Fiddlin Red Seidman
Fiddlin Red Seidman
Fiddlin Red Seidman: Guestbook
Diane
December 26, 2011
There isn't a day that goes by in which I don't remember with great thanks the time we spent together.
Thank God for the memories, the photos and the beautiful recordings...
I hope everyone has a happy holiday and that 2012 brings y'all everything you desire.
Rock on Red
Blessings, Diane
Gus Stewart
December 25, 2011
Merry Xmas to you all from Scotland and I hope you have a peacefull,healthy prosperous New Year. Slainte Mhath
Dave
November 30, 2011
Sorry I'm a day late buddy, was out of the country. Remembering you after four long years since your too too premature departure. Your still in our hearts and thoughts and always will be. Rock on Red.
Bradley Nicholson
November 20, 2011
A day does not go by that I dont think of him, and all the great music we played together..
Al Tomes Jr
August 23, 2011
I knew Red back in the 80's while i was playing with Gatorkicks and he was playing with Hot Walker Band. He play with us on many cruises on the Emerald Seas and many other gigs. We recorded our first record at his studio in Hollywood,FL called "Long Neck Saloon" and another record about Russia,s boycott of the summer Olympics in LA called "Commie Stay Away". He was a awesome musician but most of all he was a awesome human being and someone that i truly called my friend.Sad to hear of his passing but will be forever in my heart and my music.
Dave
July 19, 2011
Happy Birthday Red, it was sure good to know ya - miss you still, see you later
Diane
July 19, 2011
Happy Birthday Sweetheart out there in the ethers! Hope you are having a great one-let's see-today you would be 55 (cause I turned 55 in May and you always joked how you married an older woman!)
Well, RedFred, you can read the beginning of my book on my web site www.dianesdetox.com and get the WHOLE story (it's on the drop down menu under MY BOOK) or go to the Bruce and Red Blog on the same web site under the drop down link for HOME...it's been nearly 4 years now ... hard to believe...
But happy to say he lives on in our hearts and in our minds and we will love him forever! Thank you for being Lawrence "Fiddlin Red" Seidman and thank you for your music!!!
Rock On Red!
Love, Diane
RedFred
July 9, 2011
Red and the Hot Walker Band played at my wedding back in 80 or 81 a good brother of mine turned me on to Red, (Paul "LUKE" Lucas )he and the band cancelled 2 other gigs that night to stay and play for me and my x now. then i moved to maine from ft. lauderdale in 85 and Red and the band playd for nothing at my going away party at "GATORKICKK" Sorry to hear bout him not being with us anymoreget back to me please and fill me in1
Dave
June 5, 2011
Rock on Red, my friend. Its been a good year for the roses.
Diane
May 4, 2011
Yes, John, I still get people who are just finding out about Red's passing and it has been 3 and a half years since he moved on to his new life in the great beyond. Still doesn't seem possible to me...I'll answer the rest of your questions in an email-no need to bore the folks in the guest book with details;)
Glad you visited the site Joyce! It's great to know Bruce is down for the songwriter's fest in Key West...ahhhh, great memories there! My life is too busy to get down for all the variety of fun the Keys has to offer. Not only am I missing the songwriter's fest this week but the Islander Sailboat race-hope they have good wind-it sure is blowing here in northern Florida!
and thank you so much for the comment Cathy!
I remember the fiddle competition where Red allowed young Seamus to take 1st prize home instead of keeping it for himself for the 7th year in a row;) So many great memories... so many blessings...
Bob & Cathy Murphy
May 4, 2011
We were in Key West last weekend for the Fiddle Contest and couldn't help but think of you. Thought you'd like to know that Seamus was in the running for 1st place, but let a 14 year old visiting from Michigan take that honor.
Seems he remembers someone doing that for him when he was young (...and he will never forget it ! ). I was pretty proud of him...
Hope all is well with you ,
Thinking of you,
Love, Cathy
Joyce Dunwell
April 30, 2011
Just visiting for the first time tonight. This is a wonderful tribute to a beautiful man. Sure do miss him. So many things bring him to mind. Especially now that it is KWSWF season. Saw Bruce working sound and Tropic on Thursday and immediately thought of Red and you, too. All my love, Joyce
John Robarge
February 23, 2011
Hello Diane,
I'm John Robarge formally of South Florida, Fort Lauderdale area, and for the past 15 year's, live here in North Orlando area of Lake Mary/ Heathrow fl.
I have just learned of Red's passing via your web site. the OMG factor hit me hard between the eyes as I knew Red fairly well, as I did all the ffella's of Hot Walker band, Red, Chad, Bobby, and Frank. What a GREAT group of guy's, so VERY VERY talented, and a ton of fun to know.
My father is a Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, TEX ROE. Father had the pleasure of being backed up by Hot Walker one show around 1993 in Hershey Pa. He was so impressed with Red, and the boy's. But Red he spoke of all the time, and always wanting to know what I heard or contact was with Red.
Losing Red so early on , and then Chad not so long ago to this day makes me so very sad, but the memories are certainly wonderful.
May I ask......what was the cause of Red's passing? I remember so well when he bought that piece of land in Georgia. He was so excited, and couldn't wait to leave Florida to start a new life. As I also remember the guitar shop he worked at, I think his dad owned?
Anyway, thank you for posting Red's music.
Diane
February 13, 2011
Red has been "around" a lot these past few days; on my mind, old friends of his who have just heard of his passing have emailed and roses have been appearing. Last night when I was reading aloud Chapter 17 from the book "The Shack" by William P. Young (my husband Don and I read to each other regularly) this poem made me feel and cry for Red more than I have in a long time.
They say you never get over the death of a loved one but it does "get easier" and this poem hit me hard-in a good way.
Breathe in me...deep
That I might breathe...and live
And hold me close that I might sleep
Soft held by all you give
Come kiss me wind and take my breath
Till you and I are one
And we will dance among the tombs
Until all death is gone
And no one knows that we exist
Wrapped in each other's arms
Except the One who blew the breath
That hides me safe from harm
Come kiss me wind and take my breath
Till you and I are one
And we will dance among the tombs
Until all death is gone
Rock on Red. Good to know you are still here.
Love, Diane
Diane
January 4, 2011
You sure have been dumped on across the pond-
Gus!
and Garry, thanks for sharing your Red-Sighting with us. There is no doubt in my mind that his energy is around all of us-and we recognize it when we pay attention.
Life after life- I am sure red is living it up!
Rock on Red!
Happy New Year to Everyone!
gus stewart
December 27, 2010
Merry Xmas to all.May you have peace,good health and less snow than we have in Edinburgh.Slainte
Garry
December 15, 2010
Hi....it's me again.....I've just noticed that I missed out a few words and that the grammar was a tad off but I hope you can read it, even so.
Byeeee
Garry
December 15, 2010
Hi all.....It's seems like such a long time since I put fingers to laptop keyboard here and, to be very honest, it's this and my 'phone calls to you, dear Diane, that keeps me going through all my long visits to my second home~~~~Poole and Salisbury hospitals. My record, so far, is to have spent 9 months of this year in a hospital bed! I am just recently out of Poole hosp ital after suffering a mini stroke, a TIA. All it did was to leave me with a weak right hand....I'll never play the concert grand piano again ( not that I could before lol )
As everyone here, my thoughts, in November, were to the fact that the genius that was Red and I sat here in my lounge with a can of Heinecan and a miniature bottle of Tequila, his favorite if I remember and I was going to listen to the boys playing "Watchtower" and raise a glass to the memory of the big man....Red.
It was just a minute into Red hitting his fiddle and with that smile he always had when playing and the damned power went out!!!
As I was on my laptop rather then my desk top, the lappy went over to battery but I knew that, in a few seconds, the playing would stop and I'd have just a blank screan.
Needless to say, I was cursing the Hell out of the weather and the frequent power outages that we were having But, after 20 or so seconds, the screen still showed the big Red smile as he kept sawing away at his fiddle! And then the seconds turned to minutes and still the boys were playing! I was sat there, totally gobsmacked that this was happening because I knew of old that the playback just couldn't last more than a few seconds and yet it just carried on.....right to the very end, something like nine and a half minutes, and just as the last note was played the laptop went blank!!! I suddenly realised that I had a Heineken in one hand and the tiny bottle of Tequila in the other and I hadn't and I finished both in just a few gupls!!! As someone with a scientific brain I just couldn't believe that it was Red, looking down on me but how else do I believe it???
When the power came back on I very quietly went through my mail and there was a letter from the Red Cross. I'd never got a Christmas message from them because I'm not religeous (sp?) and yet I felt the urge to open it and what do I find but a dozen little Christmas cards with Red Roses on the front and also a 2011 callender with roses on it! And the next day I pulled open a drawer on my dresser and found the 5 missing Tarot cards that were missing from the set that I'd sent to Diane so many months ago.....all this happened in less than 24 hours! One I could understand but all three things in less than a day is something I can't explain apart from~~~~if it's you, Red, I thank you for watching over me and all the other fans and family. I know that he's there because as I wake after my numerous operations~~9 in 2 years!!~~each time I hear his fiddle in my head!!
Anyhow Diane, Let me wish you and Don a long, happy and healthy together and I also wish this to all my friends out there in Red land.
Many thank's to Dave for your You Tube vids...lovely way to remember our friend. I, for one visit You Tube every day and it keeps the memory sharp of B&R and the fab music they played together.
Well, I wish each and every one of us a very healthy and happpy holiday and hope that 2011 is good for all of us. (where have all the years gone!!)
As always.....Rock on Red
Bredna
December 13, 2010
Thank you
LINDA
December 13, 2010
Fond memories of performing with you at Boondocks in Ramrod Key - must have been 10 years ago. Red, you are the most terrific fiddle player I ever met! Linda
Linda*&*Jeanie*****THE HILLTOP SINGERS
Diane
December 7, 2010
You aren't late at all, Mike, you are right on time and, just like a few weeks ago when you were thinking of Red, Red was on my mind and and I sent you an email. He seems to inspire you the same time he "speaks" to me.
I smiled when I saw your post to this page because I just got online to relate this afternoon's "Red Sighting."
I was listening to what I call Project #36, a recording Bruce and Red did at the Hog - not for a CD but for the bass player and drummer they were beginning to play with in Destin, Florida who were unfamiliar with their music.
They recorded the whole night at THE HOG, one great tune after another, and all the chatter in between, the best jokes they told, the funniest things they said. When I listen to it I feel like I am in Key West again, listening to the Dynamic Duo of Red and Bruce...
I had "one of those feelings" Red was going to "say hello" and the instant I thought this I heard a siren outside.
Now I do not hear sirens-probably less than once a month-so when I heard it before I could even think, Here it comes" there it was-the siren blaring out of my speakers on the recording from the HOG. Then Red imitated it on his mandolin, just like he had did every time the noise interfered with their playing...
I smiled and thanked him for the hello, realizing all is good with the world.
So, happy holidays to everyone in the world and wishes for peace on earth, good will towards each other, and all that wonderful stuff!
Love, Diane (and Rock on Red!)
Mike Hasty
December 7, 2010
Sorry for being late, but have been away from my computer for a while. Red, I don't have to tell you that I think of you often. Your guitar that you weren't able to finish is finished now and hanging on my wall. It continues to give me inspiration for guitars that I am building. Thanks for opening the door.
Your friend,
Mike Hasty
Deborah Moore
December 4, 2010
Red, you are truly missed, but thanks to Diane and all those great memories, you will live in our hearts forever. Fiddle on my friend.
jimmy snowden
December 4, 2010
Red It seems just yesterday that you left this world. where ever you are I know you are making music Miss you I will see you some day but not in a hurry to get there Jimmy from k.w and alaska
Gerd Rube
December 3, 2010
Red, I still see you running with that big smile on your face where I met you last on Atlantic Blvd in Key West, everytime I ride the motorcycle along that road. Have a Merry Christmas up there, peace & light.
Geri Seidman Russo
December 1, 2010
three years have pased and I still reach for the phone. The last time I spoke to Larry I told him we had to talk and that it was really important. He told me about life in Fla. , I told him of my crazy girls ,of our new house on the bay and how he and Scott could go out fishing together the next time he was up. I never got to have that important talk and it still haunts me. Life is full of lessons..Forgive, if you can forget, and say I'm sorry and I love you whenever you get the chance.
I miss you La..your goofy laugh your song and your music..but most of all I miss my brother.
Thankyou for all your kind words.....around her "we're fishing..not catchin".....
tye
November 30, 2010
Lots of smiles,friends and precious memories......
Diane
November 30, 2010
Oh, that Red Smile.
Great stories, great sentiments.
Thank you all.
Thank you Red.
Love, Diane
Lissa
November 30, 2010
Greetings from Aruba where the water and ways are a part of your soul. The folks at Little Easter still remember, sending hello's and thanks for the wonderful tunes you shared. You are missed but never out of mind. I have always had a deep appreciation of what you shared and left me with in my heart. Thank you for the grace you gave.
Clint Bullard
November 29, 2010
I loved hearing and watching Red play, too, of course, but I really treasure the days we spent in the pool in Key West... Every time we talked I learned something new and amazing about my multi-talented buddy. He was a true Renaissance Man!
Robin Redwine
November 29, 2010
Time sure flys by
Austin
November 29, 2010
We missed you when you went from us and we still miss you now. That smile of yours could lift any brow and heal any woe making a friend out of any foe. The best gift you ever gave us to hand on to others will always be that 'Red Smile'
I thought this poem below, written by Jock Scott for Ian Dury, would make you smile.
I put all my eggs in one basket
The basket that you gave to me
One was called Hope, one was called truth,
Another called Peace
That makes three.
Now a moth circles round a bare light bulb
Oddly reminding me of Francis Bacon
And then I wonder just where you are
And what connections you are making.
Yes, such a swift departure
You left me clutching at a half-pint of lager
I looked up and you were gone
Leaving the music and all your mates
On the stage to carry on,
The next generation!
Bring 'em on! Bring 'em on! Bring 'em on!
So I'm left with the eggs and the Bacon
And you could be Oceans away
But if, when I yell, outside the gates of hell
You appear with a smile and a swagger
Maybe we can sit down in the Devils Arms
And order a fresh pint of lager.
God bless you Red :O)
Kea
November 29, 2010
I'd never spent so much time in a bar just to listen to the music. Sharkey's with Red and Ted was the high point of my week because I knew that as soon as they started to play, I would smile the rest of the night. Red knew how to make you FEEL how much he loved to play! Play it again, Red.
Thanks Diane for reminding me.
Cindy
November 29, 2010
I met Red thru Tim Carter and from the first moment he was telling me how much I would LOVE his wife Diane and he could not wait for us to meet. Which we did ,for lunch, that afternoon at Salsa Loca!He was so proud of her. I loved hearing him play his fiddle & he always had such a wonderful SMILE. Red,you are missed but you LIVE on through our memories.
Cindy
Mike & Jane
November 29, 2010
Jane and I have been going to Key West since 1996. Of all the music (and there's lots of it) our favorites were Bruce and Red. We used to get that little front table at the HB and just listen. In between songs there was always a word or comment that made us laugh. We would watch in awe when Red fired up that fiddle. We missed him when first we heard and we miss him still.
Mike & Jane
willow
November 29, 2010
you were so full of life.....
i wanted to live a little bigger
great music!
peace be
willow
Ric
November 29, 2010
I remember those jams at tiny slimys in Islamorada with Lady A
Good Times
rick cintron
November 29, 2010
back in 2001 i made my first visit to keywest. just fell in love with the island. since then, been averaging 3 visits a year. once i went on webcam page of keywest.com and found the hogsbreath cam and first found bruce and red performing, "all along the watchtower"! wow! then i bought the cd from red's website and just loved those guys. then during one of my visits, they were at the hog playing!! sat during the entire show and just waited for my song, the wathctower! when they did that song live, my jaw was on the floor! i went up to red and shook his hand and the warthm and friedliness of him was just so pure. plus he was drinking a heinken too which is my favorite beer. we had a short conversation and it meant the world to me! sadly when i found out about his passing, i cried and said a prayer. i have the video of the watchtower on my favorites on my laptop and when i need to feel energized, i play it. love ya red!! god bless you and many thanks for being a part of life i truly cherish! rick c.
Carol
November 29, 2010
Can't believe that Red is gone. He sure did
live while he was alive, and he most definitely put his talent to good use and entertained us in the process. Miss you Red.
Marty Masters, SF, CA
November 29, 2010
I first met Red at The Carribean Club in Key Largo back in 2002. Hew was rocking the house with his fiddling, and I am sure he still is. Miss you buddy!
http://www.fogville.com/~mgm/img/02/Keys/music/
Tom Razey Pennellville, N.Y.
November 29, 2010
I remember being introduced to Red a number of years ago by my friend Billy Davidson at the Key Largo Golf Club. I could feel the warmth and genuiness radiating from Red as we talked and played golf that day. I also remember traveling to Morada Bay and the Hogs Breath Saloon to see him play with his partner Bruce Isaacson. I was shocked and saddened when I learned of his passing 3 years ago by Billy. He was a true musical talent and a genuinely nice human being and is greatly missed by those fortunate enough to have known him.
Warren Serkin
November 29, 2010
I spent many wonderful hours at "The Hog" in KW listening to Bruce and Red and enjoying the music. I miss his warmth, his artistry and his music.
Annie
November 29, 2010
Missing you Red! Thanks for all the laughs and wonderful entertainment over the years.
Hats off to you Diane for keeping his website alive and jamming.
Peace and Love Annie
Andy & Geri Hagerstown MD
November 29, 2010
We will never forget seeing Bruce & Red around Thanksgiving and then coming home and getting a phone call from Bruce that Red had passed on. We were in shock and came back down to KW for the memorial at the Hog.
We will always remember his kindness and easy going personality. He always wanted to chat about music, Maine, his travels and so many other things.
He was a brilliant musician and was so passionate when he played. We always loved to hear him and continue to listen today. That is how we will always remember him.
gale & Rob
November 29, 2010
Loved our times listening to you. You were always gracious & would stop to chat. We were there that last Thanksgiving evening when you played at the Hog - Diane & your folks were so proud & happy. That was just days before you passed. What a shock that was. Rest easy, Red. You are missed.
Jay
November 29, 2010
You changed my musical direction listening to your songs and your interpretation of other songs that you made your own by doing them your way. I still listen to On the Fly and Irish Medley over and over. Thank you for touching my life.
Tim Carter
November 29, 2010
I miss you Brother Red... God Bless You
Jennifer Maclean
November 29, 2010
Miss you little pirate! xxx
Tom
November 29, 2010
We continue to miss this great treasure. Thank you for the years of great music!
Damien Lamb
November 29, 2010
We all miss you Red and your wonderful talent with music and performance. You were (and still are) a true STAR always.
Damien Lamb and Pale Moon Rising
Perdido Key, FL
J. Michelle Scott
November 29, 2010
I didn't personally know Red but have a lot of friends who did. Les and Arlin Strader come to mind first. Fine musician...all. Thanks for contacting our studios.
Regards to all. J. Michelle Scott/Producer Soul Deep Label
Billy Davidson
November 29, 2010
Miss you my Golfing/Musician buddy. Think of you every time I use your Ping putter. Love ya Diane, Billy D
Steven Pribramsky
November 29, 2010
It was a sincere pleasure to work with you as your accountant. Red, you were that terrific combination of a creative artist and a sound businessman. I miss working with you
Diane
November 29, 2010
Three years ago today was the happiest day of Red's life. He said felt good physically, he acted like he felt great mentally and he even had admitted to saying a prayer of thanks. He did yoga in the morning and we walked in the woods in the afternoon. He was my roadie for a yoga presentation in the evening and sat in the audience and applauded me at my show. We left there joking about how wonderful it would be for him to play music in the Old Town area, his originals and Frank Sinatra and whatever else he felt like playing...
It still doesn't seem possible he is really gone from this earth plane. I beleive he watches over all of us trying to help us go in the direction of the light where true happiness is found.
He would always say with that incredibly contagious laugh of his, "Live like today was your last-cause some day it is going to be!"
Hey, Red, we are doing the best we can-and thanks for being you!
Love, Diane
Diane
November 23, 2010
Feeling sad today.
Perhaps it is because Red loved The Beatles and John Lennon and the past 2 nights we have been watching the PBS specials on the Fab Four. I remember an art exhibit Red and I attended in Ft. Lauderdale sponsored by Yoko Ono-art John and Yoko did separately and together...
Watching Yoko talk of her husband's death at the prime of his life and how he was taken so suddenly hit me hard. How it was, and still is, so hard to believe it happened. I sympathize, I have been there.
Days like today I just feel sad he left this world so suddenly, so unexpectedly and on the happiest day of his life. I guess The Universe knows what it is doing.
I have a new life now. I am happy with my new husband and he is so kind and understanding of my continuing relationship with Red and his music. He asks questions like, "What did you like the most about Red?"
My answer, "His love for me, his love for music, his grin, his sense of humor, his talent, his stories, how he always took time to talk to everyone who wanted to talk to him and how he always cherished the time we had alone together."
I know Red is fine, where ever he is now. He has made it clear a few times he approves of my new life with a rose appearing at precisely the right moment.
I listen to him and watch him on the links I have on the news page on this website. I know I am lucky I can see and hear him still, whether it is on my computer on in my mind. There isn't a day that goes by I don't think of him.
After doing the 12 steps for Codependency this summer (highly recommend EVERYONE reads the book by Melodie Beattie) I understand Red (and myself) more than I did while he were here.
Red, I am sorry you left this world so suddenly and so young.
Red, I love you now more than ever and I miss you and your great hugs.
Diane
November 18, 2010
Was there a song he played on that wasn't distinctive? He was one of a kind, that fiddler of mine;)
Dave
October 28, 2010
Me too - I even fill in the fiddle/mandolin part in its absence(particularly so on You've Got A Lover because it was so distinctive)!
And I shall again shortly..
Peace to you Diane.
Rock on Red...........
Diane
October 18, 2010
I hear the fiddle every time I listen to Bruce play a song he and Red used to do. I am not so sure it's only imagination...Red was pretty powerful...
Glad you got to spend some time with Bruce. Hope married life is treating him as well as it is me!
Rock on everyone!
Love, Diane
Gus Stewart
October 15, 2010
Great time in the Keys and believe me Bruce and I did the toasting proud.One afternoon in Buffalo Bills it was very slow and as Bruce played I was sure I could hear a fiddle.I mentioned it to Bruce on his break and lo and behold he said that he sometimes imagines the fiddle himself. Peace and good health to all. Gus
Diane
October 11, 2010
Thanks for the congrats guys!
Please toast the fiddler for me while you are in Key West Gus, I can't drink anymore so I am counting on you!
Had another Red sighting on the way south. Stopped in Virginia Beach to visit ARE (Association for Research and Enlightenment-Edgar Cayce's Place;) Went to take photos of the famous "green couch" from which Edgar did thousands of medical intuit readings. I was thinking about how I never would have been able to study and travel as much if it hadn't been for Red and said a silent thank you to my late husband when I noticed a glass red rose on the shelf at the head of the bed.
I asked the tour guide what the significance of the rose was and he said he didn't know and, "Come to think of it, I don't think I noticed it before now."
I smiled and told him I thought it was my late husband saying hello, which he does often. Even though I am not surprised at the synchronistic times his signs show up it nearly takes my breath away each and every time.
If anyone wants to read my free e-book, 9 Months Ago Was Yesterday, it's on my www.DianesDetox.com website...
Rock on Red!
Love to all!
gus stewart
September 5, 2010
Congratulations on your wedding Diane and thanks for keeping this going.I Still often listen to my CD and think of Red.At last I will be back in Key West on the 19th and will see Bruce and raise a glass to the wee fiddler.Rock on Red and good fortune smile on you all!
Dave
August 28, 2010
Rock on Red.
Congrats Di!
Diane
August 23, 2010
RED SIGHTING- AUGUST 20, 2010
Camp Etna, where I am spending the summer doing volunteer carpentry working to rejuvenate many buildings, is a spiritualist camp. Spiritualists believe we maintain our personality after we pass on and they believe their readings prove this fact. At the end of each spritualist service the medium (the person who believes they get messages from the other side through clairaudience-hearing things, clairvoyance-seeing things or clairsentience-feeling things) goes to the audience and picks people sitting there and asks if they may, "Come to them," so they can give them a brief reading. When they answer positively this also gives the medium the ability to tap further into their live spirit and their aura to see, hear or feel who may be coming through for them.
On Friday night I was sitting with Don, the man I will marry next Saturday the 28th, and his mother, Phyllis. The visiting medium from Boston came to our section and said, "I have 3 men standing behind you 3. The one behind you," pointing at Phyllis, "is tall and thin and wants to take you in his arms and dance and dance and dance. He has a very strong heart connection with you so he was a spouse or partner and he wants you to know he still loves you and is proud of all you have done since he passed. I leave you with his love and blessings." We knew this was her late husband who stood about a foot taller than her. He was a musician and he loved to dance and dance and dance with her.
Then she pointed at Don, "I have a gentleman standing beside you so he was not in your family but a good friend and he keeps turning something on the wall. A thermostat, he was always adjusting the temperature. I am not sure what his message is but he seems to try to keep it warm for you." Don laughed and said, "I know exactly who you are talking about." He explained later he used to have a friend/tenant who spent an incredible amount of time adjusting the thermostat trying to get it warmer and warmer. Apparently the man didn't understand how thermostats work.
Then she pointed at me and brought her arms up to her chest and crossed them and said, "I have a man standing beside you with a very strong heart connection. He loves you very much. His arms are crossed and he is saying, "I brought her here so she could help this place revive and find her true happiness. I am responsible for bringing her here and I am proud of all she is doing." I smiled and told the medium I knew of who she was speaking-you never lead the medium on by telling her who it is but just affirming whether or not you know of whom she is speaking. I was hoping for something a little more definitive when she said, "I am not sure why but I want to throw rose petals at you."
I gasped and tears trickled down my cheeks and I said, "Thank you." Don took my hand and smiled at me because he has read my book and knows Red has sent me roses frequently since he has passed; in surprise bouquets, giant stuffed roses or dramatically in petal form. They all stem back to a time when he was alive and spread rose petals all over the motor home after one of our unpleasant disagreements. After driving my truck down from Michael's in northern Florida to Red's waiting arms in the Keys and his humble apology for being RudeRed (what he called himself when he was nasty to me;), I opened the door to the motor home to see rose petals everywhere. I was so taken by his thoughtfulness and thanked him for being so imaginative when he said sheepishly, "I can't take all the credit. I bought them at the $9/dozen stand and when I put them in the vase the petals all fell off. I just picked them up and spread them everywhere cause I couldn't think of anything else to do with them."
He was such a sweetheart and we loved each other so much. Don and his family know that and believe Red is still here and comes through every so often pretty strongly. They are thankful he helped bring me here to Camp Etna. It seems every time I think about canceling the www.redsmusic.com site I get someone writing in the guestbook saying how much they appreciate my keeping his music alive. I haven't sold a CD in well over a year but thanks to my wonderful tenant and the popularity of the exercises I teach I can continue to afford to keep his music site going.
Blessings to everyone and if you want to read the free online book I wrote about the 9 months following Red's passing it is on my website www.DianesDetox.com.
Rock on Red!
Blessings everyone!
Love, Diane
Garry
August 19, 2010
Diane here-writing for Garry-seems he was in the hospital again for what seemed like FOREVER-since last November...and now that he is out he is going back in for another surgery on his poor ole bumm. Which, according to him, will delay his trip to the US for several months...but he will make it someday!!! He sends his love to everyone.
Dave
August 18, 2010
He keeps rocking on...!
Diane
August 15, 2010
Many people tell me they hear his fiddle when they walk through the HOG. I have no doubt he spends much of his time inthe other dimension playing in Key West and back home at the mountain...
Jill Harris
July 26, 2010
I miss Red! 7 years ago we visited KW for the first time and sat in Hog's Breath where Bruce and Red welcomed us with their song! We've now become fresh water conchs and I often walk through the Hog and still hear his fiddle. His energy and music is still alive in KW and our hearts! I love their song "Comin Home"! I'll never let him slip away!
Keith
July 26, 2010
Red and Bruces' rendition of "China Girl" is my favorite all time song.As a matter of fact,their CD,that I bought off them at The Hogsbreath, is the only one in my car.My deepest sympathy to you on the passing of one of the most talented musicians i have ever heard.Rock on Red.
Diane
July 19, 2010
Happy Birthday my dear. It's still hard to believe you are gone from this earth plane. I called your mother today to tell her I got an email this afternoon telling me the house I built for you has been sold. It brought tears to my eyes to know our home would be lived in by someone else. Happy tears and sad tears. So many wonderful times we spent there. Thanks for the memories sweetheart. Love, Diane
Geri Seidman Russo
July 19, 2010
Happy Birthday brother...not a day gpes by without thinking pf you. You are loved and missed so much.........
Dave
July 18, 2010
Happy Birthday Larry Seidman!
Dave Lester
July 11, 2010
Miss you matey, thanks for the music that lives on.
Diane
June 20, 2010
Hey Chris, I had heard Red tell the story a thousand times-glad to hear from his partner in crime! Altho-everyone has laughed and asked why you didn't take him out! Hope you enjoy his web site and his stories here. I will always miss that crazy fiddle player!
Peace, Diane
Chris McCleskey (aka Bones)
June 11, 2010
Hey Diane, I was a friend of Red's thru Les in Dahlonega. Red and I almost took out Newt Gingrich with a wagon team one year in Dahlonega. I haven't talked with Les in a while and just found out about his passing while looking up some music on google. He was an all around good guy and someone I had hoped to look up one day, I'm sorry I waited too late.
Diane
June 7, 2010
Well, CD Baby has changed their rules. The All Red-All Original CDs I sent to them do not meet their standards for distribution because they don't have a printed insert-so anyone wanting Red's CD can order through me by emailing me at Reddisetgo@aol.com Hope you are all having a great summer:)
Love, Diane
Rock on Red!
Dave
May 7, 2010
Still miss the Red man... opened my eyes to real talent, God bless you mate
Diane
April 29, 2010
Thank you all for your wonderful comments. It seems every time I think I might just let this website disappear someone tells me they like it and that is enough to make me keep it going. Rock on Red!
Also, Red was honored in a radio show called 3D Radioactivity produced by Marty, friend/fan of his and mine. It was aired last Wednesday and was called, "I Hear Dead People." You can listen to it in it's entirety at http://3dradio.mypodcast.com/ . Marty broadcasts from the university every Wednesday night from 5-7pm and his shows entertainingly different and worth a listen!
Red's All Red-All Original CD is available by emailing me now but will soon be available on a CD Baby link.
Can I say it again? Rock on Red!
Peacefully yours, Diane
Susan
April 29, 2010
Dear Diane,
Thank you for posting Red's recordings on the web.
We have vacationed in the Keys for a number of years and had run into Red at various venues. It was always a treat. In addition to sharing his music he also shared his company.
Thank you again for allowing us to hear his music.
Sincerely,
Susan Burton
Maryland
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Dave
April 17, 2010
Amen to that! Rock on Red, miss that smile..
Greg Franklin
March 31, 2010
Wish I could have known this remarkable American icon. What a free spirit and a testament to how fun life can be!
Dave
March 26, 2010
Rock on buddy...
Joel Nelson
February 24, 2010
“Thanks for Red's CD, it's really great to here his music. It's sounds like experimental bluegrass, a lot of artistry.”
Actually, this is from Joel Nelson via Alex Counts through Diane...I am sure Joel would want me to share his comment. Thanks Joel. It is good to hear his music.
Rock on Red !
Dave
February 19, 2010
Rock on brother...
Diane
February 2, 2010
...we spent alot of time naked by bays;)
Am looking for people who know the right people to get Red's Music into films...a psychic told me Red said his music would do well in the movies... and with my recent medical bills I thought I might reach out to his fans-anybody know anybody who knows anybody?
If you would, please pass along this website with all his free music to anyone you know...
Thanks, Diane
Dave
January 31, 2010
..naked by the bay...
Dave
January 30, 2010
Rock on Red
Dave L
January 26, 2010
Just listening to our buddy singing Seminole Wind (from Naked By The Bay) ;>) Nice job, thanks for the music, as ever... Rock on!
Gus Stewart
January 25, 2010
It is Burns Night tonight.,so have a good oneIf you get a chance try and read or listen to "McPhersons Rant" it features a highly principled fiddle player!!
Diane
January 17, 2010
Just got back from a trip to Key West where I distributed 18 copies of the All Red-All Original CD to friends and fellow musicians. I hope they enjoy it and share it. All of the songs are available as downloads for free on this web site on his music page-or if you want a copy of the CD you can email me at Reddisetgo@aol.com and I will send one to you, $10plus shipping & handling.
It was good to hang at the Hogs Breath in Key West. Not the same without the fiddle player but the Carter Brothers played some great music and Eric Holt and Mike McAdams really rocked out the mid shift!
Chuffed? proud? surprised? hmmmm-it's all good!
Dave
January 15, 2010
Your name came up in conversation - not my instigation, but one of my buddies who found your work on i-tunes! Nice .. you'll be chuffed, I know I was!
Dave
January 10, 2010
Big man - still thinking of you, every day.
gus stewart
January 8, 2010
Diane Have a good trip.Was listening to some fiddle music at New Year and had tears of both sorrow and happiness all at once. Red just had that effect on me. Still freezing here.
Diane
January 7, 2010
Will always miss him...but know he is having a ball in the next dimension...
Gus-I was complaining about th emid 20's in northern Florida-guess I shouldn't be complaining! Headed for Key West tomorrow for a few days to enjoy the Carter Brothers. It isn't the same without the fiddle player...
Happy New Year to All!
Dave
December 31, 2009
Miss you still, matey. Your music is here tho, and your lovely smiling face!
Gus Stewart
December 31, 2009
Hope you all had a Merry Xmas and have a particularly happy,healthy and prosperous New Year.It is -12degC and snowing here in Edinburgh tonight. Roll on Sept and Key West!!!!
Dave
December 25, 2009
Merry Christmas Red. Rock on my friend. See you soon.
Garry (through Diane;)
December 19, 2009
So sorry I missed the anniversary date of Red's death, I was incarcerated again...stop it Diane you make me sound like I am in prison where you get 3 decent meals a day not like this miserable hospital food...
Anyway, friends, Garry called me and we tried to type what he wanted to say and got to laughing and couldn't finish. He just wanted to let everyone know he ran over his keyboard (his helper put it on the floor unbeknownst to him) and cannot type right now.
So, have a happy holiday everyone, from Garry, from me and all the other elves!
Peace and carrots!
Love, Diane
Diane
December 11, 2009
Thanks to all who are writing here,
Spence, I remember when Red started doing Tennessee Stud on stage just for you guys...
and I know what you mean about being in a plane and on the same plane...something about being in the clouds makes me feel closer to those who have passed too...
I wish everyone a Happy Holiday Season...
Rock on Red!
Love, Diane
Brenda, I remember so many great parties at Shakeys ... so much fun!
Dave, all the wonderufl stories you can. It help keeps his memory alive!
taylor
December 9, 2009
every ONCE UPON A TIME a MAGIC MAN of MUSICAL VISION falls from the STARS!
Red was DIVINE "STARDUST!"
gus stewart
December 9, 2009
Best wishes to all (Bruce let me know you are ok ) cant wait till Sep 10
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