Not Fade Away
The music, and namely three characters, Joshua, Donna, and the ghost in , are the most important elements to the book. The title alone is a song by the Grateful Dead, and throughout the entire book, music is present. George Gastin is out on the road the entire book, just like a "rolling stone," and the music is what keeps him upbeat and going. Whether George was chilling out listening to his bud Big Red Loco play the saxophone, or dancing in the car to Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, or Buddy Holly, the music was what made George feel good. George got into the music after a plane crash that claimed the lives of Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, and the Big Bopper, J.P. Richardson. He became ...
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in the book. Not only did these things make him feel good, but there was significance as well. When not listening to records on the record player that Donna gave him, George was listening to one of three radio stations, KRZY, KROM, or KRZE. The two stations KRZY, and KRZE obviously represent "crazy," which George was, "Hey you're my ghost,--you've got to be crazy too"(254). The other station, KROM, represents "to roam," and roam is what George did in the Big Bopper's Cadillac El Dorado. Along with the radio stations and their on-air personalities, the music plays a big role in Jim Dodge's novel.
The station KRZE brought George John Seasons, and Captain Midnight, whom George tuned into on All Hallow's Eve, KRZY allowed George to listen to his good friend, the Reverend Double-Gone Johnson, and KROM had a typical run-of-the-mill DJ, but they played the type of music George had been listening to the whole way. When the music was not playing, making George feel good, the ...
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