So … oh man … I took a nap that afternoon and lived a dream where I stayed home and didn’t go to this show and regretted it later … then woke up to find it was only 3:30 in the afternoon! Insane. Follow your dreams, baby. God works in mysterious ways. It’s Toronto […]
Entries from June 2013
The Dr. John in Toronto Adventure
June 24th, 2013 · 20 Comments · Music, Real-life Adventure Tales
Tags: Brian Hassett·Dr. John·Dr. John in Toronto·drummer Reggie Jackson·Grateful Dead·John Cassady·Mavis Staples·New Orleans Jazz Fest·Sarah Morrow·the Rex in Toronto·The Weight·Toronto Jazz Fest·Walter Salles·Ziggy Modeliste
Who-all was there — Boulder ’82
June 18th, 2013 · 19 Comments · Hitchhiker's Guide to Jack Kerouac, Kerouac and The Beats, Real-life Adventure Tales
An excerpt from “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jack Kerouac” The Adventure of the Boulder ’82 On The Road Conference — Finding Kerouac, Kesey and The Grateful Dead Alive & Rockin’ in the Rockies I guess I haven’t mentioned who all was here yet . . . This was the biggest gathering of Beats […]
Tags: Abbie Hoffman·Allen Ginsberg·beat gatherings·Boulder Kerouac Conference 1982·Carolyn Cassady·Edie Kerouac·Gary Snyder·Gregory Corso·Hassett's Boulder book·Herbert Huncke·Jack Kerouac·Jan Kerouac·John Clellon Holmes·Ken Babbs·Ken Kesey·Michael McClure·Naropa Kerouac Conference·On The Road Conference 1982·Paul Gleason·Paul Krassner·Robert Frank·The Beat Generation