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And oddly enough, although I recall seeing him on tv at least 3 or 4 times, I can’t think of any one song I’d associate with him. It wasn’t until after he died recently and reading his obituary, revealing he was of Armenian ancestry, and doing a little further research that it finally sunk in that Leon Redbone had nothing to do with the band Redbone or their most popular song. I’d even read somewhere that Redbone was a Native American band but still thought maybe Leon Redbone was half-American Indian who just happened to dress like a gangster from the 1930s. However, I did see Leon Redbone on tv several times in the late ’70s, including on Saturday Night Live and somehow I got into my head that he was the “Redbone” that did “Come and Get Your Love”.

Must admit that as a child in the 1970s, I heard the song “Come and Get Your Love” quite often on the radio, and heard the djs refer to the band as Redbone, but I never saw them on tv. Lolly’s voice is particularly well suited to this song. Sadly, Lolly died at 70 of lung cancer, but Pat is still with us. In both cases, Lolly is the lead singer, and Pat the bassist in the middle. These are two live versions, the first, from Burt Sugarman’s “Midnight Special,” has the dance. At first I thought the introductory dance was corny, but after watching it a few times I think it blends really well into the song. In the two versions below, you can see how the band played up its Native American side, with the first version beginning with an indigenous dance by guitarist Tony Bellamy (the drummer is Peter DePoe). The words of the Redbone song, as I said, are lame: they’re simply a reassurance to an insecure woman that the singer loves her despite her insecurities. (A comparable song that gets you on your feet is “You Make My Dreams” by Hall and Oates.) It’s also a simple song, but with a tune that is not only an “earworm,” but makes you want to boogie. It’s an interesting song, originally called “Hail,” referring to the call-and-response word used in each verse. They were pretty much of a “one-hit wonder” group, but that was a big hit, rising to #5 on the Billboard Top 100 ranking. They (and others) regarded themselves as a Native American rock band, and the only one I know of.

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(Their professional names were Pat and Lolly Vegas.) “Redbone” is a Cajun term for a mixed-race person, and the two founders of Redbone, brothers Patrick ( bass and vocals) and Candido “Lolly” Vasquez-Vegas, were of Mexican and Native American ancestry. It was released in 1974, and so it’s lasted almost fifty years. You still hear it in commercials and other places. More important, this song, “ Come and Get Your Love” by Redbone, has lasted. But the music itself is so good, so bouncy and memorable, that it makes you want to get up and dance. Of course the greatest rock has great words and great music (many Beatles songs, like “Blackbird” or “A Day in the Life” are examples), but there are also great songs that have mediocre words. I read something the other day about pop/rock music that argued for the primacy of the tune over the words.

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