i get two figures of the cast of allen ginsberg and jack kerouac who were central, biographical elements in this book. and talk about timothy leary and a whole array of characters who course through the decade of the 1960s and think of the counterculture of the 1960s when we think of the hippies and participants in one capacity or another and they were individuals who were disenchanted with matters as they were in some fashion, concerned about jim crow and its continuance, they were deeply concerned about the war in vietnam, two of this when pillars in a matter of speaking and they were also concerned about elemental issues, family relationships and personal dealings and sexuality and consciousness, rationality, there was this coalescing of forces, demographic, economic, literary, cultural, some political in nature that welded together and provided this backdrop allowing the counterculture of the 1960s to be as large in scope and scale is approved to be. there were several sparks or triggers to the counterculture of the 1960s, you have the backdrop of the cold war. internationally speaki

. >> again, figures of the cast of allen ginsberg and jack kerouac who are two of the sensors of biographical in this book. and then i go on and talk about some timothy., can casey and a whole array of characters who of course through the decade of the 1960s. when we think of the counterculture of the 1960s, we think of the hippies, we think of literally millions of participants. >> in one capacity or another. and they were individuals who were disenchanted with matters as they were in some facet. they were concerned about a stain on the american body republic, the continuance. they were deeply concerned about thewar in vietnam , but those are sort of the twin pillars in a manner of speaking. but they were also concerned about elemental issues. they were concerned about family relations and personal dealings and sexuality and consciousness and rationality . and there was this coalescing of forces, some demographic, some economic. literary and cultural, some political and in nature that melded together and provided this sort of backdrop that allowed for the counterculture of the 1960s to be as

. >> jack kerouac became like a godfather for the counterculture. >> the village has a life and languageif you dig it, you're hip. if you don't, man, you're square. coffee houses, the neighborhood bars of bohemia, where the strongest potion is coffee, and the coffee house poet is the speciality of the house. >> to find a place where the eyes can rest. >> beatniks, they had these coffeehouses they would go in and play chess and read poetry, and those same coffeehouses became kind of a proving ground for folk singers. >> all young kids were running out to buy guitars and banjos. ♪ >> folk music gives me a lot more than the popular music of our own time does. popular songs should be sung because we don't do anything about say the bomb, you know. the whole situation come to an end. >> there's got to be an alternative to whatever ways of life are offered to them, you know? i mean, democrat, republican. and i would like to offer some kind of alternative, somehow, you know? >> folk revival scene had a big part of politics. you can't get left politics out of woody guthrie or pete seger. so the g

the answer, but coming up we are going to talk about a truck drivers drug filled trip that gives jack kerouacey. ♪ ♪ >> andy: coming up tomorrow on the next "red eye," kristin, michael, paul, rob. drugs are not the answer. unless the question is "how to you drive nonstop across the whole country." a truck driver was arrested after he drove nonstop from seattle to massachusetts without help of crazy amounts of drugs. crystal meth, lsd, and cocaine. the meth and coke were to stay away, the acid was to make idaho look really cool. he locked himself out of his truck at a gas station, police say he was despondent and trying to break into his truck where i'm assuming there were more drugs. he will face multiple drug and driving related charges. jackie, when you spread the story, what was your first thought? >> my first thought is idaho is amazing, that's 20 minutes from where i grew up, take that back right now. >> andy: i love idaho, i'm going to live in a bunker there. >> what an idiot is this guy. that infuriates me. that makes me mad. i could have my kids in the car, not even knowing, this idio