. Just as when Gifford & Lee created Jack’s Book in the ’70s, and Allen Ginsberg did the Jack Summit in 1982 and all those documentaries were made — it was all because there were people alive who knew Jack well. Now there are very few. Here’s a list of Living People who either met Jack […]
People Who Knew Jack Kerouac and Are Still Alive
March 13th, 2018 · 4 Comments · Kerouac and The Beats, Merry Pranksters
Tags: Al Hinkle·Beat Generation·David Amram·George Walker·Gerd Stern·Jack Kerouac·John Cassady·Ken Babbs·Robert Frank
Ken Kesey at The Jack Kerouac Conference
April 19th, 2015 · 11 Comments · Hitchhiker's Guide to Jack Kerouac, Kerouac and The Beats, Merry Pranksters, Real-life Adventure Tales
Then Along Comes Kesey . . Excerpted from “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jack Kerouac” available now. I was well into Jack — and this whole conference kicked that up a few dozen notches — like it did everybody else — but The Chief and The Boys (the Grateful Dead) — those were the magic […]
Tags: Allen Ginsberg·Anne Waldman·Boulder Kerouac Conference 1982·Grateful Dead·Ken Babbs·Ken Kesey·The Hitchhiker's Guide to Jack Kerouac
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