Simple Dreams ~ A Musical Memoir (38 page)

music scene in,
30
–33,
36
,
83
,
93
,
164
,
185
,
195

Los Angeles Times
,
32

“Lotta Love,”
101

Louisiana, music of,
185
–88,
192
–95

“Love Has No Pride,”
54

Love in the Time of Cholera
(García Márquez),
199

Lovin’ Spoonful,
30

Lucy’s El Adobe Cafe,
171

lullabies,
20
–21

Luna (cow),
174
,
178

Lush Life
,
159

Mabel (character),
125
–26,
130
,
134
–35

McCabe’s Guitar Shop,
31
–32,
48
,
72

McCartney, Paul,
66

McEuen, Bill,
57
–58

McEuen, John,
58

McGarrigle, Anna,
55
–56,
95
,
107

McGarrigle, Kate,
55
–56,
107

McGhee, Brownie,
28

McGhee, Mickey,
57
,
80

McGuinn, Roger,
25

Madame Butterfly
,
20

Madison Square Garden,
77

Mad Love
,
125

Magnolia Sisters,
194

Mahal, Taj,
32

Malibu Colony, LR’s residence at,
98
,
99
–113,
197

Manson, Charles,
105

Manzarek, Ray,
44

Mariachi Los Camperos,
171
–72,
180
,
197

mariachi music,
12
,
163
,
170
–72,
176
–77,
180
,
197

Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán,
170
–71,
173

“Marie Mouri,”
195

marijuana,
60
,
72

Martin, Bill,
72

Martin, Steve,
57
–58,
117

Mas Canciones
,
180

Massenburg, George,
92
,
93
,
108
,
144
,
148
–50,
185
,
189

mathematics,
2
–4

May altar,
18
–19

Mazer, Elliot,
54

Meisner, Randy,
68
,
70

Menon, Bhaskar,
76

Metallica,
116
–17

Metropolitan Opera,
20

Mexican and Spanish music,
3
–5,
12
,
20
,
25
–26,
27
,
30
,
71
,
144
,
163
–64,
168
,
169
–80,
197

Michigan,
2
–3,
21

Mikado, The
(Gilbert and Sullivan),
123

“Miss Otis Regrets,”
192

Miss Piggy,
126
,
128
–29

Mitchell, Adam,
99
–100,
112
,
197

Mitchell, Joni,
61
,
66
,
76
,
117

Molly (Akita dog),
112
,
120
,
135

Monkees,
42

Monroe, Bill,
27

Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, The
,
121
–22,
152

Morris, Gary,
166

Morrison, Jim,
44
–47

Mothers of Invention,
39

Motown twenty-fifth anniversary special,
74
–75

Mott, Charles Stewart,
3

“Mr. Bojangles,”
53

mud huaraches,
7
,
13
,
15

Muldaur, Geoff,
30

Muldaur, Maria D’Amato,
30
,
41
–42,
46
–47

Muppet Show, The
,
126
–29,
131

Murphy (horse),
9
–11,
15
,
103

Murray, Anne,
76

Murray, Larry,
50
–52

music:

arena vs. club settings for,
115
–18

artists input in,
146

changing tastes in,
52
,
109
,
116

emulation in,
24
–25,
30
,
118
,
192

essential elements of,
196
–97

harmonies in,
70
,
92
,
95
,
100
–101,
106
,
107
–8,
184
,
194

key changes in,
86
,
126
,
153
,
155

LR’s dreams of,
168

LR’s reflections on,
196
–97,
199
–200

marketing and promotion of,
109
–10

novelty,
14

production in,
144
–46,
148
–50,
154
–56,
181
–85

recording styles in,
101

song titles in,
121
–22

technological innovation in,
49
,
54
,
127
,
148
,
184
–85

vocalization in,
181
–83

see also individual artists and works
;
specific genres

“My Dear Companion,”
108

Myrick, Weldon,
54

Nashville, Tenn.,
49
,
51
–53,
84
,
92
,
100
,
110

“Nature Boy,”
102

Nelson, Rick,
61
,
70

Nesmith, Mike,
42

Neuwirth, Bob,
45
–47

“Never Will I Marry,”
65
,
144

Neville, Aaron,
185
–89

Neville, Joel,
188

Neville Brothers,
185
–87

Newberry, Mickey,
51

Newman, Randy,
24
,
164
–66,
191
–92

New Orleans, La.,
185
–88

New Orleans Artists Against

Hunger and Homelessness,
187

New Union Ramblers,
26

New York, N.Y.:

Doors tour in,
44

LR in,
45
–47,
53
–56,
77
–78,
89
,
91
,
123
–26,
131
–41,
143
–45,
156
–57,
161
,
164
–68

LR’s residence in,
138
–39,
157
,
166
,
168

music scene in,
41
,
45

New York Public Theater,
121
,
123
,
125
,
131
–41,
164
–68;
see also
Papp, Joe
New York Times
,
56
,
121
,
167

Niles, John Jacob,
55

Nina (LR’s cousin),
15

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band,
57

Nitzsche, Jack,
78
,
80
–82

Nogales, Mexico,
2

Norman, Jim Ed,
110