"Thelonious was so weird he wandered the twilight streets of Harlem in winter with no hat on his hair, sweating, blowing fog.- In his head he heard it all ringing. Often he heard whole choruses by Lester or Bird or Dizzy or Bags."

#Kerouac

"The moon paled, the river sobbed, a mental breeze bowed down the trees."
- Wake Up by Jack Kerouac

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Gunther's Tap Room is a jazzy song that pays tributes to one of the last watering holes Jack Kerouac frequented while living with his mother in Northport, Long Island.

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to fall off a mountain
may be impossible but
first you must climb it

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“So shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless and don't be sorry..."
- Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac

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"Bob Dylan & Allen Ginsberg visit Jack #Kerouac’s Grave in the poet’s hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts in 1975.

Ginsberg reads from from Mexico City Blues a collection of Kerouac’s poetry that influenced Dylan in the 1950’s. " (Originally posted by "RoadTrip New England ")
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