Pretty Brown

[Ifestia]

I'm really delighted to hear this song again. I heard it once (yes, just once!) on a CBC program in 1979 or 1980, and have never forgotten it.

[bluegypsy58]

Inspiring and beautiful song! A new favourite, thank you Yaw^ko for sharing

[marakakore]

@bluegypsy58 Thanks and best wishes to you on your journey!. Peace.

[Josephpgonsalves]

I am Guyanese and my family loves this song. Apparently there is some family connection that we have with you. We absolutely love this song and when we have family get togethers we always sing it as a group and it has become very special to us. I just heard the original for the first time today and makes me love the song even more.

[marakakore]

@Josephpgonsalves Thanks...good to hear from you...and to know you and your family have embraced this song!...Blessings to you all...................!

[CrystalFavel]

This album was the first piece of vinyl I ever owned. Stemming from my absent fathers record collection, I used to sit by my record player hoping one day my father would sing this song to me. Although my father never shared the same dream it still helped me through the bad times. So I thought I would continue to share this video in hopes to inspire fatherless children to seek music to fill the voids in their hearts. Chi Meegwetch David Campbell!

[faithnolan]

YIIPPEEEE!one of the very best songs I have heard , So good for my soul to feel, hear

[ahsenad]

Really...wow...Dave is an old time friend of my brothers...I love this song and my sister who is a singer sing this very well~ thank you Laurie...He lives in B.C. now

[oniedaman2]

I remember him singing this in T.O. - Mariposa festival in the 70's when I was a wee child....<3 <3 <3 to you David Campbell!!! I'm still pretty brown :o) and I love singing this song...

[LaurieOntario]

Hello my friend...I just stopped in to say hello and get a dose of "Pretty Brown"...always my favorite..reminds me of being a teenager again...thank you for that...xoxo...be well

[cdnwolfwoman]

Thank you so very much for this wonderful piece of music. What a wonderful voice & great message. Where can I get you music? Thank you ahho Wolfwoman

[bushbarnes]

This man put his heart and soul into that song.

[kwanitawiggitywack]

beautiful, miss you David

[taliaq]

Nice to see you sharing on the web David great song as usual

[summerstevens]

Thank you so much for posting this. My Dad used to sing this song to me when I was little and I never knew who wrote it, so now I'm glad I know. I was very close to my daddy and I could still hear him singing this to me and calling me and my sisters his "Pretty browns"

[marakakore]

@summerstevens Thanks for your story of this song and your family!, These are

the kinds of responses that help me to go on with my work as an artist. Thanks

for subscribing to my videos. Peace.

[anitaroy1234]

I do love this song, and I know you had your reasons to remove the old video, but I loved the old video with this song very much.

[mcniel6]

My dad used to play this song when we were up in Quebec. Its lines have haunted my mind for years. It is good to finally find its first voice.

[anishsnabi]

AWESOME

[ahsenad]

Hi Dave...nice to see you on here...i am Isaac Day's sister....i met you in Toronto about 35 yrs ago...remember you and your sister at Toronto Island at a native event.... : )

[LaurieOntario]

@ahsenad........wow...I remember that...I was there also....i even have a picture of David and I that was taken there.I was only a teenager..time go by so fast...thanks for that memory

[GuitarzanOO50]

Beautiful!

[BarneyFife00]

I remember learning this song years ago!!!  Amazing to hear it again.

[livecapture]

Today was the first time I knowingly heard you sing...It was the first time I heard the song"pretty brown"...a good friend of mine sent it to me, and my granddaughter and I listened to it several times, loving it more each time...we then went on to explore the other songs you have written...she loves the potato and corn song.

Thank you so much for making our day so special.

[marakakore]

Thanks so much for your comment. I specially appreciate it

when different generations come together around a song of

mine. Thanks for subscribing to my channel. Blessings to you

and your granddaughter!.

[Nikahnskwew]

I remember this song from my teens... made me cry, also remembering the friend who played it for me and who has since passed into the spirit world. Thank you so much for posting it!

[marakakore]

Thanks for your comment...glad to hear this song has been

with you for a while...and thanks for subscribing to my

videos. Blessings on you and your friend!.

[fawnwhisperz]

I was so happy to finally find this song..i have loved it forever..chi miigwetch..I dont think you would remember me..but I am wilfred peltiers daughter jen..so nice to find you on youtube thank u for your beautiful music

[kiarasun]

Oh so nice!!! That really touches me.

Thank you my love

[marakakore]

Thanks for your comment!. Sounds like it was a song telling

you about your worth...that's the important thing!. Peace.

[dazedspirit420]

"your eyes say your lost like an autumn leave spinning" i luv the lyrix cool song

[marakakore]

Thanks for paying attention to the lyrics of this song!.

Blessings on your own journey. Peace.

[marakakore]

It was with much regret that I took the first "Pretty Brown" video...with its 1829 views...off YouTube...feeling I had good reason to do so at the time. This voice and guitar version..."Pretty Brown-2""...replaced it. I am thankful for the 1,000 views...just passed by this version. "Pretty Brown" lives on!.

[zeezclub]

it sure does David! Miigwetch for posting this song. I cried, like others, because it touched me so deeply and spoke to something deep inside me...from my childhood and moving through life that has taken me to the city and back again! So beautiful!

[marakakore]

A belated thank you for your heart felt comment. Blessings!.

[GuitarMeds4Soul]

there are people bareyly able to *preserve* life and then there are people like u David who are able to *give* life. My Dad and I(who tend to be in the former category) just spoke for the first time in years and this song helps me 'put it behind, turn round my mind' and 'know that I'm winning'. thank u dear life giver.

[oldarizona]

Simply wonderful!!

Thanks David for having posted.

[gooney98]

You are an extremely talented son of Guyana.

where can i purchase your CDS?/Or videoes?

Im glad you have put the face of your Arawak tribe on the world scene. Sing and leave your foot prints on the trails of music.

I salute you.

[marakakore]

Thanks for your kind and encouraging words!. My cd's can be

obtained by going to the "Order" page of my website. My website address can be found by clicking "marakakore" at the

top right of this page...it's at the bottom left. Peace.

[prettydark]

David, I want to thank you for this song. I played it over and over on our turntable when I was a little girl. I've wished to hear it again many times and it makes me so happy to find it here on YouTube.

[marakakore]

Prettydark: I'm glad to hear that this song has been with you

for a long while...and you've been able to rediscover it on

YouTube. Many people have told me about this song in their

lives...and it encourages me in my work as an artist. Thanks

for your encouragement. Peace.

[mwarren70]

Am I correct in thinking this song was composed in the 60's?? I recall you coming home to Guyana and we flocking around you wonderously listening to your beautiful voice and meaningful lyrics. Granny and others beaming with pride. Thanks for sharing this with me, I look forward to more. Love from your niece Marianne.

[marakakore]

Thanks!. Not as long ago as that..."Pretty Brown" was written

and recorded on an album of the same name in 1977. Love. D.

[JanBen13]

That is so beautiful I could listen to it forever thanks a million. benjan13

[MessiahTwain]

kia ora, Marakakore,

for Pretty Brown, for all our global family.

arohanui, enfolding love,

Millennium Twain

[rosietc]

I have David Campbell records recorded many years ago. I have always appreciated his music and the content of his songs. One of my daughters, Kodid, is named after one of his songs Come Back Kodid, about the Amerindinan people of Guyana. I wish he would put this one on YouTube. Beautiful music.

[marakakore]

It's always great to hear from those who have known my music for a long time. Your naming your daughter "Kodid"...

after my song with that name...was/is an honour. Hope to upload the "Kodid" video...already made...soon. Will write to

you re the name "Kodid". Peace.

[arawani]

"Pretty Brown" lives on, a heartfelt tribute from you to all the prettybrowns out there, I personally know how it has comforted and restored confidence to many in the "pretty brown nation". Love, arawani.

[jessedora]

What a beautiful song and what a wonderful voice you have, I can't stop listening to your songs - so glad I found them. Thankyou :)

[jessedora]

MARAKAKORE

Oops sorry! - put my comment in the wrong place (you can tell I'm new at this :) ) Hope you get to see it OK :)

[marakakore]

Thanks for your comment...and thanks for subscribing to my

videos. The encouragement helps me on in my artist's journey. Peace.

[MelleStar]

Wonderful melody and lyrics. :) Thanks for sharing. Melle

[KrisShred]

Very beautiful song :)

[marakakore]

The first version of "Pretty Brown" as a video journeyed well and has moved on. My thanks to the beautiful people who appeared in it. The song goes on...

Marakakore.

[drumweaver]

hello again my friend... wow... 30 years! big congratulations to you... weaver (((o)))

[bapinorobles]

Thanks a zillion, David!!! Hugs, love and peace from lovely Saskatoon.

[sonnenberg]

Magnificent! Thanks for the new version! I can't wait to share it with my wife, who I know will cry...

Paul

[marakakore]

This summer it will be thirty years since "Pretty Brown" was written from a place of love. Many Native People have told of how this song affected their lives

positively. I am thankful this song came to me. Marakore.