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He was 47 years old.
The Jack Kerouac tribute began on the afternoon of April 4th with a screening of the thirty-minute film “Pull My Daisy” by Robert Frank. He urged the audience to do the same. “I start off each day with a glass of cold water and a cold shower. Leo de Natale, reporter for The Beverly Times wrote, “Twenty years ago, the three were Bohemians, the beatniks.
Today, they are men in their forties lost in the shuffle of an age of acceptance.” de Natale continued that the two “spoke fondly of their departed friend Kerouac. Thiele left the record company over the dispute and received the master tape in the parting deal, the album finally officially released in June 1959.
Pat Thomas wrote liner notes for this new vinyl edition, although they haven’t ended up on the release; Rock and the Beat Generation made them available to read on Substack.
He was born in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1922 and spent much of his life there. At the time, McHale was teaching a course on “Jack Kerouac and the Beat Writers.” Kerouac passed away a few years prior in 1969, suffering from an esophageal hemorrhage, which was complicated due to cirrhosis. “I’d Rather Be Thin Than Famous” is full of good humour, a reminder that there is more to Kerouac than “tortured genius”.
Further Reading
“Jack Kerouac Goes Vinyl: a Sonic Journey into Kerouac’s Three LPs – Poetry for the Beat Generation; Blues and Haikus; and Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation”, Jonah Raskin, from Kerouac on Record, a Literary Soundtrack (2018).
New Kerouac sleeve notes #1: Pat Thomas (“Rock and the Beat Generation” Substack).
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A Tribute to Jack Kerouac
by Susan Edwards on 2023-11-14T08:59:00-05:00 | 0 Comments
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Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac, known as Jack Kerouac, was a novelist and poet of French-Canadian ancestry.
When Kerouac finally broke through with the release of “On The Road,” he was faced with challenges presented by the fame that followed as he tried to live up to the image portrayed in his novels and facing criticism from the literary establishment for being part of what was considered a fad. Corso stated that the men were able to survive the hostility they received and went on to become poets, whereas women were often institutionalized for their lack of conformity and submitted to electroshock treatment.
Here at times he reads excerpts of poems, including the engaging “I Had a Slouch Hat Too One Time” [a section from his poem “Orizaba 210 Blues” from his collection Book of Blues (1995)] and “The Wheel of the Quivering Meat Conception” [from the 211th chorus of Mexico City Blues (1959)].
Kerouac’s voice is warm and melodious, and he turns in some charming performances: “The Sounds of the Universe Coming in My Window” and “McDougal Street Blues” are brought alive by Kerouac’s fine descriptions of daily life.
Dir. Henri Ferrini
Kerouac – Other Resources:
The Kerouac Companion (character keys and family trees)
Gallery of On the Road covers from around the world
Gallery of Visions of Cody covers
More Kerouac book covers
List of recordings relating to Kerouac and Cassady
Kerouac Corner – An occasional column about Jack’s life and writings
Kerouac & The Outsider – A Puzzle
An interview with Kerouac’s friend, Henri Cru
An interview with Kerouac’s old buddy, Seymour Wyse
The Breton Traveller: Kerouac’s Search for his Roots
Published Interview Links:
Al Aronowitz interview – New York Post, March 1959
Paris Review interview – with Ted Berrigan & others, June 1967
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He never completed the book.He would go on to publish additional novels, many of which used settings based on Lowell – including “Doctor Sax,” “The Subterraneans,” “The Dharma Bums” and his final great work, “Big Sur.” He settled in Florida with his wife, Stella Sampas, and his mother, where he died in 1969 at age 47. He has been cited as an influence by countless writers and musicians, including The Doors, Bob Dylan, and Patti Smith.
Major Works of Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Correspondences
1950 The Town and The City
Harcourt Brace
1957 On the Road
Viking
1958 Dharma Bums
Viking
1958 The Subterraneans
Grove Press
1959 Mexico City Blues
Grove Press
1959 Maggie Cassidy
Avon Original
1959 Dr Sax
Grove Press
1959 Visions of Cody
Excerpts
750 Autographed Copies
New Directions Pub.
1960 Tristessa
Avon Books
1960 Lonesome Traveller
McGraw-Hill
1960 Scripture of The Golden Eternity
Corinth Books
1961 Book of Dreams
City Lights
1961 Pull My Daisy
Grove
1962 Big Sur
Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy
1963 Visions of Gerard
Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy
1965 Desolation Angels
Coward-McCann
1966 Satori In Paris
Grove Press
1968 Vanity of Duluoz
Coward-McCann
1971 Scattered Poems
City Lights
1971 Pic
Grove Press
1972 Visions of Cody
McGraw-Hill
1973 Trip Trap
Grey Fox Press
1977 Heaven and Other Poems
Grey Fox Press
1992 Poems All Sizes
City Lights
1993 Good Blonde and Others
Grey Fox Press
1993 ’61, ’64, ’93 Old Angel Midnight
Grey Fox Press
1995 Selected Letters 1940-1956
Viking
1995 Portable Jack Kerouac
Penguin Books
1995 Book of Blues
Penguin Books
1997 Some of The Dharma
Viking
1999 Selected Letters 1957-1969
Viking
1999 Atop an Underwood
Viking
2000 Door Wide Open
Viking
2000 Orpheus Emerged
I Books
2001 Book of Dreams
Complete
City Lights
2003 Book of Haikus
Penguin Books
2004 Departed Angels
Thunder’s Mouth Press
2004 Wind Blown World
Penguin Books
2005 Beat Generation
Thunder’s Mouth Press
2006 Book of Sketches
Penguin Poets
2007 On the Road, The Original Scroll
Viking
2007 Beatific Soul
Scala-NYPLibrary
2008 Wake Up
Viking
2008 On The Road, Ed RuschaLimited Edition
500 copies
Gagosian-Steidl
2008 And the Hippos Were
Boiled In Their Tanks
Grove Press
2009 Kerouac At Bat
NYPLibrary
2009 You’re Genius All The Time:
Belief and Technique for Modern Prose
Chronicle Books
2010 Kerouac Ascending
Cambridge Scholars Pub.
2010 Jack Kerouac/Allan Ginsberg
The Letters
Viking
2012 The Sea is My Brother
DaCapo
2012 Jack Kerouac Collected Poems
Library of America
2014 The Haunted Life
DaCapo
2015 Kerouac:Visions of Cody,Visions of Gerard, and Big Sur
Library of America Compilation
Video Links:
Kerouac interview on the Ben Hecht Show, October 1958
Kerouac on the Beats, 1959
Kerouac and the railroad lantern, 1959
Kerouac on Steve Allen Show, November 1959.
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Born Jean-Louis Kerouac, Kerouac is the most famous native son of Lowell, Massachusetts. Dir. David Stewart
The Source: The story of the Beat Generation (1999). It’s simply ‘feeling free’!”
Our Review: although there is no new material, this re-issue will undoubtedly appeal to collectors due to the new colour vinyl.
If you haven’t heard the album before, these are relaxed recordings of Kerouac reading to the backing of Steve Allen’s “cocktail” piano.
Allen Ginsberg, with his leg propped up on a table after suffering a break, remained a calming force in the group, despite persistent antagonizing by Corso.
The Boston Globe reported on the event, writing that Corso, “the tough-talking poet” had “berated the student audience with obscenities between tugs of Vodka.” Corso and Peter Orlovsky debated Kerouac’s drinking habits on stage.
Larry Kiley accompanied the reading on guitar. Peter Orlovsky quietly sewed in the corner.