The Hunting of the Snark (musical) The Hunting of the Snark (musical) The Hunting of the Snark is a musical based on Lewis Carroll's poem "The Hunting of the Snark", written by composer Mike Batt. The musical began life in 1984 as a costumed concert with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican, conducted by Mike Batt and starring Paul Jones as the Baker and Christopher Casenove as the narrator. It was created as a concept album in 1986 but withheld from sale after a dispute with the record label, CBS (Sony). The recording featured Roger Daltrey, Art Garfunkel, John Gielgud, Stephane Grappelli, George Harrison, John
A Poem Is a Naked Person "Cocksucker Blues", but funnier and stranger than either." A Poem Is a Naked Person A Poem Is A Naked Person is a film directed by Les Blank, filmed in 1972-1974 but not publicly released until 2015, after Blank's death. The film is a documentary about musician Leon Russell, produced and financed largely by Russell and his then-business partner Denny Cordell. Blank spent a large portion of two years on the film, but then its release was delayed for forty years due to creative differences and music clearance problems. Blank's son, Harrod Blank (who was a child when the movie was