“Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)”, a song written and recorded by John D. Loudermilk, for the RCA label, was recorded on September 15, 1965, at RCA Victor Studio. The song was included in John D. Laudermilk's third studio album, A Bizarre Collection of the Most Unusual Songs (RCA 1966).
“Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)”, a song written and recorded by John D. Loudermilk, for the RCA label, was recorded on September 15, 1965, at RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN, in the recording session of the album, John was accompanied by: Jerry Kennedy (guitar), Joseph Tanner (guitar), James Colvard (guitar), Henry Strzelecki, Bobby Dyson and Joe Zinkan (bass), James Stewart (drums), Floyd Cramer (piano), Charlie McCoy (harmonica), Norro Wilson (harpsichord), Ray Stevens (organ), Jean Slates and Farry Williams (vibes) and Jordanaires and Anita Kerr (Background vocals). With the production of Chet Atkins and Bob Ferguson.
The song was included in John D. Laudermilk's third studio album, A Bizarre Collection of the Most Unusual Songs (RCA 1966).
The most successful version of the song was the one recorded by the American rock band, Paul Revere & the Raiders, which was certified platinum in the USA, reached # 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts, and also in the US Cash Box Top 100.
About the song:
The song is about the plight of the Cherokee Indians, who in 1791 were displaced from their home in Georgia to a reservation in Oklahoma. Raiders frontman Mark Lindsay, whose ancestry was part Indian, thought that this would be a good song to record. >>
A country singer named Marvin Rainwater recorded an early version of this song called “The Pale Faced Indian” in 1959. Rainwater, who was part Cherokee, incorporated chanting into it.
“Indian Reservation” wasn't the only song John D. Loudermilk wrote for Rainwater along this theme: “Half-Breed”, was another one. That song, about the struggles of a man whose father is white and mother is Indian, reached # 66 in 1959.
The first hit version of this song was recorded in 1968 by a British singer named Don Fardon, who took the song to # 20 in the US and # 3 in the UK. Raiders used more keyboards and modern production elements in their 1971 rendition, which reached # 1 in the US in July that year.
Some versions:
Roy Acuff Jr. 1967 (Hickory Records)
Don Fardon 1967 (Pye International)
The Nasvhille Teens 1969 (Major Minor)
Raiders 1971 (Columbia)
Long Tall Texans 1991 (Rage Records)
John D. Loudermilk Indian Reservation Lyrics
They took the whole Cherokee nation
Put us on this reservation
Took away our ways of life
The tomahawk and the bow and knife
Took away our native tongue
And taught their English to our young
And all the beads we made by hand
Are nowadays made in Japan
Cherokee people
Cherokee tribe
So proud to live
So proud to die
They took the whole Indian nation
Locked us on this reservation
Though I wear a shirt and tie
I'm still part redman deep inside
Cherokee people
Cherokee tribe
So proud to live
So proud to die
But maybe someday when they learn
Cherokee nation will return, will return
Will return, will return, will return
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