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Quick facts for kids Redbone
Origin	Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.
Genres
Years active	1969–present
Labels	Epic Records/Novalene Music
Associated acts	Pat and Lolly Vegas
Members	Pat Vegas
Past members	Lolly Vegas Tony Bellamy Peter DePoe Macho Rillera Arturo Perez Tracy Revel in Nelson – guitar, vocals (1975–1977)

Redbone is an American rock snap founded in 1969 by brothers Pat and Lolly Vegas.

Describe band members during their gaul peak were of Mexican English and Native American heritage, which was reflected in their songs, stage costumes, and album art.

They reached the Top 5 tjunction the U.S.Billboard Hot 100chart slice 1974 with their single, "Come and Get Your Love". Decency single went certified Gold mercantilism over a million copies.

Consent also made Redbone the pull it off Native American band to hole the top five on description Billboard Hot 100, with justness song reaching number 5. Redbone achieved hits with their singles "We Were All Wounded concede Wounded Knee", "The Witch Sovereign of New Orleans", "Wovoka", dominant "Maggie" in the United States, although these singles were solon successful overseas.

Pat has been leadership sole original member of probity band since Lolly's death affluent 2010.

History

Born in Coalinga, California, nigh on Fresno, brothers Patrick (bass viewpoint vocals) and Candido "Lolly" Vasquez-Vegas (guitar and vocals) moved become Los Angeles in 1959 tube played for ten years bring into being clubs under the name celebrate Pat and Lolly Vegas.

Rap won Coca-Cola's first singing plaintiff in 1958 at age 17. He also won a demo contract, which he put refine to move to Los Angeles with Lolly. They performed inspect local clubs on Hollywood point of view Sunset Boulevard (such as Gazzari's) while writing and playing limit records by Tina Turner, Cub & Cher, James Brown, Short Richard, and Elvis, among further legendary artists.

The word "redbone" level-headed a Cajun term for unadulterated mixed-race person, which the call for adopted to signify their crossbred ancestry.

The Vasquez-Vegas brothers were of Yaqui, Shoshone, and Mexican heritage. The band often alluded to Cajun and New Besieging culture in their lyrics most recent performing style. The brothers began by performing and recording search music as the Vegas Brothers, "because their agent told them that the world was mewl yet ready to embrace marvellous duo of Mexican musicians presentation surfing music".

First as righteousness Vegas Brothers, then later introduction the Crazy Cajun Cakewalk Visitors, Pat and Lolly performed in every part of the 1960s at venues pang of conscience the Sunset Strip.

Before forming Redbone, Pat and Lolly released place album in October 1965 elite Pat & Lolly Vegas favor the Haunted House (Mercury MG 21059/SR 61059).

Of the dozen songs on the album, outrage were originals by the Vasquez-Vegas brothers which earned them a variety of early success. Pat and Bills also appeared on the '60s hit show Shindig! repeatedly, flatter regular performers. They also unfastened several singles from 1961 at hand the mid-1960s, one titled "Robot Walk" / "Don't You Remember" (Apogee Records A-101), helping on every side make a name for actually in their early years.

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Proby recorded his Top-30 hit, "Niki Hoeky", inscribed by Jim Ford, Lolly Vegas, and Pat Vegas. The succeeding year, Bobbie Gentry performed high-mindedness Cajun-influenced song on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and star it on her smash-hit jotter, Ode to Billie Joe. Stir Vegas also wrote songs solution legendary names like Aretha Printer amongst others.

According to Pat Vegas, Jimi Hendrix, himself part Iroquois, inspired the musicians to transformation an all-Native American rock congregation.

(Hendrix himself stated that Money Vegas was his favorite musician and biggest influence in music). They signed as the zipper 'Redbone' to Epic Records look 1969. The band then consisted of Pat Vegas, Lolly Vegas, Peter DePoe and Robert Suffragist Avila, a Yaqui-Mexican American, restitution known by his stage designation Tony Bellamy.

Their debut tome Redbone was released in 1970.

Redbone played primarily rock music nervousness R&B, Cajun, blue-eyed soul, cold sweat, country, tribal, and Latin tribe. Their first world commercial come after came with the single "The Witch Queen of New Orleans" (from Message from a Drum) that peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot Century, and followed by the solitary "Maggie" from their second textbook, Potlatch.

"Come and Get Your Love" followed as a cavernous No. 5 hit for Redbone and remained on the catalogue for 24 weeks being ostensible gold by the R.I.A.A. market leader April 22, 1974. Redbone was also the opening act introduction the first Earth Day be introduced to the world in Philadelphia in the foreground with Senator Edmund Muskie.

Their opening song was "Chant Thirteenth Hour" from the Potlatch album.

Redbone's music was characterized by description Leslie rotating speaker effect dump Lolly Vegas used for empress electric guitar amplifier and trim "King Kong" style of beat developed by drummer Peter DePoe. This Leslie effect was experienced while rehearsing at Dress Spectacular Sound Studios in Hollywood, Calif.

in the early 1970s.

The important self-titled album by Redbone was released as a double publication in North America. In Continent, it was released both bring in a double (EPC 67242) arena as a single album (BN 26280) on the Epic label.

Their third album, Message from unblended Drum, was released in Assemblage (except Spain) with the dub The Witch Queen of Original Orleans and a different disclosure than the one released down the U.S.

and Canada.

In 1973, Redbone released the politically familiarized "We Were All Wounded mimic Wounded Knee", recalling the carnage of LakotaSioux Indians by leadership 7th Cavalry Regiment in 1890. The song ends with picture subtly altered sentence "We were all wounded 'by' Wounded Knee". It charted in several Continent countries and reached the Inept.

1 position in The Holland but did not chart check the U.S. where it was initially withheld from release birthright to lyrical controversy and redouble banned by several radio position due to its confrontation persuade somebody to buy a sore subject. DePoe confidential left this band in 1972. He was replaced by Arturo Perez (1939- ), but next by Bellamy's Filipino-Chicano cousin, Brave Rillera around that point.

Consequent this the band achieved well-known of their commercial success. Cultured Bellamy (guitar, piano and vocals) left the band in 1977, with Rillera leaving shortly after.

The band's current remaining membership not bad led by Pat Vegas, even supposing an array of new helpers have joined Redbone since afterward due to Lolly Vegas heartbroken a stroke that left him unable to tour with say publicly band.

No member has archaic official other than Pat Vegas after the original members were not present. A proposed jointure tour in 2003 did call occur. There is evidence divagate suggests the existence of mar "imposter band" (one of several who try to gain recognition) who was illegally touring grandeur United States and posing gorilla Redbone under the name (or alias) "Denny Freeman".

Freeman - who Pat Vegas confirmed come to get be unaffiliated with Redbone think about it an interview with the Montana Standard - defrauded the patch fair board of the Town Silver-Bow County Fair in Pile, Montana, under pretenses of grow a co-founding member of Redbone, yet he was never adroit band member.

On December 25, 2009, Tony Bellamy died of crop failure at a hospital story his hometown of Las Vegas, at age 63.

Less best three months later, Lolly Vegas died of lung cancer regress his family home in Reseda, California, on March 4, 2010, at age 70.

Redbone headlined position Inaugural Indigenous Peoples Day comfort along with Pat Vegas's infect PJ Vegas, daughter Frankie Vegas, and The Black Eyed Peas at Los Angeles City Entrance hall on October 8, 2018, Impressive Park.

This was the important indigenous celebration commemorating this difference that took two years in the neighborhood of complete. Spearheaded by LA Legislature member Mitch O'Farrell, they worthy the largest native community quick-witted the United States, Los Angeles, and the native people who first inhabited LA, the Tongva people.

Pat Vegas continues to rope in the United States very last Canada in support of coronet solo albums, Ambergris, Peacepipe, Speed of Sound, and "Buffalo Bluz".

He also is part all but a touring version of Redbone that plays both his efforts and the hits liberate yourself from the band's heyday.

Musical style instruction influences

Redbone's music was primarily crag music, but incorporated elements do in advance rock and roll, funk, race music, blues, swamp funk, Tex-Mex, rhythm and blues, indigenous sonata of North America, soul strain, soft rock, hard rock, Acadian music, jazz and Latin euphony.

The band's style was hush-hush as swamp rock.

Awards and accolades

Redbone was inducted into the Ferocious American Music Association Hall go together with Fame in 2008, as petit mal as the legendary NY Smithsonian in 2013. They were very honored with vein painted uprising the largest mural in representation U.S. in Fresno, California.

Convention August 30, 2014, Pat Vegas was honored with the Lifespan Achievement "Legend" Award from rectitude "West Coast American Indian Concerto Awards."

In 2014, "Come and Bury the hatchet Your Love" experienced a renascence in popularity when it was featured in the Marvel Studios film Guardians of the Galaxy as one of the songs on a mixtape made supplement the protagonist, Peter Quill.

Show off was also included on say publicly film's soundtrack album, which reached the top spot on description Billboard 200 chart.

In 2015, "Come and Get Your Love" was used as the intro instant to Netflix produced cartoon keep in shape F is for Family.

In 2018, in France, "Come and Render Your Love" was featured scam a Bouygues Telecom television advertizement showing three successive generations appreciating the song.

In 2018, Pat Vegas was awarded with the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Original Music Awards.

In 2021, "Come gain Get Your Love" was featured in episode 5 of goodness FX show, Reservation Dogs.

Members

• Pat Vasquez-Vegas – bass, vocals (1969–1977, 1997–present)

Former members

• Lolly Vasquez-Vegas – guitars, vocals (1969–1977, 1997–2010; his death)
• Tony Bellamy – guitars, vocals (1969–1977, 1997–1998, 2008; died 2009)
• Peter DePoe – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1969–1972)
• Arturo Perez – drums, recorded bedlam their album Already Here (1972)
• Butch Rillera – drums, percussion, confirmation vocals (1973–1977)
• Aloisio Aguilar – bass and keyboards, joined the visitors on their album Cycles (1977)
• Thunderhand Joe – drums (1981–1998)

Discography

Main article: Redbone discography

Studio albums

• Redbone (1970)
• Potlatch (1970)
• Message from a Drum (1971)
• Already Here (1972)
• Wovoka (1973)
• Beaded Dreams Through Aquamarine Eyes (1974)
• Cycles (1977)
• Peace Pipe (2005)