Vietnam-Desert Storm
1993 · Canyon CR-16214 · White Swan, Washington
- Artist
- Black Lodge Singers
- Title
- Vietnam-Desert Storm
- Release
- Veterans' Honor Songs
- Year
- 1993
- Label
- Canyon # CR-16214
- Format
- Cassette · Album
- Country
- White Swan, Washington, USA
- Genre
- Indigenous American Music · Pow-Wow
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — Indigenous Americans
Another album (Canyon Records # CR-6214) from the Black Lodge Singers, formed in White Swan, Washington, USA. Originally released on cassette, and later re-issued on CD, as suggested by the title, it was dedicated towards veterans and war. The back of the CD issue said that: "It is in the Native American way to always remember and honor the men and women who serve and have served in the armed forces. This recording presents ten pow-wow songs composed to honor those who have protected their country and their people". As above, it contained the song "Vietnam – Desert Storm" - a reference to the 1990 First Gulf War, and so another interesting example of artists using Vietnam as a comparison point to contemporary events and wars, as well as an additional relevant track: "Vietnam Song". The label, Canyon Records, was founded in 1951 by Ray Boley and Mary Boley, and largely featured music from Indigenous Americans.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Canyon Records CR-16214, cassette, ℗ 1993, track B3, 3:47; producer Robert Doyle, recorded at Cereus Recording. Reissued on CD as CR-6214 (2004, track 8).
About the artist
Northern-style drum group based at White Swan, Washington, USA, made up of Kenny Scabby Robe (Blackfeet), his wife Louise (Yakama) and their sons; more than twenty albums on Canyon Records. [Source: Wikipedia; Crazy Crow Trading Post]