Bill Frisell: Hunter S. Thompson’s The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved

Apr 20 - Apr 21, 2013

As a Resident Artistic Director, guitarist Bill Frisell will premiere The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved, with recitation by Willner and director Chloe Webb, the piece features Frisell’s score and visual design by artist Ralph Steadman, Designed like a radio play, Kentucky Derby is an adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s notorious article about the 1970 horse race for Scanlan’s Monthly.