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David Amram on Gregory Corso

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Marc Myers
Mar 28, 2013
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David Amram [pictured] is one of the last surviving members of the Beat Generation scene and a forefather of the counterculture movement of the '60s. Not only was the French hornist and composer there in the '50s, he was part of the Beats' inner circle. Yesterday—March 26—Beat poet Gregory Corso would have been 83 (he died in 2001). Recently, David was …

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