Rod: The Autobiography (55 page)

Chester Square, London 214–15

Cheval (horse) 165

Chic (band) 211, 260

Chicago 34, 69

Chisnall, Arthur 42

Chris Barber Jazz Band 25

Churchill, (Sir) Winston 251

‘Cindy’s Lament’ 114, 115–16, 347

Clacton-on-Sea 9

Clapton, Eric 41, 82, 91, 98, 185, 189, 295

Clark, Dick 202

Clark, John 158

Clash, The 197

Cleveland, Ohio 121, 138, 148

Clyde Valley Stompers 25

CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) 29

Coast to Coast
356–7, 360

cocaine 138–40, 169, 171, 193, 218, 256, 264, 265, 266, 340

Cochran, Eddie 26, 118

Cocker, Joe 185

Collins, Jackie 218

Collins, Joan 180, 218

Collins, Judy 119

Cologne 288

Colorado 192

colour-blindness 12, 21

Columbia Records 80, 334

Colyer, Ken 44

commercials 270–71

Concorde (airliner) 236–7

condom commercial, proposed 270

Connery, (Sir) Sean 339

Connolly, Billy 158

Conrad, Kimberley 310

Conway, Lionel 241–2, 243–4, 286

Cook, Garry 286–7

Cook, Roger 85

Cooke, Charlie 339

Cooke, Sam 26, 73–4, 80, 86, 305, 317

Copley, Teri 280

Copped Hall, Essex 251

Cornick, Glenn 92

Country Life
(magazine) 251

Cranbourne Court, Berkshire 68, 163–6, 174, 176, 179, 184, 250–51

Cream (band) 94, 128, 209

Cregan, Jim 203, 204, 205, 218–19, 239, 255, 261, 295, 296, 344–5

Crerand, Paddy 154

Cromwellian club, London 81

Cronnin, Kevin 24, 30

Cropper, Steve 190, 191

Croydon: The Greyhound 132

Crudup, Arthur ‘Big Boy’ 119

Cuban Missile Crisis 28

Curtis, Tony 218

Cyril (driver) 178, 251

Cyril Davies R&B All Stars 47–8

‘Da Ya Think I’m Sexy’ 211–14, 256, 268, 295, 314, 331, 341, 349, 357

d’Abo, Mike: ‘Handbags and Gladrags’ 113–14, 347, 357; ‘Little Miss Understood’ 114

Daily Telegraph
203

Daily Worker
28, 344

Dalglish, Kenny 36, 154–5, 283

Dallas 202, 248–9

Daltrey, Roger 67

Davies, Cyril 47, 48

Davies, Dave 11

Davies, Ray 11

Davis, Clive 334, 336

Dawson, Ewan 23, 103–4, 105, 151–2

‘Day Will Come, The’ 80

de Cordova, Freddie 219

Dean, John ‘Dixie’ 154

Decca Records 61–4, 80, 109–110

Deep Purple 138

Denny (hairdresser) 34–5

Detroit 132, 134

Dickins, Rob 261–2, 285–6

disco 211, 212, 214, 256

Dixon, Willie: ‘Don’t You Tell Nobody’ 61; ‘I Ain’t Superstitious’ 88, 90, 98, 360; ‘You Shook Me’ 88, 91, 360

Donegan, Lonnie 14, 44, 112

Doonican, Val 60

dope (cannabis) 106, 138

Dorchester Hotel, London 311

Dowd, Tom 189–91, 192, 204

‘Downtown Train’ 262–3, 285

DreamWorks 333

drinking 35, 54, 129–31, 147, 168–70, 203, 243, 256, 260; and driving 102, 142

Driscoll, Julie 73, 74, 76, 77–8

driving tests 102

drugs 165, 168–70; amphetamines 50–51; cannabis 106; cocaine 138–40, 169, 171, 193, 218, 256, 264, 265, 266, 340; LSD 168

Dublin 244

Dudley Zoo 135

Dunbar, Aynsley 84

Dundee United Football Club 158

Dundee University 53

Dunn, Donald ‘Duck’ 191

Dylan, Bob 26–7, 115, 121, 335; ‘Forever Young’ 261; ‘Man of Constant Sorrow’ 113, 347; ‘Only a Hobo’ 118; ‘Song to Woody’ 26; ‘Tomorrow is a Long Time’ 119

Eagles, The 198

Ealing Jazz Club 47

Earls Court (venue) 170, 300, 311

earpieces 291–3

East Finchley 10, 24

Edgar Broughton Band 135

Edinburgh 141, 245

Edmonton: Cooks Ferry Inn 135

Edna (Rod’s aunt) 75–6

Edwards, Bernard 260

Edwin Hawkins Singers 92–3

Eel Pie Island, Twickenham 41–3, 47–8, 53, 54, 111

Ekland, Britt: appearance, character and family 34, 180, 181, 182, 194; life with Rod 179, 180–85, 186–7, 189, 191–2, 193–4, 223, 227; career 180, 182; break-up of the relationship 180, 194–5

Elizabeth II, Queen 32, 343–4; Silver Jubilee 199

Elliott, Ramblin’ Jack 29

Elton, Ben 343

Emberg, Kelly: Rod first meets 235, 238, 247–8; life with Rod 239, 240, 248–50, 252, 253–4, 268–70; background, appearance and character 247, 249, 250, 269; career 247, 249, 253, 254; family 254–5; birth of daughter 255, 268–9; leaves Rod 270; Rod’s doomed marriage proposal 273–5; life after Rod 328

EMI Records 61, 91

empty seats, fear of 215, 258

England football team 20–21, 150, 153–4, 244–5, 267, 342

Epping: Wood House 156–7, 251–2, 269, 299, 314, 318, 344

Epping Forest 293

Escape to Victory
(film) 274

Evans, Linda 218

Every Beat of My Heart
259–60, 351

Every Picture Tells a Story
(album) 119–21, 166, 347–8

‘Every Picture Tells a Story’ (song) 120, 296, 347, 357, 358

FA Cup 139

Faces 123–49; formation 124–6; touring 127, 128–9, 131–8, 140–42, 143, 144–5, 147, 154,
165, 180, 198, 204; management and finances 128, 142–3; clothes 129, 131, 142; drinking 129–31, 147, 168; drugs 138–40; disputes and break-up 144–8, 184, 198; reunion tour 200; ‘Angel’ 144, 360; ‘Around the Plynth’ 127; ‘Cindy Incidentally’ 132, 359;
Coast to Coast
360; ‘Devotion’ 135, 358;
First Step
128, 130, 133, 358;
Five Guys Walk into a Bar
126; ‘Flying’ 125, 358; ‘It’s All Over Now’ 135, 360;
Long Player
130, 359;
A Nod Is As Good As a Wink . . . to a Blind Horse
130, 359;
Ooh La La
130, 145, 359; ‘Shake, Shudder, Shiver’ 125, 127, 358; ‘Sweet Lady Mary’ 132, 359; ‘Three Button Hand Me Down’ 127–8, 198, 358; ‘Wicked Messenger’ 135, 358; ‘You’re My Girl’ 135;
see also
Small Faces

Fairweather Low, Andy 104

Farlowe, Chris 114

Fawcett, Farrah 218

Fillmore East, New York 90–91, 97–8, 336

Fillmore West, San Francisco 90, 118

Finchley 10, 12, 21, 23–4, 27

Finchley Express
19

Finchley Under-15s (football team) 18

Findlay, Krissy 95

Finney, Albert 218

Finsbury Astoria 85

First Step
128, 130, 133, 358

Fitzgerald, Ella 331, 332, 335

Five Dimensions 44–5, 49

Fleetwood, Mick 79

Fleetwood Mac 79, 138, 204

Fly Me to the Moon
356

Foolish Behaviour
257–8, 350

Foot Loose & Fancy Free
349

football: Rod as player 16–20, 21, 158, 169, 196, 231, 241–3, 246, 264, 304, 338–9; Rod as fan 20–21, 150–59, 168, 234, 243–5; Scotland
v.
England matches 20–21, 153, 244–5, 267, 342; FA Cup 139; World Cup 150–52, 153–4, 234;
see also
Brentford FC; Celtic; Highgate Redwing; Los Angeles Exiles; Rangers; Scotland football team; Sunderland FC

Ford, Gerald 175

Ford, Susan 175

Ford, Tom 254

‘Forever Young’ 261, 270, 331, 344, 351, 358

Fort Lauderdale 282

Fortgang, Jeff, ‘Some Guys Have All the Luck’ 259

Four Tops, The 86, 89

Fram (football team) 338–9

France 30, 271–3, 316;
see also
Cannes; Paris; St Tropez

Franklin, Aretha 189, 190; ‘Spanish Harlem’ 161, 164

Fraser, Andy 146

Free (band) 146

Gaff, Billy: appearance and character 128, 186; Faces manager 128, 133, 136, 138, 143, 145, 148; Rod’s manager 185–6, 194, 195; and Rod’s tax exile 185–6; best man at Rod’s wedding 217; fired 232–3

Gallé, Emile 183, 323

Galton, Ray 60

Garfunkel, Art 332;
Bridge Over Troubled Water
121

Gasoline Alley
117–19, 145, 212, 346, 347

Gay Intruder, The
(boat) 178–9

Gaye, Marvin 271

Gemmill, Archie 152

George, Susan 193

Glasgow 154–5, 158; Hampden Park 20, 153, 342; Celtic Park 154, 156, 158

Glitter, Gary 65, 165

Glover, Dave 71–2

Go-Go’s, The 266

golf 339

Golub, Jeff 296

Gomelsky, Giorgio 72–3, 75

‘Good Morning Little Schoolgirl’ 63–6, 80

Goode, Tony 71

Goodman, Mark 295

Gothenburg 1

Gouldman, Graham 83

Grainger, Gary 204

Grammy Awards 337, 342

Granny Takes a Trip (boutique) 142

Grant, Peter 93

Grateful Dead 91, 138

Grattage (London landlord) 8

Great American Songbook
album series 330–37, 341, 353–5, 356

Green, Belinda 216

Green, Peter 79

Guinness World Record: for largest audience 297, 298

Guthrie, Woody 29

Guy, Buddy 72; ‘Let Me Love You Baby’ 72, 88

hairstyles, Rod’s 27, 31–7, 53, 250

Haley, Bill 13

Hall of Fame, Rock ’n’ Roll 148–9

Hamilton, Alana: life with Rod 106, 210, 214–16, 216–17, 218–21, 223, 229–32, 234–5; friends and socialising 171, 209, 210, 218, 229–30, 239; background, appearance and character 208–9, 210, 223, 231; Rod first meets 208–210; career 209, 240; children 209, 215, 217, 220–21; marriage to Rod 216–17, 229–32, 234–5, 302; and Rod’s daughter Sarah 227–8, 229; illness 230–31; and Rod’s management 231–2, 233; spiritualism 234–5; breakdown of marriage 238–40, 302; divorce 240, 269; as grandmother 328

Hamilton, Ashley 209, 215, 232

Hamilton, George 194, 209

Hampden Park 20, 153, 342

Hampstead & Highgate Express
64

‘Handbags and Gladrags’ 113–14, 347, 357

Hanson, Marcy 208

Hardin, Tim 119

Haringay stadium 10

Harlem 89

Harley, Steve 204

Harmon, Sandy 238

Harrington, Dee: life with Rod 142, 162–6, 173–4, 175–7, 250–51; Rod first meets 160–62; background, appearance and character 161, 173–4; break-up of the relationship 177, 179, 182

Harris, Jet 84

Harrison, Charlie 201

Harrison, George, ‘My Sweet Lord’ 121

Harty, Russell 35

Hawaii 232, 240, 301

Hawkins, Edwin 92–3

Heathrow Airport 203, 237

Hefner, Hugh 310

Hendrix, Jimi 81, 83, 92; plaster cast of penis 96, 97; ‘Angel’ 144, 348, 357, 360

Henry, Clarence ‘Frogman’, ‘Ain’t Got No Home’ 259

High Wycombe 177

Highgate 6, 8, 13, 31, 40, 283; Kenwood Road 24, 68, 105

Highgate Cemetery 21, 283

Highgate Redwing (football club) 9, 18, 19, 20

Highgate Woods 19, 246

Hockney, David 75

Hoffman, Dustin 180, 218

Holiday, Billie 332, 335

Holiday Inns 138, 191

Holland, Jools 67

Hoochie Coochie Men, The 48–58, 59, 61, 62, 71, 72, 110

Hooker, John Lee 57; ‘Dimple’ 54

Hope, Bob 163

Horn, Trevor 263, 286, 331–2

Horowitz, Jimmy 203

horse-riding 293

‘Hot Legs’ 236, 349, 357

Hot Legs Dance Troupe 343

hotels, bad behaviour in 136–8, 139, 141, 201–3, 207, 266

Hucknall, Mick 200

Hughes, Billy 139

Hughes, John 253

Human
331, 332, 353

Humble Pie 124

Humperdinck, Engelbert 59

Hunter, Rachel: Rod first meets 274, 279–80; appearance and character 279, 281; career 279, 284; whirlwind courtship 279, 281–4; marriage 279, 282, 284–5, 290–91, 293–4, 297; children 293–4; separation 299–301, 303, 310; and Rod’s cancer 305; life after Rod 328

Huston, Anjelica 218

‘I Don’t Want to Talk About It’ 199, 215, 261, 348, 357

‘I Wouldn’t Ever Change a Thing’ 114, 347

Immediate Records 113, 114

Imperial War Museum 82

in-ear monitors 291–3

‘Infatuation’ 98, 259, 351

It Had to Be You
335–7, 353

‘It Takes Two’ 271, 272, 352

‘It’s All Over Now’ 58, 118, 135, 347, 356, 360

‘It’s Over’ 345

‘I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face’ 333, 348, 355

J Records 334

Jackson, Al 189, 191

Jackson, Ray 120

Jagger, Bianca 173, 175

Jagger, (Sir) Mick 43, 46, 124–5, 142, 173, 175, 299

Jakarta 158–9

James, Etta, ‘At Last’ 322

Janssen, David and Dani 219

Japan 207, 216, 264–5

Jarvis, John 204

jazz 24–5, 44, 73

Jeff Beck Group 84–98; touring 34, 85–6, 88–93, 94–5, 97–8, 99–100, 102, 110, 336; line-up 84–5, 97, 111; management and finances 93, 96–7;
Beck-Ola
93, 110, 360;
Truth
87–8, 360

Jeff Beck and the Tridents 48

Jimmy Powell and the Five Dimensions 44–5, 49

John, (Sir) Elton: appearance, character and sexuality 36, 168, 171–2, 269; career 167, 170, 192, 194, 198–9; friendship with Rod 167–8, 170–72, 185, 194, 219; football fan 168; partying 168, 170, 171, 213, 236; in Los Angeles 187, 188; marriage 269

Johns, Glyn 130

Johnstone, Jimmy ‘Jinky’ 154, 155

Jolson, Al 26, 215; ‘Mammy’ 203

Jones, John Paul 63

Jones, Kenney 123, 125–7, 128, 131, 148

Jones, Quincy 295

Jones, (Sir) Tom 59

Joplin, Janis 94

Jordan, Joe 152

Jordan, Marc 286

Kansas City 69

Kass, Ron 180

Kennedy, John F. 28

Kensington Palace Hotel 60

Kentis, Chuck 296, 308

Kentish Town 21

Kerkhofs, Eddie 187, 188

Kern, Jerome 88

Khrushchev, Nikita 28

Kilburn 13

‘Killing of Georgie (Parts I and II), The’ 192–3, 206, 349

King, BB 88

King, Carole,
Tapestry
181

Kinks, The 11

Knight, Ian 341–2

Kool Kats, The (school band) 14

Korner, Alexis 47

Lamb, Nate 307–8

Lampard, Frank 158

Lancaster, Graham 317, 319–20

Lancaster, Oliver 317