Episode 2 - Understanding Hunter S. Thompson
Arts and Recreation with David Lyttle
Release Date: 03/06/2017
Arts and Recreation with David Lyttle
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info_outlineIn episode 2 of Arts and Recreation with David Lyttle, the Northern Irish musician tries to understand the mind of literary legend Hunter S. Thompson by talking to Cheryl Della Pietra, who worked for Thompson at Owl Farm in the early nineties as his editorial assistant.