Robbie Robertson
Palacongressi,
Agrigento, Italy

1995-02-11 (although widely shown as 1995-05-13 which is incorrect - see newspaper articles below - 13 May could have been the broadcast date)

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(WAV file from Mauro R. - GW 2021-05-23)

Likely sourced from pro shot footage shown on Italian TV Rai Due


Tracks

01 Ghost Dance (W/ Red Road Ensemble)
02 Mahk Jchi (W/ Ulali)
03 Golden Feather (W/ Red Road Ensemble)
04 Eagle Dance (American Indian Dance Theater)
05 Cherokee Morning Song (W/ The Coolidge)
06 It Is A Good Day To Die (W/ Red Road Ensemble)
07 Crazy Horse (John Trudell & Bad Dog)
08 Skinwalker (W/ Red Road Ensemble)
09 Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee (Buffy Saint Marie)
10 Coyote Dance (W/ Red Road Ensemble)
11 Hoop Dance (American Indian Dance Theater)
12 Untitled [This played out with the cedits on the TV broadcast. I have seen it described as "Ancestor Song" but it does not sound to me to be the same song as on the album "Music For Native Americans"]




The Red Road Ensemble;
Oscar Carpaya
Otomaro Ruiz
William Joseph Dillon
MUSIC FOR THE NATIVE AMERICANS featured The Red Road Ensemble, a North American Aboriginal group. Originally designed as the backdrop to a TBS documentary, the album returned Robertson to his roots, blending traditional Native rhythms with a folk/country sound. Record execs thought it too 'unconventional' for mainstream radio so no singles were released. Even so, the album scored big with Native Americans with tracks like "Mahk Jchi (Heartbeat Drum Song)", "Coyote Dance", "Golden Feather", and "Cherokee Morning Song."

Ulali is a Native American women's a cappella group. Founded in 1987, it includes;
Pura Fé Crescioni
Soni Moreno
Jennifer E Kreisberg.
Ulali's sound encompasses an array of indigenous music including Southeast United States choral singing (pre-blues and gospel) and pre-Columbian music. Ulali's live performances address Native struggles and accomplishments.
The group was first called "Pura Fe'" and included three female singers and three males. Later, the group became a duo comprising singers, Soni Moreno and Pura Fé before eventually becoming a trio.

The Coolidge;
Laura Satterfield
Priscilla Coolidge
Rita Coolidge
Walela is a Native American trio of singers. The group was founded in 1996 by sisters Rita Coolidge and Priscilla Coolidge, with Priscilla's daughter Laura Satterfield as the third member. Featured as part of Robbie Robertson and the Red Road Ensemble's album Music for The Native Americans, their distinctive vocal blend brings to life "The Cherokee Morning Song" and has allowed them to tour to an international audience. During the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Walela had the opportunity to represent their nations—both Cherokee and the United States—as they performed extensively in the Olympic Park.

John Trudell and Bad Dog;
Mark A Schtzkamer
Milton Peters Sahme
William Graham Watts
John Trudell (born February 15, 1946) is an American author, poet, actor, musician, and former political activist. He was the spokesperson for the United Indians of All Tribes' takeover of Alcatraz beginning in 1969, broadcasting as Radio Free Alcatraz. During most of the 1970s, he served as the chairman of the American Indian Movement, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
In 1979, Trudell met Jackson Browne and became interested in the musical world. Trudell recorded an album, A.K.A Graffiti Man, with the Kiowa guitarist Jesse Ed Davis. It was first available only on cassette tape. In 1992 Trudell remade A.K.A Graffiti Man.

Buffy Sainte Marie Group;
Buffy Sainte Marie
Roger Jacobs
Christoffer J Birkett
Buffy Sainte-Marie, OC (born February 20, 1941) is a Canadian-American Cree singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. Throughout her career in all of these areas, her work has focused on issues of Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Her singing and writing repertoire also includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism.

American Indian Dance Theatre;
Swimmer Mckineley JR
Gary Tomahasah
Marty Pinnecoose
Bob Augustine
Eric Sampson
Kevin Haywaye
American Indian Dance Theatre is a professional performing arts company presenting the dances and songs of Native Americans in the United States and the First Nations of Canada. The group was founded in 1987 with Hanay Geiogamah as director and Barbara Schwei as producer. Raoul Trujillo served as choreographer and co-director. The group includes members from many different tribal backgrounds.


Comment: Better sound than the "Live In Italy" CD


Note on dates: translations from Italian papers:

31 January 1995 ADNkronos (Italian press agaency)

CONCERTS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON IN AGRIGENTO FOR THE INDIANS
Rome, 31 Jan. (Adnkronos) - The first major concert dedicated to the American Indians held in Europe will take place on February 11th in Agrigento. On stage Robbie Robertson, former leader of ''The Band'', accompanied by ''The Red Road Ensemble'', the female trio ''Ulali'',' the Cherokee singer, Rita Coolidge, the Indian poet and militant John Trudell, former president of the American Indian Movement, and indian rock star Buffy Saintmarie. The Concordia concert, inspired by the thousand-year-old Temple of Agrigento, which for twenty-five centuries has been a symbol of peace and collaboration between peoples, has been renamed by Robbie Robertson ''In Unity'', in homage to Indian Unity, the unity of the different tribes and Indian nations. During the concert Robbie Robertson will present his new cd ''Music for the native americans''. The concert will take place on the eve of the conclusion of the 40th edition of the International Folklore Festival in Agrigento.
''The city' of Agrigento seemed to me a very timely choice -explained Robertson-: such an ancient temple and the idea of holding a world premiere seemed particularly guessed to me, because the culture originally of North America is opened wide the doors of such an ancient culture.' Robertson, who is of Indian descent, also explained his choice to dedicate his latest record to redskin: "In recent years," he said, "all over the world, there is an attention, a cultural curiosity towards American Indians: they are all fascinated by Mysticism, spirituality and Indian culture."
(Mag/Bb/Adnkronos)


7 February 1995 La Repubblica

ROBBIE AND HIS TRIBE FROM THE TEMPLES TO SANREMO
ROME - Spring has always been early, in Agrigento, and this year together with the mandorli will flourish an event of extraordinary cultural and symbolic value. It's called the ' Concordia Concert - In Unity Concert': the protagonist is Robbie Robertson, former leader of the Band, a career poised between soundtracks and unprecedented rock fascinations, culminating in his record masterpiece 'Music for the Native Americans', which will present live in the world premiere on Saturday 11 February, at the Palacongressi in Agrigento. The 50th edition of the Festival of the Mandorlo in Fiore offers Robertson, a Canadian and half-blood Mohawk on his mother's side, the opportunity to witness on stage the newfound Indian unity: together with his Red Road Ensemble will involve the female trio Ulali and Rita Coolidge, singer Cherokee, the American Indians Dance Theatre with his choreographic interventions and, again, two 'guest stars' , singer and poet John Trudell, of Santee Sioux descent, and vocalist Buffy St. Marie, of the Cree tribe, the Indian interpreter who enjoyed the most popularity in the 1960s and 1970s. Trudell is the living symbol of the rejection of the integration of native peoples. A militant of the American Indian Movement, he paid hard for his efforts. It was February 11, 1979: that day, while John was demonstrating in front of the Fbi headquarters, his home in the Shoshone Piute reservation in Nevada was set on fire: his wife and three daughters died at the stake. A tragedy from which Trudell will emerge with difficulty, many years later, with poems, songs and two records produced by Jackson Browne, ' Aka Graffiti Man' and ' Johnny Damas and me' , which foam anger, pride and passion. The show, which ideally captures robertson's spirit thanks to the magical scenery of the Valley of the Temples, marks for the Festival of the Mandorlo of Agrigento, whose fiftieth anniversary is celebrated until February 12th with concerts by folk groups from all over the world and ethno-dance evenings, an undoubted qualitative leap of which the Agrigento administrators are well aware. Stefano Vivacqua, president of the Province of Agrigento, has indeed expressed the desire to strengthen permanently, tying it to an event for each of the next editions, the attractiveness of the Festival and the International Folk Festival. But in the meantime, there is a risk that the Palacongressi in Agrigento (1200 seats, already on sale tickets at 30,000 lire) will not be enough to meet the demands for Robertson's concert. In case, Vivacqua does not despair of convincing the protagonists to a reply on February 12, while mayor Sodano, while appreciating the idea of the catalyst concert, underlines a possible contradiction: the risk of tearing the event from that mass participation, fifty thousand people on average, which has so far characterized the Festival of the Mandorlo in Fiore. Production and filming of the Concordia Concert are by the Network, directed by the specialist Declan Lowney: excluding the live television, the special on the event will be broadcast in deferred by one of the Rai networks.