Amazing chronicle--Thank you. Your uncle was an endlessly fascinating character. I enjoyed particularly the cultural history of the infatuation with motorcycle culture. I met Allen Ginsberg one day on the UT campus around 1977 right after I had read Hunter Thompson's "Hell's Angels," where Ginsberg is mentioned several times. I asked him how he happened to come to hang out with such a brazenly vicious bunch of crazies as the Angels. He basically said that early on, the counterculture bought into their mystique of rebel coolness--until they knew better. I guess that was pre-Altamont. And by the way, you're absolutely right about "The Bikeriders"--an instant classic.
This is the coolest and most fascinating cat. He did it all. You'll love reading all the different adventures he lived in the book, Philip's Shadow. I highly recommend it.
Amazing chronicle--Thank you. Your uncle was an endlessly fascinating character. I enjoyed particularly the cultural history of the infatuation with motorcycle culture. I met Allen Ginsberg one day on the UT campus around 1977 right after I had read Hunter Thompson's "Hell's Angels," where Ginsberg is mentioned several times. I asked him how he happened to come to hang out with such a brazenly vicious bunch of crazies as the Angels. He basically said that early on, the counterculture bought into their mystique of rebel coolness--until they knew better. I guess that was pre-Altamont. And by the way, you're absolutely right about "The Bikeriders"--an instant classic.
This is the coolest and most fascinating cat. He did it all. You'll love reading all the different adventures he lived in the book, Philip's Shadow. I highly recommend it.