A report on Beat Generation and Morphine (band)

Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Morphine in 1997 at Mississippi Nights, St Louis, MO
A section devoted to the beat generation at a bookstore in Stockholm, Sweden
Dana Colley performing with the posthumous Members of Morphine project in 2011

Sandman sang distinctively in a "deep, laid-back croon", and his songwriting featured a prominent beat influence.

- Morphine (band)

Musician Mark Sandman, who was the bass guitarist, lead vocalist and a former member of the alternative jazz rock band Morphine, was interested in the Beat Generation and wrote a song called "Kerouac" as a tribute to Jack Kerouac and his personal philosophy and way of life.

- Beat Generation
Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Sandman in 1997 at Mississippi Nights, St Louis, MO

Mark Sandman

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American singer, songwriter, musical instrument inventor, multi-instrumentalist and comic writer.

American singer, songwriter, musical instrument inventor, multi-instrumentalist and comic writer.

Sandman in 1997 at Mississippi Nights, St Louis, MO
Mark Sandman Square in Cambridge, MA (2008)

He was an indie rock icon and longtime fixture in the Boston/Cambridge music scene, best known as the lead singer and slide bass player of the band Morphine.

As a lyricist, Sandman was influenced by pulp fiction writer Jim Thompson, crime writer James Ellroy, and Beat poet/novelist Jack Kerouac.