"A highlight reel might include him pouring red wine out of a jug at the Six Gallery Reading in San Francisco where Allen Ginsberg first recited Howl. And being Bob Weir's roommate in the Victorian at 710 Ashbury. He also drove Ken Kesey's bus full of Merry Pranksters and notoriously appeared as the character Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac's novel, On the Road."
"According to beloved Bay Area historian Steve Silberman, "Neal Cassady was the kind of man who was not supposed to exist, basically heterosexual, but willing to fool around if he liked somebody or if the opportunity was there. Neal transcended sexual orientation binaries and shared that sexual awareness with his friend, Jack Kerouac." In today's parlance, Neal Cassady was an influencer. Playing at this gathering of freaks on Jan. 17 is local band Scarlett Fyre, whose renditions of Dead songs get the good vibes flowing."
The 100th birthday of Neal Cassady will be celebrated Jan. 17 at the Berkeley Art House with a psychedelically tinged evening of creatives, musicians, Deadheads and seekers. Neal Cassady remains a central figure of 1960s counterculture, known for moments such as pouring red wine at the Six Gallery Reading, rooming with Bob Weir at 710 Ashbury, driving Ken Kesey's bus and inspiring Jack Kerouac's Dean Moriarty. Steve Silberman describes Cassady as transcending sexual orientation binaries. Local band Scarlett Fyre will perform Dead covers, and Neal's daughter Jami Cassady manages his estate and has recently faced respiratory illness requiring hospitalization.
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