Joey Harrison
John Sinclair
I was surprised to see that Leni's former husband, John Sinclair, was there too. He lives in New Orleans now. Long trip for him. He was selling his book "Guitar Army: Street Writings/Prison Writings." John was a light in my youthful constellation of countercultural stars. Partly because he lived down the highway in Detroit, then Ann Arbor, during my time growing up as a sometime hippie in East Lansing, Michigan, but more particularly because of an unusual bond I felt for him. A bond formed by the fact that my stepfather was the director of the state corrections department during the time John was in prison. My stepfather told me once that he had a role in John's early release. I asked John about that today, and he thought I must be mistaken; that my stepfather might have signed some paper as a mere formality, but that he surely didn't have any interest in springing John early. I'm not sure who's right.
John Sinclair
I was surprised to see that Leni's former husband, John Sinclair, was there too. He lives in New Orleans now. Long trip for him. He was selling his book "Guitar Army: Street Writings/Prison Writings." John was a light in my youthful constellation of countercultural stars. Partly because he lived down the highway in Detroit, then Ann Arbor, during my time growing up as a sometime hippie in East Lansing, Michigan, but more particularly because of an unusual bond I felt for him. A bond formed by the fact that my stepfather was the director of the state corrections department during the time John was in prison. My stepfather told me once that he had a role in John's early release. I asked John about that today, and he thought I must be mistaken; that my stepfather might have signed some paper as a mere formality, but that he surely didn't have any interest in springing John early. I'm not sure who's right.