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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I thank all the students who passed through my course MUSC108 (History of Rock and R&B) at Wesleyan University, especially those who raised questions or were not shy about pointing out rookie errors. Their many hundreds of creative class projects (audio and video recordings and magazine articles) provided myself, themselves, and their peers I’m sure, with great entertainment and insight, with some song cover versions and rewrites surpassing the originals. Adult students in Wesleyan’s Graduate Liberal Studies Program and at the Cheshire Correctional Institution also provided valuable feedback on versions of this manuscript. The latter students were especially open about questioning what they read, and I thank them for their candor and directness. I thank John Bergeron, Noah Baerman, and my teaching assistants for their help with MUSC108.

My colleagues in the Music Department at Wesleyan University have provided a warm and inspiring environment, which has contributed greatly to my thinking about music. I thank Priya Charry for formatting all the figures; Suzanna Tamminen, director of Wesleyan University Press, for seeing this project through to completion; and the two anonymous peer reviewers, whose critical comments were invaluable in formulating revisions. I thank Dan for our many-decades-long conversation about the music covered here and, as always, Hannah, Priya, and Miriam for their support and for just being there.