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Chief Joseph
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A lament for America - spoken through the 1887 words of a dignified protector of his people, Chief Joseph of the Nez Pierce
melodic lyrical political emphatic high energy protest opinion
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Progressive rock with heart, political, message, strong lyrics, good melodic singing, sometimes complex... always multi-layered/sometimes light-sometimes thick.
Michael Bix (and studio/stage bandmates) constructs songs around lyrics, beat and drone... bottom line - "where are the Emperor's clothes?" even when the emperor is Bix himself. No wierd scams, just solid songs about people using or used by power in strange and often unaccountable ways... unless there's a witness writing it down, and it's not altogether unaccountable anymore.
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Charts
Peak #178
Peak in subgenre #22
Author
MC Billingsley/JJ Fanagh
Rights
©2004 Michael Billingsley
Uploaded
March 22, 2008
Track Files
MP3
MP3 6.5 MB 128 kbps 7:06
Story behind the song
Asked by the great ballad singer Helen Schneyer to compose a song from Chief Joseph's surrender speech, I found myself improvising this song (quite unexpectedly) in one take at the keyboard. Recorded as composed and sung my first time through, no prep.
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