One Love Family History

One Love Tours was co-founded in Boulder, Colorado by Harold Bustamante and Scott Hutchinson in Spring 1996 and grew into a cooperative vision that was seeded in the May of 96 at the Shanti Festival in Athens Georgia. Then in-acted in June 1996 as the “The One Love Funk Train Tour” left Colorado with a crew of 18 to the Annual Rainbow Gathering in Missouri, then to the Further Festival in St. Louis, Missouri. From there a small crew of 4 went to the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. From there the idea was shared at the Festival of Life in Chicago during the Democratic Convention. Forces were joined with Uniting Spirits Peace Pilgrim Walkers. The 1st Bus, USS FUNK 420 was disabled and decommissioned in St Louis, Missouri. Blowing an engine she was put on family farm land for future repair. The remaining 6 members we're bought bus tickets by a church organization in St. Louis, Missouri. The end of the tour was completed at the Colorado Fall Equinox Gathering in September 1996.


“Four Corners Rainbow Funk Network Tour”
In the passing months groundwork was laid out through-out the four corners states. The 2nd Annual Drum Gathering in Moab Utah brought Liberty tribe into the One Love Network. Networking was done in Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. A support journey was taken to the 97' Love Winter Rainbow Gathering in Ocala National Forest where over 100 people were arrested for various reasons, some political. From there on returning to Arizona One Love Central participated at the 1st Annual Bob Marley & Jerry Garcia Tribute Festival in Goodyear, Arizona. One Love counseled in the event to support a 4:20 event which became the Northern New Mexico 4:20 Gathering at which the four corner networks came in place. From there the 1st Zion Train Tour “One Love Zion Train Rainbow Consciousness Caravan Tour” was jumpstarted at the 97' Annual Rainbow Gathering in Oregon with a United ONE LOVE VILLAGE of Granola Funk Camp, Jah Love Camp, Fieries Camp, Phat Free Kitchen, Sacred Herb Church, and Two Pot Stop Kitchen.
“W.H.E.E.”
Then came High Times World Hemp Extravaganja in Eugene was the 1st event. A starting crew of 7 people grew to the mid twenties and a week later the event sight was credited to the hard work of Zion Train work crews. This was credited in High Times November Issue on W.H.E.E. High Times is credited for helping Zion Train by then giving a donation for the purchase of the 1st full time Tour Vehicle which was Old Mama, The One Love Central van and in donating 5 cases of Hemp Magazines and High Times magazines to be used for raising traveling funds thru canvassing. The tour used theses magazines to educate the public during the whole tour. From Eugene Oregon a group of 20 and 3 vehicles traveled to Tonasket Washington to work the Roots Mountain Reggae Festival. Zion Train was credited for the Recycling handling and clean-up of the sight. This event also marked the 1st stage P.S.A. and live performing during the event. From Tonasket the caravan traveled to Seattle where after a few days the crews were taught how to canvas publications for donations for the tour. The next destination was Humboldt County, California for Reggae on the River. No work was arranged by the time of the arrival so crews employed in making funds through selling of food items. After the event, Zion Train was offered to work for the clean-up and 3 1/2 days later the beaches were clean. Zion Train was credited for doing a such a good job that the producer of the Festival; PB of Peoples Productions, called Kaati of Renegade Productions; Producers of Reggae at the Lake, and informed that Zion Train was coming and treat them with respect for being hard workers. At the arrival of Reggae at the Lake, Zion Train Central was put in a co-producing position of coordinating, security, backstage, will-call, food handling, information, and vibe control. Zion Train was well received and the relationship with the festival organizers was well bridged. From Lake Tahoe, the tour traveled to Berkeley to spread information and then the San Francisco's Haight Street where a World Peace gathering was organized with over 100 peoples in chanting, drumming, and inspiring. Zion Train then traveled to Salt Lake City Utah, where the united Caravans of Zion Train and the Phat Free brought knowledge of Hemp and support to the Utah Cannabis Buyers Club Coalition at the weekly drum event at Liberty Park. The next week over 300 activist rallied on the steps of State Capital to protest the Drug War. The tour then proceeded to the Colorado Rainbow Gathering where a One Love United Village was set up and The One Love Funk Shack Cafe ( rainbow specialty free kitchen ) was 1st employed. One Love Central after this event traveled to Crestone, Colorado where clarification by reasoning a triple rainbow came for a journey to the R.A.W. Conference (Reggae Ambassadors Worldwide) in Asheville, North Carolina. A vehicle engine was lost but Cougar ( tour coordinator ) and a member of the Woodstock Nation made it to Asheville by hitch-hiking 1000 miles to make the conference. A World Peace Gathering was held at the monument in downtown Asheville. The 1st full tour was over when Cougar returned to Durango Colorado in late September.
Then came the “ONE LOVE ZION TRAIN ROOTS CARAVAN TOUR” 30th Anniversary Summer of Love Festival 97'
The tour was groomed together at the 3rd annual Drum Festival gathering in Moab, Utah. From there a group of 26 adults, 4 children, 2 babies, & 4 dogs traveled in 1 school bus, 2 vans & a station wagon to the Summer Of Love 30th anniversary Festival in Golden Gate Park, SanFrancisco, California. Zion Train crews made food for the event and marched in an earth 1st parade. Afterwards the Summer of Love after party was vibed up by the chanting power of the tour members on the beach shores. the next evening the tour was asked to perform at the Black Rose Cafe on Haight Street where over 100 people packed inside & out until the local San Francisco Police halted the event. The tour separated into a smaller group in which 8 went with One Love Central to visit Global Empowerment Network <http://www.globalvisionnetwork.com>. Then embarked a journey to Arcada, California to hold a World Peace Gathering in the square and re-joined on the Northern beaches to travel to Earth First “BASE CAMP” for Saving the Redwoods Action. From there One Love Central separated with 2 crew members to Santa Cruz, California for networking then to Venice Beach, California in early November. One Love Central visited the in L.A. and gained support from the man him self. The small crew networked contacts and waved the World Unity Rainbow flag in the cities and Roger Steffens Reggae Archives the beach for the weekly drum circle. From Venice the tour went to Phoenix Arizona to promote One Love projects at drum circles, tables at co-ops and raves. High on the Vibe, Back to Eden, and The Buzz Raves were visited. The tour then climaxed its journey to the Thanksgiving rainbow council south of Tucson then back North to Durango to complete the 2 1/2 month journey.
January 1998
L.O.V.E. Productions was formed in Boulder, Colorado to support the 4:20 festival in April 1998
One Love Zine Durango, Boulder, Zion Train & International was formed and going to print
One Love Tour Homepage is established then here it starts all over again in February the start of the “One Love Zion Train Roots Tour 1998”
(network seed tour) in which One Love Central attends The Ragamuffin 98' Festival in Long Beach California on February 14-15 then to San Diego to The Bob Marley Birthday Celebration on the 17th to have a food and crafts/information booth, raising $$ for the summer tour. This is also to be a seed tour to promote and spread the One Love Zine and One Love projects. A journey to Hawaii is in place in March for R & R then back to the Four Corners
Updated (Ras Cougar's account)!!..Came the Bob Marley celebration Festival and a crew was formed that traveled back to Tucson then onto Florida.. We had this notion to spread the One Love across the country. We started out smoothly and landed in Austin Texas for a day and visited the Zendix Community before they moved to Florida. Then we headed to Houston where we visited the staff of "The Hemp Magazine" and they gave us a bunch of magazines to carry. We took pictures then we were off to New Orleans to the Mardi Gra. Yet an hour out of Houston we were stopped by Hwy patrol and we stood in the cold for hours as we were harassed by drug dogs and egotistical ex-marine cop. Our driver was trained to handle the situation and he held a tape recorder to the conversation the whole time.. The found nothing but thousands of magazines. Just because our van was painted up in the red, gold and green they stopped us. We left with the driver getting a small false ticket.. Then early morning we pull into a Louisiana Rest stop and the whole SWAT TEAM shows up.. The processed us again after I told them that we just went through this and then they let us go.. "We were in the South".. We drove on to new Orleans where the vibes were nicer and crazy too.. Mardi gras was interesting and met a few cool people and found a roots shop. My back pack was stolen out of the trailer...Then on to Florida; we drove straight till we got to Gainesville. There we got directions to the Florida rainbow gathering.. We went on to the gathering, and I went in and set up a small wisdom center.. The gathering was small and pleasant and not much police harassment, compared to the year earlier. From the gathering we ventured south towards the Keys and found friends and family down in West Palm Beach and Miami Beach. There we tried to make money to go to Jamaica and it did not happen. We were able to network a letter to "Ms B", Bob Marleys mother.. We shared what was going on and what we were up too. Networked and I, Ras Harold was able to do a lecture at the University of Florida in Miami about the Drug War. My 1st lecture to students.. After that we were being pulled to head back north then to the West.. """Tragedy"" happened.. "Ohm Mama" our family van was in a wreck over the Miami Beach Bridge. we all survived with Denise getting the most hurt, broken collar bone and concussion. The tour was over. Everyone went their separate ways back to the West as materials were recovered and made back to the West via a new van bought by one of the family members and hiatus in Atlanta.
This experience brought new focus into a transition for the summer. we no longer had a group vehicle and a lot of equipment was lost and no funding. Never the less the show must go on. The pre tour started in Boulder, Colorado. from there united with Mystical Ascension we headed out to the Colorado rainbow gathering. There we created the Gypsy Funk Circus Theater and the whole gathering participated. from there we headed out to the Rainbow gathering in Arizona. Before that started the focus was its time to unite the family musical factions and co-create the Gypsy Funk Circus. The 98' Gathering was beautiful and a strong presence of spirit guided us all through dry weather and dis-respectful police officials to calling the rains and fulfilling local native prophecies of the rainbow.. A group of elders was rumored to have watch clouds come from no where and come straight over the White mountains and bring rain. Before monsoon season. Granola Funk Theater was off the hook that year and a lot of unity inspiration started to seep in. Zion Train had a track set so the mission was to go and work at the reggae festivals again that year. we left the gathering in pouring rain to the Flagstaff area where we participated in a collective family event called Arizona Earth Fair. we performed, filmed, and jumpstarted the One Love Zion Train / GFC Tour 1998. From there we went straight up to The WHEE 2 festival in Eugene Oregon and set up the Merkaboom and our underground hemp kitchen and Mystical Ascension performed through-out the week-end. Rainbow Gypsies were there and we united with them in performances and even filmed them. From that we headed to Sundown festival near Chico and then on to Reggae on the River.. this time around we all got scattered and met up at the festivals.. At Reggae on the river we were official clean-up crew and we helped to set up a family camp area outside the festivals especially for dogs. That festival really hurt a lot of us for our crew was called to duty during the event and when the event was over only half our crew worked and People Production really used us.. The reality was that we were not meant to slave work, most of us were performers and activist. we wanted to spread the word.. I thank people production yet it was decided that we no longer were going to work there. After that event we all met up again at Reggae at the Lake. This Festival we had a good relationship on all levels yet it got real hectic there and our crew of over 100 was way over used and worn out. We brought in Morning star kitchen that became the crew kitchen. We filmed, recorded, set-up a co-op booth, made a big presence and met crucial family that we today are working with.. the Gypsy Funk Circus banner was made and displayed strongly. After the event the crew dissipated with only 2 of us working to clean up the whole place. We couldn't do it, and that was it. Zion Train Peace Pilgrim work crew missions were over. We didn't have adequate resources to deal with the overheads of the tour. From there the GFC was born into the movement of co-productions phase training. The tour was over and those of us that stuck together, Mystical Ascension and One Love Central, moved to Santa Cruz to unite with underground and spiritual communities. Moontribe Collective and the Rain dance Collective welcomed us into the musical circles of the Bay area. GFC journeyed up to the Hog Farm Gathering and to Trinity Tribal Stomp Festival, where we worked and collaborated with the Casbah Tea House. That became a success and tour was over again. That time was a pinnacle of history and change. Earth First in Headwaters was gearing up for Fall Campaign. Julia Butterfly was almost up LUNA for a year and there was no rally being organized that had occurred the years before. Mystical Ascension traveled to the base Camp when the family learned of David "Gypsy" Chains passing to a irate logger that cut a redwood tree on to him. With-in a week the Circus was dedicated In memory of David; to help spread awareness of the miss-conduct and activities going on.. The Gypsy Funk Circus was now born with a soul.. November came and we united with Global empowerment network at an event called "EARTH". That event went off nicely, but G.E.N. lost money and they went bankrupt. The rest of the year of 98 was completed with a few small shows and then all of us went into winter holiday mode.
1999, was over the hump when activity started up for One Love Central. The year started up with One love Vibrations becoming officially and legally affiliated and umbrelled by the Mendocino Coast Environmental Center. Then the L.O.V.E. Council for World Peace Events was initiated by Mendocino Coast Environmental Center, G.E.N., Butterfly Gardner’s Association for World Peace, One Love Vibrations Foundation and the Exodus To Eden Collective. February 1st, 1999 was marked as a point of interest in the move to unite the Bay area activities through music. One Love Central and Merkaboom (ex/ Mystical Ascension) traveled to the Islands of Hawaii. Maui, was a healing place and a lot of growth and strength came from the life force "manna" of that earth there. One Love Central became involved with the One Love Maui Earth Day Celebrations and helped the council. The event went off in late April and GFC collective performed and pulled together a world peace prayer for the Kosovo War. The World Unity Rainbow Flag flew at that event. By the way the flag flew at all events since 1997. Summer of 97 started as we returned from the islands of the one love and started to work on a proposed tour with the Exodus to Eden Collective. One thing led to another and the tour was not organized and was cancelled. We all worked our way to Pennsylvania for the Rainbow 99 Gathering. There the Granola Funk Theater flew the GFC banner and we created a strong presence through out the gathering. Granola Funk Family was no back together stronger then before and the Funk Village rocked the gathering. The flags all flew and the shows went off beautifully. Grand master of Funk Aaron Funk united with the GFC bringing the final link to the original concept of uniting the rainbow performers. From there, communications was lost and the GFC tour never got off the ground. One Love Central traveled with Phish Tour for a few shows and then onto Granola Funk/ GFE shows and then Oswego Festival in New York. There the some of the performing gypsies came together and we spread the word. The next week "Woodstock 99" in Rome; off the hook we got in with a crew of 5 under the Special Projects Art Department and helped to erect the art museum and the walls. We set up a camp and enjoyed the corporate event that brought a lot of dissent to the participants. $5 water bottles and restrictions on personal gear brought the Sunday uprising that burnt the art museum down and destroyed a few trucks and corporate vendors. Watch out America the youth are rising up! We were there to witness the tribal revival of the people stand off hundreds of state troopers with 50 gallon drums drumming all night. The next week, WHEE 3, Freedom Fighters Festival was in Ohio. The Festival was in direct competition with Phish tour so a lot of people was more like family appeared. 3000 the most, we set up the One Love Village with Art and Revolution of San Francisco and GFC Theater became a 2nd stage reality with Aaron Funk at the Mike. That event united a lot of the nomad crews and the vision was stronger for the future nomadic tour to come. There Merkaboom Collective showed up and they set up the altar and they were the main band for the 2nd stage. The World Unity Rainbow Flag returned home to the High Times event and flew all weekend. Tour 99 east coast was over. One Love central continued on through personal journeys and vehicle problems delayed for the west coast return till December 99'. Meanwhile, activism was the action and One Love Vibrations Foundation made a presence at the School of Americas March in November. 5000 people successfully marched onto the military base with out incident. WTO protest were brewing up end of November and it was time to go West. One Love Central never made it, the vehicle lost a tire in Boulder and was delayed for a week. Soon we moved again through Aspen and to Utah were we connected with Liberty Tribe Family. Then we trekked to California were the van lost its transmission again, this time in Santa Cruz. One Love Central set up shop, started the One Love Local Zines and organized events to bring the community together.
Y2K ???? NOT. The scare ended with a new outlook into the future. In that time One Love Vibrations foundation was being grounded into Santa Cruz and activism. Working with the Mumia Coalition, GFC was being re-birthed into the summer mission as Spearhead/Michael Franti invited many like minded people onto his West Coast tour called the Stay Human Tour. The Stay Human Tour was conceived by Michael after participating at the WTO protest in November 99'. The vision that our family has had for years was no being pulled together with the Spearhead Family and of course, we united. We are One! From Vancouver to San Diego, One Love Vibrations Foundation and One Love Zine was shared and networked with-in many organizations and areas. check out www.spearheadvibrations.com for more thoughts on the tour.
Hawaii 2000, the mission continues to Maui for RR and ended up becoming involved with The Coconut Groove Collective and events throughout the months there. Specific actions occurred on the promotion front as the One Love Zine was introduced there and lots of community networking. The domain names for the network and an ad in the Reggae Festival Guide were obtained by mainland East Coast One Love central crew. Then in May 5th, 2000 the planets aligned and transformation was in the air. A mini One Love Zine has been introduced to the Bay area and festival events . Mountain Aire 2000, Health & Harmony Festival and Sierra World Music Festival in Marysville, CA; ignited the fires of the Gypsy Funk Circus. The banner flew at Mountain Aire as Spearhead played and again at the Casbah Tea House at Sierra World Music Festival. Kumbaka (formerly Merkaboom) performed w / Piro Pixies. Rainbow 2000 in Montana was beautiful gathering; GFC/GFE came together and Ekahi Aloha Cafe ( One Love )was initiated as a raw foods kitchen. Right after the gathering the " One Love Gypsy Funk Circus Stay Human Caravan Tour begun its short lived trail at the Roots Revolution Festival. At this event the Merkaboom tent was set up with Kumbaka, Arjun and many other acts performed; a crew of fire dancers performed every evening and the Merkaboom went off into the early morning until Monday. The event organizers and others praised at how awesome the circus came alive to ad flavor to this event. Unfortunately, GFC at full capacity only happened once; the crews split in their many directions. A smaller unit of GFC went off to travel to Oregon to the String Cheese Incident at Hornets Hideaway, then came the Tamarack Festival, and to Reggae on the River, Mt. Shasta Reggae Festival, Seattle Hemp Festival, Hog Farm Picnic, Trinity Tribal Stomp, Shasta Barter Fair, Ashland Community Fair, Spearheads 911 Free event in SF, Reggae in the Park, Peter Tosh Birthday Celebration and Halloween Ball in Santa Cruz, CA. Sacred Land Project Foundation events flowed us into February. In Oct-Dec 2000, the changes came which to leave GFC and just represent the One Love Family at events. In Dec. 2000, we traveled w/Michael Franti and Spearhead to Canada and back. This journey became a special one, One Love Family had the misfortune in a previous Spearhead tour in having its standards/World Unity Rainbow Flag stolen at the house of Blues in L.A.On this tour in Victoria, BC; the Canadian Unity Flag Society personally delivered another World unity Rainbow Flag at a Spearhead event and was accepted both by Michael Franti and Harold Bustamante of One Love Central. One Love Family were now tribal flag carriers of a blessed unity flag that traveled to Tichinichua Mexico and participated in a unity ceremony on one of the Mayan Pyramids. In October 2000 a group of Native runners ran from Alaska to the pyramids, simultaneously as a group of Native runners came up from Chile. The year of 2000 was a year of finding grounded focus, lessons learned.
Return of the World Unity Rainbow Hemp Flag
As the new year came through 2001, was to come and show new directions for One Love Central to work on internal growth for its crew and activities it supports. Months passed and activity started up again at ASkenaz w/support for Vision of the Wailers, then KyMani Marley at the Maritime in Feb. Hawaii bound, One Love Central set up in Maui and within a month became involved with co-producing of the MAUI EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS w Mauitopia (a non-profit). By end of April One Love Media Collective was formed through training at Akaku Community television and documentary projects were set in motion. MAUI EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS by far took us to another level of co-producing events and laying seeds for future events. Hawaii Heath Expo was next and then the Hawaii' Inter-Tribal POW WOW. Many family heads participated in traditional dances and tribal flags of the family were blessed with feathers and spirit. By June 2001, One Love Family was reaching for new heights and two documentaries were complete. Back to mainland USA, One Love Central came upon Health & Harmony again this time the World Unity Rainbow Flag was back and flying on stage high and proud. From there the journey took us to the Sierra World Music Festival again and Unity Flag flying high on stage once more. Journey spiraled to The Annual Rainbow Gathering which happened to be settled in Idaho. The POW WOW flags of the One Love Family came home and strong focus was into participation in co-creation of a medicine ceremony by 4th of July. Through networking and action, a collective was already in the forming , many guided same as us in getting proper traditional rites by Loraine of the Dinah Navaho People. The mission was accomplished on the 4th of July as the medicine warriors ascended with another 80 rainbows to co-create a sacred hoop unity medicine ceremony to bless the Rainbow Gathering. In this action An elder named Prosper from the Huron and Lorraine of the Dinah recognized the medicine ceremony in sacred manners and blessed it with the color WHITE for its 1st color on the sacred hoop. This ceremony is to continue every year, with more lessons on ceremonies and cultural growth. These two native Americans officially recognized the rainbow people as a indigenous people and shared pathway to share to other Native Americans that the Rainbow gathering is something that many tribes must come and attend to heal the hoop of humanity. So Rainbow 2002 is expecting 20-30 Native American tribal representations at the Indigenous Camp to come. After the Rainbow, energy was high and One love Central went off to Oregon again to the Oregon Country Fair; 100,000's of people participated in this unique event. We are coming back!! After this the journey headed North to Seattle for the WOMAD Festival and on to British Colombia for the BC Rainbow Gathering. This POW WOW also brought together rainbows with local natives and ceremony partaken. Canadian tribes invited Rainbow gatherings onto their land for 2002, unity growing!! Off to Vancouver, then to the Garlic Festival where we united with the Common Vision Resource Center. Seattle Hemp Festival was next and this time it was two days and the Unity flags and banners flew all over the main stage. Then Came the Northwest Reggae Festival and all the way back down to Monterey California for the Monterey Bay Reggae Festival. The Unity flags flew there as well and from there we spiraled off to the Trinity Tribal Stomp in Hayfork again. our 3rd year the Unity flags and banners were flown proudly as this family event was blessed by Michael Franti, Freedom Tribe, Sasha Butterfly and the Casbah Family. From there the journey mellowed out at Inflames raw foods community and the date of "911" stood .. Prayers and sweat lodge was performed for all the victims and prayers for World Peace. Everything is now changed!!
For the better, people have been motivated to accomplish the dreams we have been promoting for years of establishing eco-villages. Now many a nomad was networking. the next journey took us back up to the Ashland Community Fair again. From there we drove down to the Renegade Festival in Nevada City area and the unity flags flew high. This brought us to a new community we have not connected with and has been blessed since. From there Spearheads Free Awareness Concert in Delores Park, SF went off with all kinds of good energy and unity flags and crews that by the end Woody Harrelson , Michael Franti, Spearhead and 5 thousand beautiful souls held hands for World Peace and OM'd. Hundreds of freaks ran in circles and it became almost like a Rainbow Gathering again. The next day Reggae in the Park ended our Reggae Summer. Not yet for festivals, Earth Dance 2001 Festival occurred on the Yakima Native Reservation in Northern California. This event brought together all the elements that many organizers and entertainers have been praying for. A good vibe on a sacred spot. The unity Flags flew at home there on the main stage. This last festival event spiraled One Love Central into re-instating the L.O.V.E. Council which occurred at the Cell Space, in SF on Nov 12th 2001. lets not forget October was enjoyed with blessings of the flags and Banners of Peace at Sacred Land Project Foundation Event, the Halloween Ball; again in Santa Cruz, CA and the Day of the Dead gathering in Oakland. A whole line-up of up-incoming family artist performed and received the expertise professional love of Geary Seals. In late October, One Love Central sat in and represented in a Crystal Meeting at Terra Nova, P.A.N. USA Headquarters in California. This meeting brought, the One Heart Global Broadcasting network together w/ One Love Vibrations Foundation and have helped in co-producing Global Garden Party Broadcast out to 660 million people world-wide via short-wave radio. This project is being supported by the Earth Society Foundation out of the United Nations. As you see the year of 2001 has surely become blessed and the year of the 2001 Space Odyssey. One Love Central has now traveled out to the SE and East USA to establish street reps and networking for activities to come in 2002. I believe this will be a blessed year to come. Rumors are that the bigger tour vision is manifesting in many forms and plenty of events and film projects to co-create. The spirit of Bob Marley lives strong, Michael Franti of Spearhead sang at the beginning of his Earth Dance Festival set "WAR".. I swear the ancestors of that native land and the spirit of Bob and Peter were present.. Times are changing fast and One Love is ever expanding...Peace
FUTURE reports to come!!
Till Next Time
“ONE LOVE CENTRAL”

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