David Amram Remembers Jack Kerouac
[David Amram and Allen Ginsberg with Jack Kerouac and Larry Rivers at a diner – during the making of Pull My Daisy, 1959 – Photograph by John Cohen]
Continuing our celebration of his 87th birthday
David Amram Remembers Jack Kerouac
This initial piece was originally written in 1969 for Evergreen Review, and published early in 1970 at the request of publisher Barney Rosset as an obituary for Kerouac
I used to see Jack often at the old Five Spot in the beginning of 1957, when I was working there. I knew he was a writer, and all musicians knew … Read More