Ken Kesey’s Magic Bus Being Restored
For 15 years, the 1939 International bus dubbed “Furthur” has been rusting away in a swamp in Oregon. With a $100,000 restoration, the owner of the historic roadhouse Barney’s Beanery in Los Angeles hopes to resurrect the old bus so it can help tell the story of Kesey, the Merry Pranksters and the psychedelic 1960s.
“I consider the bus to be one of the most important icons of the ’60s Counter Culture,” says Bob Santelli, artistic director of the Experience Music Project in Seattle. “Inside that bus occurred many of the things the counter culture was all about, from a revolutionary perspective. That is mobility, freedom to be on the move, and to react to situations and create situations… and the importance of music in a cultural revolution.”
Full story: AP/Yahoo News
…thanks to ‘Airless’ on the BNO Forum.
