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The Savage Kick -another Savage title. When a book
starts with someone waking with a throbbing head and checking under the
mattress for a reefer you know you have found a goodie! This is closer to a
beat book than a JD item. It’s the story of a bunch of guys & gals into
Jazz, Art, Dope and all that stuff, but really into it before it was hip to like
it. These kiddies hate the new beats, they rip 'em off, steal their flats and
sell them catnip as dope. The characters they rip off are recognisable from
"On The Road"& other classics. Highly recommended to those who
hate pretentious beat/hippy junk!!
Picture It ... Los Angeles, California 1953 a
chopped and channeled '32 hi-boy roadster screamin' neck and neck thru crowded
streets with a corvette, a wild-eyed youth strains over the steering wheel
egging on his 'bomb on wheels' with his toe to the floor, windshield red with
bugs ... this was the real life pastime of the young Vince Taylor. Of course
driving a souped up hot rod inevitably led Vince to frequent court appearances
for speeding and safety violation and it wasn't too long before his parents threw
him out, tired of his association with one of Hollywood's most unruly Hot Rod
gangs.


Exciting tale but where did they get their info?? According to most bios he would have been all of 13/14 at the time. Story at vincetaylortheplayboys.blogspot.com has the family moving to the west coast around '55 and tells of him training as a pilot but nothing on hot rods.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, it's got to be another Vince Taylor
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