#rollingthunderrevue

Peter & Allen with Denise Mercedes, photobooth snap, New York City, 1971, six years before Denise formed the Stimulators with Patrick Mack & Anne Gustavsson, and her nephew, Allen’s godson, Harley Flanagan. She had a few appearances on stage with Dylan on the Rolling Thunder Revue in 1975 and is in the Scorsese film of the tour. She’s still touring with @girlsgirlsgirlsnyc, an all girl Mötley Crüe tribute band. (courtesy Stanford University Libraries / Allen Ginsberg Estate) 

Early days of #bobdylan #rollingthunder tour. Rehearsing backstage with #joanbaez in a bare-bones setting “ #theseventies #rollingthunderrevue https://www.instagram.com/p/B7XYIYlFmzu/?igshid=cetl49qds9nz

Happy 79th Bob! ‘The Guitar Lesson’ on the Rolling Thunder Revue, Lowell MA, Fall 1975. Elsa Dorfman’s classic photo of Bob & Allen. #bobdylan #allenginsberg #elsadorfman #rollingthunderrevue (at Lowell, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAkvKUOhpix/?igshid=g90zhzd21gov

Bob Dylan and Allen Ginsberg at Jack Kerouac’s grave, Lowell Mass, reading Kerouac’s  “Mexico City Blues”  Fall, 1975, from Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Thunder Revue documentary, now officially out on Netflix.  #allenginsberg #rollingthunderrevue #bobdylan #jackkerouac #lowellmass #martinscorsese (at Lowell, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bys5mqQhuNI/?igshid=may4hsgqocwr

Happy Birthday Bob! (Allen & Bob at Edison Cemetery, Lowell MA,  to visit Kerouac’s grave, from Ken Regan’s amazing series at the  beginning of the Rolling Thunder Revue, 1975. Full on documentary of the Rolling Thunder Revue is out in 3 weeks on Netflix and a complete boxed set to follow) #bobdylan #rollingthunderrevue #kenregan #netflix #jackkerouac #beatgeneration #edisoncemetery #allenginsberg #poetry #poetrycommunity (at Lowell, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx2kdbwh71j/?igshid=4vdc3i0m7pxn

Peter Orlovsky and Allen meditating with shirtless friend, Spring 1976, from Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Thunder Revue documentary, now officially out on Netflix.  #allenginsberg #rollingthunderrevue #bobdylan #peterorlovsky #martinscorsese https://www.instagram.com/p/Bys56gHBOGb/?igshid=1g3a7br53ihbz

In Allen’s bedroom on East 12th Street singing his “New York Blues”  with Roger McGuinn, Larry “Ratso” Sloman, Eric Anderson (& Denise Mercedes’ guitar neck next to Dylan) The scene is featured in Martin Scorsese’s “Rolling Thunder Revue” documentary.   December 1976. Photo Gerard Malanga. #gerardmalanga #allenginsberg #martinscorsese #rollingthunderrevue #rogermcquinn #newyorkblues (at East Village, Manhattan) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByuyRXpBEjW/?igshid=nu43163jz5r7

Allen on the beach, Plymouth, Mass, 1975, narrating the early sections of Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Thunder Revue documentary, released last night on Netflix  #allenginsberg #poets #poetrycommunity #bobdylan #martinscorsese #rollingthunderrevue #netflix (at Plymouth, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/Byqb622hO4b/?igshid=1q4c0uqztn1a3