Allen Ginsberg - The Lion For Real

Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and one of the leading figures of both the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the counterculture that soon would follow. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism and sexual repression and was known as embodying various aspects of this counterculture, such as his views on drugs, hostility to bureaucracy and openness to Eastern religions. He was one of many influential American writers of his time known as the Beat Generation, which included famous writers such as Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs.

Recorded in the late '80s, "The Lion for Real" consists primarily of brief poems set to avant-jazz. Producer Hal Willner has assembled a group that at various times features Marc Ribot, Bill Frisell and Arto Lindsay, and they skillfully navigate the emotional tones and wit in Ginsberg's poems.

This doesn't contain any of Ginsberg's major works, but it's a welcome reminder of his irascible humor and mischievousness.            

Tracklist:                           

A1	Scribble
A2	Complaint Of The Skeleton To Time
A3	Xmas Gift
A4	To Aunt Rose
A5	The Lion For Real
A6	Refrain
A7	The Shrouded Stranger
A8	Gregory Corso's Story
B1	Cleveland, The Flats
B2	The End
B3	Stanzas: Written At Night In Radio City
B4	Sunset
B5	Hum Bom!
B6	Kral Majales
B7	Guru
B8	Ode To Failure

Allen Ginsberg - The Lion For Real
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