Click the highlighted links to read or listen. Introduction Listen Duration: 3:17 Title: Introduction Time: 2005 Place: Ashland, Oregon Guests in order of appearance: Erroll Garner (The Best Things in Life are Free), Joan Baez (Oh, Freedom) and Two Old People (Ain't We Got Fun). Chapter One In which: Gerry finally decides to write the book he always told Ginny Good he was going to write about her someday. Duration: 35:26 Title: Ashland Time: 1999 Place: Ashland, Oregon Guests in order of appearance: The Beatles (A Day in the Life), Paul Scofield (King Lear), Love Theme from "The Godfather," Bing Crosby (Straight Down the Middle), Courtney Love (Doll Parts), Pete Seeger (Solidarity Forever), Marvin Gaye (Sexual Healing), Nine Inch Nails (Closer), Chris Isaak (Wicked Game) The Rolling Stones (Sweet Virginia) and The Beatles (Helter Skelter). Chapter Two In which: Ginny Good grows up in Del Mar. Duration: 27:01 Title: Del Mar Time: 1941-1962 Place: Del Mar, California, etc. Guests in order of appearance: The Beach Boys (Good Vibrations), Eartha Kitt (My Heart Belongs to Daddy), Mozart, The Beach Boys (I Get Around), Nancy Sinatra (Bang Bang), The Beatles (Piggies) and Patsy Cline (Crazy). Chapter Three Listen In which: Gerry grows up in Michigan, flunks out of high school and meets Elliot Felton. Duration: 28:12 Title: Royal Oak Time: 1942-1961 Places: Royal Oak, Michigan; San Mateo, California Guests in order of appearance: Theme from "The Lone Ranger," Theme from "Inner Sanctum," Theme from "X-Minus One," Theme from "The Shadow," Theme from "The Green Hornet," Introduction to Father Coughlin Radio Program, Mills Brothers (Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries), The Brothers Four (Greenfields), Theme from "Bambi," Spike Jones (I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus), Frank Sinatra (Young at Heart), Chuck Berry (Schooldays), Les Brown (Joltin' Joe DiMaggio), John F. Kennedy, Joe McCarthy, Robert Welch, The Coasters (Along Came Jones), Ella Fitzgerald (That Old Black Magic) and Ritchie Valens (Donna). Chapter Four In which: Gerry and Donna McKechnie have a high school romance. Duration: 39:25 Title: Fifteen Mile Time: 1959 Place: Royal Oak, Michigan Guests in order of appearance: Ray Charles (What'd I Say, Part 1), Dionne Warwick (What a Difference a Day Makes), Nervous Norvis (Transfusion), Chet Baker (My Funny Valentine), The Monotones (Who Wrote the Book of Love), Johnny Mathis (Chances Are), The Platters (Twilight Time), Donna McKechnie (The Music and the Mirror), Paul Anka (Puppy Love), Nat King Cole (Unforgettable), Carl Dobkins Jr. (My Heart is an Open Book), The Silhouettes (Get a Job), Jackie Wilson (Lonely Teardrops), Tommy Edwards (It's All in the Game), Brenda Lee (I'm Sorry), Mario Lanza (Oh, Holy Night), The Platters (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes), Donna McKechnie (Talking) and Ray Charles (What'd I Say, Part 2). Chapter Five In which: Gerry drowns his sorrows, works on a yacht in Newport Beach and gets to know Elliot. Duration: 21:27 Title: Pacifica Time: 1960-1961 Places: Royal Oak, Michigan; Pacifica, California; Newport Beach, California Guests in order of appearance: Ella Fitzgerald (But Not for Me), Lonnie Donnegan (Rock Island Line), The Kingston Trio (Greenback Dollar) and The Cadillacs (Speedo). Chapter Six Listen In which: Elliot proves to be somewhat weird. Duration: 26:56 Title: San Mateo Time: 1960-1962 Place: San Mateo, California Guests in order of appearance: Mitch Miller (The Yellow Rose of Texas), Andres Segovia (Guitarrero), Mozart (The Magic Flute), Yma Sumac (Voice of the Xtabay), Sam Cooke (Summertime), Miles Davis (Sketches of Spain) and Paul Newman (Plastic Jesus). Chapter Seven Listen In which: Gerry and Elliot meet Ginny Good at the Jazz Workshop. Duration: 23:57 Title: North Beach Time: New Year's Eve and Day, 1962-1963 Places: San Mateo and San Francisco, California Guests in order of appearance: Little Richard (Jenny, Jenny), Hank Williams (Your Cheatin' Heart), Righteous Brothers (Ebb Tide), Jerry Lee Lewis (Great Balls o' Fire), Allen Ginsberg, Leadbelly (In the Pines). Chapter Eight In which: Gerry takes a writing class from Gordon Lish. Duration: 19:22 Title: Coyote Point Time: 1963 Place: San Mateo Guests in order of appearance: Bobby Vinton (Blue Velvet), The Beatles (Paperback Writer), Mario Savio, Ken Kesey, Edith Piaf (Je Regret Jack). Chapter Nine In which: Gerry messes with a high school chick and gets a bouquet of flowers for Ginny. Duration: 16:23 Title: San Bruno Time: Spring, 1963 Place: San Bruno, California Guests in order of appearance: Dean Martin (Watching All the Girls Go By), The Everly Brothers (Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot), Marcels (Blue Moon), Little Richard (Saturday Night) and Elvis Presley (All Shook Up). Chapter Ten In which: Ginny and Gerry go out on a date and listen to The Magnificat. Duration: 45:36 Title: 45th Avenue Time: Spring, 1963 Place: San Francisco Guests in order of appearance: Nat King Cole (Mona Lisa), The Beatles (Love Me Do), Gene Chandler (Duke of Earl), Lesley Gore (It's My Party), The Rooftop Singers (Walk Right In), The Shirelles (Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow), The Beatles (She Loves You), The Beach Boys (Wipe Out) and J. S. Bach (The Magnificat). Chapter Eleven Listen In which: Ralph Wood and Gerry try to capitalize on the shooting of John F. Kennedy. Duration: 10:57 Title: Farmer's Market Time: November, 1963 Place: San Mateo Guests in order of appearance: Walter Chronkite, Charles Bukowski and William Burroughs. Chapter Twelve In which: Gerry messes with Marnie McCracken, Ginny messes with Jim Moss and Ginny and Gerry become boyfriend and girlfriend. Duration: 25:29 Title: Clayton Street Time: March, 1964 Places: San Mateo, San Francisco, California Guests in order of appearance: Bob Dylan (Ballad of a Thin Man), Larry Williams (Bonie Moronie), Charlie Parker (Now's the Time) and Bob Dylan (A Hard Rain's 'a Gonna Fall and Don't Think Twice). Chapter Thirteen In which: Ginny gets antsy and Gerry tries to find things to write books about. Duration: 30:27 Title: Stockton Street Time: Spring and Summer, 1964 Places: San Francisco, Tijuana, Mexico, El Paso, Texas, Jackson, Mississippi, New York, etc. Guests in order of appearance: Tony Bennett (I Left My Heart in San Francisco), Jack Kerouac, Bob Dylan (Just Like a Woman), Woody Guthrie (This Land is Your Land), The Kingston Trio (Tijuana Jail), Bob Dylan (Mr. Tamborine Man), Marty Robbins (El Paso), Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mississippi John Hurt (CC Rider), Bob Dylan (Talkin' New York Blues), T. S. Eliot (Practical Cats), Carl Orff (Carmina Burana) and Bob Dylan (Like a Rolling Stone and Blowin' in the Wind). Chapter Fourteen In which: Gerry and Ginny spend their first Christmas together. Duration: 20:43 Title: Pacific Heights Time: Fall, 1964 Place: San Francisco Guests in order of appearance: S. G. Porter (Hello, Central, Give Me Heaven), Dave Clark Five (Glad All Over), Gale Garnett (We'll Sing in the Sunhsine), The Beatles (Twist and Shout), Anais Nin, Josephine Baker (Some French Thing in French), Marilyn Monroe (Happy Birthday) and John Coltrane (Bye Bye Blackbird). Chapter Fifteen In which: Gerry tells Ginny's father she's nuts. Duration: 17:03 Title: Boulder Creek Time: Christmas, 1964 Place: Boulder Creek, California Guests in order of appearance: The Beach Boys (Silent Night), Vivaldi (Four Seasons, Autumn), Harry S Truman, Charles A. Lindbergh, Handel (For Unto Us a Child is Born from "The Messiah") and The Beach Boys (Auld Lang Sine). Chapter Sixteen In which: Elliot tries to steal Ginny from Gerry. Duration: 17:45 Title: Clift Hotel Time: January, 1965 Place: San Francisco Guests in order of appearance: Beethoven (Ninth Symphony) and Shirley Bassey (Goldfinger). Chapter Seventeen Listen In which: Ginny, Elliot and Gerry talk about Vietnam. Duration: 21:45 Title: Vietnam Time: January, 1965 Place: San Francisco Guests in order of appearance: Barry Sadler (Ballad of the Green Beret), Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (On Vietnam) and The McCoys (Hang on Sloopy) Chapter Eighhteen Listen In which: Elliot's father kills himself and Ginny goes off on a spree. Duration: 18:32 Title: Ocean Beach Time: February, 1965 Place: San Francisco Guests in order of appearance: Hank Williams (Never Get Out of this World Alive), Handel (Comfort Ye from "The Messiah"), Hank Williams (Moanin' the Blues), Douglas MacArthur, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jefferson Airplane (White Rabbit), Moby Grape (Naked if I Want To) and Quicksilver Messenger Service (Fresh Air). Chapter Nineteen In which: Ginny and Gerry take LSD in La Honda. Duration: 48:33 Title: La Honda Time: May, 1965 Place: La Honda, California Guests in order of appearance: The Beatles (Within You and Without You), Alexander Borodin (Polovtsian Dances from "Prince Igor"), Igor Stravinsky (The Rite of Spring), The Beatles (Tomorrow Never Knows) and Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar (Something Slick). Chapter Twenty In which: Ginny and Gerry get an apartment in Haight-Ashbury. Duration: 24:11 Title: Shrader Street Time: 1965-1966 Place: Haight-Ashbury Guests in order of appearance: The Beatles (Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey), Judy Collins (Clouds), Ron McKernan (Pigpen) and Igor Stravinsky (Petrushka). Chapter Twenty-One In which: Thulin and Wanda get married. Duration: 24:57 Title: Foghorn Fish-and-Chips Time: Fall, 1966 Place: Haight-Ashbury Guests in order of appearance: Jefferson Airplane (Somebody to Love), Grateful Dead (Little Schoolgirl), The Beatles (She's Leaving Home), Bob Dylan (Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands), Donovan (On This Lovely Day), Barry McGuire (Eve of Destruction), Dr. Hook (Picture on the Cover of Rolling Stone) and Simon and Garfunkle (Sound of Silence). Chapter Twenty-Two In which: Ginny and Gerry meet up with Elliot again. Duration: 20:55 Title: Haight Street Time: Spring, 1967 Place: Haight-Ashbury Guests in order of appearance: Grateful Dead (Walk Me Out in the Morning Dew), Mozart (Something), Chubby Checker (The Twist), Procol Harum (Whiter Shade of Pale), Jerry Garcia (Laughing), Timothy Leary (Dying) and Neal Cassidy (Talking Fast and Slow). Chapter Twenty-Three Listen In which: Gerry wants to dump Ginny. Duration: 27:38 Title: Golden Gate Park Time: Fall, 1967 Place: Haight-Ashbury Guests in order of appearance: Jefferson Airplane (Coming Back to Me), Scott McKenzie (If You're Going to San Francisco), Simon and Garfunkle (59th Street Bridge), Jimi Hendrix (Purple Haze), Bob Dylan (Rainy Day Woman 12 & 35), Lovin' Spoonful (Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind), Peter, Paul and Mary (Where Have All the Flowers Gone) and The Beatles (In My Life). Chapter Twenty-Four In which: Ginny gets her ass thrown in jail. Duration: 23:26 Title: Speedway Meadown Time: Fall, 1967 Place: San Francisco Guests in order of appearance: The Beatles (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band), Janis Joplin (Cry, Baby and Piece of My Heart) and Ray Charles (Amazing Grace). Chapter Twenty-Five In which: Ginny, Gerry and Elliot all live together in Marin County with unhappy consequences. Duration: 29:27 Title: Kentfield Time: 1968 Place: Kentfield, California Guests in order of appearance: Gene Autry (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), Janis Joplin (Oh, Lord, Won't You Buy Me a Mercedez-Benz), Leonard Cohen (Suzanne), Carlos Montoya (Flamenco Dance), Richard Harris (Camelot), Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (Helpless), Bing Crosby (Silver Bells), Judy Garland (Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas), Placido Domingo (Ave Maria). Chapter Twenty-Six In which: Gerry meets Melanie and they like each other. Duration: 24:33 Title: Cole Street Time: Spring, 1969 Place: San Francisco Guests in order of appearance: Billie Holiday (Billie's Blues), The Beatles (Something, Here Comes the Sun and Golden Slumbers), Odetta (Another Man Done Gone), The Association (Windy) and The Kingston Trio (The Lion Sleeps Tonight). Chapter Twenty-Seven Listen In which: Gerry and Melanie have a sad day. Duration: 17:34 Title: Sutro Heights Time: Summer, 1969 Place: San Francisco Guests in order of appearance: Moody Blues (Nights in White Satin), The Beatles (Yesterday) and Linda Ronstadt (When Will I Be Loved). Chapter Twenty-Eight In which: Gerry and Melanie have a happy day. Duration: 19:49 Title: The Garden of Eden Time: 1971-1972 Place: Burlingame, California Guests in order of appearance: The Rolling Stones (You Can't Always Get What You Want), Joe Cocker (Leave Your Hat On), Led Zeppelin (Whole Lotta Love), Melanie (Ruby Tuesday), The Moody Blues (Tuesday Afternoon) and The Beatles (Fixing A Hole). Chapter Twenty-Nine Listen In which: Ginny and Elliot come for a visit and Gerry and Melanie end up in jail. Duration: 18:39 Title: Burlingame Time: Summer, 1972 Place: Burlingame, California Guests in order of appearance: Billie Holiday (I'm Going To Love You Like Nobody's Loved You), William Faulkner (Nobel Speech), Janis Joplin (Maryjane) and Donovan (Season of the Witch). Chapter Thirty In which: Gerry dumps Melanie and visits Ginny in Colorado. Duration: 18:47 Title: Manitou Springs Time: Summer, 1973 Place: Manitou Springs, Colorado Guests in order of appearance: Lightnin' Hopkins (Found My Baby Crying), The Rolling Stones (Paint It Black), Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Handel (Hallelujah Chorus from "The Messiah") and The Rolling Stones (Dead Flowers and Midnight Rambler). Chapter Thirty-One In which: Melanie dumps Gerry. Duration: 28:37 Title: Sacramento Time: Late Summer, 1973 Place: Sacramento, California Guests in order of appearance: Tom Waits (Another Man's Vine), Bob Dylan (Lay Lady Lay) and The Rolling Stones (Angie). Chapter Thirty-Two In which: Elliot and Ginny off themselves. Duration: 35:47 Title: Hillsborough Time: 1982 Places: San Francisco and Hillsborough, California Guests in order of appearance: Robert Johnson (Love in Vain), Willie Nelson (Unchained Melody), Mozart (Something), Ray Charles (Take These Chains from My Heart), James Taylor (Fire and Rain), Johnny Cash (I Walk the Line) and Miles Davis (Sketches of Spain). Chapter Thirty-Three In which: Gerry's dad dies and is buried. Duration: 35:50 Title: Scenic Hills Time: Summer, 1990 Places: San Francisco, Ashland, Oregon Guests in order of appearance: Bette Middler (The Rose) and Leon Redbone (The One Rose). Chapter Thirty-Four In which: Melanie thinks Ginny and Elliot are still nuts even though they have been dead for a long, long time. Duration: 14:06 Title: Colma Time: September, 1988 Place: Colma, California Guests in order of appearance: Willie Nelson (September Song), Frank Sinatra (High Hopes), Art Garfunkle (Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet), Yma Sumac (Voice of the Xtabay) and Jimminy Cricket (When You Wish Upon a Star). Chapter Thirty-Five Listen In which: Gerry finally finishes writing the book he always told Ginny he was going to write about her someday. Duration: 16:04 Title: I-5 Time: 2002 Place: Ashland, Oregon Guests in order of appearance: The Beatles (When I'm Sixty-Four, Let It Be and The End) and J. S. Bach (Amen from "The Magnificat").