Reverend Goat Carson is the embodiment of classic shamanism and a living Renaissance man. He is a medicine man, songwriter, musician, poet, actor, playwrite and novelist. He is a storyteller, an ordained reverend and former presidential candidate, really. Reverend Goat says he is either the last or the first of his kind. Through a blend of music, history, tribal law and uncommon common sense, Reverend Goat exerts more positive influence on the life of New Orleans than most of its leaders. - Jeffrey David Ehrenreich, Ph.D. Professor of Anthropology University of New Orleans