Cover -- Contents -- Foreword: The Rock Star as Meta phor Anthony DeCurtis -- Preface -- 1 Reflections on Stardom and Its Trajectories -- 2 Watching Elvis -- 3 James Brown: Self-Remade Man -- 4 Bob Dylan: The Artist -- 5 The Rolling Stones: Rebellion, Transgression, and Excess -- 6 The Grateful Dead: Alchemy, or Rock & Roll Utopia -- 7 Joni Mitchell: The Singer-Songwriter and the Confessional Persona -- 8 Bruce Springsteen: Trapped in the Promised Land -- Conclusion: Where Have All the Rock Stars Gone? -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.