BUFFALO CAFE

Buffalo Cafe - Sound Bite
Faces the Blizzard - Sound Bite

Words and music by Jack Gladstone/ Glacier Pacific Publishing/BMI

"Buffalo Cafe" Chronicles the West

"Come gather 'round me, young and old
Girls and boys, there'll be stories told
About the land that taught us to talk
With Mother's hand, we'll learn to walk.

Travel back in time to the last ice age
With the Sun's Creation fully engaged
Spirits and heroes, tricksters and fools
There's something for everyone

I now anoint this play the Buffalo Cafe."

So begins Jack's fifth album "Buffalo Cafe." The album chronicles the West from "the long ago time" through the Glory Days of the Plains Indians. With a choice blend of mythic and historic metaphor, Jack once again presents history from his unique perspective - seasoned delicately with humor and satire.

Nine new originals on the album include the title track, Buffalo Cafe; Napi Becomes a Wolf, a tale of man-into-wolf transformation; Faces the Blizzard, a tribute to the American bison; With the Coming of the Horse, how the horse revolutionized Plains Indian culture; The Interpreter, the heroic "high plains matador of metaphor;" Whoop-Up Trail, a stirring account of international frontier drug-running by the founding fathers of Montana; When the Land Belonged to God, a symphonic anthem honoring C.M. Russell; and The Rose of Ft. MacLeod, a song about unrequited love.

Lewis and Clark Rag, a humorous song about the Lewis and Clark Expedition was written by Montana State University English Professor and talented songwriter, Greg Keeler. "

The Whoop-Up Trail in Southern Alberta, more than 100 years after it was last used wagon ruts are still visable along the trail.

Buffalo Cafe" highlights Jack's charismatic vocals and guitar skills. Accompanied by the familiar sounds of gifted multi-instrumentalist David Griffith and creative percussionist Scott Powell, the album also features talented studio musicians from Lubbock and Austin.

The "chief" of operations on the project was award winning producer Lloyd Maines, based in Lubbock, Texas. The target release date is July 7, 1997, so mark your calendars! Or, better yet, see our special for early orders.

CREDITS

Buffalo Cafe Dream Team

Produced by Lloyd Maines
Additional Production Assistance by David Griffith
Engineering and Recording
    Texas Division:
        Alan Crossland and Lloyd Maines at Brazos Studio, Lubbock TX
    Montana Division:
        Ron Reeves at Jones Music & Sound, Kalispell, MT
        Ron Reeves and Jack Gladstone at Lodge Pole Gallery, Browning, MT, Blackfeet Indian Nation
Mixed by Fred Remmert and Lloyd Maines at Cedar Creek Studio, Austin, TX
Mastered by Fred Remmert at Cedar Creek Studio, Austin TX
Graphic Design: John Potter, Billings, MT
Layout & Design: Linda Howard-Gladstone
All songs by Jack W. Gladstone © 1997 Glacier Pacific Publishing/BMI
except "Little Big Horn" by Jack W. Gladstone ©1987 Glacier Pacific and Sahalla Music/BMI, "Lewis and Clark Rag" by Greg Keeler ©1989 Rampant Rat Music; and Blackfeet Music ©7000 BC (recording ©1996 Little Corner Singers and Hawkstone Productions)
Musicians
Jack Gladstone - acoustic 6 and 12 string guitars (Jack proudly plays a Taylor Jumbo Cutaway 615C guitar.);
Scott Powell - drums and percussion;
David Griffith - mandolin, keyboards, flute, harmonium;
Lloyd Maines - Bass, pedal steel guitar, dobro, ragtime acoustic guitar;
Gene Elders - fiddle, octave violin;
Tommie Anderson - trumpet;
Amy Rush - violin (Faces the Blizzard).
Singers:
Harmony vocals - Kendall "Dr. Harmony" Flint;
Traditional Blackfeet Indian Drumming and Singing - Little Corner Singers: Clyde Heavy Runner, Victor Sure Chief, David Dragonfly, Darrell Norman, George Weber;
"Merchant Princes" Boys Choir - Gladstone and Flint;
Buffalo Cafe Choir - Kendall Flint, Scott Powell, Ron Reeves, Marie McNeal, David Griffith, Jack Gladstone, Lloyd Maines, Wally Gladstone, Christine Albert;
The "Rose" - Christine Albert
Photos by Andrew Geiger, except horses ©KARCHER/SORREL and steamboats courtesy of Jefferson Nat'l Expansion
Many Thanks To:
Andy Wilkinson for planting the seed for this project; David Griffith, Scott Powell and Lloyd Maines for their faith and musical genius in nurturing the "Cafe"; engineers Fred Remmert, Alan Crossland and Ron Reeves (for whipping me into studio shape); Darrell Norman, Bob Blackbull, the Little Corner Singers and the entire Blackfeet Indian Nation for their encouragement and inspiration; Hugh Dempsey and Jack Holterman for their valuable input; "Dr. Harmony" Kendall Flint for rapid studio work and eternal friendship; my dad Wally for road manager duties (too numerous to mention); my mom Pearl and sisters, Gail and Carol; my old Husky football buddies Ron Blacken and Steve Pope; Marie McNeal, a treasured friend and member of the Hawkstone team; Morton Molyneux for his endless enthusiasm; and to a large circle of friends around the country who make my travels more enjoyable, including the Pomann family, Myron and Rosie Noble, Dr. Loree Guthrie, Dr. Ken Bastian, Jann Jorgensen, the Doggett family, Bruce and Liz Rouse, Joe and Bev Angel, Tom and Linda Noe, Mel Waisenen, the Glacier Natural History Association and Rod Kennedy and the Kerrville Music Festival.

Special Thanks to my inner family circle: my wife, Linda, for constant reality checks and tireless mother and managerial duties; my daughter, Mariah, for additional reality checks and a hungry ambition to learn; and my infant son, Scot, for a reflection of myself at the beginning of a long , fascinating journey.

Dedicated to the beautiful land and spirit of Wild Rose and Big Sky country (Alberta, Canada and Montana). May her hand continue to teach us how to walk and talk upon the unfolding stage of the Buffalo Cafe.