Neal Cassady Birthday Bash at Mercury Café

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The Bash is held annually in cooperation with the Cassady Estate to celebrate the life of Denvers self-described unnatural son, Neal Cassady. Cassadys influence on literary and pop culture is well documented. He was the archetype Beat writer as well as the protagonist of Jack Kerouacs On The Road, muse for Hunter S. Thompson and Tom Wolfe, and driver of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters bus, Further. Throughout his life Neal exuded a style and distinct Denver cool which secured his stature as a true American original.