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 This
is really, in some way, like critiquing your
mother’s soup.
It’s impossible to be objective, and yet…
the taste is undeniable.
I’ve
known, loved, and respected Brian, as a great
talent, and a remarkable individual, for over
20 years. I’ve followed his personal and
professional growth, with much more than passing
interest. Even with the awareness that all of
this history was with me, as I listened to this,
his first performed, produced, and written,
CD, I could not escape my instinctive, and immediate,
reaction.
I
loved it.
Fifty
plays later, I still do.
Communicating
what’s in your heart and soul, to anyone
else…in any form, is indeed, a daunting
task. It’s taken me 30 years of attempting
it, to reach whatever degree of facility I have.
Brian has done it, the first time out.
In
“Grandma’s Song,” in “Dad
and Me,” and in “Home” you can
hear both the joy—and the regret—that
stays within a heart, long after the mind has
made peace with it’s memories.
“I Know” is all about what Brian still
knows… even though sometimes, he now knows
better.
“I Miss You” is an impossibly new
telling, of the oldest story of all.
“Icons”
has a “Paul Simon” quality I’ve
never heard from anyone… except Paul Simon.
“Waiting For The Glaciers to Melt”
is so absolutely real… It frightens me.
Choosing
“Joy.” Isn’t that what it’s
all about?
“Calm,”
I imagine, is as turbulent as I’ve always
heard “calm” is. I wouldn’t know.
“Inevitable” is Brian’s future
success as a writer, as has been his success
as an actor, singer and warm, smart, and loving,
human being.
I’m
proud to call him my friend, and proud to write
this small note of appreciation for a man I
have always appreciated greatly.
—
Marty Panzer
Award winning lyricist/composer www.martypanzer.com
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Brian
Lane Green and I have been friends, colleagues
and mutual supporters for nearly 10 years. I
am lucky to have made his acquaintance since
so few people are genuinely in tune with the
creative zeitgeist and willing to access it
and share it.
Brian
sees a “problem” as a way to figure
out how to do it better and is, therefore, a
great collaborator. On September 4, 2001, Brian
sent me a handful of songs, monologues and poems,
asking what I thought the next step should be.
I listened,
and his words told me what to do.
What
started there is not finished yet. The separate
pieces eventually became one profound, heart-felt,
touching musical in which Brian took us all
on a journey from growing up in the hills of
Tennessee through the pathos of a human life
and the spectrum of emotion that accompanies
a life lived: fear, isolation, loneliness, joy
and ultimately peace.
That
was one milestone. This is another.
As evidenced
in his lyrics, Brian has a direct connection
to the universe that is so rarely found in this
age of reality TV shows and meaningless blockbusters.
The music has been re-shaped and further realized
into an eclectic mix of music that speaks to
each of us in a unique way.
This
is music that makes you feel, remember, laugh
and cry, music that reminds us all that we are,
indeed, human.
This
is not the end of the journey. It is only the
beginning. I'm sure you will agree. Enjoy.
—
Kristen Coury
Executive Producer
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