Glenn and nephew Samuel Teer (student at Alabama School of Fine Arts) at The Birmingham AIDS Outreach Benefit in March 2007 holding a plate on which they collaborated that fetched a nice price for this worthy cause. Glenn began his association with BAO in 2005 with plates he and Catherine O'Hara created. Glenn will be playing host to his dear friend, the legendary actress and monologist Lily Tomlin during her visit to Birmingham in November and together they will enlist other celebrities to create plates for the 2008 auction.

Starting three years ago Glenn became involved with BIRMINGHAM AIDS OUTREACH and will be working with them again on several upcoming benefits.

Glenn and Jane Fonda in Marin County Ca.

Glenn is enjoying and extended sabbatical from film and television work as well as a break from life in Los Angeles and has taken a loft in downtown in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. Writing , spending quality time with old friends, his extended family and exploring the profound changes in the state he left 30 years ago. " I have certainly experienced a culture shock that rivals what I experienced moving from Alabama to New York City in 1976." Glenn took a trip back west to San Francisco to open Bob Taicher's "SHUT YER DIRTY LITTLE MOUTH" in which he stars with Gil Gayle.

It was a small theatrical opening at the Roxy in San Francisco and The Elmwood in Berkeley. Critical response was terrific and business slow. Ah, show biz. While in the Bar Area Glenn joined Jane Fonda in a fundraiser for David Zeigers, NO, NO SIR, a documentary about the suppression of the stories of Vietnam Veteran's Against The War during the late 60's. At the screening in Mission Valley, Shadix joined the benefit audience, founders of the Veteran's movement, Fonda, Maria, Muldair and Holly Near singing the great old gospel hymn, Down By The Riverside (Aint gonna study war no more) " It was quite a moving evening with several Iraqi veteran's on hand."

Flew into Los Angeles November 1st to vote in the midterm election and visit with my dear friends Adam and Sara Biesk and meet their beautiful new baby girl, Emma.  Dropped by Michelle Phillips' Tuesday night to get the election returns and a hug from my favorite legend.

Shortly after returning to Alabama I got the word that Denny Doherty (lead tenor of The Mamas and Papas had passed away in Halifax Nova Scotia from kidney failure. Michelle attended the funeral in Halifax and in response to a letter I had written her she ended her missive simply with "Last one standing." Everyone loved Denny and he will be greatly missed.  I was very glad to have seen his one man show in New York called "DREAM A LITTLE DREAM."  It was after that we met for the last time for lunch with Michelle at Four Oaks in Belair in 2005.  He was in good health at the time and full of, as always, fabulous and hilarious stories to tell.  Denny's favorite song he sang with The Mamas and The Papas was the little known but hauntingly beautiful "Dancing Bear" but he will, I think always be best remembered for his soaring lead vocal on the group's biggest hit "Monday, Monday."  Good-bye with love and thanks dear Papa Denny.

Denny Doherty, Glenn, Michelle Phillips. Last Lunch with Papa Denny at Four Oaks.