We lost Lawrence Ferlinghetti in February at the ripe old age of 101. On this week’s show, we celebrate the life of “The Godfather of the Beats.” We’ll hear the poet read two of his own verses, as well as a memory from Jack Kerouac and a reading from Ed Begley, Sr. of a piece by Walt Whitman. Musically, we'll hear from Aztec Two-Step who took their name from a line from a Ferlinghetti poem, Mose Allison, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Tom Waits and Rickie Lee Jones. Tune in and enjoy a very literary episode … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.\

Episode #21-18: RIP, Godfather of the Beats

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

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Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Mose Allison / “Stand By” / I Don't Worry About a Thing / Hallmark

Lawrence Ferlinghetti / “Autobiography” / Rebel Poets of America / Cherry Red

Joni Mitchell / “The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines” / Shadows and Light / Asylum

Tom Waits / “Opening Intro-Emotional Weather Report” / Nighthawks at the Diner / Anti

Lawrence Ferlinghetti / “Dog” / A Coney Island of the Mind / Ryko

Mose Allison / “Idyll” / I Don't Worry About a Thing / Hallmark

Ed Begley, Sr. / “Who Goes There” / Essential Walt Whitman / Caedmon

Rickie Lee Jones / “Easy Money” / Rickie Lee Jones / Other Side of Desire

Jack Kerouac / “The Beat Generation” / Readings from Jack Kerouac on the Beat Movement / Rhino Word Beat

Aztec Two-Step / “The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty (On the Road) / See it was Like This... / Flying Fish

Bob Dylan / “Three Angels” / 1970 / Columbia

Patti Smith / “Free Money” / Horses / Arista

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways