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ASFB
now Downloadable from iTunes
June,
2008 - Harps
On Willows: Best of the All Saved Freak Band is now
downloadable from a number of music websites
including
AmazonMP3,
Rhapsody,
iTunes,
eMusic and
Napster. The digital version of 'Harps' contains
4 additional songs -
You Haunt My Mind,
In
The Flowers of Time,
Prince of the
International Kaleidoscope and
See The Flesh
Fly, 18 songs in all. Hard copy CDs of Harps On Willows will continue to be
available from
Hidden Vision Records and
Amazon. Software downloads and Sign-ups are
required from a few of these sites.
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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"
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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.
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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.
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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.
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