Mention of the MC5 reminds me about their manager/spiritual-advisor John Sinclair, who lived in New Orleans for several years but moved away recently (about one year ago). He was a regularly-scheduled volunteer DJ on our local radio station WWOZ (www.wwoz.org) and also played nightclub gigs "speak-singing" his poetry in front of a band. He recorded a CD or two with them as John Sinclair and the Blues Scholars.

I have no idea where to reach him today. He may have moved to Amsterdam (!)