At various times in Gleason Booth's three-decade career, he's been called a "new Dylan," an "old soul," the "great white dope," and "that stolid bastard who impregnated my daughter." Okay, only one of those claims is even close to being factual, and, well, it was consensual, so where's the harm in that? Gleason Booth has never appeared on Shindig ... has never had his mouth washed out with soup ... has never represented the 12th District of New York in Congress ... and has never opened a can of Planter's Mixed Nuts with his bare feet. But not for lack of trying. What Gleason Booth has done, though, is learned how to play a few chords on guitar, found a way to put them in somewhat original order from time to time, and then hung some words of his own invention onto them to create a couple hundred songs that ya'll may find pleasant to listen to. His admirers within the industry are few and far between, and his fans are mostly distant cousins and unfortunate people who spend their days working in our nation's sweatshops. After a lengthy recuperation from a terrible plowing accident in China, he appears in public infrequently. But when he does, he often performs under the influence of pinto beans. Not surprisingnly, he's been known to treat appreciative audiences with his damned fine impersonation of the apple tree from the Wizard of Oz. Gleason Booth's songs have been recorded by a number of major label artists, including, but certainly not limited to, Mike Row and the Cassette Recorders. You can look it up ... Here's what they're saying about Gleason's classic CD "One White Crow" ... If you download only one song this year, it's a toss-up between One White Crow and Terri Hendrix's 'Get Your Goat On.' FULLER BABCOCK, The Wine Spectator... Gleason Booth reminds me of the Who and John Eddie ... as in "Who the hell does Gleason Booth think he is? Bob Freakin Dylan??" THOM BROKAW, no relation to the guy who admires WWII vets ... I have seen the future of Hard House/Nu-Jazz/Psychobilly and its name is Gleason Booth, it is! JON OUTLANDISH ... Give me your tired, your poor, and an 8-track tape of "One White Crow" EMMA LAZARUS, a poet who knows it ... One White Crow makes Blackbird sound like the pigeon dropping it is." RINGO S.
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