Music For The Native Americans CD

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Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Coyote Dance ~ Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble

2. Mahk Jchi (Heartbeat Drum Song) ~ Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble

3. Ghost Dance ~ Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble

4. Vanishing Breed, The ~ Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble

5. It Is A Good Day To Die ~ Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble

6. Golden Feather ~ Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble

7. Akua Tuta ~ Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble

8. Words Of Fire, Deeds Of Blood ~ Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble

9. Cherokee Morning Song ~ Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble

10. Skinwalker ~ Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble

11. Ancestor Song ~ Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble

12. Twisted Hair ~ Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Full performer name: Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble.
	Personnel includes: Robbie Robertson (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Ulali, Priscilla Coolidge, The Silvercloud Singers (vocals); Denis Toupin (vocals, drums); Rejean Bouchard (electric guitar); Bill Dillon (guitar, guitorgan, chamberlin, bass); Daniel Jean (violin); Elodie Lauten (keyboards); Tony Green, Pierre Duchesne (bass); Sal Fararas, Benito Concha, Sebastian Robertson (drums); Alex Acuna (percussion); Jim Wilson, Dave Pickell (programming); Delphine Robertson, Claude Pelletter (background vocals).
	Producers: Robbie Robertson, Jim Wilson, Toby Gendron, Pierre Duchesne.
	Recorded at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California; River Sound, New York; Sound Concept, Montreal, Canada; Sunsinger Studios, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
	Personnel: Robbie Robertson (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Denis Toupin (vocals, drums); Bonnie Jo Hunt (vocals); Bill Dillon (guitar, chamberlin, omnichord); Bill Dillion (guitar); Jeff Smallwood (acoustic guitar); R?jean Bouchard (electric guitar); Jean Daniel (violin); Douglas Spotted Eagle (flute, keyboards, programming); Patrick Leonard (organ, keyboards, programming); Elodie Lauten (keyboards); Benito Concha, Sebastian Robertson, Sal Fararas (drums); John Bartilt, John Barlit, Alex Acu¤a (percussion); Dave Pickell, James Wilson, Jim Wilson (programming); Delphine Robertson, Claude Pelletter, Laura Satterfield, Priscilla Coolidge, Rita Coolidge (background vocals).
	Audio Mixer: Bob Clearmountain.
	Recording information: River Sound, New York, NY; Sound Concept, Montreal, Canada; Sunsinger Studios, Albuquerqu; Village Recorder, L.A.
	Editor: Charles Pollard.
	Photographer: David Williams .
	Unknown Contributor Roles: Douglas Spotted Eagle; Silvercloud Singers; Coolidge; Jim Wilson; Kashtin; Ulali.
	From the opening beats of "Coyote Dance" (a rhythm so ancient, Bo Diddley would be proud to claim it), to the whirligig of acoustic and electric sounds comprising "Ghost Dance," the listener is plunged into a world of tradition and technology--one that might suggest Enigma's synthesis of chant and techno to well-traveled listeners.
	Rock and roll rustic Robbie Robertson acknowledges and reappraises his own Mohawk legacy by producing and performing MUSIC FOR THE NATIVE AMERICANS. This soundtrack is moody, mysterious and deeply moving, evoking as it does the thoughts and words and traditions of the ancestors, and putting them in a thoroughly modern musical context--no Hollywood dances around the campfire for Robbie Robertson and his collaborators.
	Which is to say that MUSIC FOR THE NATIVE AMERICANS is concerned with imparting insights from a living tradition, not unearthing parables for a dead one. Thus on "The Vanishing Breed" the flute, keyboards and programming of Spotted Eagle embellish ceremonial rhythms with celestial orchestrations, celebrating the Native American's timeless spirit (as Robertson's guitar outlines a lyric expanse that might just as easily be found on a Pink Floyd disc), while "It Is A Good Day To Die" and "Words Of Fire, Deeds Of Blood" sum up the defiant spirit and courage of their forebears. Elsewhere, traditional materials such as "Akua Tuta" and the chant "Cherokee Morning Song" shimmer with peace and devotion.
Engineer: Andy Fitich; Bill Szawloswki; Patrick McCarthy; Ron Sunsinger; Toby Gendron; Charlie Brocco
Musical Guests
	Kashtin
	Douglas Spotted Eagle
	Laura Satterfield
	Rita Coolidge
	Alex Acuna Y Su Acuarela De Tambores

Compilation Appearances

	Last Man Standing
	Goin Home:tribute To Fats Domingo
	True Blood:Volume 2 (Music from the Series) (Soundtrack)
	Mean Old Man (Deluxe Edition)

Technical Info

	Release Date : 10/04/1994
	Original Release Date : 1994
	Catalog ID : 28295
	Label : Capitol
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00724382829522

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (11/3/94, p.98)
- 3.5 Stars - Good - "...Robertson crafts brooding atmosphere out of indigenous chants and melodies, original compositions and found sounds. Earthy and ethereal, this is ambient music that insinuates as it lingers..."

Entertainment Weekly (10/7/94, p.76)
- "...proves he can still come up with some pretty amazing songs when the spirit moves him..." - Rating: A-

Q (12/94, p.142)
- 3 Stars - Good - "...roots-infused, cinematic big music that sits as comfortably between Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush as it does riding the Great Plains bareback..."

NME (Magazine)
(10/22/94, p.49)
- 6 - Good - "...he's party to a refreshing and regenerative musical statement in an increasingly turbulent and destructive musical year..."