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The Buddhist Third Class Junkmail. Peter wrote for Creem, a gig he'd scored not only with his writing chops but also through his friendship with the reigning bard of rock and roll journalism, Lester Bangs. To the air between us he offered up a pretty guitar with reverence, as if it were a holy artifact. A guitar with a rosewood neck, like Tom Verlaine's, he said proudly. Verlaine was the lead singer and guitarist in the band Television. I hadn't yet heard their music, which set Peter to shuffling through a pile of 45s as I continued inspecting the room. Above the stereo equipment...

Quark. The Young and the Restless was retitled "Nadia's Theme" when ABC's  Wide World of Sports used it in a montage during the 1976 Summer Olympics, where the Romanian Comăneci, then 14, scored several perfect 10s en route to three gold medals. The track earned Botkin a Grammy for best instrumental arrangement in 1977. Also among his credits were "Wichita Lineman," a big hit for Glen Campbell, and  "Rhythm of the Rain," which The Cascades took to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. He scored such films as They Only Kill Their Masters (1972),  Skyjacked (1972),  Tarzan the Ape M...