Daddy Dee Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 http://www.thelandsalmon.com/lifestyle/jack-kerouac-explains-on-the-road.html I read On the Road, last year, on the fiftieth anniversary of it's publishing in 1957. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clipped and Shorn Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 In that era there was already a tradition of reading to jazz. I remember attending a live concert of the great poet Kenneth Patchen reading with the Chamber Jazz Sextet. A few years later Ken Nordine's "Word Jazz" became a popular phenomenon. Kerouac had always been a huge jazz fan and attended the early jam sessions at the birth of modern jazz. There are many recordings which document all of this. Fun stuff. c&s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsear Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Does anyone remember when the group "Blue Cheer" did a live performance of Summertime Blues on a Steve Allen show? It was outrageous. Steve was cool but not quite prepared for what happened. They had the stage stacked floor to ceiling, side to side, with speakers. They must have parted the scalp on people in the next building. Steve kept this dumbfounded grin going through the entire performance and congratulated everyone on surviving it when done. I met Steve Allen when I was 18. A nice guy and a real gentleman, always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 No I missed that, or would have remembered as was into Blue Cheer LP called Vincebus Eruptum which had that song. Stack of Marshall Amps was their style. Good early 3 piece hard rock/psychadelic super long-hair group. Steve Allen a funny guy, his rating probably went high with younger set. LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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