Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU in Ottawa on Tuesday afternoons from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.
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Theme: Jack Kerouac at 100
This week is the centennial of the birth of Jack Kerouac, the great beat novelist and poet. Kerouac, who died in 1969 at age 47 from a hemorrhage caused by cirrhosis due to long-term alcoholism, was born Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac to French Canadian parents in Lowell, Massachusetts on March 12th, 1922. Kerouac’s parents were among the nearly one million French Canadians who migrated from Quebec to the New England states to find work there between 1840 and 1930. Kerouac’s mother tongue was French and he didn’t learn to speak English until he went to school at age six. And, apparently, despite being born in the U.S., Kerouac identified as Canadian.
In the 1990s, the late Kate McGarrigle worked on – but didn’t finish – a musical about Jack Kerouac. “Jacques et Gilles” is about French Canadians – like Kerouac’s parents – who migrated to New England.
Kate & Anna McGarrigle- Jacques et Gilles
Matapedia (Hannibal)
Jack Kerouac with Steve Allen- October in the Railroad Earth
The Kerouac Collection: Poetry for the Beat Generation (Rhino)
Tom Russell- October in the Railroad Earth
October in the Railroad Earth (Frontera)
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| Mike Regenstreif & Jimmy LaFave (2017) |
Jack Kerouac with Steve Allen- MacDougal Street Blues
The Kerouac Collection: Poetry for the Beat Generation (Rhino)
Jimmy LaFave- Bohemian Cowboy Blues
Blue Nightfall (Red House)
Jack Kerouac with Steve Allen- Goofing at the Table
The Kerouac Collection: Poetry for the Beat Generation (Rhino)
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| Mike Regenstreif & David Amram (2017) |
Jack Kerouac with The David Amram Ensemble- Washington D.C. Blues
Jack Kerouac reads On the Road (Rykodisc)
David Amram with Lynn Sheffield- Pull My Daisy
No More Walls (Flying Fish)
Bob Martin- Stella Kerouac
The River Turns the Wheel (Riversong)
Lyle Lovett- Babes in the Woods
Step Inside This House (Curb/MCA)
Tom Waits- Jack & Neal/California Here I Come
Foreign Affairs (Elektra)
Aztec Two-Step- The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty
Live at Caffé Lena: Music from America’s Legendary Coffeehouse 1967-2013 (Tompkins Square)
Jack Kerouac with Steve Allen- Readings from “On the Road” and “Visions of Cody”
The Kerouac Collection: Poetry for the Beat Generation (Rhino)
Eric Taylor- Intro Dean Moriarty/Dean Moriarty
Live at the Red Shack (Blue Ruby)
Next week: Garden Songs
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--Mike Regenstreif
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