Props to Redbone for Including their native ceremonial dance in the intro of this song which was such a big hit at the time.

These guys are our first native group to make it to the main stage. We were so thrilled as natives to see.

Jimi Hendricks said Lolly Vegas was the Best guitarist he’d ever heard. RIP Lolly.

there were so many beautiful things about this period in US history... a native-american band on a national tv show, starting out their song by doing a native-american dance and chant...!!! and being APPRECIATED by the audience...!!!

Really wish these guys would be recognized by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They so deserve it. Lolly's gone, but I'd love to see Pat accepting the induction. I've been a fan for decades. Thank you, Fil, for your thoughtful observations. Well done!

Lolly was such a heartthrob. His words and facial expressions OMG ❤️😘 plus his masculinity and talent. ❤️ love them all.

Thank you so much!!!!! Much respect. My dad watched this show with me and cried his eyes out. He was 50% Native. Peace

most underrated band on the planet!! These guys deserve rock n roll hall of fame !!! WTF !!!

My favorite group of all time . Redbone means half breed I never knew that . I watched an interview with Lolly and he explained it . Love everything they did .

I am a redbone and I can relate to this thank you for saying this about Redbone they don't hardly ever get no recognition

I love the fact that much of your audience is near my age (60). You are allowing us to relive our youth and all those good times. I think that the 70's created some of the best and unique music. Everyone was trying to develop a unique sound, not just copying everyone else. Musicianship was also a goal and this is something you continue to express and explain. Thanks again for another great evening (for me at least). One last thought, I grew up in New Mexico (USA), the land of the three cultures: cowboy (Anglo), conquistadors (Hispanics, Mexicans and Latinos), and the Indian nations (23 nations). It is and was a great place to live.

Thank you for such an in-depth review. This is the reason we liked European audiences more than American. When we toured Europe in 1973, our fans would come backstage and pick apart all our songs like you. Very knowledgable people...And your review of my old Bosses version of "Unchained Melody" was spot on!...

I'm thinking that Fil is an old soul in a young man who has a great appreciation/passion for searching out and sharing treasures/gems!

Lolly didn't just hold his guitar and play it.... He cradled his guitar like a lover; he made love to it, and coaxed that magic that was the sound of Lolly Vegas! 💕💖🎸🎤🥀🥀🥀

I listened to this so many years ago but had no idea who was singing. It was a song that everyone knew the chorus to and would sing along with. I’m embarrassed to admit that I didn’t know much about the group. I appreciate the knowledge that you give everyone Fil.

Midnight Special and Don Kirshner's Rock Concert were an absolute weekend staple in my home. After the parents went to bed of course. Great time to be alive!

So cool that Fil is covering this band, a very pleasant surprise. The Native American contribution to American music is greatly under appreciated. African Americans and native Americans have had a long cultural association due to their shared oppression and this extended to music. Significant historical music figures such as Delta Blues musician Charlie Patton and Jimi Hendrix, just to name a couple, had Native American ancestry.

R.I.P. Lolly Vegas.

I've made comments about Fil before and I'm a big fan of his expertise and practical knowledge, that being said, I don't know any other source or post or personality who has such a wealth of info about great pop music and the musicians who make it - like a chef for your ears! I love this guy!

I just recently read that Pat passed away 😢he will be missed but his music will live on for a very long time. Rest easy Pat❤

'Cause you're fine, and you're mine, and you look so divine

That Native American spirit was sure there.

i'm NOT gay but damn, these guys were beautiful.

Unfortunately, I was not aware that Redbone was a Native American band until I saw their video. Now, I don't think I have any Native American blood in me, I'm predominantly Irish, but I do love the Native American culture!! ❤️🥰 Keep it up, Redbone!

“This song would start and we’d bolt to the dance floor”

Jimi Hendrix said that Lali was his favorite guitarist.

I so remember this song. To me this is a summer song, Summer of ‘74. I was 17, working on the Mississippi River on a tug. Working in the heat of the summer, but being young and strong and it didn’t bother me that much. This reminds me of the joy of getting off on a Friday afternoon, my friends getting together at 9 O’Clock, and going out till 3am. What a great moment in my life.

I love how a smile came to you're face as soon as the drummer hit those drums. ❤🤗

I was 12. Thought they were a Black group. Found out the truth very soon thereafter. LOVED this great tune. Makes me a bit sad. Fil, you're awesome, as always. Thanks, man.

LOVE RED BONE THEY SHOULD BE RECONISED & INDUCED INTO THE HALL OF FAME. MY MOM LOVED THEM SO I. GREW UP LISTENING TO THESE GREAT GUYS MANY BLESSINGS. TO THE WHOLE FAMILY THANK YOU FOR SHARING ❤️❤️❤️

Can you imagine an act like this making it today? What An exciting and wonderful diverse musical environment existed in 1974. Midnight Special was the US version of Top of the Pops and was on Friday nights. Great job Fil

Thank you for reviewing one of my favorite bands of all time. Their music was nothing short of fantastic as most people don't realize what great musicians they were. Wovoka was a standout album, and I'd put it up against a lot of other so called "hit records" of the day. I actually was so enamored with the album and the look of that red Telecaster Deluxe that Lolli played, that I had the local music store order one for me. Got to see them live and talk to them. Great memories, great band, great music. Thank you!

Great memories for us old folks

All performances on midnight special were live. This is just another outstanding example

Fil!! A oldie but totally a good one I hear their influence in other bands.. Fil you a legend glad to know you

One of my favorite 70's song!! A classic! ❤️

THANK YOU SOooooooo much for playing this song...........✌🏾👍👌🏽🤙🏾👊🏾🤘🏾

Having Cherokee blood flowing through my veins, I approve of this video :-) My grandmother was Cherokee from the Eastern Band of Cherokee's. Went to many family reunions back in the 70's - 80's with her and my father on the Cherokee reservation in western NC, they treated her like a queen!!! (They treated all the elders like queens and kings... we might could learn a thing or two from them... :-) Enjoyed this one Mr Fil, Thank you!!!

A great analysis of such a universally loved song.

Wow what a flashback moment!

Diminished changeover chords... When you pull out the pic stick... We are in for a treat. Brotherrrrrrr

I turned seventeen when this single was certified Gold by the RIAA on...drum roll please...22 April, 1974. And what day did you post this video reaction? 22 April, 2020. Great job! If it was unintentional...well, there are no accidents! Meant to be!

Thanks Fil, been waiting for this one!

Absolutely love the that this obscure brit breaks down one of the most iconic tunes of all time!

There are some songs that achieve perfection. They cannot be modified, altered or improved. They are complete.

Thank You for sharing this information. Still listening to Red Bone 2021. I am a full blooded Native American . Red Power!

One of my favorite songs ever

I love this song and performance It's Redbone in their prime Native Americans have brought so much to rock and pop music It would be cool if you covered Jesse Ed Davis and Blackfoot Thanks Fil😃💝\m/

Graduated high school this year, and I LOVED Redbone!! They could rock, they could harmonize and they could be funky. Great groove band.

Just yet another fabulous genre of the musically rich 70's. We got spoiled.

Come and Get Your Love, a forgotten gem on classic rock and oldie stations. great dance moves at the intro. I've never seen a bad performance on "The Midnight Special" excellent analysis on Redbone. Buffy Saints Marie an Indigenous Canadian-American singer-songwriter, musician, Oscar-winning composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. is another one that got her start in the 1960's and still active. thanks Fil.

It was so comical seeing them. I remember telling my freinds what’s this? Then they started singing,I said that’s them? I had a friend who was Choctaw she knew 😂

Very cool that these guys are proud of their heritage and mainstream audiences accepted it, that's what made the 70s great.

considering that's tv audio, those vocals are pretty sweet, not to mention the whole band singing a GREAT song.

In 1972 I purchased an album titled Redbone Potlatch. I was intrigued by the naked intensity of Native American call and response, like blues and r'n'b only nine octaves higher (the vocals - animalistic and atmospheric because, you know, nature). I liked the album, I didn't love it. I was looking for something akin to a blend of Indian Soul and pop music. I do a very nice blend of Native American/blues and in Los Angeles it tends to scare folk because the vocals are quite high in register and quite loud because I have to sing loud to climb those high notes on the call and response. A year later Redbone dropped the Potlatch and had a hit song and I was happy for them. Actually the first Native American band to have a regional (some cities in the U.S.ofA.) "hit" as if that meant anything, really, in the infinite realm of music - and I forget the song - was an all-girl band named Fanny, a very soulful rock band with a dash of Motown. Plus they were quite sexy. History!

Aww, jeez, dude! This is such a blast from the past for me! In the mid-70s I lived in a nowhere town in central Texas. About 30 miles from my nowhere town was a nowhere "city'. But there was a joint where they had a lighted (about 20 years later to be called a disco) floor. There was a hired drummer on a pedestal to ape the drum track for whatever song was being played. Good memories of my friends back then!

I grew up in this era, never owned the album but listen to this song over and over on the radio. Couple years ago the wife and I were traveling and this song came on. I started singing along, wife said ..what are you singing?? I responded “strumming guitar love” for 30yrs I thought it was strumming guitar love !!

I knew the dancer/guitar player for many years.. he was my next door neighbor.. he taught me how to play this song when I was 14. I believe he strung his guitar with 13s .. Impossible for me to play his guitar back then..

Ah yes, back to my teenage years. I think I saw this on The Midnight Special. Great demo on the licks Fil.

I've always loved that bass line.

Native Americans are still pushed down. Redbone was an under appreciated, excellent Band. They deserve so much more. Thanks Fil for another smack on the nose analysis!

Listening to this again and really paying attention it’s so incredibly infectious.

I've always loved this song and this performance. It's been on my KZfaq playlist for a long time. Thanks so much for featuring them Fil!!

Hi Fil! I love this song. Stay safe.✌🏼🎶 I've always thought they were underrated.

I was nine when this came out. It was all over the radio. Ah, the memories. Thank you, Fil. 🙂❤️

Golly, such a classic! Memories from my High School years! ☮️

Gonna show my age here Fil! Was a kid when song made it on charts and was played on KTAC 85 radio in Tacoma Washington. Never stopped liking the song or band! You give it a whole "new" dimension! Way past excellent anayses!

Such a lovely song that makes you want to dance!A time-less song,we will hear 20 years from now!Loving it!

Thank you, as a Native musician song writer I appreciate your acknowledgement. I knew them, and performed with my group at concerts together with them.. Great group and purely down to earth.

This was on the radio a lot when it came out but I had no idea they were aboriginal. That’s cool! They didn’t play that intro on the radio to my recollection.

I remember this episode of The Midnight Special! I got to see it! There were times when I was on the wrong side of my parents law and was in bedroom jail, (w/TV, phone, stereo). Not so bad!

What a great live band, and a great analysis as well. I remember suggesting this a while back. The traditional dance at the beginning is pretty is pretty impressive.

I remember listening to this song as a child in which I'd sing along and feel such excitement. Your analysis on Redbone gave me a musician's viewpoint as to why the song had that effect on me back then and still does now. I appreciated your brilliant guitar demonstration of the riffs, chord variations and especially how singing the melody over the chords(in diminished to resolution chord patterns)makes a difference sound-wise. The song's infectiousness definitely made sense to me. Thanks for a great analysis, Fil!

Love this song. It's on my morning playlist.

Fil, I heard an analysis of this song years ago in which mention was made of the unique hi-hat style of this drummer. He supposedly is bouncing his left stick form the snare up to the UNDERSIDE of the hi-hat, creating an interesting quick succession of accents. Give it a peek. And thank you for choosing this song and band for your analysis! Illuminating as always.

I have said for years, that if I ever got married, then this would be played as it is such an infectious and wonderful song. I would also have some Lou Christie as well, but it's unlikely to ever happen! I can remember back in 1971 how Redbone's "Witch Queen of New Orleans" with its great chugging beat, riffs and anthemic vocals had such an impact as it was a big hit in the UK.

I've never seen this and I did not know they were native American(American Indian). I was an M.P. in the U,S. Army in Frankfort, Germany at that time so I never heard it live so you are correct it does sound almost identical to the recording.

A'ho, Fil, for this one. I loved them back in the day. Being of Cherokee, Comanche, Lakota ancestry I am so chuffed to see this being recognized. You rock, you really do!

Yeah this song for some reason has so much 70s vibe... and the way he sings is really unmatched by anyone. You can see in his expression the effort to produce each fragile bit of vocal sound...

I remember this and Witch Queen of New orleans, neither one had any indication that they are native band. Did not realize it until this show. Their song We were all wounded at Wounded Knee, seems to be the only native related song. Their songs were catchy. Loved Midnight Special

When you picked up your Stratocaster the first cord reminded me of the Yardbirds in 1965 with For Your Love. Could be a good one to do a show on. Also, back in the mid 70’s I had a chance to go to a number of tapings of Midnight Special with Wolfman Jack as the host - great radio character in Los Angeles on KDAY 1600. I was an on air person at another station and could call production staff for passes any time. Thanks for the memories. By the way, I just noticed/remembered that you did the Yardbirds about 6 months ago and I gave it a thumbs up back then.

Best year ever! I was 14. No bills, no stress! No relationship problems! 😆

Great video, I studied this song a few years ago, and still learned something, I remember when this song came out...was a totally different world, and I miss it

It is really hard to feel bad when this song is playing and as always, great analysis.

I was in my senior year of high school when this song came out and haven't heard it in years. Thanks for the memories Fil and your professional analysis.

Great song. This song came out when I was in third grade, the same year I started playing guitar, and was on the radio all the time back then. Good memories.

I have this song set to phone alarm. So! I wake up to Redbone, and I am a Native American myself.🙆🙆🙆🙆🙆🤗🤗🤗🤗

Aww, so glad you did this one. Beautiful music, beautiful band.

redbone were good. liked come and get your love but the song 'wovoka' was even better. thanks fil!!!

Evening Fil! Knowing im wordy, I'll keep it as short. My Old roommate was a Minominee Indian. He became an exceptional player and vocalist because of Redbone. Forgive me, I miss him.

They should be recognized for all they are finally. Hugh, Hugh, talent never to be forgotten and of all times. Put there music on and love and peace will fill the world. Pure greatness!

Phil is the pill to heal all your musical questions , & much much more .

This is Pat Vegas ! I loved YOJR video , thank you . This is my show where we feature Redbone Mx and stories behind the music . Friday at 4pm(pst ) @chancetohaveitall . Aho

Love this song and just saw now, Apr. 27th , Monday good evening hope you well Fil. My mother loved this song too. And, me Being part Cherokee, this video, the native dance awesome, wonderful in the beginning, and your analysis and demonstration playing was fabulous and thank you Fil. Have a good week, and both Live streams I saw last week Tuesday and Saturday passed Fil were outstanding and uplifted my spirits. Stay healthy and Rock On......🤘🎸🍎🧸

always got a good feeling hearing that song!

Ahhhh. The Midnight Special! Watched it all the time! You are a gem! Genius. Love breaking down on the guitar. You play so effortlessly you are probably balancing your checkbook whilst teaching here! Come and get your love is an Anthem of the day, no doubt about that! Thanks Fil!!!!!

Pat and Lolly were fixtures on L.A.'s Sunset Strip for over a decade in the late 50's-60's as an R&B, Doo-Wop and Surf Music Duo. The formed REDBONE in the early 1970's and adopted the Native American gimmick. They were mostly Mexican-American except for their 1st drummer, Pete DePoe, who was an actual member of several Native American tribes. They were a great live band - very professional and sounded great!

One of my favorite music videos, I watch it often-- it's an instant mood-lifter. This is one of many groups I snuck out of bed to watch perform on The Midnight Special when I was a kid. Thanks for taking a look at it, great analysis as always.

One of those songs I can binge-listen to over and over again and never tire of. Such a happy, romantic song, and his voice is so "fine". I enjoy listening to your enlightening explanations complete with thoughtful demonstrations because the theories and techniques behind my favorite compositions such as this one are quite fascinating.

Wow. You really did your homework. Best song. I was 14 when the song came out and now I'm 61 and still loving it.