Blue Moon Playlist Review Club - Season 2 - Episode 27 - Out on blue 6 - Gone Too Soon (pg 438)

I'm running out of days, with too many songs still to pick from.

I'll throw out a "phone a friend" for anyone struggling or looking for a heavy rocker...
I realize Neil Young's catalog is no longer on Spotify, but if anyone wanted to look deeper beyond the original artist for a banger classic historical figure of his, that would be "Sweet".

Anyways, onto today's selection, about Native American activist Leonard Peltier who is a member of the American Indian Movement. Peltier, following a controversial trial, was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of two FBI agents in a June 1975 shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

He was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment and has been imprisoned since 1977 (over 46 years). Peltier became eligible for parole in 1993.

Glen Phillips of Toad The Wet Sprocket wrote this song in 1997 following his reading of the 1992 book "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse: The Story of Leonard Peltier and the FBI's War on the American Indian Movement."

As Glen notes, the more he read about the case, the less clear the details became – it was a cacophony of conflicting reports. What was clear to Glen was that the trial was mismanaged, witnesses were intimidated, and that the incident brought the issue of Native American civil rights to the fore. Amnesty International has recognized Leonard as a political prisoner, and his life behind bars has been filled with humanitarian work, activism and art. He has been regarded as a model prisoner.

In his 1999 memoir "Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance", Peltier admitted to participating in the shootout, but said he did not kill the FBI agents. In 2017 as he was leaving office, President Obama had denied Peltier's application for clemency.

"Crazy Life" - Toad the Wet Sprocket
 
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Mancitydoogle said:
Another one for Tricky Dicky
’Ohio’ CSN & Y
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Unfortunately, Spotify isn't hosting anything from Neil Young, including this song.

There are some other versions out there, but I'll leave it up to you to pick.

I just listened to the Jon Batiste, Leon Bridges, and Gary Clark Jr. version, and it's different from the CSN&Y version, but quite good and bluesy in its own way. Some might even like it better, and it certainly works for me.

I'll leave the final selection up to you.
 
Black&White&BlueMoon Town said:
Unfortunately, Spotify isn't hosting anything from Neil Young, including this song.

There are some other versions out there, but I'll leave it up to you to pick.

I just listened to the Jon Batiste, Leon Bridges, and Gary Clark Jr. version, and it's different from the CSN&Y version, but quite good and bluesy in its own way. Some might even like it better, and it certainly works for me.

I'll leave the final selection up to you.
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Interesting cover , but I’ll go with the Filmore East version which is on spotufy.
 
John Evans was a Welsh Explorer. In the early 1790s there was an upsurge of interest in Wales in the story of Madog having discovered America, and there were persistent rumours in North America of the existence of a tribe of Welsh Indians, identified with the Mandan. Iolo Morganwg had originally intended to explore the Missouri to discover these Welsh Indians, and Evans was to have gone with him. However, Iolo withdrew from the expedition and Evans embarked for the United States alone, arriving in Baltimore in October 1792. In the spring of 1793 he made his way to St. Louis in Spanish Louisiana, where he was imprisoned for a while on suspicion of being a British spy.

In April 1795 he set off on an expedition with Spanish backing to explore the Missouri and to try to discover a route to the Pacific Ocean from its headwaters. He found the Mandan in 1796, and spent the winter with them before returning to St. Louis in 1797. However, he found no trace of Welsh speakers among them. He had travelled 1,800 miles up the Missouri from its confluence with the Mississippi, and he produced a map showing the course of the river. This map, passed on by Thomas Jefferson, was later used by the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Evans remained in the service of the Spanish authorities, but died in New Orleans in May 1799.
Gruff from Super Furry Animals wrote a concept album and film about him and here is the title track.

Gruff Rhys - American Interior
 
Out on blue 6 said:
John Evans was a Welsh Explorer. In the early 1790s there was an upsurge of interest in Wales in the story of Madog having discovered America, and there were persistent rumours in North America of the existence of a tribe of Welsh Indians, identified with the Mandan. Iolo Morganwg had originally intended to explore the Missouri to discover these Welsh Indians, and Evans was to have gone with him. However, Iolo withdrew from the expedition and Evans embarked for the United States alone, arriving in Baltimore in October 1792. In the spring of 1793 he made his way to St. Louis in Spanish Louisiana, where he was imprisoned for a while on suspicion of being a British spy.

In April 1795 he set off on an expedition with Spanish backing to explore the Missouri and to try to discover a route to the Pacific Ocean from its headwaters. He found the Mandan in 1796, and spent the winter with them before returning to St. Louis in 1797. However, he found no trace of Welsh speakers among them. He had travelled 1,800 miles up the Missouri from its confluence with the Mississippi, and he produced a map showing the course of the river. This map, passed on by Thomas Jefferson, was later used by the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Evans remained in the service of the Spanish authorities, but died in New Orleans in May 1799.
Gruff from Super Furry Animals wrote a concept album and film about him and here is the title track.

Gruff Rhys - American Interior
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JFE?!!! ;)
 
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