I will be presenting an hour-long tribute to John on my Crescent City Connection show this weekend, focusing on his jazz and blues inspired spoken word performances with his band the Blues Scholars. Catch it live on Saturday, 10am eastern on @WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Radio stream.
RIP John Sinclair - manager of the MC5, founder of the White Panthers, marijuana activist, poet, author, spoken word performer, record producer and one hell of a radio DJ. I worked with him briefly at WWOZ and he was one of the most remarkable people I've ever met.