''One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur'' is an album by

Ben Gibbard Benjamin Gibbard (born August 11, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, with whom he has recorded ten studio albums, and as a membe ...

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Jay Farrar Jay Farrar (born December 26, 1966) is an American songwriter and musician currently based in St. Louis. A member of two critically acclaimed music groups, Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, he began his solo music career in 2001. Beyond his estab ...

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Son Volt Son Volt is an American rock band formed in 1994 by Jay Farrar after the breakup of Uncle Tupelo. The band's current line-up consists of Farrar (vocals, guitar), Andrew DuPlantis (bass guitar), John Horton (guitar), Mark Patterson (drums), and Ma ...

), released in 2009. The lyrics are based on the prose of Jack Kerouac's novel '' Big Sur'' (1962). ''One Fast Move or I'm Gone'' was a result of Gibbard's and Farrar's mutual appreciation for Kerouac's work while recording several songs for a feature-length documentary of the same name. Jim Sampas, who was a producer of the film, was executive producer of the album.

Track listing

# "California Zephyr" # "Low Life Kingdom" # "Willamine" # "All in One" # "Breathe Our Iodine" # "These Roads Don't Move" # "Big Sur" # "One Fast Move or I'm Gone" # "Final Horrors" # "Sea Engines" # "The Void" # "San Francisco"

References

Jack Kerouac 2009 albums Collaborative albums Atlantic Records albums Ben Gibbard albums Tribute albums to non-musicians Jay Farrar albums {{2000s-indie-rock-album-stub