GUITAR ARMY BY JOHN SINCLAIR AND OTHER PIECES
OF ALTERNATIVE CULTURE
We have the book Guitar Army and other artifacts produced by members of the 1960-70s alternative culture movement in Detroit and Ann Arbor, Michigan.
There are a limited number of books, concert festival
programs, postcards and posters, CDs and LPs.
Take a look and find out how to order.
--Frank Bach & Peggy Bach
GUITAR
ARMY, Street Writings/Prison Writings
Book by John Sinclair, 1972 Douglas Book Corporation, New York, ISBN 0-88209-0003, ISBN 0-88209-014-3
Guitar Army is comprised of articles and essays
by John Sinclair, who managed the MC5 rock n' roll band and led the White
Panthers and the Rainbow People's Party during the late 1960s and early
1970s.
John was sent to prison for marijuana possession in 1969.
A concert and rally calling for his release included John Lennon, Yoko
Ono, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Seger, Stevie Wonder, Commander Cody, Bobby Seale,
Ed Sanders, Jerry Rubin and others. He gained his freedom in 1971 when
the Michigan Supreme Court overturned the marijuana laws in response to
his case.
Guitar Army presents the vivid saga of the MC5
band, which had the national hit "Kick Out the Jams" in 1968.
It is filled with Sinclair's colorful exhortations to the era's disaffected
youth, which he felt were part of an emerging "rainbow culture."
The book was designed by noted graphic artist Gary Grimshaw and includes
reproductions of over 100 photographs, drawings and posters.
A limited number of copies of the original printing are
available in paperback and hard cover.
John Sinclair is a writer and performance poet who now resides in New Orleans, Louisiana. Information on John Sinclair's current activities is available at John Sinclair's site .