Ed Sanders (born August 17, 1939) is an American poet, singer, social activ… Read Full Bio ↴Ed Sanders (born August 17, 1939) is an American poet, singer, social activist, environmentalist, novelist and publisher.
Sanders was born in Kansas City,Missouri. He dropped out of Missouri University in 1958 and hitchhiked to New York City’s Greenwich Village. He wrote his first major poem, Poem from Jail, on toilet paper in his cell after being jailed for protesting against nuclear proliferation in 1961.
In 1962, he founded the avant-garde journal, Fuck You: A Magazine of the Arts. Sanders opened the Peace Eye Bookstore (147 Avenue A in what was then the Lower East Side), which became a gathering place for bohemians and radicals.
Sanders graduated from New York University in 1964, with a degree in Classics. In 1965, he founded The Fugs with Tuli Kupferberg. The band broke up in 1969 and reformed in 1984.
In 1971, Sanders wrote The Family, a profile of the events leading up to the Tate-LaBianca murders. He obtained access to the Manson Family by posing as a "Satanic guru-maniac and dope-trapped psychopath."
As of 2006, Sanders lives in Woodstock, New York where he publishes the Woodstock Journal with his wife of over 36 years, the writer and painter Miriam R. Sanders. He also invents musical instruments including the Talking Tie, the microtonal Microlyre and the Lisa Lyre, a musical contraption involving light-activated switches and a reproduction of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
Sanders was born in Kansas City,Missouri. He dropped out of Missouri University in 1958 and hitchhiked to New York City’s Greenwich Village. He wrote his first major poem, Poem from Jail, on toilet paper in his cell after being jailed for protesting against nuclear proliferation in 1961.
In 1962, he founded the avant-garde journal, Fuck You: A Magazine of the Arts. Sanders opened the Peace Eye Bookstore (147 Avenue A in what was then the Lower East Side), which became a gathering place for bohemians and radicals.
Sanders graduated from New York University in 1964, with a degree in Classics. In 1965, he founded The Fugs with Tuli Kupferberg. The band broke up in 1969 and reformed in 1984.
In 1971, Sanders wrote The Family, a profile of the events leading up to the Tate-LaBianca murders. He obtained access to the Manson Family by posing as a "Satanic guru-maniac and dope-trapped psychopath."
As of 2006, Sanders lives in Woodstock, New York where he publishes the Woodstock Journal with his wife of over 36 years, the writer and painter Miriam R. Sanders. He also invents musical instruments including the Talking Tie, the microtonal Microlyre and the Lisa Lyre, a musical contraption involving light-activated switches and a reproduction of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
Jimmy Joe The Hippybilly Boy
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@bobdobbs7000
Ed Sanders is the embodiment of a true American and after Ed shuffles off this mortal coil, ( hopefully years, and years from now ) people will look up the word " freedom " on some future search engine, on some future computer, and they will see a picture of Ed Sanders right next to that word " freedom ". And they will learn about both Ed and freedom, and hopefully they will murmur under their breath, " Wow; it must have been great to have been Ed Sanders back in those days. I wish we had that kind of freedom today. Man, Ed Sanders is my hero."
The world is a better place with
this poet, artist, visionary, musician, and downright funny and intelligent humain being in it.
@Spike-vl3jk
My man!
@wistoncap
Havent heard the song this clean since my dad brought the album home shortly after it was released, and didint appreciate it then for I was only 6 yrs old, although we always got a kick out of "the iliad" and this song. Wasnt until much later I learned to really appreciate this album.
@agilespirit51
One of Ed's best ever. It's a classic at my house.
@uradragon
As usual I got teary eyed when he got to the part about Jimmy Joe's hair tangled around the rear view mirror. And then when the choir burst forth with What a Friend We Have In Jesus, it became a deluge. Then my wife suggested I get a grip.
@huletnadof313
Makes me cry every time especially when the hymn is sung. Maybe it is because I want to believe but know that it is foolish and unreal.
@mike9klf
So near and dear to my heart!
@richardmann5049
This is a great LP
@wrh195330161
I had two copies of this album, both got stolen. Someone needs to release this on CD.
@agilespirit51
I have it in both formats. It's available on CD.