Rock ’N’ Rhymes

By Rich Rilleau

THIS is my first book, or attempt at a book. It comes from my love of writing and the use of words and the different forums they are used in... like the dialogue in a movie script and the impact it can have on the audience when the main character shares a secret that dramatically changes the direction of the movie...or your favorite song, where it feels like those lyrics were what you wanted to say, and the singer is singing to you. These are some of the ways words have spoken to me. I have a great appreciation for music and the history of the bands and artists that play it. I have also loved the little stories and nuggets that accompany the making of an album...or how a song was arrived at or what it was inspired by. So this book is a collection of short stories about bands and their songs, names of bands and other odds and ends that have popped into my head over the years. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it --- and always remember to keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 18, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524532802

Rich Rilleau

Rich Rilleau is a first time author. It is his love of music that convinced him to write this book. Rich began writing short stories for his family as a child. He is a fanatic sports fan who would recite stories he wrote of classic hockey games. From there, he became fascinated with movie scripts and song lyrics. Rich soon became an avid writer of poetry and now belongs to a local poetry club. He hopes this will be just the beginning of his published work. Rich lives in the northeast region of the United States with his lovely partner Nancy and beautiful daughter Dakota.

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ROCK ‘N’ RHYMES

Rich Rilleau

Copyright © 2017 by Rich Rilleau.

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Rev. date: 12/16/2016

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1

Icons

Impossible Dream

Don’t Think Twice

Country Boy

CHAPTER 2

Vinyl

Album Art

Double Album

Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll

CHAPTER 3

The Big Four the UK Bands

Something

Out of Time

Liberated from the Fold

Rock ‘n’ Roll

Hey You

Mental Health

Burning Sky

CHAPTER 4

American Bands Watkins Glenn

Keep on Chooglin’

Indian Summer

You Got That Right

Last Child

Long Run

This Wheel’s on Fire

American Beauty

Eat a Peach

CHAPTER 5

Singer Songwriters

Sign on the Window

I Am a Rock

Did You Get Healed?

Every Picture Tells a Story

Harmony

It’s Still Rock ‘n’ Roll to Me

Blood Money

Human Wheels

CHAPTER 6

Solo and Sometimes with Help

Satellite of Love

Tired Eyes

Jungle Love

Live Bullet

Glory Days

You Got Lucky

CHAPTER 7

Guitar Gods

Mr. Jimi

Soul Sacrifice

EC Was Here

CHAPTER 8

Gone Away Too Early

Cheltenham Boy

Dead at 27

Madcap Laughs

CHAPTER 9

What’s in a Name or Band?

A.B.C.

Mood Me

Jungle

Moving Man

What’s Her Name?

CHAPTER 10

Only Rock ‘n’ Roll

Sci-Fi

Alter Ego

Showman

Grand Slam

Thief in the Night

CHAPTER 11

My Favorites

Terrifying

Jokerman

CHAPTER 12

What Is, What Was, What Could Have Been

Still Haven’t Found

Combat Rock

What Could Have Been

CHAPTER 13

Memories Miscellaneous

Festivals

Laurel Canyon

Baptism

CHAPTER 1

Icons

Impossible Dream

Elvis the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

The curled lip, the shaking hip,

White man body, black man soul.

Elvis the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Born in Mississippi, raised in Tennessee,

Used his music to set the body free.

Elvis the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Sun Records the million dollar quartet,

The hillbilly cat was called the Memphis Flash.

Elvis the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Managed by the Colonel got the G.I. Blues,

It was Heartbreak Hotel for this Hound Dog.

Elvis Presley the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Making movies on the silver screen

And watching him on TV, became obscene.

Crazed crowds, teenage girls, riots,

That’s Alright Mama, Love Me Tender

Ain’t nobody like Elvis we remember.

Teddy Bear, All Shook Up, Jail House Rock,

Got all the stuckups in a huff and puff.

Years later he did their TV shows a favor,

Was he their Good Luck Charm

Or the Devil in Disguise?

Suspicious Minds, Moody Blue

Rock was here to stay, and the king paved the way.

In the Ghetto or Cold Kentucky Rain,

From Memphis to Las Vegas, you know the name.

Elvis the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

Don’t Think Twice

Folk to rock, are you some kind of Judas?

Ramblin’ from Hibbing to the village, are you some kind of prophet?

Voice of a generation, the