I have always been fascinated and love the Native American Indian culture and history. Have read many books on them, and watched a lot of documentaries about them. Was lucky to accidentally be in Flagstaff, Arizona summer of 1969 where the annual "Pow Wow'" took place with numerous Tribes from the U.S, Mexico, South America and Canada attending. It was a multiple day event. We witnessed a rodeo, an Indian Princess pageant and crowning, and the finale was the various Tribes performing each of their Native dances in full Native dress. Then at the end, all the Tribes participating in the dances, took the area where the rodeo was held, and danced together. It was incredible to see that some of them actually traveled from nearby areas in covered wagons that were used back in the day. They slept and camped around their wagons. There was a lot going on and it was so amazing. I will NEVER forget it. I was 22 at the time, and my parents, sister and I were on a month long road trip across the country from our home in NE Ohio. Again, when we arrived in Flagstaff, we had NO idea that this was going on. Obviously we stayed to see the best part of the event. I just WISH that VIDEO cameras were invented at the time. Just have still photos that are on slides, of it. Having your pictures on slides was the "thing" at that time. Now the are faded, makes me so sad. I have a lot of respect and love for our Native Americans and am ashamed of what they were put through in the past, and even now. GREAT reaction, Lee
Paul Revere and the Raiders used to be pretty regular on the TV show, Where the Action Is with Dick Clark! That was the first concert I ever attended at the age of 14! It was great with Go Go dancers and all! LOL They also had Gary Puckett and the Union Gap! This was around 1967.
Lee, Native American culture is alive and well in Santa Fe; hope you check it out someday. I used to live there and had an amazing time. There are about 19 pueblos in the area.
Paul Revere and the Raiders were fantastic. They were the house band on the TV show "Where the Action Is". I think that was a Dick Clark show. A spinoff of American Bandstand. Mark hosts American Revolution on the Underground Garage on Sirius.
Yeah Indian Reservation is thumping banger and great provocative lyrics(though not written by the group)! One of my time favs. By the way the lead singer was of American Indian heritage.
Indian Reservation is such a great song. I still have the 45 rpm. But I love songs like this with such great messages & the music is so frickin good. Love the drums & keys
Hadn't heard Raider's version of Steppin' Stone and really liked it! Always liked Indian Reservation - yes, we need to learn/face/deal with our history!
They played in San Antonio in 1966 for $1 a seat when i was 12. My mother worked at a hotel restaurant and got an autograph picture for us. I wonder if my sister has it? I had a friend who had a straight line to this band through her homemade ouija board. 😂... I love this band they did rock
Man, I haven't heard Indian Reservation in at least 40 years. Totally had forgotten that song. But just one listen brings it all back to the '70s for me. 😅
I remember when The Raiders cover of Indian Reservation first came out. It was one of my favorite songs at the time. The Monkees version of I'm Not Your Stepping Stone will always be the best version in my opinion.
My middle school mascot was The Cherokees. Every morning, all three years, they played Cherokee Nation (at least the first half) over the intercom as we entered our classroom, before morning announcements. It was years before I could listen to and appreciate this song again!
I'm a huge PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS fan, so I'm partial to ANY RAIDER song... especially this version...MARK LINDSAY is the best! Thanks for giving it a listen...
I used to love these guys. I’d sing Indian Reservation every time it came on the radio. And being in grade school then, I was too young to see them perform live. They used to wear colonial uniforms when they played.
"Kicks" sounds like amateur hour when played next to "Indian Reservation". There's a reason why "Indian Reservation" was Sony's bestselling single of all-time until Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" finally exceeded it.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a good book from the Native American perspective to read. Someone will surely recommend Elton John's Indian Sunset to you. Its heart is in the right place but several liberties were taken and it is rife with inaccuracies. Sitting Bull was not killed while "laying down his weapon". He died from pneumonia. Also a western Native was unlikely to be calling upon the "Great Father of the Iroquois(an Eastern tribe) among others.
You should read about the "Trail of Tears". Our Native American folks - our indigenous folks - have been indiscriminately wiped out - our own genocide. I very much appreciate your words about their history.
Does he remember the Raiders appearance on Batman when the Penguin ran for mayor? Pengy had no problem kissing babies. Batman said it was unsanitary lol.
The guy who scouted Charles Mason for a record deal but told him he couldn't market him or his songs. Charles sent his 'family' to get even. Unfortunately, Charlie didn't know Terry had moved.
John D. Loudermilk wrote and recorded Indian Reservation back in 1959. Don Farndon covered it in 1968 and was more of the blueprint for The Raiders' version.
It was also covered in 1967 by The Lewis and Clark Expedition. This band had Michael Nesmith as a band member before he was a Monkee. That's how they got a record deal with Colgems.
@@TheHogsEarReport Boy, I can't find anything on this on wiki. I know Nesmith had some recording under the name Michael Blessing before the Monkees. I vaguely remember The Lewis and Clark Expedition. Again. Wiki has nothing on them.
@@debjorgo I remember reading it online maybe 7 years ago. It was early on when he was a member and he may not have been in The Lewis and Clark Ex. for very long. I read it on some blog. Is it true? who knows.
@@TheHogsEarReport I saw some pages that said a little bit about it. Mike was in the Monkees by the time they recorded with Colgems. They were the only Rock band, other than the Monkees to record on Colgems. Funny side-note. After searching for Lewis and Clark on another PC using Yahoo Search, my MSN newsfeed on this PC suggested a story, "Lewis and Clark: Where they really traveled" on my home page.
I am surprised. I never heard this version before. Only the Monkees version when I thought was their song. "Indian Reservation" is well known to me and possibly one of the first radio songs that became a big hit to me when I was 8 or 9. Other than the Beatles, "...Reservation" and Led Zeppelin's #Whole Lotta Love" are the two I remember best back then. Have a great day L33.
Paul Revere and the Raiders has make some great tunes! "Him or Me--What's it Gonna Be", "Good Thing", "Hungry", "Kicks", "Just Like Me", top the list for me.
No doubt, this version of "... Stepping Stone" was much ... "dirtier!" And Mark Lindsay had a really good voice - when he left Paul Revere & The Raiders they were just not the same. Lindsay other hits - "Arizone" and "Silver Bird" were definitely good! Thanks for these.
If you haven't watched the documentary on the Wrecking Crew you owe it to yourself as much as you enjoy their backing tracks. Would also recommend "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" about the guys who played on all of the Motown hits of the 60s. The second disc with the concert is also a much-watch.
In the '60s, "Made in Japan" was a pejorative. If an item had a sticker that said that, it was usually a really cheap item imitating American goods. It was the type of thing the Japanese were permitted and encouraged to do to westernize them when the US essentially ruled them immediately after WWII. In time, though, the Japanese people became better at making many things than Americans, leading to the country's absolute dominance as far as electronics. So, in the song, it's a reference that everyone at the time would have gotten, to Native American arts having been replaced by cheap knock-offs.
Mark Lindsay has one of the best pop/rock voices out there. Excellent songwriter, too. When Terry Melcher was producing them, they were an amazing team. Not just a singles band -- albums were full of great tunes. Mark Lindsay had a wonderful solo hit called "Arizona." You'll like it.
Indian Reservation got a lot of airplay in the day. hmmm, Steppin Stone sounds nearly identical to Monkees version. The Monkees had a comeback in 1986 and hit a hit with "Kicks".
Good to hear their Stepping Stone, which I didn’t know, and Indian Reservation, which brings back the day I’d first heard it over the PA system during halftime for our high school football game…
I didn't know that Paul Revere & the Raiders did I'm Not Your Stepping Stone. I must say though that I prefer The Monkees' version. It has a better groove and the organ breakdown is better. And Mickey Dolenz's vocals are superior. But Indian Reservation is an absolute banger. I have always dug the shit out of that tune. What an arrangement, what a song, instrumentally it just rocks and lyrically and vocally it kicks ass! I love the strings' falling bit at the end of each chorus.
Lee, the Indian/Settler (or whatever nomenclature one wants to ascribe to them) is extremely nuanced and complicated and yes, bloody and destructive in so many ways. It would take an endless discussion to try to come to any determinations of "right or wrong" and still there would never be consensus. There is however a great clip on YT called "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Sitting Bull meets Colonel Miles" which in four minutes or so very succinctly breaks down the history of this warfare and warfare in general.
It’s just one of those topics…. It’s a hard one to navigate with so much blood everywhere. But, even then, there isn’t much left these days (native culture) there are pockets of it but it’s mostly been extinguished. Even today they continue to erase them. It’s sickening to me. Such a bountiful amount of beautiful culture amongst the natives and now it is just… history. Sad. So sad 😞
@@L33Reacts I agree and I hope someone in government or elsewhere can facilitate a "reawakening" to the plight of all American Indian tribes and nations.
You will love "Let Me!" from Paul Revere and the Raiders! Arguably their hardest rockin' song they've released. From 1969. If you do a double play, add "Hungry". Another rocker from 1966. Try them out.
The Raiders were my favorite band besides the Beatles when i was a kid. I like the Monkees but the Raiders were a hard rocking band. You could watch them on TV in the afternoon after school on the show "Where the Action Is." I dont think they get the respect they deserve because of the uniforms which look gimmicky now. Mark Lindsay was a great, but underrated lead vocalist. My favorite song by them is "Just Like Me." Take a listen. Thanks for doing this with the Raiders. You dont see much about them these days.
Mark Lindsay, of Paul Revere & The Raiders, had a solo hit with the song "Arizona". I definitely like The Monkees version of Steppin' Stone better. The song "Indian Reservation" has a special place for me, both my mom and dad had Cherokee in their families so that makes me part Cherokee as well, my mom told me about the trail of tears and got emotional about it, she didn't even finish the story.
If you haven't already, you might want to check out the Sonics, a PNW protopunk garage band out of Tacoma, WA. Start with "Strychnine" recorded in 1965. You won't quite believe what you hear. First time I heard the Sonics I was 12 years old and the music coming out of the AM radio stopped me in my tracks. enjoy! Also, love your channel.
The real irony is the number of popular music stars who have Native American ancestry...Hank Williams, Roy Rogers, Elvis, Loretta Lynn, Jimi Hendrix, Willie Nelson, Marty Stuart, to name a few...
Many know the story of how the Dutch purchased Manhattan from the natives for beads. Well, it was actually farming equipment but for nowhere near what the actually worth should had been. What most people don't know was that the tribe that sold it, was not the tribe who lived there. They were conning the Dutch.
back then a lot of songs were performed by various artists. some for the better, some not. the byrds sang bob dylan songs, joe cocker sang the beatles etc. etc. i still prefer the monkees version of "steppin' stone".
Great . Finally The Raiders . For around 20 songs the best singles band of late 60s .- Great musicians too. But with a career wrecking dance routine . Who gave them the bad advice ?
The Monkees reign supreme for "Stepping Stone", but "Indian Reservation" is a banger.
Lol
Yeah, the Monkees...just behind the Sex Pistols! 😉
I have always been fascinated and love the Native American Indian culture and history. Have read many books on them, and watched a lot of documentaries about them. Was lucky to accidentally be in Flagstaff, Arizona summer of 1969 where the annual "Pow Wow'" took place with numerous Tribes from the U.S, Mexico, South America and Canada attending. It was a multiple day event.
We witnessed a rodeo, an Indian Princess pageant and crowning, and the finale was the various Tribes performing each of their Native dances in full Native dress. Then at the end, all the Tribes participating in the dances, took the area where the rodeo was held, and danced together.
It was incredible to see that some of them actually traveled from nearby areas in covered wagons that were used back in the day. They slept and camped around their wagons. There was a lot going on and it was so amazing. I will NEVER forget it.
I was 22 at the time, and my parents, sister and I were on a month long road trip across the country from our home in NE Ohio. Again, when we arrived in Flagstaff, we had NO idea that this was going on. Obviously we stayed to see the best part of the event. I just WISH that VIDEO cameras were invented at the time. Just have still photos that are on slides, of it. Having your pictures on slides was the "thing" at that time. Now the are faded, makes me so sad. I have a lot of respect and love for our Native Americans and am ashamed of what they were put through in the past, and even now. GREAT reaction, Lee
Your right Lee, what happened to the native American and how they were treated and STILL treated us pretty darn sad. Great tune by PR&TR.
Paul Revere and the Raiders used to be pretty regular on the TV show, Where the Action Is with Dick Clark! That was the first concert I ever attended at the age of 14! It was great with Go Go dancers and all! LOL They also had Gary Puckett and the Union Gap! This was around 1967.
You're a good guy. A good person.
Thanks man
I really liked this group ... especially Mark Lindsay ❤ I was 15 : )
Me too! He was a hottie😍
Lee, Native American culture is alive and well in Santa Fe; hope you check it out someday. I used to live there and had an amazing time. There are about 19 pueblos in the area.
Paul Revere and the Raiders were fantastic. They were the house band on the TV show "Where the Action Is". I think that was a Dick Clark show. A spinoff of American Bandstand. Mark hosts American Revolution on the Underground Garage on Sirius.
Yeah Indian Reservation is thumping banger and great provocative lyrics(though not written by the group)! One of my time favs. By the way the lead singer was of American Indian heritage.
all-time favs
"Good Thing" and "Hungry" were two more hits.
Indian Reservation was a huge #1 Song. ❤❤
Indian Reservation is such a great song. I still have the 45 rpm. But I love songs like this with such great messages & the music is so frickin good. Love the drums & keys
Hadn't heard Raider's version of Steppin' Stone and really liked it! Always liked Indian Reservation - yes, we need to learn/face/deal with our history!
They were very popular in the 60’s and 70’s. I think they were underrated.
They played in San Antonio in 1966 for $1 a seat when i was 12. My mother worked at a hotel restaurant and got an autograph picture for us. I wonder if my sister has it? I had a friend who had a straight line to this band through her homemade ouija board. 😂... I love this band they did rock
Thank you for all that you do, Lee ❤ you have a huge heart ❤
Man, I haven't heard Indian Reservation in at least 40 years. Totally had forgotten that song. But just one listen brings it all back to the '70s for me. 😅
Today was the day I learned The Monkee's version wasn't the original. Thank you, Lee! I love this channel!
I remember when The Raiders cover of Indian Reservation first came out. It was one of my favorite songs at the time. The Monkees version of I'm Not Your Stepping Stone will always be the best version in my opinion.
Love these songs! Great selection! Thank you!😊
My middle school mascot was The Cherokees. Every morning, all three years, they played Cherokee Nation (at least the first half) over the intercom as we entered our classroom, before morning announcements. It was years before I could listen to and appreciate this song again!
I'm a huge PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS fan, so I'm partial to ANY RAIDER song... especially this version...MARK LINDSAY is the best! Thanks for giving it a listen...
Thanks! Enjoyed as always.😊
I’m glad to hear it. Thank you for watching as always 🙏
Wow 😲 that was 66? That was a hard hitting track. The second one was great as well. The lyrics were heavy 😢
I clearly remember the Indian Reservation so well, great beats but also so sad. 😢😢
Thank you for speaking out about what colonization did to the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
I have always loved Indian Reservation good choice
So much truth to this song.
I used to love these guys. I’d sing Indian Reservation every time it came on the radio. And being in grade school then, I was too young to see them perform live. They used to wear colonial uniforms when they played.
Loved these guys, especially Mark Lindsey. Great pick, Lee. This band ruled the airways in the late 60's and early 70's. Blessings all.
A great history lesson. We were not taught the truth about what happened to Native Americans.
My husband is Cherokee about an eighth... He is of the last generation listed in the Baker Roll... A book of
Cherokee births
Also forgot to say that I'm so glad you have seen through the bullshit we have been spoon fed all our lives
Glad you have seen through the bullshit we have been spoon fed all our lives!
I saw them live several times and they were great. I thought Mark Lindsay was gorgeous, LOL, I was 14.
Indian Reservation was my first 45 I owned, maybe 55 years ago.
Indian Reservation 😢❤
I still love the monkees version ❤
Love the organ on Indian Reservation
“Kicks” is my favorite from these guys.
Me too!
"Kicks" sounds like amateur hour when played next to "Indian Reservation". There's a reason why "Indian Reservation" was Sony's bestselling single of all-time until Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" finally exceeded it.
Love all of these. They do have powerful messages.
L33: "I love the organ!"
Michael Scott: "That's what she said" 😅
Drummer Hal Blaine of The Wrecking Crew fame doing the cool concert tom fills on Cherokee Nation. Nice reaction.
Mark Lindsay ❤
Hal Blaine and Carol Kaye on Indian Reservation.👍
❤😯!!those sexy riding boots he wore!!!! 😂
💞🎶Wow, the organ in both songs was banger for sure!!!
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a good book from the Native American perspective to read. Someone will surely recommend Elton John's Indian Sunset to you. Its heart is in the right place but several liberties were taken and it is rife with inaccuracies. Sitting Bull was not killed while "laying down his weapon". He died from pneumonia. Also a western Native was unlikely to be calling upon the "Great Father of the Iroquois(an Eastern tribe) among others.
You should read about the "Trail of Tears". Our Native American folks - our indigenous folks - have been indiscriminately wiped out - our own genocide. I very much appreciate your words about their history.
Sounds like what happened in my country, Australia! HORRENDOUS!
@@wendyryder2708The same people that raped and killed the native people are the same relatives from the UK.
Mark is my second cousin.
Does he remember the Raiders appearance on Batman when the Penguin ran for mayor?
Pengy had no problem kissing babies. Batman said it was unsanitary lol.
WOW
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Terry Melcher (the producer) was the son of Doris Day.
The guy who scouted Charles Mason for a record deal but told him he couldn't market him or his songs. Charles sent his 'family' to get even. Unfortunately, Charlie didn't know Terry had moved.
Melcher did not produce "Indian Reservation". That was Mark Lindsay.
John D. Loudermilk wrote and recorded Indian Reservation back in 1959. Don Farndon covered it in 1968 and was more of the blueprint for The Raiders' version.
It was also covered in 1967 by The Lewis and Clark Expedition. This band had Michael Nesmith as a band member before he was a Monkee. That's how they got a record deal with Colgems.
@@TheHogsEarReport Boy, I can't find anything on this on wiki. I know Nesmith had some recording under the name Michael Blessing before the Monkees. I vaguely remember The Lewis and Clark Expedition. Again. Wiki has nothing on them.
@@debjorgo I remember reading it online maybe 7 years ago. It was early on when he was a member and he may not have been in The Lewis and Clark Ex. for very long. I read it on some blog. Is it true? who knows.
@@TheHogsEarReport I saw some pages that said a little bit about it. Mike was in the Monkees by the time they recorded with Colgems. They were the only Rock band, other than the Monkees to record on Colgems.
Funny side-note. After searching for Lewis and Clark on another PC using Yahoo Search, my MSN newsfeed on this PC suggested a story, "Lewis and Clark: Where they really traveled" on my home page.
I am surprised. I never heard this version before. Only the Monkees version when I thought was their song.
"Indian Reservation" is well known to me and possibly one of the first radio songs that became a big hit to me when I was 8 or 9. Other than the Beatles, "...Reservation" and Led Zeppelin's #Whole Lotta Love" are the two I remember best back then.
Have a great day L33.
Great Songs from a good band!
Some songs are there to make you think.
❤
“Indian Reservation”
I really like this version of Stepping Stone.
I had never heard it before today. Top notch version
I enjoyed it, too. That was even better than the version I knew.
Me too. This was the first version I knew. I had all the Raiders albums😎
"Kicks" "Get It On" "Hungry" some other suggestions
I love these guys- used to watch Where The Action Is (they were the house band) plus all the other great 60s shows- Hullabaloo, Shindig, Upbeat etc.
One can only hope...loved that Lee
Paul Revere and the Raiders has make some great tunes! "Him or Me--What's it Gonna Be", "Good Thing", "Hungry", "Kicks", "Just Like Me", top the list for me.
My favorite track of them "Let me"
I always loved Paul Revere and the Raiders - loved Indian Reservation and of course love the Monkees
No doubt, this version of "... Stepping Stone" was much ... "dirtier!" And Mark Lindsay had a really good voice - when he left Paul Revere & The Raiders they were just not the same. Lindsay other hits - "Arizone" and "Silver Bird" were definitely good! Thanks for these.
Just like me & Hungry are two other great ones
The Raiders version is definitely harder and while I like them both, it's my favorite. My favorite song by them is Hungry.
I have to say that I don't like this version of "I'm Not Your Stepping Stone". On the other hand, I have always loved "Indian Reservation".
He knows about King Phillips War? I'm impressed. Must be a New Englander.
THEIR BIGGEST HIT WAS "KICKS" They hosted a music show on the beach. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Hungry, Just Like Me, Him or Me, Good Thing, Let Me, Kicks, Steppin' Out, Great Airplane Strike, Up's & Downs great Raiders songs to check out.
Must hear the song:"I'm not your stepping stone"from Sex Pistols🤘
The great Hal Blaine on ''Indian reservation''
If you haven't watched the documentary on the Wrecking Crew you owe it to yourself as much as you enjoy their backing tracks. Would also recommend "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" about the guys who played on all of the Motown hits of the 60s. The second disc with the concert is also a much-watch.
In the '60s, "Made in Japan" was a pejorative. If an item had a sticker that said that, it was usually a really cheap item imitating American goods. It was the type of thing the Japanese were permitted and encouraged to do to westernize them when the US essentially ruled them immediately after WWII. In time, though, the Japanese people became better at making many things than Americans, leading to the country's absolute dominance as far as electronics. So, in the song, it's a reference that everyone at the time would have gotten, to Native American arts having been replaced by cheap knock-offs.
Made in USA, Japan.
Prefer Dolenz's vocal. Indian Reservation great tune.
Mark Lindsay has one of the best pop/rock voices out there. Excellent songwriter, too. When Terry Melcher was producing them, they were an amazing team. Not just a singles band -- albums were full of great tunes. Mark Lindsay had a wonderful solo hit called "Arizona." You'll like it.
Indian Reservation got a lot of airplay in the day. hmmm, Steppin Stone sounds nearly identical to Monkees version. The Monkees had a comeback in 1986 and hit a hit with "Kicks".
Good to hear their Stepping Stone, which I didn’t know, and Indian Reservation, which brings back the day I’d first heard it over the PA system during halftime for our high school football game…
try gary pucket and the union gap ..they were good too
You should hear the sex pistols version, too! You would love it.
Thank you for comments on Native peoples.
Do Monkeys version where they got this
I didn't know that Paul Revere & the Raiders did I'm Not Your Stepping Stone. I must say though that I prefer The Monkees' version. It has a better groove and the organ breakdown is better. And Mickey Dolenz's vocals are superior. But Indian Reservation is an absolute banger. I have always dug the shit out of that tune. What an arrangement, what a song, instrumentally it just rocks and lyrically and vocally it kicks ass! I love the strings' falling bit at the end of each chorus.
This was the first version that I knew, and I love it! I had all their albums. I had The Monkees single of this song too.
Lee, the Indian/Settler (or whatever nomenclature one wants to ascribe to them) is extremely nuanced and complicated and yes, bloody and destructive in so many ways. It would take an endless discussion to try to come to any determinations of "right or wrong" and still there would never be consensus. There is however a great clip on YT called "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Sitting Bull meets Colonel Miles" which in four minutes or so very succinctly breaks down the history of this warfare and warfare in general.
It’s just one of those topics…. It’s a hard one to navigate with so much blood everywhere. But, even then, there isn’t much left these days (native culture) there are pockets of it but it’s mostly been extinguished. Even today they continue to erase them. It’s sickening to me. Such a bountiful amount of beautiful culture amongst the natives and now it is just… history. Sad. So sad 😞
But it is the way our world turns. As much as I wish it didn’t.
@@L33Reacts I agree and I hope someone in government or elsewhere can facilitate a "reawakening" to the plight of all American Indian tribes and nations.
I have to admit, I surprisingly, liked the Raiders' version of Stepping Stone better than the Monkees' version. I hadn't heard it before.
Saw these guy live in concert in Vancouver Canada in the 60's
Laa Ment (lament) a passionate expression of grief or sorrow.
"his mother's night-long laments for his father"
Wow...steppin stone is great. Great for expressing rage.😊
Well said.
paul revere & the raiders - " him or me" "stepping out"
Others from this group I would love to see: Just Like Me, Hungry, Good Thing, Piece Of Mind, Let Me and, just for "kicks", Powder Blue Mercedes Queen.
havent heard this song in decades lol...still good
You will love "Let Me!" from Paul Revere and the Raiders! Arguably their hardest rockin' song they've released. From 1969. If you do a double play, add "Hungry". Another rocker from 1966. Try them out.
If you're a drummer, the 67 to 70 has a drummer named Joe Correro Jr. Amazing drumming on all 5 lps. Especially the Collage lp.
The Raiders were my favorite band besides the Beatles when i was a kid. I like the Monkees but the Raiders were a hard rocking band. You could watch them on TV in the afternoon after school on the show "Where the Action Is."
I dont think they get the respect they deserve because of the uniforms which look gimmicky now. Mark Lindsay was a great, but underrated lead vocalist. My favorite song by them is "Just Like Me." Take a listen. Thanks for doing this with the Raiders. You dont see much about them these days.
Mark Lindsay, of Paul Revere & The Raiders, had a solo hit with the song "Arizona". I definitely like The Monkees version of Steppin' Stone better. The song "Indian Reservation" has a special place for me, both my mom and dad had Cherokee in their families so that makes me part Cherokee as well, my mom told me about the trail of tears and got emotional about it, she didn't even finish the story.
If you haven't already, you might want to check out the Sonics, a PNW protopunk garage band out of Tacoma, WA. Start with "Strychnine" recorded in 1965. You won't quite believe what you hear. First time I heard the Sonics I was 12 years old and the music coming out of the AM radio stopped me in my tracks. enjoy! Also, love your channel.
The real irony is the number of popular music stars who have Native American ancestry...Hank Williams, Roy Rogers, Elvis, Loretta Lynn, Jimi Hendrix, Willie Nelson, Marty Stuart, to name a few...
I actually do like this version of Steppin Stone a little better. Thank you. I remember Paul Revere, on shows like Shindig! lol
Many know the story of how the Dutch purchased Manhattan from the natives for beads. Well, it was actually farming equipment but for nowhere near what the actually worth should had been. What most people don't know was that the tribe that sold it, was not the tribe who lived there. They were conning the Dutch.
back then a lot of songs were performed by various artists. some for the better, some not. the byrds sang bob dylan songs, joe cocker sang the beatles etc. etc. i still prefer the monkees version of "steppin' stone".
Try stepping stone by Steve Miller from the album Children of the future, please
The 1 song is better much then the Monkeys version , the 2 song is one of my favorits songs love it. And is so much History in it .
Great . Finally The Raiders . For around 20 songs the best singles band of late 60s .- Great musicians too. But with a career wrecking dance routine . Who gave them the bad advice ?