Did Beatniks Kill John F. Kennedy?

Bongo Joe’s Requiem for the President

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Pub Date 20 Nov 2017 | Archive Date 06 Feb 2018
Beatdom Books | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles

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Description

For fifty years, George "Bongo Joe" Coleman beat his oil barrel drums and improvised songs to the delight of sidewalk audiences in Houston, Galveston, Fort Worth, and San Antonio.  On the morning of November 22, 1963, he was playing at the infamous beatnik nightclub "The Cellar" in Fort Worth, and his music became part of the soundtrack of the Kennedy assassination.  Rob Johnson's book includes never-before-revealed details of the assassination and an analysis of that event through the lens of the beatnik era, but in the end it tells an even more important unknown story—the remarkable life of Bongo Joe.  This unique and endearing biography seamlessly weaves Joe’s life into one of the most important events in American history. As a fan once wrote on the side of his oil-drum barrel, "Bongo Joe is Forever."

For fifty years, George "Bongo Joe" Coleman beat his oil barrel drums and improvised songs to the delight of sidewalk audiences in Houston, Galveston, Fort Worth, and San Antonio. On the morning of...


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EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9780993409929
PRICE $18.99 (USD)