As the Days Between – the span between Jerry Garcia’s birthday (Aug. 1, 1942) to his untimely death (Aug. 9, 1995) – wind to a close, this week’s Sound Waves pays homage to the humble beginnings of a big scene.
Ultimately, it all began with the Beat Generation, marked by literary icons Allen Ginsberg, William S. Boroughs and Jack Kerouac, whose writing pushed the envelope on what constituted American culture in a conservative post-war era.
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