Zach Bryan is the proud new owner of Jack Kerouac's original manuscript after submitting the winning $12.1 million bid at auction this week. Previously owned by Jim Irsay, the iconic 120-foot typed scroll was offered as part of a major Christie's auction that also included David Gilmour's "Black Strat" and Jerry Garcia's "Tiger" guitar.
In October, Oklahoma country music stadium draw Zach Bryan garnered attention at the highest levels of government when he posted a snippet of a track called "Bad News" in which he sings "ICE is gonna come bust down your door." By the end of the week, United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem rebuked him on conservative personality Benny Johnson's The Benny Show: "I hope he understands how completely disrespectful that song is, not just to law enforcement but to this country."
You know, I heard that and listened to a little bit of it and was extremely disappointed and disheartened, and actually, I hope he understands how completely disrespectful that song is, not just to law enforcement but to this country. To every single individual that has ever stood up and fought for our freedoms, he just compromised it all by putting out a product such as that, that attacks individuals who were just trying to make our streets safe, she said.
