Hard Music Magazine reviews 'Harps'

March/April, 2007 - "I'm old enough to know of historical contributions and am intimately aware of the pain involved in pioneering past the arrows of mistrust, deceit and flat-out prejudice. When an artist forges a new path or travels on sacred ground not previously trod, he or she sows seeds of sorrow, fertilized with the tears of dashed dreams and unfulfilled longings. Like the great Larry Norman, who will be championed like a saint following his death, yet hasn't received the real-time praise he's earned, some people are dealt the low-blow of public ignorance, pining away in obscurity. These folks, like the worn out janitor at my local chapel, will only be praised when they exit this mortal coil, where they will be praised by the toughest and most honest critic of all -- the King of Kings. "Well done," will be all Old Leatherface needs to hear. Now, I know that many of the pierced kids out there will look at this collection of All Saved Freak Band songs and dismiss it as "totally gay hippie rock," but that's like the disjointed fisherman giving up over the still waters where a thousand laughing fish lie underneath. It's your loss, kids."
 

Harps on Willows named one of the 20 Best Albums of 2006.

December, 2006 - Tony Cummings and Mike Rimmer, writers for Cross Rhythms online music magazine, listened to more than 1,500 Christian music albums in 2006, selecting the All Saved Freak Band's release, Harps on Willows as one of the 20 best. The music of Verra Cruz, Switchfoot, Ayiesha Woods, Becoming the Archetype, Bob Dylan and Jonny Lang are also honored on their list.
 

ASFB included in documentary soundtrack

November, 2006 - Two songs from the My Poor Generation recordings were selected for the documentary soundtrack chronicling the life of Hippie evangelist Lonnie Frisbee, the common catalyst present at the core of the Jesus Movement, the Chapel and Vineyard ministries in California. Produced by historian David DiSabatino and PBS affiliate, KQED in California, the documentary traces the earliest years of the Jesus movement through vintage photos, videos and music as well as eye witness accounts. The documentary is available from the producers at www.lonniefrisbee.com, a video "trailer" of the project also available on their website. The two songs selected were The Sower and My Poor Generation. The music of Agape, Gentle Faith, Joy and Stonewood Cross make up the bulk of the soundtrack.
 

Fleetwood Mac's Jeremy Spencer remembers Glenn Schwartz
Activated Ministry Magazine: Out of the Blue, Jeremy Spencer, July, 2002

"Before a concert in San Francisco, another musician, Glenn Schwartz, of a band called 'Pacific Gas and Electric,' asked me if I believed in Jesus. I said I did--and I guess I actually did, in a mental sort of way. "Then say something about Jesus on stage tonight," Glenn said. "It would make Him happy."
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So we played number after number and finally, before one song, I said, "I want to say something about Jesus! ...Yes, just read what He has to say." It wasn't much, but I didn't know what else to say. After all, I was still searching myself.
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After the concert Glenn told me, "You just need to ask Jesus into your heart." I had never heard that before. Something in Glenn's eyes convinced me that he had found what I was looking for. That night in my hotel room I prayed for Jesus to come into my heart. From that night, my attitudes about nearly everything started to change."

Note: A few years after meeting Glenn, Jeremy became a member of the Children of God, now known as the Family International. Perhaps the most well-known religious cult birthed from the Jesus Movement, the inclusion of this excerpt should not be viewed as an endorsement of their magazine or community.