show bio John Sinclair

Author, poet, and activist John Sinclair was born on October 2, 1941 in Flint, Michigan. He changed from a small-town rock and roll fanatic and teenage disc jockey to a cultural revolutionary, pioneer of marijuana activism, radical leader, and political prisoner by the end of the 1960s.

Sinclair has published several collections of his poetry along with his major work in verse, "Fattening Frogs for Snakes: Delta Sound Suite," an investigation in verse of the Delta blues and the world that produced it. He has released more than 15 CDs of his work with music and verse, including Volumes 1 and 2 of "Fattening Frogs for Snakes: Delta Sound Suite," "Full Circle," and "White Buffalo Prayer" with Wayne Kramer, among others.

North Mississippi Blues: Reflections from the Hill Country
Date: 2/19/2010

John Sinclair, a poet, civil rights activist, and former manager of the band MC5, joins David Kimbrough, Jr., and Duwayne Burnside, both sons of legendary Mississippi blues musicians, to discuss the unique sounds of blues music originating in Northeast Mississippi. Kimbrough, a native of Holly Springs, Miss., and son of the legendary Junior Kimbrough, is an accomplished blues musician in his own right with a recently released North Mississippi blues album, "Shell-shocked." Burnside, also of Holly Springs and son of the legendary R.L. Burnside, recently released "Under Pressure," described as a blending of Memphis soul and seventies Motown.

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