Native Americans in rock 'n roll (video)

Blackfoot the rock band (photo Michael Ochs/Getty Images via 955klos.com)

Watch Redbone perform "Come And Get Your Love" on The Midnight Special back in 1974.

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Go on, Chief, sing us a song.

We recently celebrated Indigenous Peoples' Day as we poopooed European racist rapist and enslaver Cristobal Columbus. What better way with a little rebel music (or at least the veneer of rebellion controlled by the music biz).

Since before rock ‘n’ roll was even born, Native Americans made massive contributions to music. Rock, blues, folk, disco, and country have all been impacted by Indigenous influences. Today is a good day to remember and celebrate artists and bands that have gifted us with their amazing music.

Here's a list of some musicians and bands with members of Native American descent to listen to: More

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  Blackfoot
• Redbone
• Buffy Sainte-Marie
• Chan Romero Debora
• Iyall (of Romeo Void)
• Jesse Ed Davis
• Jimmy Carl Black
• John Phillips (of The Mamas & The Papas, who's half-Cherokee)
• Link Wray
• Mark Farner (of Grand Funk Railroad, one-eighth Cherokee)
• Rita Coolidge
• Robbie Robertson (of The Band, who's half-Mohawk)
• Winterhawk
• XIT