In which prominent Beat figures, writers and critics, historians and academics, fans and followers, talk about the relationship between that literary community and music
When my father, Neal, and my mother, Carolyn, would have friends visit our home in Los Gatos, California, in the '50s and '60s, they would play mostly jazz records. "Sketches of Spain" by Miles Davis I must have heard a gazillion times while trying to sleep. But I loved it. And Dad also loved rock & roll, especially Chuck Berry. I mean, songs like "Mabeleine" and "Nadine" described the story of his life! While he would be driving, when Chuck came on the AM dashboard radio, he would crank up the volume and crank the steering wheel back and forth to the beat of the music. I wasn't scared--I just laughed--but I had to hold on! Rock on...John Allen Cassady
Rock on indeed John Allen Cassady! Gonna go spin sketches of Spain to think about you and your family all together in Los Gatos.
Best regards from the cottage in Japan (by the way, did you check my video from the on the road scroll exhibit in Kobe?) There’s an interview here on Simon’s newsletter all about it
Some great name-checks, thoughtful musings and loads of similarities to my own preferences as well as some new names and artists to investigate. Thank you for another great dispatch
When my father, Neal, and my mother, Carolyn, would have friends visit our home in Los Gatos, California, in the '50s and '60s, they would play mostly jazz records. "Sketches of Spain" by Miles Davis I must have heard a gazillion times while trying to sleep. But I loved it. And Dad also loved rock & roll, especially Chuck Berry. I mean, songs like "Mabeleine" and "Nadine" described the story of his life! While he would be driving, when Chuck came on the AM dashboard radio, he would crank up the volume and crank the steering wheel back and forth to the beat of the music. I wasn't scared--I just laughed--but I had to hold on! Rock on...John Allen Cassady
Rock on indeed John Allen Cassady! Gonna go spin sketches of Spain to think about you and your family all together in Los Gatos.
Best regards from the cottage in Japan (by the way, did you check my video from the on the road scroll exhibit in Kobe?) There’s an interview here on Simon’s newsletter all about it
Some great name-checks, thoughtful musings and loads of similarities to my own preferences as well as some new names and artists to investigate. Thank you for another great dispatch