Redbone - Come And Get Your Love Live on The Midnight Special 

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ChatGPT: Redbone, an American rock band formed in 1969 by brothers Pat and Lolly Vegas, achieved fame with their hit song "Come and Get Your Love" in 1973. The band's members, of Yaqui, Shoshone, and Mexican heritage, are recognized as the first Native American rock/Cajun group. While they have Native American ancestry, Redbone is not associated with a specific tribe but is celebrated as the most successful Native American rock group. Their unique musical blend incorporates swamp funk, Tex-Mex, R&B, soul, and Native American tribal elements, making them a genre-defying and culturally significant band.

Just love when youngins finally hear our music..

The Vasquez-Vegas Brothers were of Yaqui, Shoshone, and Mexican heritage

Anything from Midnight Special is great music from an era I grew up in!

crazy that was recorded 50 years ago!

Red Bone also had a rocker called "The Voo Doo Queen Of New Orleans".. My Grand Father my dad's father was Creek ,Cherokee ,Scott and African! We are more of a mixed nation than people admit. Thanks Maddy!

This exact song was used in the opening of the movie GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 👍

One of those rare songs that induce involuntary foot, and body movements, even 50 years later. Just an overall happy, feel good mood. Thank you for keeping this type of music alive.

I wonder if there's anyone staying up late night in their jammies watching this Midnight Special Redbone review by Maddy, as I did watching this when it aired on TV way back when 😁 Staying up late on Fridays was a thrilling adventure for any child, to see the world through a Midnight lens !

I'm Nishnabe Ojibwa First Nations of Couchiching Reservation, Fort Frances Ontario Canada and International Falls Minnesota , you are definitely 👍 correct about this song being a feel good song and your appreciation of Native American/Canadian Native First Nations Peoples makes me feel good too !

You really can't go wrong with these Midnight Special performances. Got a reaction ? Go there. 👍

Cool song 🎵 ..still stands out on radio when played today. A feel good song 😊.

Love the introduction . If you attend any POW WOW that opening is very much a standard choreography with some slight variations.

Great song and the look on your face at the begining was priceless! Redbone has such a great vibe with this song! It's great to see their song get a resurgence in the movies and radio play! Thanks for listening and reacting to "Come and get your Love". I always loved the dance at the begining. Luv ya Maddie ❤️💛

In my much younger day this was a big hit. It was also featured in the soundtrack for Guardians of the Galaxy.

A classic feel-good tune!

Love the song and band!!

This is definitely a song that I turn up on the radio and it just makes me feel good. It's one of the main reasons I love the movie "Guardians of the Galaxie"!

Redbone is a Cajun word for mixed race. The two brothers leading are Yaqui, Shoshone, and Mexican

Hi Maddy, Redbone was a Cajun term for mixed race members which they were Mexican and Native American members

Back in the early '70s my band did a gig with these guys at a rock festival in Florida. They were great. The crowd was at about 20,000 people.

The song peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was the fourth-most popular song on the Hot 100 for 1974. The single was certified gold which indicates that it had shipped over a million copies (vinyl) in North America. The song is Redbone's highest charting single and one of two Top 40 hits by the band. The melody always stuck with me - it’s so catchy. What a great platform we have that I finally get to see a television broadcast that only my older brothers were allowed to stay up and watch live. This song marks time. ❤

Thanks, Maddy - this is an amazing (and unexpected) performance.. the song was a hit on radio, but when they this did this live performance, nobody expected the Native American focus... Love them, and also your reaction...

The dance is called a Fancy Dance, some say this dance originated in Indian territory aka Oklahoma from the Ponca tribe “Nation”

Hello, I'm Brazilian and I really liked it

Yup, glad to see native artists. Want some more? Check out Link Wray! He is of Shawnee heritage and his song "Rumble" is thought of by many to be the very first Hard Rock song. It's an instrumental that was actually banned from the radio for supposedly inciting violence. Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin just played Rumble at this years Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Hi Maddy, when I saw the name Redbone I was unfamiliar with it. Then I remembered the Jazz/blues singer from the 70's named Leon Redbone. Check him out. He was really unique.

Thank you for showing this music. I remember this for a long time. My late wife loves listening to native music mostly in flutes.

Great band of Native American heritage. Their tune "Witch Queen of New Orleans" is also worth a listen. "Come And Get Your Love" got a resurrection with "Guardians of the Galaxy" My 8 year old Grandson knows this tune from there, also "Mr Blue Skies" by E.L.O.

Reminds me of we playing hooky from school in the 70s❤gracias young lady

musical skills at many levels. the brother on the drums replicated a big drum and was joined by two types of rattles, looks like a shell or pine and a gourd one- regalia is beautiful, as is his facial paint, i wonder what it signified in his particular Nation .. ❤ still dig this song 😊

"The word "redbone" is a Cajun term for a mixed-race person, which the band adopted to signify their mixed ancestry. The Vasquez-Vegas brothers were of Yaqui, Shoshone, and Mexican heritage. The band often alluded to Cajun and New Orleans culture in their lyrics and performing style."

From the Blackfeet rez Montana my dad used to love this song he's been gone for 8 years now r.i.p pops

I don't think I've seen another all Native American band since these guys..they were truly unique in sound and look. BIG number 1..We thought they were black until we saw this (first TV appearance!)

I have loved this song since I was in middle school. Now I love your comments on it. 👏

Music changed in the US in the 70’s as the war in Vietnam ended and music became happier.

As others have Redbone is of Yaqui Shoshone and Mexican heritage. My family being from Sonora Mexico has Yaqui heritage... 😊

Nice reaction Maddy!!!

The word "redbone" is a Cajun term for a mixed-race person, which the band adopted to signify their mixed ancestry.[5] The Vasquez-Vegas brothers were of Yaqui, Shoshone, and Mexican heritage.

Redbone is one of the first native American rock bands if not the only one.

I think there's a Tom and Jerry cartoon where Jerry's uncle sings Redbone. It went like, "cama gonna heat it right...REDBONE!" Then his guitar string would break, so he'd pluck one of Tom's whiskers.

Navajo here.

Yaqui & Shoshone

Redbone is a term used by Cajuns meaning mixed race.Lolly and Pat Vasquez-Vegas started the band.This is a great and fun song by the.Pat on bass and Lolly(real name Candido)Vegas.Sadly Lolly passed in 2010,leaving only Pat as an original member.They do have more very good songs.Thanks Maddy!

Hey Maddy, my great, great grandmother was Cherokee . This was in Kentucky. The tribe was moved West on the Trail of Tears. Her family married I to mine and turned over their lands in exchange for life long care. We lost it all in the Civil War.

Thanks Maddy! I've been waiting for your take on this one!

Proud member of the Ho-Chunk nation here and amateur First Nation Anthropologist. The dancer is wearing a mixture of traditional buckskin/buffalo hide clothes from various Southwestern Nations, what looks like a ceremonial headdress from the Ute, Paiute, or Shoshone Nations, and what looks like, but I cannot be sure, feather and turquois adornments and jewelry that could be Hopi, but I also see workmanship (mainly stitching and braiding) that are distinctly Navajo, Apache, and/or Cheyenne (maybe Pima or Papago as well?), which all used similar stitching, braiding and beadwork patterns. (It should be noted the Southwest Tribes love their turquois!) The only thing I know FOR CERTAIN, is the dancer is wearing traditional Comanche dance moccasin boots, which are made of extra thick layers of stitched bison hide, often covered in fur at the top of the boot, and never extend higher than just over the calf giving the dancer's knees free range of motion. Interesting tangent: Many Indigenous Peoples would wear those boot type moccasins for both dance and in battle. The tops of the boots could be folded down, like a cuff, and they would tuck into the tops of their boots that thick circle of fur, sometimes fastening it to the boot with a small belt. When they went into battle, they would pull the boot all the way up over their knees, lacing them to the top with strips of bison hide, and, obviously, they wouldn't add the "dance fur." Other Nations would sometimes wear those style of moccasin into war with the fur if they were unmounted (the fur would tickle the horse it was quickly discovered). Anyway, thanks for this! I enjoy your reactions immensely and would love to see you react to more Indigenous Art/Music. I suggest you try out "The Hu," a Mongolian Folk Metal band. They make an amazing amalgamation of the genres using traditional and modern instruments as well as traditional Mongolian throat singing with a bit of modern metal scream mixed in there. They are fascinating to watch. I highly recommend starting with "Wolf Totem," "This is Mongol," or "TATAR Warrior."

Chiricahua N'de (Apache) here. There really aren't many of my tribe left. For obvious reasons to anyone who knows American history.

Blackfoot is a native American from Jacksonville Florida. Train Train is a great starting point. It's off the Blackfoot strikes album. Not a bad song on it.

More Native American music: A great guitar instrumental by Link Wray titled-> Rumble. It's famous. Redbone's song -> Witch Queen of New Orleans. An entire album from the later part of Robbie Robertson's rock career. Robertson is Canadian, but was very well known in the States. Was also in The Band which was succesful. He was a professional musician since the '50s (as was one one of the giys in Redbone? Well I know the Redbone guy, maybe two brothers, played Los Angeles clubs in the early '60's.) Robbie Robertson had this great come-back album in 1987... Like I say, the whole self-titled album is great, but most people know songs off of it like--> Sweet Fire of Love, Somewhere Down the Crazy River [

Fun video. Great song. The studio version has better sound but this so cool. It’s Feel Good Rock and Roll. thanks

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The only other Native American artists who really emphasized their heritage were Link Wray, and Buffy St. Marie, who you might recognize from her years on Sesame Street if you are of a certain age. She sang a LOT about being NA, but got blacklisted by LBJ and J. Edgar Hoover, and essentially banned from radio in the late 1960's, from which her musical career never recovered. Her songs have been widely recorded by other people, and she won an Academy Award for writing "Up Where We Belong" for the movie "An Officer and A Gentleman".

Iveta Sunyata does a wonderful version of "Amazing Grace " in the Cherokee language...

KISS-psycho circus

Redbone, Blackfoot, XIT were 3 Native bands from that era that I can remember and I'm sure others followed after.

Both of my grandmothers were Native American redbones....check out another great Native American band called Indigenous...Things We Do...😬

Sioux. They're very demonstrative.

Blackfoot is another native American band ,highway song or train train are best known hits

Great simple and update song.

They were from California with a Mexican and Shoshone Indian heritage.!

classic

Your hair your smile wow!!!

This is the first song of Guardian of the Galaxy. Also the last song of the Guardian of the Galaxy trilogy. How do you guard the galaxy? By spreading love and joy.

Hi, Maddy. If you are desiring to witness more dancing, and get attend, Red Earth Festival will be at The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum on June 2nd and 3rd. You could also nake a detour to First Amerucans Museum, which is less than 20 minutes aeay. I believe from the tags on my aytomobile that I have Native citizenship. I live in a state with a large Native presence (about 35 nations).

The documentary titled “Rumble” like the Link Wray song is very much worth watching. If you’re like me, you will be amazed at how much music in America and Rock & Roll especially was influenced by Native American musicians. The last time I checked , it was available on Netflix. Cheers from out west!🇺🇸🇨🇱🤘🏻😎

wound knee whas 1 of their big hits

I believe it is Navajo dancers and this song is quite old 😂😂😂😂

Elisabeth Warren also says she has Native American lineage.

Los hermanos Vazquez - Vegas eran Yaquis , por si no lo saben la Nación Yaqui pertenece tanto a México, como EEUU los Yaquis de EEUU estan establecidos en Arizona , junto a los Quechas y Cocopa , en Sommerson Ariz. Los Yaquis en Mex. Estan en Sonora en la nación Vicam, Bacum . Auka Soy NatiIvo de la nación Cochimi en el desierto central de Baja California.

The look you got when it started was great😅

Think most people today know "Come Get Your Love" from it being in the soundtrack to "Guardians of the Galaxie" as Quill's mix-tape.

❤❤❤❤ great reaction to a great song you need to get back to the 60s go deep dive into the 60s and you will not regret it. Try Tommy James the Shondells or Paul Revere and the Raiders and see what you find.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Maddy, I love your reactions !!! Unfortunately, in the beginning, your mic kept wigging in and out from time-to-time, so you might look into that. Anyway, the term "redbone" refers to someone with a mix of African, European, and Native American ancestry. The groups founding members were Pat and Lolly Vegas, who were of mixed NA (Native American) and Mexican American heritage, as were ALL original band members, so the name of the band was meant to represent this, wearing/stating it proudly as a flag/badge of honor. Redbone also had a few others popular hits, the most well-known being (in order of popularity): 1. The Witch Queen Of New Orleans 2. Maggie (awesome song) 3. We Were All Wounded At Wounded Knee 4. Wovoka

Eva Cassidy cover of Time after Time!!! It’s the most underrated performance and cover ever!! She owned it all! Please PLEASE PLEASE LISTEN!!!!! one of the best surprises in music ever!!!

I'll always wonder if they ever heard the more convention cover version by the Arista band The Real McCoy on their album "Another Night".

What reservation was Redbone from? Redbone': Native American rock band shines in new graphic ... The graphic novel shares the story of how the remaining Native American band members, drummer Pete DePoe, and singer-guitarist Tony Bellamy, arrived to form the first incarnation of Redbone in 1969. Pete DePoe grew up on the Makah Reservation in the State of Washington.Sep 4, 2020.......Why are Native Americans called Redbone? History of the Native American Band Redbone - Redbone “Jimi [Hendrix] stated that Lolly Vegas was the best guitarist he had ever heard and suggested that they create a band. Knowing they were Native Americans, Jimi suggested a name that reflected their roots. Thus, came the name “Redbone”, a Cajun term for a mixed-race person.”

You're groovin to it just right 👌👌

fun song to play on RockBand4. I play drums and do back up vocals my fiancée sings lead. we get 100% on hard so much fun.

The origin of Redbone began with Pat and Lolly Vasquez, brothers of Yaqui, Shoshone, and Mexican descent.

FLIP live from the liquid room in scotland their song butterfly oneofthe best songs ever

You also have to do John Balicci immatatimg Joe Cocker.

GREAT!!!! Final reacting to musicians of color. Nice.

This was a huge hit, on the radio all the time. Until this Midnight Special performance many didn't even know they were Native American. Many adults who were kids back then still don't know!

This song is featured in the Guardians of the Galaxy. Pretty sure there is a video of Star Lord dancing to it.😂

........Anishnabe from Walpole Island, Ontario here..... 😎

Great reaction! Cherokee from Moms side, Blackfoot from Dads. Redbone has a great list of tunes you ll enjoy, Wovoka, Maggie, Jerrico, We were All Wounded At Wounded Knee, One More Time, 13th Hour.... Their airtime back in the 70s became limited due to some of their messeges in their songs to bring light on the Indigenous People and issues within. The Wounded Knee tune was a reflection of not only the first occurrence of Wounded Knee reservation, but also a second occurrence in the early 70s relating to land disputes where two US Marshalls were killed, and the wrongful imprisonment of Leonard Peltier whose still in a Florida state prison today. Hope to see more Redbone on your channel as this was my first time viewing and subscribed .. A'Ho ✌🏽

Come and get your love = Venha e pegue o seu amor.

I grew up being told I was part Cherokee on both sides of my family and with a last name like Crow it made sense. Two of my cousins researched our family genealogy. No Native Americans in my family on either side. The Crow last name is actually Irish. It comes from the Irish name MacEncroe.

There were thousands of tribes. DNA only captures "pure blooded" Indians. The size of DNA Segments decreases with each generation. Mine is at 1.5% suggesting I had an Indian gr grandparent in the 1700s. In another generation or two, it will disappear.

Yaqui

I love Native Americans, wonderful people in total symbiosis with nature. Bye Beautiful Maddy

Kwatsáan and Diné ✊🏾🪶

I didn't know that they were Native American and I love so much of the song😮

Tlingit ✊🏼

Maddy I am from Northern Georgia and have Cherokee blood mixed with English because Cherokee Nation of Southern Region forced to relocate to Oklahoma except with few locations in the Carolinas. Oklahoma has largest population of Cherokee. Force migration is infamously known as "Trail of Tears". Redbone band is a blend of members who represents their Nation.

Blackfoot is another rock band. "Train Train & Highway Song!"

Great song, great band. 👍

You'll probably enjoy Blackfoot too. The founder of Blackfoot, Ricky Medlocke has been playing in Lynyrd Skynyrd for many years now.