Sam’s young son Jesse talks about a teacher he doesn’t like and tells Sam and Johnny a story entitled “Raspberries”. Conversations between Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark.
Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Bailey Anderson, Don Bowman, Cooder Browne, Johnny Bush, Joe Conway, Steve Fromholz, Rick Galvan, Amelia Garza, Jimmy Harriss, Bob Herrick, Bob Nolan, Johnny Paycheck, Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Roy Rogers, Ernest Tubb, Rick Vasquez, Stevie Vaughn.
Johnny talks to Sam about finally understanding Sam’s love of driving. Sam tells Johnny a story about a guy he knew who taught his kid how to shoot a .22 by having the kid shoot a cigarette out of his mouth. They also talk about Charles Manson and his magnetism with women, Wang Poe and Buddhism, mind substance and Robin Williams. After the conversation with Sam, the recording picks up mid conversation between Johnny and an unknown woman. Conversations between Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark.