Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg was one of the founders of the literary "beat" movement of the 1950s. Along with kindred spirits Jack Kerouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and others, he freed literature from the shackles of linear narrative and conservative morality. His poetry spilled over into the music world as well, and he recorded with some of the same rock musicians he'd influenced with his groundbreaking poetry.

• Albert Ayler
• Cecil Taylor
• Charles Bukowski
• David Amram
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti
• Lenny Bruce
• Lord Buckley
• Noam Chomsky
• Ornette Coleman
• Paul Bowles
• William S. Burroughs

• Charlie Parker
• Dizzy Gillespie
• Jack Kerouac
• Thelonious Monk
• William Carlos Williams

• Bob Dylan
• Daevid Allen
• Jim Carroll
• Joe Strummer
• Leonard Cohen
• Lou Reed
• M.C. 900 Ft. Jesus/DJ Zero
• Mimi & Richard Farina
• Patti Smith
• The Fugs
• The Holy Modal Rounders
• Tom Waits

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