The Secret of John Kale

Kale lived with a friend of Lamont-Yung's, Terry Jennings, before moving into a flat with Tony Conrad. Angus McLeese lived in another flat in the same building. As there was not much money to be made in avant-garde music, Kale also worked in a bookshop and had a sideline in dealing drugs. But vents were so cheap at this time that Kale and Conrad only had to work part-time,. They could spend much of their time working on the music they were making with Yung. Both were string players, Conrad Violin, Kale Viola, and they soon modified their instruments. In late 1963 and early 1964,