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Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness

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Released
  
April 8, 1997

Length
  
79:30

Producer
  
Jim Sampas

Genre
  
Spoken Word

Label
  
Rykodisc

Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness is a 1997 spoken word tribute album featuring late Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac's work performed by various artists. Notable performers include: Michael Stipe, Allen Ginsberg, Hunter S. Thompson, Johnny Depp, and Patti Smith. Ginsberg's performance of "The Brooklyn Bridge Blues" is missing the final tenth chorus. This was due to a faxing machine error which stuck the last pages together when Ginsberg was faxed the lyrics. The final chorus is read by Eric Andersen instead, recorded on a DAT recorder from the Brooklyn Bridge.

Contents

Track listing

All poetry/lyrics written by Jack Kerouac

  1. Kerouac (Morphine) - 2:54
  2. Bowery Blues (Lydia Lunch) - 1:55
  3. My Gang (Michael Stipe) - 2:23
  4. Dream: "Us Kids Swim off a Gray Pier..." (Steven Tyler) - 1:34
  5. Letter to William S. Burroughs & Ode to Jack Hunter S. Thompson (Hunter S. Thompson) - 1:41
  6. Skid Row Wine (Maggie Estep, The Spitters) - 5:51
  7. America's New Trinity of Love: Dean, Brando, Presley (Richard Lewis) - 6:06
  8. Dream: "On a Sunny Afternoon..." (Lawrence Ferlinghetti & Helium) - 2:04
  9. MacDougal Street Blues (Jack Kerouac, Joe Strummer) - 2:48
  10. The Brooklyn Bridge Blues (Choruses 1-9) (Allen Ginsberg) - 5:47
  11. Hymn (Eddie Vedder, Campbell 2000, Sadie 7) - 3:12
  12. Old Western Movies (William S. Burroughs, Tomandandy) - 2:32
  13. Silly Goofball Poems (Juliana Hatfield) - 4:02
  14. The Moon (John Cale) - 3:01
  15. Madroad Driving (Johnny Depp, Come) - 3:28
  16. Have You Ever Seen Anyone Like Cody Pomeray? (Robert Hunter) - 3:48
  17. Letter to John Clellon Holmes (Lee Ranaldo, Dana Colley) - 2:36
  18. Pome on Doctor Sax (Anna Domino) - 1:45
  19. Mexico Rooftop (Robert Buck, Danny Chauvin) - 1:25
  20. The Last Hotel (Patti Smith, Thurston Moore, Lenny Kaye) - 3:47
  21. Running Through-Chinese Poem Song (Warren Zevon, Michael Wolff) - 3:34
  22. Woman (Jim Carroll, Lee Ranaldo, Lenny Kaye) - 2:25
  23. Loneliness, Mexican (Matt Dillon, Joey Altruda, Joe Gonzalez) - 3:19
  24. Angel Mine (Inger Lorre, Jeff Buckley) - 5:24
  25. The Brooklyn Bridge Blues (Chorus 10) (Eric Andersen) - 1:59

Personnel

  • Duncan Aldrich - Engineer
  • Joey Altruda - Bass, Performer
  • Eric Andersen - Engineer, Performer
  • Chris Anderson - Mixing
  • Mark Ashwill - Vocals
  • Lonnie Bedell - Engineer, Mixing
  • Ash Bowie - Guitar
  • Chris Brokaw - Marxophone
  • Bill Bronson - Bass
  • Robert Buck - Guitar, Performer
  • Jeff Buckley - Guitar, Sitar, Performer, Mouth Sax
  • Owen Burkett - Engineer
  • William S. Burroughs - Performer
  • Danny Caccavo - Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
  • John Cale - Keyboards, Vocals, Engineer, Performer, Mixing
  • Pablo Calogero - Saxophone, Performer
  • Jim Carroll - Vocals
  • Daniel Chauvan -Vocals, Performer
  • Dana Colley - Saxophone, Performer, Mixing
  • Come - Performer
  • Billy Conway - Drums
  • David Cook - Engineer, Mixing
  • Kevin Coultas - Percussion, Drums
  • Johnny Depp - Vocals, Performer
  • Shawn Devlin
  • Matt Dillon - Vocals
  • Anna Domino - Keyboards, Vocals, Engineer, Performer
  • Louis Echavarria - Drums
  • Maggie Estep - Vocals
  • Lawrence Ferlinghetti - Vocals
  • Allen Ginsberg - Performer, Photography
  • Joe Gonzalez - Percussion, Performer
  • Juliana Hatfield - Vocals, Performer
  • Robert Hunter - Vocals, Engineer, Performer
  • Hillary Johnson - Engineer, Mixing
  • Lenny Kaye - Guitar, Performer
  • Jack Kerouac - Vocals (background), Engineer, Performer
  • Ingo Krauss - Engineer, Mixing
  • Richard Lewis - Performer
  • Tom Lewis - Engineer, Mixing
  • Barbara Longo - Design
  • Inger Lorre - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Performer
  • Lydia Lunch - Engineer, Performer
  • Roy Mayorga - Engineer, Mixing
  • Dan McLaughlin - Engineer, Mixing
  • Thurston Moore - Guitar, Performer
  • Morphine - Performer
  • Richard Norris - Beatbox
  • Tim O'Heir - Engineer, Mixing
  • Tara Jane O'Neil - Bass
  • Ann Pope - Engineer
  • Lee Ranaldo - Guitar, Vocals, Performer, Associate Producer
  • Jim Sampas - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
  • Mark Sandman - Vocals, Engineer, Mixing
  • Anton Sanko - Keyboards, Performer
  • Kevin Shirley - Engineer, Mixing
  • Patti Smith - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
  • Ralph Steadman - Illustrations
  • Michael Stipe - Organ, Vocals, Performer
  • Joe Strummer - Synthesizer, Bass, Guitar, Engineer, Performer, Mixing
  • Hunter S. Thompson - Performer
  • Wharton Tiers - Engineer, Mixing
  • Mary Timony - Keyboards, Vocals, Xylophone, Mixing
  • Tomandandy - Performer
  • Steven Tyler - Vocals (background), Vocals, Performer
  • Eddie Vedder - Performer
  • Peter Weiss - Engineer, Mixing
  • Tony White - Saxophone
  • Bruce Witkin - Engineer, Mixing
  • Michael Wolff - Piano, Performer
  • Thalia Zedek - Clarinet, Guitar, Vibraslap
  • Warren Zevon - Vocals, Performer

    • References

    Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness Wikipedia
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