
Goodman, Matthew. The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth Century New York (New York: Basic Books, 2008)
Hepworth, David. Never a Dull Moment: 1971, the Year that Rock Exploded (New York: St. Martins Griffin, 2016)
Houghton, Mick. Becoming Elektra: the True Story of Jac Holzmans Visionary Record Label (London, England: Jawbone, 2016)
Leech, Jeanette. Seasons They Change: The Story of Acid and Psychedelic Folk (London, England: Jawbone, 2010)
MacDonald, Bruno.
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