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Lord Richard Buckley (Richard Myrle Buckley; April 5, 1906 – November 12, 1960) was an American stage performer, recording artist, monologist, and hip poet/comic, who in the 1940s and 50s created a character that was, according to ''The New York Times'', "an unlikely persona ... part English royalty, part Dizzy Gillespie."〔Zinoman, Jason. "And Jonah Said, Can You Dig Me Here in This Fish?" ''The New York Times''. December 10, 2005〕 Michael Packenham, writing in ''The Baltimore Sun'', described him as "a magnificent stand-up comedian... Buckley's work, his very presence, projected the sense that life's most immortal truths lie in the inextricable weaving together of love and irony -- affection for all humanity married to laughter."〔Pakenham, Michael. "A Biography of Lord Buckley". '' The Baltimore Sun''. April 28, 2002〕 Buckley's unique stage persona anticipated aspects of the Beat Generation sensibility, and influenced contemporary figures as various as Dizzy Gillespie, Lenny Bruce, Wavy Gravy, Del Close, and, even after Buckley's death, Ken Kesey, George Harrison, Tom Waits, Frank Zappa, Robin Williams, and Jimmy Buffett.〔Trager, Oliver. ''Dig Infinity! The Life and Art of Lord Buckley'' Welcome Rain Publishers. 2001〕 Bob Dylan, in his book ''Chronicles'', said "Buckley was the hipster bebop preacher who defied all labels."〔Dylan, Bob. ''Chronicles'' Simon & Schuster. 2005 Chapter 5. ISBN 0743244583〕 ==Life== Buckley's father, William Buckley, was from Manchester, England. He stowed away on a ship that eventually arrived in San Francisco.〔Trager, Oliver. ''Dig Infinity! The Life and Art of Lord Buckley'' Welcome Rain Publishers. 2001. p. 10〕 In California, William met Annie Bone. They married, and Richard Buckley was born in Tuolumne, California, what was then a boomtown in a mountainous region where lumbering was a major industry.〔 As children, Buckley and his sister, Nell, would often perform on the streets of Tuolumne, singing for change from passersby.〔Trager, Oliver. ''Dig Infinity! The Life and Art of Lord Buckley'' Welcome Rain Publishers. 2001 p. 13〕 When he was a bit older, Buckley got a job in the local lumber camps as a "tree topper", which was considered an especially dangerous position. It involved climbing up to the very top of a tall tree, cutting off the tip and then securing ropes that would guide the rest of the tree as it was felled.〔Trager, Oliver. ''Dig Infinity! The Life and Art of Lord Buckley'' Welcome Rain Publishers. 2001. p. 16〕 Buckley is referred to as an "ex-lumberjack".〔http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/06/26/buckley〕 By the mid-1930s, he was performing as emcee in Chicago at Leo Seltzer's dance marathons at the Chicago Coliseum,〔http://www.lordbuckley.com/LBC_Home/LBC_Home_A_Primer.htm〕 and worked his own club, ''Chez Buckley'', on Western Avenue through the early 1940s.〔''The Last Carousel'' by Nelson Algren, p. 219〕 During World War II, Buckley performed extensively for armed services on USO tours, where he formed a lasting friendship with Ed Sullivan. In the 1950s, Buckley hit his stride with a combination of his exaggeratedly aristocratic bearing (including waxed mustache, tuxedo and pith helmet) and carefully enunciated rhythmic hipster slang. Occasionally performing to music, he punctuated his monologues with scat singing and sound effects. His most significant tracks are retelling of historical or legendary events, like "My Own Railroad" and "The Nazz". The latter, first recorded in 1952, describes Jesus' working profession as "carpenter kitty." Other historical figures include Gandhi ("The Hip Gahn") and the Marquis de Sade ("The Bad-Rapping of the Marquis de Sade, the King of Bad Cats"). He retold several classic documents such as the Gettysburg Address and a version of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven." In "Mark Antony's Funeral Oration", he recast Shakespeare's "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" as "Hipsters, flipsters and finger-poppin' daddies: knock me your lobes." Reportedly, some of his comedic material was written for him by Hollywood "beatnik" Mel Welles. Lord Buckley appeared on Groucho Marx's popular TV programme ''You Bet Your Life'' in 1956. In 1959, he voiced the beatnik character Go Man Van Gogh in "Wildman of Wildsville", an episode of the Bob Clampett animated series ''Beany and Cecil''. (The character reappeared in several episodes made after Buckley's death, when he was voiced by Scatman Crothers.) Buckley adopted his "hipsemantic" from his peers Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Redd Foxx, Pearl Mae Bailey, Count Basie, and Frank Sinatra, as well as Hipsters and the British aristocracy. Buckley enjoyed smoking marijuana. He wrote reports of his first experiences with LSD, under the supervision of Dr. Oscar Janiger,〔Trager, Oliver. ''Dig Infinity! The Life and Art of Lord Buckley'' Welcome Rain Publishers. 2001. p. 79〕 and of his trip in a United States Air Force jet. Ed Sullivan reflected "...he was impractical as many of his profession are, but the vivid Buckley will long be remembered by all of us."〔Trager, Oliver. ''Dig Infinity! The Life and Art of Lord Buckley'' Welcome Rain Publishers. 2001. p. 372〕 On October 19, 1960, he was scheduled to play club dates and another appearance on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' in New York managed by Harold L. Humes, but his cabaret card was seized, purportedly because of a 1941 arrest for marijuana possession. The card was necessary to appear in nightclubs, and cards were often withheld for political reasons, and as a way to solicit payoffs. He attempted to get the card reinstated, and more than three dozen major figures in the entertainment and arts world were present for a hearing on the matter. He never worked again. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lord Buckley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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