Liner Notes: A Note from Michael McClure

Ray and I are bringing together the words and the notes that shape them. There is no way to be human without politics or anti-politics, without Art, anger, and generosity, without humor and kindness. That’s the edge!

Diana di Prima says, “The only war that matters is the war against the imagination.”

You can hear the anger and the depth of the blues in Ray’s music, and you can hear Coltrane, Scriabin, and other worlds, as his right hand crosses over his left. As my words join Ray’s notes, we hope you feel it. This is something new. You can buy our art but it isn’t for sale.

– M.M.