Episode 3.22 // True He’s Gone: The Disappearance of Jim Sullivan

In 1975, Jim Sullivan had all the potential of a classic rocker on the verge of making it big. After the release of his sophomore album, while driving from LA to Nashville, he disappeared somewhere in the New Mexico desert. Did he run afoul of the law? Did he get mixed up with a dangerous mafia family? Or did Jim Sullivan somehow foreshadow his own disappearance with an album he wrote, titled, UFO?

SOURCES:

• Jim Sullivan, a Rock ’n’ Roll Mystery... - Rebecca Bengal - The New York Times - Nov 14, 2019

• Jim Sullivan - Martin Winfree - Under Appreciated Rock Artists and Bands - Oct 2011

• Light In The Attic Docs Presents: The Jim Sullivan Story

• I’ve Been Born a Million Times… Jim Sullivan (1972) - Aquarium Drunkard - June 2022

• Notes on Jim Sullivan's Disappearance - Barbara Sullivan (Obtained by NY Times) - March 27, 1975

• The Strange Tale of Jim Sullivan's U.F.O. - Matt Sullivan - Aquarium Drunkard - Nov 10, 2010

• Mystery and History… Tale of Jim Sullivan - A.D. Amorosi - Flood Magazine - November 27, 2019

• Searching for Sullivan - Aquarium Drunkard - LA Review of Books - Feb 17, 2016

• Matt Sullivan of Light in the Attic Records - KEXP - Jun 13, 2018

TRANSCRIPT:

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