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The scorching riffs of Josh coupled with your vocals is a combination that cannot be replicated.
Rarely these days do I hear music that draws me in enough to want to learn more about the artist. Long story short, The Iowa
Mountain Tour has changed my life, as well as many others, for the better.
Scott Gibson
Clarksville, IN
myspace.com/slitheringbeast
You have permission to reproduce any part of my statement, including my name, since you kick so much ass.
P.S.
I notice that you have an interest in the extraterrestrial. I highly recommend you read Communion by Whitley Streiber if you
have not already.
Jun 2, 2007 3:11 PMA few years ago Gary
Forney had an idea to bring songwriters together from around the country to the corn fields of Iowa for a Summer Solstice
Songwriter Concert. It was lightly attended but still a great time and many friendships were made.
The following year,
Gary thought it would be nice to take to the St Louis area and a guy from Belleville, a St Louis suburb, jumped in and slowly
but surely wrestled the idea from Gary. The guy pushed Gary out of the picture totally and while the event was better attended
than the first, it was not as organized. The next year the event was tied to a street party in Belleville, and fewer songwriters
were involved. Each year the event has gotten smaller, until this year it is barely mentioned by anyone and is being held
as an open mike in the back of a barroom.
What goes around comes around, and when the guy from Belleville stole the concept
from Gary, he stepped on a lot of toes. Most serious songwriters will not have anything to do with the Belleville area at
this time.
The world needs more Gary Forneys. Gary is good for the music world.
Robb
Happy 4th!
p.s. You should give me your address again. I'll hook you up with a
few things...
Thanks for your support again!!
~Holie Stevens - Adult Film Star~
Jul 5, 2007 6:25 AM
To the HOTTEST man I know....GARY! :)
Stay sweet!
Your friend forever, Kim
Review
Jumpin Beans & Willie / Gary & Josh Forney 7" (Ball)
YES! New Jumpin Beans! "I Like To Feel Real Bad!" You will! Especially when you hear the b-side, a completely
f--ked blues number about Chicago from Gary & Josh Forney... smooth keys, bass, and "ripping" distorto guitar!
Above is link to a video about songpoems, in part dedicated to Gary Forney
The 45 will be going on the wall in myoffice where I put kick ass things that other people
should be jealous of.
Talk to you soon,
Luke
~Hollywood Film Executive~
Gary Forney: "I consider myself a poet first and the other stuff second."
Is this a kinder, gentler Gary Forney? The humble Iowan claims he is a poet first and "all the other stuff second."
And what a tremendous amount of other stuff there is; he has self-published 7 books, written an autobiography, and been a
cult icon as part of the song-poet subculture. His songs have been featured, like he mentioned, in "Off the Charts," a documentary
on the song poem industry, as well as in "Song Poems Wanted!" a new musical about that very same industry.
Gary and his
son Josh have a show coming up at the Orphanage on Sunday, April 20. I already shilled it under Andrew Heathwaite's profile.
Where
do I begin finding the right poetry to characterize this man? I began by disecting portions of his books, which are usually
epic poems broken into a few parts. I have chosen, with the blessing of the author, "Deja Vu," from his book "Here There Be
Dragons" (1986) I think this represents the epic movement of voice Gary loves so very much.
Please enjoy. And if you see
Gary this Sunday, for goodness sakes get him to autograph something.
~Russell Jaffee~
O Sweetest Roses poetry blog
Gary's friend, Hollie Stevens, adult film star.
Painting by Hollie Stevens for Gary Forney
"Gary Forney is a legend of the arts you may not know about!"
~The Orphanage in Chicago~
PUNK'N: Rock & blues song-poem superstars Gary & Josh Forney. Loved th tunes, loved their 'psychedelic art
film,' Punk'n.
- typings of AndR, k.s.c. -
[ from blog review of The Orphanage show April 20 2008 ]
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