American journalist
Robert Greenfield (born 1946) is an American author, journalist and screenwriter.
Career
Greenfield began his career as a sports writer. He has published book reviews in
New West magazine and
The New York Times Book Review .
From 1970 to 1972, Greenfield was employed as an associate editor with
Rolling Stone ' s London bureau. During this time he interviewed numerous musicians and writers, including
Jack Bruce ,
John Cale ,
[1]
Neil Young ,
Elton John ,
Nico ,
[1] the
Rolling Stones ,
Jackie Lomax ,
Leon Russell ,
Stone the Crows ,
Woody Allen
[2] and
Germaine Greer .
[3] His 1971 interview with
Keith Richards in the south of France at Villa
Nellcôte ,
Villefranche-sur-Mer , was included in Exile , a collection of photographs by
Dominique Tarlé (
Genesis Publications ; 2001).
Greenfield was a popular music critic for
Boston After Dark .
[4] He was an adjunct professor of composition and literature at the
University of San Francisco , and has also taught at
Chapman University and
Cabrillo College .[
citation needed ]
Prior to joining Rolling Stone , he worked as a freelance journalist for Eye and
Cavalier . A 1969 Eye article profiled early
free-form radio at
WFMU in
East Orange, New Jersey and other locations.
[5]
Esquire ,
Playboy , and
GQ have published his short fiction.
Greenfield writes primarily on
pop culture , and has published two novels. His first novel was Haymon’s Crowd (1978). Temple (1983) is a semi-autobiographical book and play about a young man who is the grandson of a Holocaust survivor and obsessed with
soul music .
In 2000, his one-man play, Bill Graham Presents , ran at the Canon Theater in Los Angeles. It was based on the biography Greenfield co-wrote about the rock music promoter.
Ron Silver played
Graham .
Personal life
Greenfield lives in
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California .
Bibliography and filmography
Non-fiction
S.T.P.: A Journey Through America With the
Rolling Stones (1974)
The Spiritual Supermarket: An Account of Gurus Gone Public In America (1975)
Bill Graham Presents: My Life Inside Rock and Out (1992; with
Bill Graham )
Dark Star: An Oral Biography of
Jerry Garcia (1997)
Timothy Leary : A Biography (2006)
Exile on Main St.: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones (2006)
A Day in the Life: One Family, the Beautiful People, & the End of the Sixties (2009; a biography of British socialites
Tommy Weber and Susan Coriat )
The Last Sultan: The Life and Times of
Ahmet Ertegun (2012)
Ain't It Time We Said Goodbye: The Rolling Stones on the Road to Exile (2014; memoir of
The Rolling Stones UK Tour 1971 )
Bear: The Life and Times of Augustus
Owsley Stanley III (2016)
Mother American Night: My Life in Crazy Times (2018; with
John Perry Barlow )
Novels
Haymon’s Crowd (1978)
Temple (1983)
Plays
Temple
Bill Graham Presents (2000)
Television and film
Awards
References
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Robert Greenfield (1971-02-18).
"Philm Freax: John Cale & Nico, "Shards of Velvet Afloat in London" " . Ibiblio.org. Retrieved 2014-07-17 .
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Robert Greenfield (1971-09-30).
"Philm Freax: 7 Interviews with Woody Allen, Nº 1" . Ibiblio.org. Retrieved 2014-07-17 .
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Robert Greenfield (1971-01-07).
"Philm Freax: Germaine Greer, "A Groupie in Women's Lib" " . Ibiblio.org. Retrieved 2014-07-17 .
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"Bibliography, TV, Mini-series and Film, Other Work, and a List of Books by Author Robert Greenfield" . paperbackswap.com . Retrieved 2016-05-30 .
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"Turned-On Radio: The New Wave: A place on the dial -- a state of mind -- new sounds ..." , Eye magazine, November, 1969. Retrieved 2010-12-26.
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The '60s . 1999-09-19.
OCLC
41974757 – via
WorldCat .
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"The '60s" . EW.com .
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"THE '60S" .
Free Online Library .
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"Past Winners" . Jewish Book Council . Retrieved 2020-01-19 .
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