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Greetings:
I would (and I am sure a lot of American Indians (and others) would agree)
like
to suggest that the NAMMY's pay tribute to Keely Smith and Jim Pepper,
and Redbone. Please consider this the beginning of a grassroots effort to
get these musicians, songwriters, and performers inducted into the Hall of
Fame. For far too long these influential musicians have been overlooked. I
could rave-and-rave for days about Keely Smith who is my absolute all-time
favorite woman singer. I have almost all of her albums that my Dad began to
purchase and collect during the late 1940s & early 50s when she performed
with
her husband Louis Prima. They were the natural and clever Sonny and Cher
before S & C ever thought of music and performance. I do not know a lot
about
Jim Pepper other than one of my friends can't get enough of his music and a
documentary about him has been filmed and previewed on PBS. And...while we
are
on the subject of American Indian musicians who have largely been
ignored...how
about Redbone...that fabulous rock group from the 1960s whose versatility was
incredible. They have several songs that reached the Top Ten but their best
song (IMHO) is "We Were All Wounded At Wounded Knee."
These musicians should not have been overlooked at the first NAMMYS so let's
make a joyful noise of support for these great performers so that they are
inducted this year.
It would be nice to see a tribute to each and have that tribute done by
peers.
I personally would love to see Keith Secola do the tribute to Redbone, and
John
Trudell do the tribute to Jim Pepper and Tantoo Cardinal do the tribute to
Keely Smith.
Keely Smith is still performing. Jim Pepper has walked on. I don't know
anything about Redbone although I'm pretty sure they can be found through our
famous moccasin trail.
I would also like to see this award ceremony get national coverage so that I
could watch it. Please remember...a lot of us don't have cable and some of
us
who have access to it don't want it because it is ridiculously expensive.
Thank you for taking the time to read these suggestions.
I hope that everyone reading this message can send it on to someone else.
All
support should be mailed to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Catherine Davids
Flint, Michigan
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