Author Description

Review I have long admired Ron Whitehead...His poetry is a dazzling mix of folk wisdom and pure mathematics. -- Hunter S. ThompsonRon Whitehead is one of the greatest poets of our time. -- Al AronowitzRon Whitehead...is one of the great poets of his generation. -- Douglas Brinkley Product Description Music, Poetry, and soul. Beaver Dam Rocking Chair Marathon is as much about Kentucky as it is about Ron Whitehead. Seen from afar, Kentucky is a beautiful, harsh, and unforgiving land. Yet reveals a soft underbelly that is not often viewed by others who live outside of it. From a temperamental teen to a sophisticated intellectual, Ron Whitehead reaches further into the present past to examine his life and learn how his surroundings have made him into the man he is today. About the Author Ron Whitehead is Poet, Writer, Editor, Publisher, Organizer, Independent Scholar, Teacher. In 2002 Ron has been busier than ever traveling, writing, performing, recording. He and Iceland co-conspirator Michael Pollock put together The Viking Hillbilly Apocalypse Revue which includes some of Iceland's and Kentucky's leading musicians and poets. They did a 2-month USA spring tour. After 29 years of work Ron completed his masterwork, Beaver Dam Rocking Chair Marathon: fragments of a lost text: The Bone Man Saga (books 1 & 2 as one book). It will be released summer, 2002 by Wasteland Press. Ron recorded a new CD, I Will Not Bow Down (20 tracks, 16 with music), produced by Michael Pollock. With Nick Stevens, Mark Noderer, and Michael Pollock. Ron has created a new record label, Impossible Records, Published in Heaven for the literary renaissance. Kentucky Roots has just been released. Several more CDs are planned for release in coming months. Ron is scheduled to be in Nepal in August. He is presently touring Kentucky promoting the new Kentucky Roots CD. He'll be performing in New York City, London, Amsterdam, and Reykjavik late fall. A major USA and Europe tour is be