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LETTER OF THE MONTH FROM JUNO WINNER JACK DE KEYZER:
FROM:
"Jack de Keyzer" <jackdekeyzer@rogers.com>
TO:
"Brian Gladstone" <brian@backtothedirt.com>
DATE:
Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:28:00 -0500
RE:
Jack de Keyzer Hit Parade
Hi
Brian:
I
hope all is well. Thank you for the new CD A Time For New
Beginnings. It's been warming me up on some long cold drives. I love "Song
for
Everyone" It's a hit in my parade! Continued success and all the best
to
you
and your family this Holiday season and 2006.
Cheers,
From:
jesse jo
Hey brian
I enjoy your music and
lyrics and am your all time fan - like that of pink flyod, cohen, mark knoffler (tho not his
"dictatorial" style -)
I`m more of a laid
back lass and like to take it easy most times. I enjoy computers and I`m
now working on acquiring one but that's taking
awhile...in the meantime I am listening to all kinds of music, Doors,
R.E.M, Indian ones. Bangalore is a lovely place and I`m so addicted
to it that I find it difficult to move on even when I want to, or have to
and even when the vibrations around are not exactly
conducive.
I've given up smoking Kaya
completely (used to smoke about 10 whole joints or more a day until
recently - a miracle really) – now just a tipper with a mexi-friend
who drops in now and then. I`m on a all time high naturally - going herbal
mostly tho like my chiken pot pie sometimes at the casa picolas
here.
Been with NGOs looking at
the negative side of life- (I`m too vulnerable for that even tho I have
lived in dire straits meself - can't handle it anymore and
staying at home right now suits me fine and thinking of mountains, oh
mountains so high - remember whitney houston"s number? (like at
Nepal, the roof of the world, myidea of paradise, not to work but to walk,
slide, fly for the sheer pleasure –
I`m an ice maiden (now
see- and ) too long, like your children in the snow, street kids and
everything and now want a positive peaceful time - the magical
mushrooms around will give me all I need - tried that one? for your next
CD pscychedic folk songs - I could send you graphics if you want
and anything else from my experience - incidentally I had a couple of them growing in my back yard (back
to the dirt) which I've been testing out for myself and have you read the
books on the sacred mushrooms etc? Have you been to
Kodai Kanal in India? Would like to take you - not too far from coimbatore
- a wonderland for me. Coimbatore is not my idea of
fun as I wilt in the sun even tho an Indian - strange eh?
Around Nov. end my folks
from Australia and Denmark are arriving and that's something to look
forward to and I am hoping to rise to the occasion at
least health and sanity wise as just now I`m "down under" heavy weather
(windmills of the Gods?) - high on depression but more of that
later - too much loving and losing - taken its toll on me but I can't help
that, at that is my nature - wonder how an ice
maiden can make love? check it out.
In the meantime...lotsa love
to you always – whatever you do - to quote Leonard Cohen, ‘you won't make
me jealous nor will I try any voodoo stuff on you’ –
(not that I know of it practically except in theory) - spooks are alright
in books and music form, not in the flesh - can't handle it
tho I have spooked too many since childhood and gets lotsa kicks doing it
to others but not
to be done to me - is that
fair?
But then I`m so wrong,
allright. bye for now and take care love
Jesse
FROM: "Quinte
Spirit Festival Chair Person" <quintespirit@hotmail.com>
TO: brian@backtothedirt.com
DATE: Tue,
27 May 2003 18:09:02 +0000
RE: PEACE,
LOVE AND SUNSHINE FOREVER
Hi Brian,
Your words
I can relate to having encountered my own share of roadblocks and
cynicism
from time-to-time while trying to bring out the "spirit" in the
Quinte
Spirit Festival and sincerely make a difference. Offbase criticism
can
certainly knock the steam out of anybody...there have been many times I
felt the
deflation of such comments and actions. I can see from your
thoughts
below you've got the spirit to make a difference.
From one
spirit to another
Peace,
Love and Sunshine!
Steve Medd
www.quintespirit.ca
Subject: ...and...
....what were you doing at 4:30 a.m. today? I read some of your lyrics.
You write beautifully...but then you know that. (...if you knew how hard
it is to impress me thus, you'd be seriously honored by that assessment)...
I read Caren42 & Children Sleep in Snow, among others. . That
you can saturate yourself in your art is rare privilege - one that I think you
don't take lightly. ...i take
you, where...the candles are lit, incense brews in the corner, leona boyd is
playing greensleeves, and the whole house glows warm while another storm rages
outside the window....ah, t'is nights like this that remind me how privileged my
life is.....I see, Brian, that you
are very comfortable with what you call the cosmic forces in your life.
...listeners do now tend to be courteous people.....what treasures people waste
that way.....very astute.......tell me, who, Brian, listens to you?
Susan the butterfly chick
Newfoundland, Canada
June 13, 2001 - Hello my Friend
I just wanted to tell you that I shared your CD with a friend of mine.
He is
terminally ill, and your music made his heart glow and his sould sing.
Music
is such a beautiful thing to share, and yours has to be some of the most
incredible talent that I have had the honor of experiencing. Thank you
for
sharing this beautiful gift God has given you with us. You are truly a
virtuoso that no other can compare to. Love and fan forever,
Janet, California
Date: 1999-08-27 7:17:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: Rivertrtle@aol.com
To: brian@backtothedirt.com
hi, caren touched me, not only because i could relate to the words, but you can feel her spirit, she must be a wonderful person,
you have a very special gift to give the world. sometimes its hard to talk about ourselves, we get caught into everything we do and it consumes our lives, we lose our way, caren not only knows her gift now but every time the song is sung it is a conformation, to be materialized in the universe, so she will know on one level or the other :-) , perhaps one day when she goes to weave a tangled web again, it will not be so tangled, but she will weave something beautiful and it will be herself, thetas what i got out of it. it may be right or wrong but it is my perception, i wanted to share it w/ you.
no need to explain the words, i understand, when i hear the thunder there is never a need to explain the lightning nor the way in its fury it seeks the earth, and in that there is such beauty, there is music and i feel your music must move people w/ the same level of passion, right or wrong my perception only.
there is a power in your words, they have moved me,
i can only imagine
From:
KZawodni@aol.com
Sunday, April 23, 2000 11:00 PM
To:
brian@backtothedirt.com
Subject: Cover Story To-Nite Magazine, April 2000.
Hi,
Interesting
article. This guy really likes and appreciates you at a rather
sophisticated
level. Cool! It's always good to have educated critics and
it's
fun when they actually dig your work. Congratulations it's an
outstanding
review.
It
really is such an incredible CD packed with so much...history, emotion,
talent
that it's almost difficult to take in all at once. I like to listen
to
a few songs, then just let them echo in my mind for a bit. Then later go
back
and listen again.
I've
a theory that some people can transmit a kind of energy, that can be
stored
on a CD. I think you are one of them. Just have an open mind on this
for
a moment and go with me here, just for fun. Think about the incredible,
INCREDIBLE,
love and energy you put into this CD. Doesn't it make sense that
the
energy would be transmitted to the listener? I mean being moved beyond
the
lyrics and the music, to the pure energy involved.
With
my program I am totally convinced that people will start feeling better
as
soon as they open the lid. They don't even have to believe in this, it
will
happen to them before the CD hits the drive.
Your
CD is the same way, as soon as it came out of the package...gosh...I'm
kinda
at a loss for words here (something that rarely happens to me). Well,
suffice
it to say, you can feel your music and your message just holding your
CD.
Really, I mean it.
I
think you already know this about yourself. I'm just confirming that you
are
magical.
Again,
congratulations on the excellent review. It is certainly well
deserved.
I think this guys wants to be connected to you some how, he wants
to
hang out with you. If you ever meet up with him, buy him a beer and give
him
the favor of your company, it would make his day.
Have
a lovely week.
Yours,
Kate
Z.
Sent: November 7, 2001 9:47 PM
Subject: Hello there Brian!
Hello my friend! I am not sure if I
wrote you upon receipt of your new
CD. My memory has taken a real nose dive, so I am writing you again.
Oh man, I really love this CD! It is also so cool that your sister
sang
backup vocals for you! I think your voice and mine would sound well
together too. I was able to sing with your voice and our tones are
very
complimentary.
I listen to your CD all of the
time. It is unique, soothing, and it really taps at the heartstrings of my
soul. It is so
wonderful having a part of you around me all of the time even though
you
are so far away.
I love your website! I see that you changed it a little. I love the
page
that has your face tiled on it. That page is awesome, and you can
see
your loving soul right through your eyes. Tonight my best friend is
coming over for coffee and I will play your CD for us to enjoy and I
will also be doing quite a bit of bragging about you!
Love you always,
Janet
Sent: November 4, 2001 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: Cover Story of
TO-Nite Magazine
Brian,
I wanted to say I really enjoyed your set (was just there for a
single set at the launch) I had to go to Ottawa early the
next morning, just
got back. I knew you were a good picker- just did'nt know
you were that
good. Sat in two different places at your gig with two old
friends I hadn't
seen in a while, Linda Saslove at the bar, and another gal
over in the
corner who did'nt know your stuff but was with
her boyfriend who did know
you.I like the songs from "Psychedelic", I
picked up the cover story copy of
you in TO Nite and congrats on the airplay. Your really
following up on your
project which is often the toughest part I think...for
some folks,
Congrats!! Jim Layeux
From: "Steve Kaufman"
<FLATPIK@compuserve.com
Sent: November 3, 2001 4:36 PM
Subject: Cover Story of TO-Nite
Magazine
lookin good big guy. Congrats.
Bye for now,
Steve Kaufman
From Radio Italy
Dear Brian,
I first take the
chance to thank you so much for your
latest album, I really appreciate this new effort of
yours and in fact I already played two track on my radio programme of American folk and roots music
(named "Highway 61") here on RADIO VOCE SPAZIO.
"Psychedelic Pholk Psong" (what a terrific
title, it seems to come from Eta Beta, the man from the future who
lives in the comics of Mickie Mouse - I don't
know his original name!) is a great improvement from your debut,
that was anyhow a very fine work. However I think "PPP"
has better songs and it better brings impressed the mark of your
strong musical personality, which is characterized by a flashy but
tasty guitar accompanyment and a voice full of irony. This is an
album that has strong and intense connections with the folk
movement of the sixties, when it took just a guitar to sing
beautiful songs telling great stories!
That's all for now!
I hope to read to you soon and thank you again for your exquisite
kindness.
All the best,
From: "Daisy DeBolt" <dbprod@inforamp.net
Sent: October 19, 2001 7:33 PM
Subject: your new album
Hi Brian, from Daisy Debolt
well congratulations! Just recieved your cd today and it certainly
is physcadelic.... of course I will have to get new glasses
to read the notes.... or maybe it's some recall to all the acid i
took in the 60's. My cd player is on the blink so I can't
listen to it.....and
I hate going out at night on the street car....hate bars....what
do I love??? Let me see, I love music, I love my friends, I love
my gardin...i love food...I love this hours has 22 minutes, I love
my son...But I don't like the night life..seems I am turning into
a monk....I am chained to the
computer...my ass is sore sitting so long in front of this
screen...
rant, rant, rant.... here's some words on some new pieces I
am working on...I'm writing which is
the most important thing that I am still creating....and the flood
gates are open
next music project is called DUETS..
anyways that's enough for now,
cheers,
Daize
Sent: October 1, 2001 11:46 AM
Subject: RE: Re: First Review is
Amazing!
Brian
I am so pleased that things are going so well for you with
respect to your
music career!! All too often, the pure ones are the
first to be thrown on
the scrap heap.
Keep up the tremendous work.
Jed Goldberg
President, Earthday Canada
Sent: September 26, 2001 5:28 AM
Subject: New CD
Hi Brian!
What a nice surprise it was receiving your new CD this morning. I love
the packaging but more importantly love the music too & just been
playing it now. So far I have picked out 'Save the Wolverine' and you've
done a great job of covering Phil Och's 'Highwayman'. I seem to remember
that one and it raised goose pimples, which is always a sign of a
powerful delivery. I see from your notes somewhere that you are a mutual
fan of Donovan's so I was spot on there when I commented on your first
album!
Best of luck with your Psychedelic Pholk Psongs!
Steve Andrews aka Bard of Ely
www.mp3/com/bardofely
BTW I have been topping the local folk charts on mp3 & had tracks at
7 & 8 in the UK Love Songs Top 100.
Got my book on shamanic herbs being sold by Hipmarket in association
with Amazon.com at
http://hipmarket.com
I expect Hipmarket.com would take your CD on...its certainly hip enough!
Go & have a browse & get in touch..its what I did & they
replied the next day putting me next to the Beatles Anthology and Skip
Stone's A-Z of Hippies books.
Dear Brian
On behalf of earth Day Canada, I would like to take this opportunity to
thank you for organizing your Earth Day event and bringing together many
talented musicians for the Back to the Dirt Concert, held on April 21,
2001, at the Tranzac Club. Earth Weeks 2001 was an outstanding success
with hundreds of even t organizers staging environmental events around
Toronto. This is the time of year when people come together to take
positive action and to their par tot improve the environment.
Thank you for your contribution and for being part of this year's Earth
Day celebration. With Appreciation
Jed Goldberg President, Earth Day Canada
From
e-mail : LordLitter@LordLitter.de
(RADIO MARABU- Germany)
From:
Lord Litter Radio Program
Dec
3, 2000
I
just wrote to Comstock that your CD is by far the best/most
unique/outstanding release they EVER sent ... Basically this is what I'm
really looking for ... a REAL unique own personal approach to music ..
like yours!! I
mean: this release is *alive* !!!! ... but also
sounds very good !!! I'm working on own songs with a similar concept ...
very pure, acoustic orientated ... so your CD is a great inspiration !
I already listened very often to the CD ... I know I'll keep it forever
.. I recently had a *quality check* at my archives .. you know when you
do a radio show you get loads of releases all the time ... I'm now very
strict about the releases that I really want to keep ... I didn't even
think about if I want to keep yours ... it jumped directly to the
*forever status* ...
playlists soon ... cheerz
Lord
Litter
web
: http://www.LordLitter.de
Thursday, June 01, 2000 8:10 PM
To:
Frank Geller, Publicist
Subject: WKNH Radio (New Hampshire)
Hi
Frank...
Y
 Yes,
I received Brian Gladstone's "Back To The Dirt" CD and I've given it
airplay
and added it to our library. Thank you. Mr. Gladstone is indeed
unusual.
I have the sad news to tell you that I've just "retired" from the
college
radio station. After almost 9 years I'm burnt out, stressed out
and
very much in need of spending more time with my family and reassessing
where
I'm going with the rest of my life. It's perhaps time to move in
another
creative direction. At 55 one begins to feel the "sand slipping
through
the glass" and it tends to "refocus" one. I think I'll go listen
to
Brian Gladstone and see what happens... ;^)
Connie
The
Front Porch
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