. Here’s some video from various “Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jack Kerouac” appearances . . . in the order the pieces appear in the book . . . Here’s a whole bunch of clips in one YouTube Playlist in the sequence they appear in the book . . . 🙂 . Here’s a great group […]
Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jack Kerouac videos
November 16th, 2015 · 4 Comments · Brian on YouTube etc., Hitchhiker's Guide to Jack Kerouac, Kerouac and The Beats, Music, Real-life Adventure Tales
Tags: Jack Kerouac·Jerry Garcia·Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!·Mark T Band·The Hitchhiker's Guide to Jack Kerouac
Jerry Garcia Band in Toronto
June 16th, 2014 · 27 Comments · Grateful Dead, Music, Real-life Adventure Tales, Weird Things About Me
Not Fade Away — Birthday Adventure 2014 The start of the Adventure. Just home from the 5-show birthday blow-out! Sheesh! Started with New Orleans’ Soul Rebels outdoors in a park with my New Orleans Soul Brother Ross Perlmutter. The funky brass-n-drums combo were joined for some songs by Toronto’s own frontline horndogs […]
Tags: Jerry Garcia·Jerry Garcia Band·Linsmore Tavern·Mark Thackway·Soul Rebels
Spring Peace piece
May 27th, 2014 · 14 Comments · Grateful Dead, Poetry
Spring Peace piece . Gonna ring a big ding Calling out from Sing-Sing Gonna have a spring fling Kinda have an inkling Everything is gonna sell Comin’ out the dripping well Middle East a burning hell Clanging morning warning bell. The toast is up, the jam is done Twisted people think it’s fun Blowin’ […]
Tags: Dalai Lama·Jerry Garcia·John Lennon·Martin Luther King·Sgt. Pepper
Festival Express
April 24th, 2011 · 12 Comments · Grateful Dead, Movies, Music
Here’s an article I wrote on the film Festival Express, published in Relix Magazine, April 2004. Drivin’ That Train . . . The Festival Express Rolls Again After 30 Years by Brian Hassett “That was the best time I’ve had in rock and roll,” said Jerry Garcia. “There were no straight people.” In the summer […]
Tags: Eddie Kramer·Festival Express·Festival Express movie·Festival Express train trip·Grateful Dead·great rock documentaries·Hassett's Festival Express review·Janis Joplin·Jerry Garcia·Ken Walker·Mickey Hart