I must confess I have never been able to get through Jack Kerouac's On The Road; all that beatnik-speak and bop-talk gets to me after prolonged exposure.I once had a week of daily five hour commutes (roughly 2 1/2 hours up and back between Philly and North Jersey); I somehow thought it would be a good idea to pass the time by listening to a recording of actor Matt Dillon reading an unabridged transcript of the book - on several CDs. I made it through one CD before returning control to my regularly scheduled classic rock station.
Anyway, here is a fascinating clip of the man himself, reading from his own book ("Visions of Cody") on an old Steve Allen show. That's Steve on piano. Enjoy!
