Howard Gladstone

The Robbie Robertson Interview by Howard Gladstone From The Rolling Stone Interviews Vol. 1. Published in Rolling Stone magazine, 27 December, 1969. Copyright © 1969, 1971 Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. Howard Gladstone released a Band/Dylan-influenced CD of his own music entitled Sunflowers Light The Room in 2002. See the Howard Gladstone web site for more information. The

Woodstock – 50 Years On!  In the summer of 1969, radio DJs  were talking about an upcoming fantastic music festival in Woodstock, New York, featuring all the bands and artists I dreamed of seeing. I called a phone number they provided on-air to try to buy tickets. The phone rang

In 2014 Howard Gladstone experienced a sudden onset spinal stenosis, resulting in emergency spinal surgery.  Four disks in his neck were fused with a titanium plate.  He spent 10 days in hospital, three months in a rehabilitation centre, and a lengthy period at home furthering his recovery.  Initially totally paralyzed,

My first guitar was a Kent 6-string, purchased from the Eaton’s catalogue, for $10. Whatever little money I had was earned from caddying for tips on the local golf course, and prior to that, delivering newspapers.   I had that guitar for a few years until I could afford $90 for

Howard Gladstone’s song Tammy (The Wheels of Justice)  musically recounts the miscarriage of justice in Ontario that led to the wrongful conviction of Tammy Marquardt in 1995.   Tammy was accused of murdering her 2 year old son; she would spend  13 years in prison for a crime she did not commit.

The documentary movie, “I’ll Be Me,” sensitively portrays the progress of Alzheimer’s in country singer/guitarist Glen Campbell. In spite of his ongoing mental deterioration, the fabled guitarist/country singer goes on the road to perform a nation-wide farewell tour, at the urging of his family.   Bravely supported by his wife, and

I admit to a Bob Dylan addiction. Nonetheless I have a mixed, uneasy reaction to the latest box set release. I want it !! I don’t want it. I’m talking about “Cutting Edge 1965-66”, the box set of 18-unreleased CDs, in a limited edition of 5000. It’s not just the

Howard Gladstone releases two new songs : “Gridlock City” and “Runaway Train”.  Both are available for free download from his website www.howardgladstone.com … “Gridlock City” takes a humorous and satiric look at a big city’s traffic and transit woes, and the political gridlock that can’t find an effective way to deal with it. 

I was saddened to learn of the passing of Pete Seeger. Even at age 94 Pete remained a passionate believer and activist in social justice, using song as a tool for change. Pete Seeger’s work is a lasting inspiration for songwriters. His work combined powerful messages of social justice with

Back in the golden days of Groovy Mondays open stage, in the early 2000’s, held in the deepest dark dungeon of music in Toronto, Holy Joe’s, with its rotten old couches with broken springs- that was where I first met and heard Sam Larkin. Rarely did any of us (a

Three years ago, on the first day of spring, I watched a late winter/early spring snowstorm from my living room window. Everybody was worn out and tired of winter, and anxious for the energy and newness of spring to arrive.  I had the idea that the spring rains were captured