Fiddlin Red Seidman
Fiddlin Red Seidman
Fiddlin Red Seidman: Guestbook
Dave
July 20, 2009
Nicely said Garry
Garry
July 19, 2009
oohhhhh......I made it anyhow....it was still the 19th........ROCK ON REDDDDDDDDDD!!!!....And you, dear Diane....xxx
Garry
July 19, 2009
Damn,damn and double damn!!!!! I was on the road back from my son's house (my first visit) and I was adamant that I would leave my thoughts for dear old Red as soon as I got back but, guess what, Morpheus got a hold of me and I just woke up!!! It's now 05.33 in the morning.....midnight 33 in Key West on the morning AFTER Red's birthday and I'm gutted that I missed saying my bit about the guy I strangely classed as my American brother!! Yes, he was a brother to us all, and friend.....how many can say they knew someone as gifted as he was?? I know I couldn't and would never, ever talk to someone as charmed as he was! He, and his music, touched us all and, in my case, with all my problems, I was kept going by his music~~along with Bruce~~and I feel proud to say that I knew him (albeit on the end of a telephone call!)
I can now also say I am proud to class you, dear Diane, as a friend and, along with you and lots of all of Red's friends~~~I raise my glass to him on what would have been his birthday....wellll....it would be just after midnight on the night of his birthday but I s'pose that will count....he would probably still be up after midnight on his birthday, wouldn't he?? :-))
Here's to you, Diane and to you, Red, wherever you are!....I raise my glass to the two of you::::::::::and to me for rushing home to get this typed out....LOL
ROCK ON RED.....and let's rock on with him down here!!
Dave
July 19, 2009
Happy birthday my friend.
Diane
July 19, 2009
Smiles back at ya Dave.
and Happy Birthday Red!
Rock On!
Dave
July 18, 2009
Just checking in.
Smiles Di, Rock on Red
Diane
July 14, 2009
Some great memories there, eh Dave.
Red's rockin on alright-the butterflies and the signs are hilarious at times-and always welcome. I just took a photo of the dolphin he caught back in the 1980s. It holds the keys to the tool chest at the condos on Willoughby Spit (while overlooking a 1925 Ford-RED of course;)
Rock on everyone!
Love and smiles, Diane
Dave
July 11, 2009
Bruce is back playing Sloppys where I first saw them both - he's doing great but it still brings back Some Memories :-{
Miss the Red man every day
Rock on brother
trenton dave
July 9, 2009
hey di, sneak preview was very good. i like it!!!
love you
d
Dave
July 7, 2009
Miss you Red
Diane
July 4, 2009
Almost forgot-
Just sent the remastered CD,
All Red, All Original,
back to Dave Feder to remaster once more and then will take orders for copies and send some to CD BABY. If you want to order yours through me, I now take paypal on my www.dianesdetox.com website... I used a great photo of Red "playing" the guitar he was building in November 2007...
Rock on Red,
Rock on Everyone!
Love, Diane
(would Dianeu stand for diane university where people learn how to be me? scary thought...)
Diane
July 4, 2009
Dave-have a bunch of fun in London-town with Jimmy...and then James Taylor on Monday-you lucky dog you!
I am looking for some good live music here in Atlanta...lots to choose from
and if anyone wants to listen to some great music saluting the United States, check out my friend Marty's 2 hour tribute at http://3dradio.mypodcast.com/
May the 4th be with you!
Love,
Dianeu
aka Diane
Dave
July 4, 2009
Hi y'all. Happy Fourth of July and all that stuff.
We're off to the Smoke ourselves tomorrow to see Buffett and then JT on Monday - woohoo!
Hope everyone's well.
Rock on Red
Garry
July 3, 2009
OOOOOHHH Di....lovely new name....Dianeu...hmmm quite neauvo!
Anyhow thank's for the "Hi" and yes, in a different way he's still alive in my heart too and another yes...I'm starting to beleive your butterflies too....I keep getting RED Admirals sitting on my window ledge and, as my desk is right up against the window overlooking a moorside I have lots of time to look out over Britains lovely grass lands and I'm seeing more and more Red Admirals now that I'm actually looking for them......but I've never seen them before and why does one come and visit me daily??
Spooky!!
Anyhow, must get on with my ebay sales....God, it really wears you out, listing one thing after another then praying they'll reach a decent sale price before the end of the auction!
Anyhow Di....chat again soon......xxxxx
Dianeu
July 2, 2009
I'll say hi to ya Garry!
Red's alive in my heart-and you should have seen the blue butterfly he sent to me today, just at the rigth moment...
Garry
July 2, 2009
Sorry.....there was meant to be 'for' there
Garry
Garry
July 2, 2009
Come on guys....please don't let this room die ~~~~~ fair enough, I have been missing for some weeks at a time but I'm back now.....please, where are you, Heidi, Dave, Jenny, Andy and all the other lovers of Reds music~~~~we need to keep his memory strong in our hearts and also on here...my God, what does it take to type out a few words of thanksgiving r the memory of our dear Red...........we're here to hold out our hands across the world to remember those that have passed!
Anyhow.....'nuff said but please take a few mins to say hello to Diane~~~~'and me'....LOL
Diane
June 25, 2009
Garry- Thanks for the stories and I love the T-shirt...or what I could see of it. Pretty wonderful coincidences/miracles you have experienced lately. Thanks for sharing.
Peace and smiles, Diane
Garry
June 24, 2009
Mornin' all......Hope you're all well~~~I'm starting to perk up after my trip to "The Old Smoke" ie London. If Diane downloads the pic of me on the night after the Trooping of the Colour you'll see I sort of "enjoyed" my time in the sergeants mess that evening :))
Anyhoo~~~when I was re-typing the last mail I posted on Saturday afternoon a Red Admiral butterfly landed on my window, no more than 3 feet from me and stayed for a couple of mins tops~~~I just sat here and watched it till he fluttered off, thinking that there was something special about butterflies but damned if I could remember what....not until I had posted the entry and then it dawned on me...Diane believes that a butterfly is Red visiting and I can quite believe it too AND it was a RED Admiral.....not a butterfly we see that often anymore!! Must keep my eyes open to see if there's any more Reds out
there.
Right, part two of my story that, no doubt, left you hanging on tenterhooks 'til now :))
As you know....I was rushed into hospital with another heart attack about 6 weeks ago and it was touch and go for quite a while and, when at last I was released my girl friend surprised my by saying we had been invited by her parents to stay with them in Southend to help me recuperate after my hospital stay and what a lovely couple they turned out to be....I was getting used to all this pampering!! On the Sunday they had organised a trip to a small seaside town so we could go for a pub lunch~~Southend was too crowded for me~~ as I had my manual wheelchair with me we could all go in their car and when we got there I was pushed everywhere because, to quote "we don't want you to put any stress on your poor heart by havin you work your own wheelchair!" and so I was being pushed about by a man in his late 80's!!! I was very embarrassed by it all but they insisted on it, bless 'em.
We were trundling down the sea front when I saw an A frame advertising board covering most of the path and cursed softly to myself about ingrates blocking the footpath and then I nearly fell out of my wheelchair with shock!!! It was only advertising a pub with Sunday lunches and the pubs name???......REDS MUSIC BAR!!!!! To say I was gobsmacked is an understatement....did Red make someone to put the A frame there so that we would stop at the pub???
If anything it was a mega coincidence but I have to wonder...what if???????????
Anyhow, enough from me now. Diane, did you get my pics?
Dave, you didn't ring.*boo hoo* lol 669662 but I'm out all day today. Must embrace this beautiul weather while it's here....soon be Christmas!
Right, time for a shower....bye all 'til later.
Rock on Red......now on a Tshirt (see the pic when Di loads it onto the photos page)
Diane
June 21, 2009
Great story Garry.
Thanks for sharing-if you want to send your great pic to me I can upload it on the photo section of this site-as long as you are not exposing any private parts!
By the way, thank you for calling the night you wrote your story, I especially liked the part when you told me while you were writing the text you lost, a rare Red Butterfly landed on your window pane.
Hope all the fathers reading this had a happy father's day! Rock on Red.
Peace and smiles,
Diane
Dave
June 20, 2009
I'll ring you on Father's day you fighter you! Just been watching Danny's Song on Youtube, brilliant Red Seidman getting it on. Have lost a lot of friends these past few years and I MISS RED!
Garry
June 20, 2009
By the way.....got a great pic of me on the night....how do I download it so all can see??
Garry
June 20, 2009
I know~~~I know~~~ I promised dear Di and yourselves that I would put a letter in Red's memorial room but army bits got in my way~~~~~~~as some of you know, I'm heavily into anything to do with ex army vets and this year I was invited to the Trooping Of The Colour to celibrate our Mrs Queen's birthday on the 13th of this month~~~~what a day..sadly I didn't stay sober that night and I joined into all the Sergeants Mess drinking games and, as I've lost both legs, I can't hold my drink as I used to!!!! I was told I joined into ALL the "Games" but I had to be picked up quite a number of times off the floor when I forgot, through drink enforced bravado, that I had lost my legs ~~~~~~~ Oh how the mighty fall!!
Diane asked me to put in my experiences(?) into words about dear departed Red~~~~Gone but NEVER forgotten!!! If I could have chosen a brother it would have been Red1!!!!
Anyhoo~~~When I was in the army, my greatest love was driving and I soon found out that, if you were on a course to upgrade your license, you wouldn't have to do night duties and I put in for every course I could to beat the Orderley Sergeants duties!
To cut this very short~~I ended up as a QTO (army slang for Qualified Testing Officer) and when I came out of the army in the 80's I registered with the driving license testing offices here in the UK for disabled drivers and I heard absolutely ZILCHE, nothing, nowt, for years and I forgot all about it.
A few weeks after dear old Red passed into the Country music heaven, and I could just imagine him trying to get a hillbilly riff out of his harp, I got a letter into my box and it was from a driving tuition company offering me a job teaching disabled folks how to drive.......the name of the company??
RED'S driving school!! I have never been so knocked back by a letter as I was by this one and it took me a while before I told Diane~~~sadly I couldn't take the offer as bloody cancer had caught up with me and I ended up losing both legs~~~but I can still talk about my expieriences(?) with Red sitting on my shoulder!
More tomorrow, with a stunning revalation about the lovely man called Red.
Love to you all.
Dave and Jenny~~~~why don't you ring???
And~~Need I say it??~~ROCK ON RED.....and bloody get off my shoulder while I'm typing...you're too heavy with your 'e' flat harp!!
Garry
June 20, 2009
Just a test to see if this loggs in...lost big amount of text just now.
Dave
June 19, 2009
Nice one Di. Rock on Red...
Diane
June 16, 2009
Well, I have to share another "Red" sighting with y'all.
My sister and her family were visiting Key West last weekend so I made an unscheduled trip down to share some fun with them.
We went to the Hog's Breath Saloon for mid afternoon music and lunch. She wanted to take a picture somewhere, for old time's sake. She and her daughter (who calls Red, Uncle-Angel Red now:) used to watch him perform on the web cam. I suggested we take the photo in front of where Red always stood.
So the 3 of us stood in front of Red's spot on stage while her husband prepared to take the photo. I was watching people pass by when I saw a man with a blue butterfly sticker on his shoulder and I smiled and thought, "How nice. Red is saying hello through the butterfly going by." Physics teach us that Spirit World sends us butterflies to remind us death is simply a transformation to a new life.
Well, the man with the butterfly on his shoulder stopped and looked at us and then walked up to my niece and put the butterfly on her shoulder. I looked at my sister, who realizes I believe Red says hello through butterflies, and said, "Red is here, isn't he?"
I smiled and blinked back the tears and said, "I think he is."
Whether it was Red saying hello, or just a kind man with a butterfly sticker, I know life is full of miracles and I love every minute of it!
Peace and Smiles to Everyone!
Diane
Garry
June 3, 2009
Diane....such a lovely story and maybe my stories will be just as eye opening...and long :-))...but I have problems with my BRAND NEW keyboard and have had to buy another which is waiting for Ann to pick up from the local Post Office tomorrow (Thursday)so will knuckle under and type them out tomorrow night on my NEW NEW keyboard.....at the moment I'm on a laptop that won't hold a charge in the battery but I'll (hopefully) be right tomorrow.
Lovely to talk to you again on the 'phone again tonight, Lady Di, and I'll try to get what we talked about rolling tomorrow~~~hope for good news!!
For all my friends~~~especially Dave and Jenny~~~I hope we will all meet VERY soon.
Dave, I'm free after the 15th......you know which town I live in so just find the code and then ring me on 669662 and that's 24/7 as I only doze next to my 'phone.
Diane....as I may have been said before, your lovely story had tears welling in my eyes....may you have many more 'messages' from Red!
Love to all
Garry
Diane
May 31, 2009
I got a rose from Red today for my birthday.
How can I say that with such certainty you ask? Let me share a rather long story with you, if you have the time:)
Back in 2005 Red was playing at Sharkeys in Key Largo and I was taking care of my quadriplegic boss in Trenton. The night before I was to drive down to stay with Red in the motor home we had one of our "disagreements."
Red realized he was being rather rude (he used to laughingly call himself RudeRed on those instances) and when I arrived in Key Largo he opened up the RV door excitedly to show me his gift.
There were red rose petals everywhere, on the steps, the counter, and the bed and he said, "I am sorry, Sweetheart."
Of course, I melted and teared up and forgave him and hugged him and he sheepishly said, "I have to tell you the truth."
I looked at him questioningly and he said, "I bought these roses on sale and when I set them down on the counter-all the petals fell off. The only thing I could think of was to spread them all over the place and I knew you would like it. But I can't take all the credit-the petals fell off by themselves."
I laughed and loved him even more for being so honest.
Fast forward to Christmas 2008. Red has moved on to his life in eternity for more than a year and I am helping a friend establish a Bed and Breakfast in Brooksville, FL. We return from Christmas at his sister's to a walkway with red rose petals all the way up to the door. I immediately said, "Oh look, Red left me roses for Christmas." My friend never found out who left them.
Next rose was March of 2009, I was sobbing on my knees on the floor of our bedroom at the mountain in Georgia after walking through the house and noting the destruction done by the tenants I had just evicted. Once I regained my composure and took a deep breath and decided to thank God for having a house to be destroyed I looked over at the bed we shared. There was a HUGE red fuzzy rose on the bed post...
My birthday was Monday of this week and I just arrived back at my lake house yesterday. I have been cleaning the shop out where Red built his guitars (and I did my woodworking) and brought a book on sailing up to the kitchen table. When I opened the book a birthday card fell out-no one has signed it, but there is a rose sticker on the inside of it and it says, "A rose for your birthday." I laughed and said, "Thanks, Red. Better late than never:)"
Whether you believe these roses are really from my dear departed husband is not important to me. I do.
Rock on Red!
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet!
Peace and Smiles,
and happy to be another year older,
Diane
Diane
May 30, 2009
Heidi, Thank you so much for letting me know you are still enjoying Red's music. Knowing there are others out there keeping his memory alive helps me not feel like I am alone in this world. Love you and keep rockin on Red!
Love, Diane
Heidi
May 30, 2009
Diane i watched the last days one of the youtube videos again and again.
This song..you never called me darling--(or so)...there is a greatfull solo from Red and his wonderful fiddle... can hear it again and again.
Diane
May 26, 2009
Thanks, Dolores,
...and thanks for sitting with me and watching the YouTube videos of Red playing music. It was a great way to spend the eve of my birthday! Will always miss that fiddle player of mine...Rock on Red!
Love, Diane
Dolores
May 25, 2009
Diane, Wanted to wish you a Huge Happy Birthday with Peace LOve and Light! Dolores;~}}}
Diane
May 22, 2009
Heard from Garry via phone last night. He is out of the hospital but not doing well. Prayers are appreciated:)
Also, Mike, glad Red's inspiring you. He inspires alot of us:)
Peace and smiles, Diane
mike glean
May 18, 2009
miss you Red...you inspire me to do better..
Diane
May 11, 2009
Yes, Dave,
It was great to meet you two-too!
Dave
May 9, 2009
It was so good to meet you after all this time!
Diane
April 17, 2009
You are most welcome!
I found another unfinished song while moving boxes to high ground-my Suwannee house's storage is flooding. Looks like he wrote this in the 1980's (must have been before he met me cause I was his best friend.)
I'm here to tell you something,
To make you laugh or cry.
Sometimes it's just a job to me,
But I can't tell you why.
I was born to do it.
Given all my life to it.
It's cost alot but I can't
Change a thing.
It's been good and bad
But wouldn't trade to start again.
And the sound and the lights
Are sometimes my best friend.
Bless his heart. Being the musician, the entertainer wasn't as easy as he made it look.
I have been missing him ALOT lately...
Rock on Red....Love, Diane
Dave
April 9, 2009
Good for Garry and nice job with the music Diane. Thank you!
Diane
April 9, 2009
OOPS-almost forgot to tell you.
You can now listen to all of Red's songs in their entirety on this website. The ALL RED-ALL-ORIGINAL CD will be available later this year. Just go to the MUSIC page and enjoy the music my husband wrote and recorded but rearely performed in public. Songs about our love and our lives together. How blessed I am to have them!
Peace and much love,
Diane
Dianee
April 9, 2009
Heard from Garry yesterday. When I got a joke-mail from him I emailed him back and said,
"Hey Garry,
You must be alive unless someone else is using your email address!"
He emailed me back and said, "Yep, using nurses computer so ccan't stay on long. Going home soon."
That was good news.
Thought I would share it-
we can all use good news, eh?
Yours in Harmony,
Diane
J. Michelle Scott
April 6, 2009
I will preview your music for www.doubleimpactradio.com
Michelle
Diane
March 31, 2009
Thanks for asking John.
No the tenants turned out to be a nightmare destroying the carpeting and the couch Red loved so much. I haven't been up to the mountain since they left but I understand it is a mess.
I am showing the house to a perspective buyer in April and if they don't purchase it I am going to list it with Century 21. I have had it on Craigs list for some time with no bites at all. With the economy the way it is it may not sell even in what they call a "short-sell" situation. But other than that everything is going very well.
Yours in Harmony, Diane
John Troth, Jr
March 30, 2009
How are your tenents working out? Are they paying their rent?
Looks like everything is going well.
John
Diane
March 29, 2009
I will be in Islamorada April 19th at Bay Jam. Giving a scholarship in Red's name to a student for fiddle lessons at school.
Then on to Key West the 20, 21, 22, big party with the Carter Brothers, back to Islamorada to work a sailboat race to Key West arriving the 25th. Have to head north evening of May 1 though, can't stay for all of song writers fest but will be there for the first couple of days.
Are we really going to meet?
Rock on Red
Dave
March 29, 2009
Poor old Garry, will email him directly.
Di, I have hours and hours of footage of dear Red and Bruce, including the whole tribute afternoon. Wild Night man we had so much rebel rousing in the HB when they played that. I put my ipod on shuffle and when Jon Anderson plays Seminole Wind it always reminds me of the Seidman and ... something in my eye!
Di, get to KW end of April for songwriters festival, it would be great .. Rock on Larry
Diane
March 28, 2009
Hey folks,
I heard from Garry earlier today. He had just been taken back to the hospital. He's had a rough time of it this past year.
He asked me to say hello to everyone and he hoped he would be back online again, someday.
Bless his heart.
Love, Diane
Diane
March 28, 2009
Hey Dave Lester-
I want to thank you for all those you tube videos of red and bruce you have posted ! I put links to all of them on the News Page if anyone wants to see the Red-man in action.
Also, Dave, I found some of the videos are no longer available; You've Got a Lover, Wild Night, and Bourbon Street. Do you have them saved somewhere? I probably should get all of them off and save them on something before anymore of them disappear.
Thank you for taking the steps to put them on there. Had a really good cry watching them, man that guy could play some serious music!
Yours in Harmony, Diane
Diane
March 22, 2009
Hey Dave,
Think of him and watch for signs. He will visit soon. Be sure and let us know when he does;) Love and peace right back at ya!
Home on the Suwannee for awhile, Diane
Dave Lester
March 22, 2009
You sweet people you. I love the way everyone shares their memories of Red and things like this. He's obviously busy appearing to people over there in the States - wish he'd fly over the pond and say "Hey Dave" to me one more time!
Miss you buddy, rock on.
Love and peace to you Di - and all.
Diane
March 21, 2009
and here is the email I sent back to Mark, I wanted to share it with Red's family and friends too...
You son of a gun you-making me cry in the middle of Starbucks.
Of course it was him, he talks to me all the time.
I guess I didn't see any crazy guy in a white truck in traffic cause I was busy following directions to our friend's house where I spent the evening telling stories of how Red and I talk alot. He sends signals to many of his friends and fans- and I believe it is to tell us the other dimension is a great place to be.
I did alot of learning this past year
attending intuitive classes and psychic retreats and have written a book - hope to get it published by the end of the year.
It's dedicated to all the people who have lost or will lose a loved one explaining
they shouldn't grieve too long-cause our loved ones are still here.
Here to help us as much as they can help us-as much as we allow.
Thank you so much for sharing this with me, Mark.
I hope you and your wife have a wonderful weekend!
Love, Diane
Mark
March 20, 2009
Diane,
This is the email I sent to you and you thought it would be received well here so here it is.
Hi. I have something I'd like to share with you that may sound crazy but here goes.
From time to time I'll be doing something that reminds me of Red, whether it's singing or golfing or anything really, but I don't think about him constantly. I, like many others I'm sure, miss the the son of a gun.
Anyway, I worked late tonight and was tired and on my drive home I was'nt playing the radio but just enjoying the quiet, when Red pops into my mind with questions I never really thought of before like "how am I doing" and in return I ask how he's doing and get that smile for an answer. Just normal thoughts I guess that a person would probably never tell anyone about. And the questions and answers keep coming and it's almost like Red and I are having a conversation. Traffic is moving along OK when I come up past a small truck and notice a Bruce and Red bumper sticker on the back. This floored me. I've never been one to freak out so I quickly pass it off as a tremendous coincidence. As I am passing the truck I look over and see someone I have never met before but know through pictures I have seen. THAT freaked me out and I'm convinced that Red was letting me know that that moment was coming up. The person driving that truck was you. I was the crazy looking guy waving at you from the white ford pick-up until I realized you had never seen me before and I had no chance of pulling you over and it seemed like I was missing an oppurtunity Red was trying to tell me about but somehow I knew that everything was alright and drove on.
That was about 7PM tonight(March 18th) heading north on I-75 just south of Fort Myers and I'm still kind of freaked out. Your the only one I could share this with that would'nt think I was crazy, or even if you do I stand by this account of what happened.
Red says hey.
Mark Smalley
Diane
March 17, 2009
St. Patty's Day was always one of Red's favorite holidays...May the Luck of the Irish be with you all! Raise a glass and smile.
Peace, Diane
Diane
March 12, 2009
Wanted to let everyone know Red's red fiddle (the one he was playing when I met him) will be opening up for David Allen Coe Saturday, March 14th in the hands of a lovely fiddle player by the name of Melanie.
Red played for David Allen Coe when he was alive, talk about the circle of life...Peace to All and ROCK ON RED !!!
Love, Peace and Sunshine, Diane
Diane
February 25, 2009
THANKS GREG, GLAD YOU ARE ENJOYING RED´S MUSIC!
I STILL LOVE LISTENING TO HIM QUITE OFTEN. PEACE AND SMILES TO YOU.
AND YES, DAVE. I CHOSE TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST ABOUT THE END OF HIS LIFE. THE REST OF THE BOOK IS MUCH MORE FUN AND ENJOYABLE- THE SYNCHRONISTIC MIRACLES JUST KEEP ON COMING...
THANK YOU, I AM CONTINUING TO LIVE LIFE TO ITS FULLEST AND I CHERISH THE MEMORIES I HAVE OF MY LIFE WITH FIDDLIN RED.
THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOK AND THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO WRITE HERE!
PEACE AND SMILES TO ALL!
LOVE, DIANE
Greg
February 21, 2009
I really enjoyed the photo section, Diane. Thanks for sharing all those great pics of Red. I just downloaded the Naked By The Bay CD from iTunes. Gotta go listen to some fine music from the maestro now, take care.
Dave Lester
February 19, 2009
Wow. It's a very candid account Diane and you're very brave to lay it all out. Thanks for sharing, love to you and all our acquaintancies and I hope life continues to hold many glad times for you in the future as well as great memories of the past.
Rock on Red, my friend.
name
February 19, 2009
comment2,
diane
February 14, 2009
It was so good to see you too,
Dave and Theresa,
Congratulations on your marriage. May you have as much happiness as you can stand!
I am sitting in a bar in Bocas del Toro, Panama, working on building a new life, and I love, love, love this country!
By the way, if any one wants to check out the beginning of the book I have written about the 9 months of my life after Red's passing, www.dianesdetox.com/ninemonthsagowas.html
It's all good!
Rock on Red and everyone!
Peace, Diane
dave and theresa
February 8, 2009
diane it was so good to see you. we so are happy for you. you had a glow around you!!!! we miss you and your smiles.........also nice to meet you Dave!
red miss you bro!!!!
Diane
February 8, 2009
Oh, Garry, so sorry to here about your mum. Guess she'll be enjoying all that great music in heaven now.
Yes, Dave, Rock on Red.
I should introduce you Daves.
Dave Lester (super guy from England and great fan) meet Dave Elliott (super guy from Florida and great fan and "master-mixer" of Red's Naked by the Bay CD and newly married;)
Hope 2009 is treating everyone in a fine manner. The travels to Panama have been life changing for me. Love the country, the weather and the people.
Oh, and I love you all too!
Did you see the "new" www.bruceandred.com ?
I popped some photos, a little blurb about the boys and the entire blog from the old bruceandred site. Talk about memories...let me know what you think.
Blessings, Diane
Garry
February 8, 2009
Hi Dave...sadly I won't be around as my mother died this morning at 9 and I have to join my family up in Ely in Cambs....but I'll mail you as soon as I get back.
Dave Lester
February 6, 2009
That last post by "dave" wasn't me by the way...
Garry, emails and facebook coming your way - are you around Poole next weekend?
Rock on Red, still miss you my friend
Garry
February 3, 2009
Hi Diane...thank's for adding me to your facebook and, my God, it looks like you had a wonderful time in Panama..what I would have given to have been there...especially if Lisa was free!!! LOL....by the looks of things, the weather was also wonderful by the darkness of your tans....and fancy seeing an Indian woman with a cellphone!!!
What is this world coming to??
My son and I talk literally all day, everyday and it's like we've never been apart although he has asked me to write a time line bio of my life and, when I asked how far he wanted me to go, he said RIGHT back to me being a kid.....damn...I'm going to become an author!!!
Dave...send me an email sometime will you, please?
All the best to you all.
Peace and love Diane
and Rock on Red
Garry
dave
February 2, 2009
click, delete, yes click, delete, yes click, delete, yes click, delete, yes click, delete, yes, yeah that is a pain in the ______.!! hey just bein' a smart _ss!!!! miss ya diane!!
married man
Diane
February 1, 2009
Well, I got an email from hostbaby and they couldn't help me so an hour of click, delete, yes, and the mess of spam is gone. Mess of spam-hmmmm, sounds like an omelette from my childhood!
Anyway, happy Super Bowl Sunday everyone!
Peace and love, Diane
Diane
February 1, 2009
Not sure how to send an email link. How about you just go to facebook.com and type in Diane Jackman...I think there are more than just me, but I shouldn't be too hard to find, I hope.
Garry
January 31, 2009
It's that man again.....Meeeeeeeeee
Hiya Dave...how's you and Jen??
Do you have my home number?
I think I should have your email address but if not, mine is freefall8 in that very warm place.com....LOL
Love to meet up with you both....Poole won't know what hit it...."thinks....must get myself UN barred from my favourite bar" LOL
I can get you cheap parkhome rates for a few days or however long you want to stay. By the way....the sea fishing is amazing down here...if you have sea legs cos I have 4 boat rods and reels and all the tackle to go with them....as a Brummie, I don't think you'll know about sea fishing!!! LOL
Diane, how do I find your facebook site...I've never been on there...me dumb and as bad as Homer Simpson!!! Dohh!
Tell you what, Di, send me the URL via one of your email addy's
I tell you what....everyone that has seen me this week has said I look totally different from 2 weeks ago....WOW!! What a feeling and now I know how you feel, Di, and God Bless you in the way you are going....got any disabled access in the B&B??...MUST come over soon...when I get the all clear!
Love to you all...xxx (NOT for you, Dave...lol)
Diane
January 31, 2009
Oh Garry, that is such terrific news! Poor away with your feelings...
Putting photos of the Panama trip up on my facebook account - wait till you see the fun I have been having! Happiness beyond words here too.
Guess God is smiling down on all of us. Maybe Red is helping too!
Rock on everyone!
Love, Diane
Dave
January 31, 2009
Garry, that's fantastic news and I'm so glad that you have something good to happen to you after all the cr*p you've had to put up with.
We're going to come down to see you soon...
Welcome back from Panama Diane!
Garry
January 31, 2009
Sorry for the missing words and mistakes but it just poured out of me in a rush!!
Diane....let me know when I can ring, please.
G
Garry
January 31, 2009
Hi again Diane...so nice to have you back again....looks like you're on the up again, thank God!
Yes...as of this moment, I don't have any extraordinary hospital visits apart from my usual visits to my Oncologists and Cardioligists.
An amazing and moving happened to me a week and a half ago~~~~I haven't seen my son since he was a baby and, because his mother became a Jahovas Wittness (the cause of the divorce)35 years ago I have been blocked from every angle I had to admit to myself I would never see him again!! I got a 'phone call a week ago last Wednesday and it was HIM!!! My son had somehow felt that he needed to find me as he sensed I was ill!!!
As he's an IT manager he had the whole internet to find me and he managed it in only a couple of weeks!! I had been trying for years to find him but the internet gave me nothing and yet he not only found me, he also found my ex~directory 'phone number and, needless to say, there were many tears shed...infact I couldn't speak for 2 or 3 minutes!! We talk every day now and it feels sooooo good to call someone SON now....I've never had that infinite plessure....and to hear him call me DAD makes my throat close up!....Sorry to go on but I have never been so happy in all my life and we are meeting up in June for two weeks here in Poole~~~completely with Wendy, my daughter in law and Nic, my lovely Grandson who will be 3 while they are all with me!!
I am over the moon with happiness now and I only hope all my friends on here feel such intensity of joy as I feel.
Sorry to go on but it only needed Diane to come back online for me to pour out my feelings.
Love and Peace to you all.
And Rock on Red~~~~whereever you are.
Garry
Diane
January 30, 2009
Aiy Carumba ! I have been in Panama too busy to Internet-so sorry about the spam !
Dave-I have written to CD baby for help with deleting them cause it has to be done one at a time!
Garry-good to see you writing-you staying out of the hospital?
Jerry-thanks for visiting the site. Red would have liked you and your music.
Rock on everyone!
Peace and Love, Diane
Jerry Johnson
January 30, 2009
Thanks for the site, Diane. I feel like I know him a little bit now. Rock on Red!
dave
January 26, 2009
diane come home and fix this!!!!! WHERE ARE YOU??
Garry
January 22, 2009
HAVENING???? Bloody dyslexic fingers!!!! LOL
Garry
January 22, 2009
I second that Dave....how you doing?
I went through them all and counted almost 4 pages of spam!!! Poor old Diane, havening to delete and block them all!!
Ditto with the "Rock On Red" God how we must all miss him...most of all Diane!!
Dave
January 22, 2009
Enough spam already for goodness sake!
Rock on Red.
Garry
January 8, 2009
Hi Diane...hope you have a great time in KW with your friends...make a nice change for you.
Don't forget to wave....I'll wave back..lol.
Happy New Year to you and all my friends here.
Garry
Diane
January 4, 2009
Hey Mike-no worries, no hurries...you'll get 'er dun when you get 'er dun! It'll be beautful, of that I am sure. Red built that guitar in the 1970s so what's a few more months...or years;) Keep in touch and Happy New Year.
Dave and Jenny-I still miss him every day too. Rock on you two and have a happy new year!
I'm Key West bound for a HUGE birthday party for our great friend Joan on the 9th of January. The Carter Brothers start at 10 and so does the fun! This is my first time in the Keys since April... looking forward to it!
Happy New Year Everyone.
It's going to be a GREAT one.
Love, Diane
PS-and big congratulations to Dave and Theresa-a wedding is a wonderful way to start 2009!
Dave aand Jenny
January 2, 2009
Rock on Red, still miss you every day
Mike
January 2, 2009
Hey Diane,
Just wanted to let you know that I'm still out there and yes I'm still workin on Red's 12 string. Don't know why I'm having such a hard time making my self finish this project. Maybe I'm just waiting on warmer weather. I promise that it will get finished and you'll be proud of it. Talk to you soon. Take care and God bless, Mike
Diane
December 29, 2008
Garry, so glad to have you back among the "living" and I am so sorry to have missed your phone calls. Keep trying, we will talk one of these days.
I have been sad throughout these holidays, realizing last year I was in a state of shock in December and January, going through the motions and duties of a new widow and traveling in the frigid north to feel the warmth of my family. This year seems like the "first year without him," and it feels strange, not to be sitting on a bar stool in Key West on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, watching him grin and perform, making so many people happy with his incredible talent.
I spent Christmas with a friend of mine from high school, his family and children and it was a very nice holiday. Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers and good wishes. I will be with my sons for New Years Eve at Jannus Landing in St. Pete listening to a band called Sister Hazel. Should be fun and much warmer than last year's fire works in New York City!
I hope you like being able to listen to Red singing cover tunes on this website and if you haven't been to the "new" www.BruceandRed.com you can check it out and come back here to write your thoughts. I couldn't let the memories simply disappear so I put the entire blog on a page (from the early days of Bruce and Red through the grieving we all did together to the end of 2008). You can access at the old bruceandred web address.
May 2009 be a wonderful year for all of us. May the blessings continue...
Peace and much love, Diane
Garry
December 26, 2008
Big Hi to all my friends and seasons greetings from a freezing UK.
I'm sorry that I haven't been on for a couple of months but, after they chopped my legs off in October they warned me about the likelyhood of clinical depression but, like I always did, I just laughed off the suggestion!!!
Trouble is, when I got home, the realities of living alone and not having any legs to help me transfer from wheelchair to bed etc hit me really hard and most nights I ended up sobbing my heart out and sleeping the night through still sat in my wheelchair...needless to say I ended up with pressure sores on my rear end!!
I slowly slipped into deep depression and sat for weeks in the same clothes and unwashed and unshaved!!! Slowly I realised what was happening to me and called the doctor in.....he took one look at me and had me rushed into hospital because I was severly deydrated and depressed. After a few weeks of intense treatment I got back to my old self....well, almost! And now here I am....I'm sorry I missed Red's day, dear Diane but my thoughts were with you and Red....wonder if he's been stamping on my feet...the phantom pains have been horrrendous!!!
I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and well and get trully "Merry" over the New Year.
Love to you all..and ROCK ON RED!!!!
Garry
dave
December 25, 2008
Rock on Red and Happy Christmas fella.
Tom, I was there at the Hog when you were last Tuesday so we probably enjoyed Bruce together - I was the silly one singing all the words and asking Bruce which songs to play (must drive him mad!)
So glad you enjoyed the Red man's playing - he's still here courtesy of technology and his indelible presence in itself. I'm so fortunate to have met him.
All the best to you Diane.. peace.
Gus Stewart
December 24, 2008
Diane,Hope you and yours have a lovely Xmas and peacefull prosperous New Year.I will raise a glass to heaven too.
Diane
December 22, 2008
Thank you for taking the time to write Tom.
I never get tired of people telling me what a wonderful musician my husband was. I am grateful I have so many recordings to hear him play his strings.
I wonder if he is playing a harp now?
Thank you for your holiday wishes. I will see both of my sons on New Years Eve and look forward to a bright and beautiful 2009.
I pray everyone has a happy holiday.
Peacefully yours, Diane
PS-Dave and Theresa, There is no doubt Red will be at your wedding on New Year's Day. I wish I could be there in person, but you know I will be there in spirit, arm in arm with Red. I wish you a long and happy life together.
Tom VanDalsen
December 22, 2008
Hello Diane,
You don't know me, but I felt that I had to write you a quick note.
I just got back from another visit to Florida. I took my son, who is in college, down for a mini vacation. We live in Michigan, but have a place down in Port St. Lucie, that we usually rent out. Anyway, got into Miami on Monday night and Tuesday drove down to Key West. It was my second visit to the Hogs Breath Saloon. I was so happy to see the Bruce Isaacson was playing there again. My wife and I had gone down last April and saw him for the first time then. Loved his music and bought the CD that has your late husband playing with him. What a great CD and music that these two made together. I wish I could have been there for one of the shows that Red played. I got on Bruce's website and saw that he had some YouTube music with the two of them playing. All I could say is WOW!. The constant grin that Red had, as he played, was contagious. What an incredible musician too. Excellent fiddle, guitar and harmonies.
I am so very sorry for your loss. If there is any bright spot, it's the knowledge that the world is a happier place because of him and he left us with music that will be ageless.
I hope you can have a nice holiday with your friends and family.
Take good care,
Tom VanDalsen
Dave and Theresa
December 19, 2008
Hey brother Red....I will be looking for you on New Years Day!
Lynne & Steve
November 30, 2008
We are thinking of you on this sad day. We too miss his smile and his music. A year ago a light went out, Red will not be forgotten. Rock on Red.
Diane
November 30, 2008
Sweetheart, I miss you more than words can explain.
Thank you for being in my life.
I will love you forever.
Diane
dave
November 29, 2008
In case I don't get the chance tomorrow....
Miss you brother, miss seeing your face and smile and watching your awesome flying fingers. Thanks for the memories and hope you're having a good time, wherever you are.
Rock on Red.
dave
November 27, 2008
Giving thanks for Red. Cheers buddy.. and rock on!
Diane
November 13, 2008
Hey Stumpy !
Good to see you back on line. Got your incomplete phone message the other day. I was really glad to know you were still here on earth!
Yes, Red sure has left me some interesting messages!
Peace to you and take care of yourself !
Love, Diane
Garry
November 11, 2008
Diane, I've just read the poem that Red left for you "to find"~~~~~How very moving! You should copywrite it and sell it on to greeting card makers to put onto their 'new baby' cards!!
Luv and stuff
Garry xx
Garry
November 11, 2008
Hi all.........Finally, I get out of hospital for the SECOND time in one go, if you can understand that~~~~~I was released and then rushed in after swabs were taken of the operation site by the home visit nurse!!
They revealed something that all the nursing staff and doctors had missed in hospital~~tell all later.
I have mega problems with this laptop after I tipped a coffee onto some of the keys while in my 'second home' and am waiting on a new one, laptop I mean, so will type a fuller greeting to you all when it comes or when this one is repaired~~whichever is first.
Hope you are all well,
As ever, my love to you Diane.
And, also as ever, Rock on Red up there.
Garry no legs or Stumpy to you....LOL
Diane
October 26, 2008
Well, I found a piece of paper this morning on which Red had put his lovely scribbles to, and if you have ever tried to read his writing-you know what I mean-he always said if he hadn't been a musician he could have been a doctor cause no one can easily read what he wrote:)
Congratulations, your journey's just begun.
I know you work hard, don't forget to have some fun.
But if the pressure ever gets to you-
Just remember, it's important to do.
Realize you're expected to be perfect in every way.
It's a beautiful view of the bay,
Sunset's violet hue,
Now go out and save the world,
We're all counting on you.
Love, Red
It gives me chills when I find words like this at just the right moment in time.
There are no mistakes.
Rock on Red,
Love, Diane
Mike
October 12, 2008
Red,
You still inspire me....I carry your spirit with me everytime I perform... Love ya, Mikee
Dave
October 6, 2008
Amen to that.
Thanks for sharing Diane.
Diane
October 4, 2008
I understand about lumps in your throat-you old billy goat:)
There is rarely a day that goes by when something, somewhere doesn't catch me off guard and send me into a few spontaneous tears. Tears are good, and better out than in! Then, I smile and think of all the laughs and fantastic music he gave us. We are so lucky to have had him in our lives.
This morning I was pulling an amplifier out of the closet to take to the music store and an old sheet of scribbles dated 2/7/86 fell to the floor. Here's what I found;
"Crazy Moon"
The sun's goin down on a Friday night,
Just a little later that old moon's shinin' bright.
Troubles surely brewin,
It's a crazy moon.
Somehow you know when it's gonna come around.
A hell raisin' feelin when you head into town.
And all of your friends are feelin it too,
It's a crazy moon.
CHORUS
It's a crazy moon, hanging in the sky.
Crazy moon makin everybody wild.
Bar rooms are crowded and they're leavin' em in ruins.
It's a crazy moon.
It's a crazy moon, shinin down tonight.
Crazy moon makes us feel just right.
Tonite we're gonna party till tomorrow afternoon,
It's a crazy moon.
People in the honky tonks gettin out of line,
When all we were tryin was to have a good time.
Two best friends are fightin and I hope it's over soon.
It's a crazy moon. L. Seidman copyright 1986
I sure wish he had sung more of these during the last 9 years-I would love to hear how this one was supposed to sound. Maybe I'll find him singing it amongst the 70 cassettes I have yet to listen to...
From the nature coast of Florida,
Red's widow is missin her fiddle player,
and happy to be alive.
Love and peace to all,
Diane
Dave L
September 29, 2008
Was listening to B&R yesterday and Deep In The West brought a lump to the old billy goat
Rock on Red
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