Beats & Bohos

Beret? Check. Beard? Check. Bongos? Check and check. OK cats, time to explore the life beatific. Get ready to move your bodhi, shake your (dharma) bum, untether your inner Maynard G Krebs and hit the road to Hipsville, capital of the state of Nirvana, calling at North Beach, Venice Beach, Newquay beach, Greenwich Village, Soho and the Latin Quarter of gay Paree. And to guide you on your trip, we’ve pulled together a collection of some of the coolest kooks ever to slick down a lick and deliver a stanza bonanza. Now, over to your Uncle Jack who’s just itchin’ to set the scene…. 1 Jack Kerouac-Fantasy:The Early History Of Bop 2 Dizzy Gillespie-Salt Peanuts 3 Lord Buckley-The Train 4 Eden Ahbez-The Wanderer 5 Ken Nordine-Spectrum 6 Eddy Arnold-Hep Cat Boogie 7 The Champs-Beatnik 8 Harry Partch-The Letter 9 Ken Colyer’s Skiffle Group-downbound Train 10 The Vipers Skiffle Group-don’t You Rock Me Dadddy-o 11 Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band-Bad Penny Blues 12 Adam Faith-The Beat Girl Song 13 Brian Fahey-Street Of A Thousand Bongo’s 14 Rikky Baron-Angry Young Man 15 Christopher Logue / Tony Kinsey-Lithe Girl, Brown Girl 16 Cleo Laine-Let’s Slip Away 17 Eric The Beatnik-Beatnik philosophy 18 Davy Graham & Alexis Korner-3/4 A.D 19 Wizz Jones-Hard Times In Newquay 20 The Pines-Espresso 21 The Enchanters-Cafe Bohemian 22 Virginia Vee-Le Temps De La Boheme 23 Serge Gainsbourg-Requim Pour Un Twisteur 24 King Timothy-Gerrard Street 25 Lyn Cornell-African Waltz 26 Kenny Graham-Soho At Dawn 27 Local Counsellor-Beatniks In Newquay 28 Louis Armstrong-Beat Generation