590. Coyote, my Little Brother (Peter La Farge)

Peter La Farge recorded this song in 1963. Pete Seeger included it on his environmentaiist album "God Bless the Grass", which mainly featured songs by Malvina Reynolds.

Peter La Farge (1931-1965) was part of the folk scene in New York in the 1950s and 60s. He was of Native American descent and raised on a ranch in Fountain, Colarado, by his mother. He worked as a rodeo rider and singer, eventually working with Big Bill Broonzy, Josh White and Cisco Houston, who acted as his mentor. After serving in the US Navy in Korea he moved to New York, where he became a central figure in the folk movement, along with Dylan, Rambling Jack Elliott, Dave Van Ronk and Pete Seeger.

In October, 1965, Peter La Farge was found dead in his apartment, supposedly from a stroke, possibly from an overdose, though, according to Liam Clancy, who lived next door, it was suicide by slitting his wrists. Fortunately for us, his music lives on.

Peter was not the first notable member of his family. His father, Oliver La Farge, won the Pulitzer Prize for his 1929 book Laughing Boy, a love story set in the Navajo Nation, and the first Native American novel to receive this honor.

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Music

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• folk
• song
• environment
• pollution
• poison
• dog

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