I've heard henry on the origianl spoken word tour he does which started with Black Flagg and then more recently at a college
performance as a solo. Even that had to be 7 years ago.

I met him personally at a gigf or too during the Black Flagg
days. _Now_ Barnes and Noble has practically a whole section devoted to his various publications.

I've also got a a vhs copy of "Rollins Talks From The Box" which
he does a few of the earlier routines like "Bun -Bun".

But this is not about Hank.

There is no finer spoken word performer than Ken Nordine. His work
in the advertising business for such products as Tasters Choice coffee
are legendary. His albums are prized by the likes of Jerry Garcia and he has cut albums with Tom Waits and others.

The primary artistic achievment of Nordine is his series of
"Word Jazz" recordings. I have most of those on LP and more recently
have gotten some on cd as well. Let me know if you have interest in
this.