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Thunderchief (Francis Steindorf) is a
musician, actor, speaker and educator. He is also a member of the
Ho-Chunk Nation (Wisconsin Winnebago). While others with have mixed
Rap and Rock, Thunderchief has quietly gone about the much more
arduous task of taking traditional tribal music and culture and
blending it with a modern musical style.
The result on this, his second album, is
a warm, enjoyable set of tracks that tell tales both ancient and
modern. The lyrics cover historical subjects on tracks such as
'Standing on the shore', with its opening lines " Standing on the
shore, watching those ships come in. Ships filled with strange
people and wonders, where will it all end?" In other areas he
recounts the modern problems of Native Americans, deals with the
environmental problems of the late 20th Century and on the title
track just rejoices in the simple things that make life worth
living.
He also makes good use of his fellow
musicians on this project, in particular Joe Ebel whose Electric
Violin dances across most of the tracks, providing a good contrast
to Thunderchief's voice and guitar. The use of Native American
chanting is also very aptly applied, it is easy to imagine how it
could have ended up as jarring or even humorous, but it fits into
the overall scheme without a hitch.
Thunderchief takes his music and
teachings across the United States, working with everyone from 1st
grade up to College. Thunderchief is first and foremost an educator
and his music is a little bit more than just entertainment, although
he has no problems creating a very catchy tune. If you want
something a little different, with more depth than your average
album, but without any pretensions, then give these CD's a chance.
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