This edition of Stranger Songs marks the centennial of the birth of beat poet and novelist Jack Kerouac. 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 mother tongue was French and he didn’t learn to speak English until he went to school at age six. Despite being born in the U.S., Kerouac identified as Canadian.
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| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy 
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| In the 1990s, the late Kate McGarrigle worked on – but didn’t quite finish – a musical about Jack Kerouac. From that musical, "Jacques et Gilles," is about the French Canadians – like Kerouac’s parents – who migrated to New England in the early years of the 20th century. |
| Jacques et Gilles Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Matapedia - Hannibal
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| October in the Railroad Earth Jack Kerouac with Steve Allen - The Kerouac Collection: Poetry for the Beat Generation - Rhino
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| October in the Railroad Earth Tom Russell - October in the Railroad Earth - Frontera |
| MacDougal Street Blues Jack Kerouac with Steve Allen - The Kerouac Collection: Poetry for the Beat Generation - Rhino
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| Bohemian Cowboy Blues Jimmy LaFave - Blue Nightfall - Red House |
| Goofing at the Table Jack Kerouac with Steve Allen - The Kerouac Collection: Poetry for the Beat Generation - Rhino
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| Washington D.C. Blues Jack Kerouac with The David Amram Ensemble - Jack Kerouac reads On the Road - Rykodisc
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| Pull My Daisy David Amram with Lynn Sheffield - No More Walls - Flying Fish |
| Stella Kerouac Bob Martin - The River Turns the Wheel - Riversong |
| Babes in the Woods Lyle Lovett - Step Inside This House - Curb/MCA |
| Jack & Neal/California Here I Come Tom Waits - Foreign Affairs - Elektra |
| The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty Aztec Two-Step - Live at Caffé Lena: Music from America’s Legendary Coffeehouse 1967-2013 - Tompkins Square |
| Readings from “On the Road” and “Visions of Cody” Jack Kerouac with Steve Allen - The Kerouac Collection: Poetry for the Beat Generation - Rhino
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| Intro Dean Moriarty/Dean Moriarty Eric Taylor - Live at The Red Shack - Blue Ruby |
| fragment of The Stranger Song Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen - Columbia/Legacy
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That was different, Mike. Great listen!
6:34 PM, March 10th, 2022