My book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation with the Ramones will be published by Rare Bird Books in early May. A book doesn't just happen by itself, so here are the contents of my book's acknowledgements pages, tippin' the top of the ol' glue tube to some of the many folks who helped me along the way. (And if my other completed book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) eventually manages to will itself into being, that book's acknowledgements page will be waaaaay longer....)
I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES: Acknowledgements
Aw, where to start? Big thanks to my former editor Jeff Tamarkin and my former managing editor Bonni Miller for the sheer magic they performed in presenting the original piece in 1994. Thanks to the Ramones' then-publicist Ida Langsam for arranging the interviews. And thanks, of course, to Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Marky Ramone, and C. J. Ramone for being so generous in sharing their time and recollections with me.
Thanks also to my former colleagues John M. Borack, Greg Loescher, Ken Sharp, and Maggie Thompson for their advice and encouragement. Thanks to Steve Coulter for introducing me to Tyson Cornell and Rare Bird Books, and thanks to Tyson and his entire Rare Bird team (including Alexandra Watts, Haile Johnson, and Kellie Kreiss) for making this dream come true.
When I did these interviews in 1994, there weren't a lot of Ramones reference books available. I made enthusiastic use of Jim Bessman's book Ramones: An American Band (St. Martin's Press, 1993). As the importance of the Ramones has become more widely recognized, Bessman's book has been supplemented by Monte A. Melnick and Frank Meyer's On the Road With the Ramones (Sanctuary Publishing, 2003), Mickey Leigh and Legs McNeil's I Slept With Joey Ramone: A Family Memoir (Touchstone, 2009), Everett True's Hey Ho Let's Go: The Story of the Ramones (Omnibus Press, 2002), and autobiographies by Johnny Ramone (Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone, Harry N. Abrams, 2012), Marky Ramone (Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone with Rich Herschlag, Atria Books, 2015), Richie Ramone (I Know Better Now: My Life Before, During, and after the Ramones with Peter Aaron, Backbeat, 2018), and Dee Dee Ramone (Poison Heart: Surviving the Ramones with Veronica Kofman, Helter Skelter Publishing, 1998, subsequently reissued as Lobotomy: Surviving the Ramones). There are more, and I'm delighted that Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation with the Ramones can join all of them on the book shelf.
Thanks also to my This is Rock 'n' Roll Radio cohost Dana Bonn and my friend Dave Murray. Thanks to my mom and dad, and my uncle Carl, all passed from this world, but their belief in me sustains me still. Thanks also to my brothers, Art and Rob, and to my sister, Denise. Special thanks to my daughter Meghan Jean Cafarelli for sharing her publishing expertise, and to my wife Brenda Nuremberg-Cafarelli for helping me transcribe the interviews, and for believing in me. Something to believe in? I believe in miracles, 'cause I'm one.
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| The dedication page from Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation with the Ramones |
My 1-2-3-4! miracle is at hand. Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation with the Ramones is due out May 9th. BYO Carbona.
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Carl's new book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones is now available for preorder, courtesy of the good folks at Rare Bird Books. Gabba Gabba YAY!!
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