Sonny was fifteen when he met Jack Kerouac at Murphy's Bar in his hometown of Northport, Long Island in 1964. Later, he hitchhiked and jumped boxcars across thousands of miles of America. At the end of the rainbow in California, Doug Weston hired him to tend bar at the Troubadour, where he hosted musician barflies such as Tom Waits, Rickie Lee Jones, David Lee Roth, Gene Clark, and Glenn Frey. Nights off he drank and traded poetry with Charles Bukowski at the No Name Bar on Yucca and Vine. Kenneth Sonny Donato lives in ...
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Sonny was fifteen when he met Jack Kerouac at Murphy's Bar in his hometown of Northport, Long Island in 1964. Later, he hitchhiked and jumped boxcars across thousands of miles of America. At the end of the rainbow in California, Doug Weston hired him to tend bar at the Troubadour, where he hosted musician barflies such as Tom Waits, Rickie Lee Jones, David Lee Roth, Gene Clark, and Glenn Frey. Nights off he drank and traded poetry with Charles Bukowski at the No Name Bar on Yucca and Vine. Kenneth Sonny Donato lives in Hollywood. Dedicated To: Harry Dean Stanton and Mario Maglieri "The Pope Of Sunset Strip" " 'A Poet's Guide To The Bars' has a strut and clarity of image and language which is a welcome vacation...A double shot of imagery with a water back in the face." - Michael Ironside
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Seller's Description:
Fair. Book has internal/external wear and/or highlighting and underlining. It may have creases on the cover and some folded pages. This is a USED book. Codes have been used. All items ship Monday-Friday within 2-3 business days. Thank you for supporting Goodwill of OC.
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Signed. SIGNED and dedicated with drawing by Kenneth Sonny Donato, and what appears to be the author's email address on last page. Very Good. Used with some reading wear and scuffing to covers but is still in great reading condition. No markings in text.
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Very Good. 97pp. Inscribed to former owner by Kenneth Sonny Donato on dedication page. Signs of water damage to first three pages. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall U1.
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Illustrated by Susan Maljan. Very Good+ 0615480985. 1992 Edition by Illuminati. Softcover in illustrated wraps, clean, bright and sharp, mild shelf wear to edges. SIGNED, inscribed and dated by the author in ink on the dedication page. Book is mostly firm in binding, witih a few pages loosened, b&w photographs throughoutby Susan Maljan. Free of any markings, not ex-library.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 96 pages; Signed by Author.
