Name: Hunter S. Thompson's The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved
Brand: 429 Records
SKU: 23249703
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Hunter S. Thompson's The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved

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Format

CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Release Date

3 April 2012

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Album: Hunter S. Thompson's The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Overture (My Old Kentucky Home)	More Info...	1:10
2)	I Got Off The Plane Around Midnight…	More Info...	3:35
3)	At The Airport Newsstand…	More Info...	3:04
4)	The Next Day Was Heavy...	More Info...	6:06
5)	The Governor, A Swinish Neo-nazi Hack…	More Info...	4:59
6)	Entr'acte	More Info...	2:04
7)	On Our Way Back To The Motel...	More Info...	2:50
8)	It Was Saturday Morning, The Day Of The Big Race…	More Info...	5:55
9)	In A Box Not Far From Ours…	More Info...	3:54
10)	Some Time Around 10:30 Monday Morning…	More Info...	5:18

Album: Hunter S. Thompson's The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Overture (My Old Kentucky Home)	More Info...	1:10
2)	I Got Off The Plane Around Midnight…	More Info...	3:35
3)	At The Airport Newsstand…	More Info...	3:04
4)	The Next Day Was Heavy...	More Info...	6:06
5)	The Governor, A Swinish Neo-nazi Hack…	More Info...	4:59
6)	Entr'acte	More Info...	2:04
7)	On Our Way Back To The Motel...	More Info...	2:50
8)	It Was Saturday Morning, The Day Of The Big Race…	More Info...	5:55
9)	In A Box Not Far From Ours…	More Info...	3:54
10)	Some Time Around 10:30 Monday Morning…	More Info...	5:18

EAN

0795041783721

Writer

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Producer

Hal Willner

Country

USA

Studio/Live

Studio

Label

429 Records

Dimensions

14.6 x 1.3 x 12.7 centimeters (0.06 kg)

Performer Notes

Composer: Bill Frisell.
Tributee: Hunter S. Thompson.
Personnel: Jenny Scheinman (violin); Eyvind Kang (viola); Hank Roberts (cello); Doug Weiselman (woodwinds); Ron Miles (trumpet); Curtis Fowlkes (trombone); Kenny Wollesen (drums, percussion).
Audio Mixers: Vanessa Parr; John Kilgore ; Martin Brumbach.
Recording information: John Kilgore Sound & Recording, New York, NY; The Village, West LA, CA.
Actors: Dr. John; John Joyce; Will Forte; Annie Ross; Ralph Steadman; Tim Robbins .
The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved is technically the first piece of gonzo journalism from maverick writer Hunter S. Thompson, whose loose-cannon approach to covering the 1970 Kentucky Derby for Scanlan's Monthly included never actually seeing the race, and instead documented the careening alcohol and drug-fueled world surrounding the event. Reprinted years later in Thompson's The Great Shark Hunt, it is much beloved by Thompson fans. This spoken word presentation of it actually turned out pretty interesting, with Tim Robbins turning in a wonderful reading as Thompson, and Bill Frisell's often eerie musical soundtrack making things into a kind of sound collage that somehow fits Thompson perfectly in tone and spirit. This is an audio book with some serious gonzo kick, which is as it should be. ~ Steve Leggett

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (p.74) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[With] a soundtrack composed by jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, who colors the tale with skewered Dixieland brass, shivering strings and groaning woodwinds."