Sandie~~ Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)

My version of Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian) recordede by Paul Revere And The Raiders.......
I did this not only for the Cherokee Indians .but the WHOLE NATIVE INDIAN NATION out of respect for what they have been put through and endured ;))) in a land which is rightfully theirs ...God Bless You All ;)))

This was written by John D. Loudermilk, a singer/songwriter who recorded as "Johnny Dee" and wrote "Tobacco Road" for The Nashville Teens and "Ebony Eyes" for The Everly Brothers. The song was first recorded in 1968 by a British singer named Don Fardon, whose version hit #20 in the US and #3 in the UK.

Loudermilk managed to cut ten of his own albums between the years 1961-1979; he hit the charts with ten of his own singles between the years 1957-1967, and had tremendous success writing songs for other artists. Working from Nashville, Tennessee, he also wrote hit songs for the Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, Stonewall Jackson, and Sue Thompson. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1976.
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. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)
The group was formerly known as Paul Revere and the Raiders. This song became not just their biggest hit, but the best-selling single for Columbia Records. Isn't it ironic that a song like this, brimming with simmering rage and an implied threat to retake the land for the natives, was written by a white Country songwriter, recorded by a band named after the white European patriots whose colonization of the US took the land from the Cherokees in the first place, and sold by Columbia Records, a company originating as "Columbia Graphophone Company" in the UK?
Mark Lindsay didn't sing lead on this, guitarist Freddy Weller did. Instead, Lindsay produced the single.
The last line of the song was prophetic. The Eastern and Western bands of the Cherokee Nation became one again on April 6, 1984 when the tribes officially reunited at the Red Clay Council Grounds (now a state park) outside Cleveland, Tennessee. (thanks, Scott - Nashville, TN)

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[Newpetest1]

Really great cover Sandie!

For some odd reason I thought Cher had covered this.

Sounds great! ☮

[Sandiesonuk]

@Newpetest1

HMMM!! well I couldnt find if Cher had done this one Pete she did one called Half Breed! but as she is half Cherokee she  just might have done this one ....but I havent heard of it :)))

Thanks for your support Teach!.. hugs n smiles Sandie xoxox (\o/)

God Bless You!

[laurabrake1]

Excellent job. Laura

[Sandiesonuk]

@laurabrake1

AWWW!!! thank you ever so much Laura :))) I appreciate all ya support :))) hugs n smiles Sandie xoxo (\o/)

God Bless You!

[MrDirtyharry53]

That was kinda nice song there Sandie, someone in country sang that too, can't think of who or what band tho >>> Richie

[Sandiesonuk]

@MrDirtyharry53

Thanks Richie :)))) I added some more info ifn ya want to read it :))) hugs n smiles Sandie xoxox (\o/)

God Bless You!

[iPaleRyder]

Awesome !

[HtooZawAye8888]

Dear Sandie  ,

WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL MUSIC & VIDEO.....5*****

thank you so much for uploading ^_^

[Sandiesonuk]

@Hippie1944

AWWW!! thanks ever so much Hippie :))) Hugs n smiles Sandie xoxox (\o/)

God Bless You!