Posted by Cam W. on May 2, 2000, at 23:50:24
In reply to Cam W., posted by Todd on May 2, 2000, at 10:59:32
> I knew without asking you were into the blues...and did you know that "aoxomoxoa" spelled backwards is still "aoxomoxoa?" Maybe I should marry a woman named Hannah. :-)
Todd - What the heck does "Aoxomoxoa" really say? I know that on the cover of "American Beauty" it can also be read "American Reality", but I have never been able to figure out "Aoxomoxoa". The Dead orginally wanted to call it "Earthquake Country", but Rick Griffin (the cover's artist) insisted upon "Aoxomoxoa". Griffin was into palindromes (and speed, I believe) at the time.
Also, on the back of the original "Aoxomoxoa" album cover (inside page of the CD) the "family portrait" is said to include Courtney Love as a child. Her dad, Hank Harrison, drove the "bus" when the picture was taken in 1970.
The original "bus" driver was Neal Cassady of "On The Road" (by Jack Kerouac) fame. He was Dean Moriarity. Neal "single-handedly steered 'The Beat Generation' into 'The Summer of Love'." Cassady died February 3, 1968 in Mexico. Rumors are that it was drug-related (duh!). I'll bet that Cassady had bipolar disorder.
"...what a long strange trip it's been."
- Cam W.
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