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Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Taylor, Steven; Wilson, Peter LambornPeter Lamborn Wilson and Lawrence Ferlinghetti reading, March, 1998. (March 7, 1998)

A Peter Lamborn Wilson and Lawrence Ferlinghetti reading with Wilson discussing Harry Smith in a talk he calls, "Praying in darkness." Wilson also discusses Chinese shamanism. Ferlinghetti reads with musical accompaniment by Steven Taylor. They perform "The greedy blues" and "The breeding blues," followed by a series of poems. The reading ends with "Are there not still fireflies" and "Rivers of light."


This audio is part of the collection: Naropa Poetics Audio Archives

Artist/Composer: Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Taylor, Steven; Wilson, Peter Lamborn
Date: 1998-03-07 00:00:00
Label / Recorded by: Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics

Creative Commons license: Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial

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Reviewer: Blank - - March 22, 2005
Subject: Wonderful Show
Great double bill. Wilson's portion is entertaining and illuminating. Ferlinghetti sings two songs with Stephen Taylor to great effect- he has a great voice and Taylor's guitar playing is very well suited. His poems are great too and benefit from his reading of them. Highly recommended!

0-24:20: Wilson's lecture on the resurgence of Shamanism, mostly Chinese.

24:20: Anne Waldman introduces Ferlinghetti
29:30: Ferlinghetti
1. Greedy Blues
2. Breeding Blues
Reads more of his poems, some from Far Rockaway of the Heart.

Ferlinghetti's performance is sweetly dedicated to Allen Ginsberg