Meat Puppets and the Lyrics of Curt Kirkwood from Meat Puppets II to No Joke!

Matthew Smith-Lahrman sheds light on the words of Curt Kirkwood, founding member and songwriter of the Meat Puppets, a pioneering rock 'n' roll band of the last four decades. A lyricist whom Rolling Stone writer Kurt Loder once rated alongside Bob Dylan, Kirkwood remains an important, yet overlooked songwriter.

Matthew Smith-Lahrman is a professor of sociology at Utah Tech University in St. George, Utah.

1 Introduction: The Lyrics of Curt Kirkwood 2 Meat Puppets II 3 Up on the Sun 4 Out My Way 5 Mirage 6 Huevos 7 Monsters 8 Forbidden Places 9 Too High to Die 10 No Joke! Conclusion