Little Deuce Coupe

When writing about somebody’s life I often think of this quote from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Many stories are told of Zaphod Beeblebrox’s journey to the Frogstar. 10% of them are 95% true, 14% of them are 65% true, 35% of them are only 5% true, and all...

Baby, Let Me Follow You Down

First off, the answer is no — there is no recording of Lou Reed singing Bob Dylan’s “Baby, Let Me Follow You Down” in 1963. But it happened, according to Richard Mishkin, who played piano and bass in Lou’s college band LA and the Eldorados: Lou idolized Dylan when...