Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness is a 1997 spoken word tribute album featuring late Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac's work performed by various artists. Notable performers include: Michael Stipe, Allen Ginsberg, Hunter S. Thompson, Johnny Depp, and Patti Smith. Ginsberg's performance of "The Brooklyn Bridge Blues" is missing the final tenth chorus. This was due to a faxing machine error which stuck the last pages together when Ginsberg was faxed the lyrics. The final chorus is read by Eric Andersen instead, recorded on a DAT recorder from the Brooklyn Bridge.[1]

Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness
Studio album by Various Artists
Released	April 8, 1997
Genre	Spoken Word
Length	79:30
Label	Rykodisc
Producer	Jim Sampas

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

All poetry/lyrics written by Jack Kerouac

1. Kerouac (Morphine) - 2:54
2. Bowery Blues (Lydia Lunch) - 1:55
3. My Gang (Michael Stipe) - 2:23
4. Dream: "Us Kids Swim off a Gray Pier..." (Steven Tyler) - 1:34
5. Letter to William S. Burroughs & Ode to Jack Hunter S. Thompson (Hunter S. Thompson) - 1:41
6. Skid Row Wine (Maggie Estep, The Spitters) - 5:51
7. America's New Trinity of Love: Dean, Brando, Presley (Richard Lewis) - 6:06
8. Dream: "On a Sunny Afternoon..." (Lawrence Ferlinghetti & Helium) - 2:04
9. MacDougal Street Blues (Jack Kerouac, Joe Strummer) - 2:48
10. The Brooklyn Bridge Blues (Choruses 1-9) (Allen Ginsberg) - 5:47
11. Hymn (Eddie Vedder, Campbell 2000, Sadie 7) - 3:12
12. Old Western Movies (William S. Burroughs, Tomandandy) - 2:32
13. Silly Goofball Poems (Juliana Hatfield) - 4:02
14. The Moon (John Cale) - 3:01
15. Madroad Driving (Johnny Depp, Come) - 3:28
16. Have You Ever Seen Anyone Like Cody Pomeray? (Robert Hunter) - 3:48
17. Letter to John Clellon Holmes (Lee Ranaldo, Dana Colley) - 2:36
18. Pome on Doctor Sax (Anna Domino) - 1:45
19. Mexico Rooftop (Robert Buck, Danny Chauvin) - 1:25
20. The Last Hotel (Patti Smith, Thurston Moore, Lenny Kaye) - 3:47
21. Running Through-Chinese Poem Song (Warren Zevon, Michael Wolff) - 3:34
22. Woman (Jim Carroll, Lee Ranaldo, Lenny Kaye) - 2:25
23. Loneliness, Mexican (Matt Dillon, Joey Altruda, Joe Gonzalez) - 3:19
24. Angel Mine (Inger Lorre, Jeff Buckley) - 5:24
25. The Brooklyn Bridge Blues (Chorus 10) (Eric Andersen) - 1:59

Personnel

• Duncan Aldrich - Engineer
• Joey Altruda - Bass, Performer
• Eric Andersen - Engineer, Performer
• Chris Anderson - Mixing
• Mark Ashwill - Vocals
• Lonnie Bedell - Engineer, Mixing
• Ash Bowie - Guitar
• Chris Brokaw - Marxophone
• Bill Bronson - Bass
• Robert Buck - Guitar, Performer
• Jeff Buckley - Guitar, Sitar, Performer, Mouth Sax
• Owen Burkett - Engineer
• William S. Burroughs - Performer
• Danny Caccavo - Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
• John Cale - Keyboards, Vocals, Engineer, Performer, Mixing
• Pablo Calogero - Saxophone, Performer
• Jim Carroll - Vocals
• Daniel Chauvan -Vocals, Performer
• Dana Colley - Saxophone, Performer, Mixing
• Come - Performer
• Billy Conway - Drums
• David Cook - Engineer, Mixing
• Kevin Coultas - Percussion, Drums
• Johnny Depp - Vocals, Performer
• Shawn Devlin
• Matt Dillon - Vocals
• Anna Domino - Keyboards, Vocals, Engineer, Performer
• Louis Echavarria - Drums
• Maggie Estep - Vocals
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti - Vocals
• Allen Ginsberg - Performer, Photography
• Joe Gonzalez - Percussion, Performer
• Juliana Hatfield - Vocals, Performer
• Robert Hunter - Vocals, Engineer, Performer
• Hillary Johnson - Engineer, Mixing
• Lenny Kaye - Guitar, Performer
• Jack Kerouac - Vocals (background), Engineer, Performer
• Ingo Krauss - Engineer, Mixing
• Richard Lewis - Performer
• Tom Lewis - Engineer, Mixing
• Barbara Longo - Design
• Inger Lorre - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Performer
• Lydia Lunch - Engineer, Performer
• Roy Mayorga - Engineer, Mixing
• Dan McLaughlin - Engineer, Mixing
• Thurston Moore - Guitar, Performer
• Morphine - Performer
• Richard Norris - Beatbox
• Tim O'Heir - Engineer, Mixing
• Tara Jane O'Neil - Bass
• Ann Pope - Engineer
• Lee Ranaldo - Guitar, Vocals, Performer, Associate Producer
• Jim Sampas - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Mark Sandman - Vocals, Engineer, Mixing
• Anton Sanko - Keyboards, Performer
• Kevin Shirley - Engineer, Mixing
• Patti Smith - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
• Ralph Steadman - Illustrations
• Michael Stipe - Organ, Vocals, Performer
• Joe Strummer - Synthesizer, Bass, Guitar, Engineer, Performer, Mixing
• Hunter S. Thompson - Performer
• Wharton Tiers - Engineer, Mixing
• Mary Timony - Keyboards, Vocals, Xylophone, Mixing
• Tomandandy - Performer
• Steven Tyler - Vocals (background), Vocals, Performer
• Eddie Vedder - Performer
• Peter Weiss - Engineer, Mixing
• Tony White - Saxophone
• Bruce Witkin - Engineer, Mixing
• Michael Wolff - Piano, Performer
• Thalia Zedek - Clarinet, Guitar, Vibraslap
• Warren Zevon - Vocals, Performer

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