CREDITS

Sacagawea - Sound Bite

When the Land Belonged to God - Sound Bite

2003 R. Quist & J. Gladstone
This Enhanced CD contains a  7 min Video Presentation in addition to 13 audio tracks.

 
Rob Quist and Jack Gladstone, two of the West’s most celebrated entertainers and songwriters, have united in an unforgettable new show, Odyssey West, celebrating the power and the legend of Lewis and Clark’s first journey West.

Gladstone and Quist literally bring the West to life with the rich historical content of their original songs and narratives presented with haunting photographic and artistic images of the Old and New West.  The visual portion of the show is currently under production and will include dramatic film footage presented as a backdrop to the live show.

 
Odyssey West is sponsored by the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.  Rob and Jack have been commissioned to write a song, which will be made into a video to be used by the Trail Heritage Foundation and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation as a tool to promote the preservation of habitat and historical sites throughout the West.  The song, Pass It On, is included in their Odyssey West CD as well as their live production.

Rob and Jack have been selected to perform Odyssey West at the first Bicentennial National Signature Event at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s estate in Virginia where he first commissioned Lewis and Clark for their expedition.  They will also be performing at the annual convention of the National Council of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial in April, 2003, and are currently slated for numerous other national signature events in honor of the bicentennial. The stories and legends of the American West are woven from the fabric of many people’s dreams.  Odyssey West is not only the story of the first white Americans to document the West but it is the story of the Native Americans who lived in the vast untamed land that became America.  Special tribute is paid to Sacagawea and to York, the black man who accompanied the Corps of Discovery.


Jack, a Native American from the Blackfeet Tribe, and Rob, a Montana rancher’s son, take their audience on a powerful journey through the divergent paths traveled by the Indian and White Man, yet the message is one of hope as the paths converge with a vision for all Americans in their final song, Pass It On:

It’s the dawning of a new day here in America,
A nation born of many people’s dreams.
We’re the stewards of the stories of those who came before
The keepers of the mountains and the streams.
Pass it on . . . . Pass it on . .
Honor the spirit of this land they walked upon.
Hear the wild land’s healing song,
Heed the gift that we’ve been given,   Pass it on.

Rob Quist

Rob Quist, known to many as Montana’s Musical Ambassador, was a founding member of the group, Mission Mountain Wood Band, appearing on ABC’s Cheryl Ladd Special as well as NBC’s Country Comes to New York.  Named by the Missoulian as “One of Montana’s Notable Musicians of the Twentieth Century,” Rob has released 9 CD’s, placing songs on Billboard and Independent Charts as well as receiving radio airplay in United States, Europe and Japan.  Rob’s songs have been recorded by Michael Martin Murphey and Loretta Lynn, and he was recently inducted in the University of Montana School of Fine Arts Hall of Honors recognizing him as “One of its greats,” saluting him as “ a celebrated Montana musician and composer who has captured the spirit of the West in his music, an eloquent proponent of the history and beauty of the West whose legacy in song will be embraced by generations to follow.”

Rob, a rancher’s son from Cut Bank, Montana, was the Senior Patrol Leader for the Boy Scout troop that discovered the Two Medicine fight site, the infamous meeting place of Captain Meriwether Lewis and the Blackfeet Indians in 1806.  The Two Medicine Fight Site had been previously undiscovered and it is now recognized as a National Historic Landmark.  This experience ignited a lifelong passion in Rob for the stories of the American West.

 

Jack Gladstone

Jack Gladstone, a member of the Blackfeet Tribe, attended the University of Washington on a football scholarship, earning both a degree in Speech Communications and a Rose Bowl ring with the 1978 championship Huskies.  Since 1988, Jack has released 9 critically acclaimed, independently produced CD’s.  His release, Buffalo Republic, was honored with an entry-level nomination for the 2001 Grammy Awards and was nominated for Folk Recording and Historical Album of the Year by the Native American Music Awards.

Jack grew up immersed in the rich oral tradition of the West, listening to his Blackfeet Indian grandmother tell the story of Creation and the other myths that formed their cultural framework.  Jack’s great, great grandfather, Red Crow, was the chief of the Blood tribe from 1870-1900 and led his people from their glory days of the buffalo into reservation life.  As a Native American, Jack has experienced the European impact upon our continent’s cultural journey from another perspective.  He tells the story of U. S. westward expansion with keep insight and sensitivity. 

Odyssey West will be touring and accepting bookings throughout the Bicentennial.

For Complete Promotional Pack and Booking Availability Contact:

Rob Quist                                                           Jack Gladstone

www.robquist.com   1-888-257-8605              www.jackgladstone.com 1 800-735-2965    

CREDITS

Produced by Rob Quist, Jack Gladstone, Dave Griffith and Lloyd Maines.
Engineered by Dave Griffith, Fred Remmert, Michael Hopkins.
Recorded at Snoring Hound Studios, Somers, MT,  Cedar Creek Recording, Austin, TX, and County Q, Nashville, TN.
Cover and Back Photos by Lance Schelvan.
Designed by The Design Studioä at Disc Makers
Manufactured and printed by Disc Makers, Pennsauken, NJ. USA

Special Thanks to the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation,  The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Bear Grass Productions, Sally and Larry Miller, Larry Epstein and Carol Bronson.

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