Q: List some artists who have shaped your creative life. A: Okay, here are a few that just come to me for now: Kerouac, Dylan, Bukowski, Rod Serling, Don Van Vliet, Cantinflas, James Brown, Harry Belafonte, Ma Rainey, Big Mama Thornton, Howlin’ Wolf, Lead Belly, Lord Buckley, Mabel Mercer, Lee Marvin, Thelonius Monk, John Ford, Fellini, Weegee,... - http://ontheroad.tumblr.com/post...
Q: Can you tell me an odd thing that happened in an odd place? Any thoughts? A: A Japanese freighter had been torpedoed during WWII and it’s at the bottom of Tokyo Harbor with a large hole in her hull. A team of engineers was called together to solve the problem of raising the wounded vessel to the surface. One of the engineers tackling this... - http://ontheroad.tumblr.com/post...
Q: What are some sounds you like? A: 1. An asymmetrical airline carousel created a high pitched haunted voice brought on by the friction of rubbing and it sounded like a big wet finger circling the rim of a gigantic wine glass. 2. Street corner evangelists 3. Pile drivers in Manhattan 4. My wife’s singing voice 5. Horses coming/trains coming 6.... - http://ontheroad.tumblr.com/post...
Q: What’s heaven for you?
A: Me and my wife on Rte. 66 with a pot of coffee, a cheap guitar, pawnshop tape recorder in a Motel 6, and a car that runs good parked right by the door. - http://ontheroad.tumblr.com/post...
Q: List some songs that were beacons for you. A: Again, for now… but if you ask me tomorrow the list would change, of course. Gershwin’s second prelude, “Pathatique Sonata”, “El Paso”, “You’ve Really Got Me”, “Soldier Boy”, “Lean Back” , “Night Train”, “Come In My Kitchen”, “Sad Eyed Lady”, “Rite of Spring”, “Ode to Billy Joe”, “Louie Louie”,... - http://ontheroad.tumblr.com/post...