A ballad of the West sound recording : the epic trilogy / by Bobby Bridger

Object Details

Compact discs.; Complete credits and notes by Bobby Bridger and Vine Deloria on container; additional notes and lyrics of the songs available at website: www.aballadofthewest.com.
Contents: Seekers of the fleece. Free my spirit, 'fore my spirit's dead ; Jedediah Strong Smith ; I had a vision ; The crawl ; Life is a river ; Rendezvous, 1832 ; People carry on ; Blackfoot ; Free me like an eagle once again ; Free my spirit, 'fore my spirit's dead (Reprise); Pahaska, disc 1. The Rainbow Trail ; The scouts ; The Pony Express ; One perfect moment ; Destiny ; Dime novels -- Pahaska, disc 2. Magicians from mythology ; The duel with Yellow Hand ; The Wild West ; Arrows of light ; Absaroka ; Pahaska had a good heart; Lakota. Lakota ; Red Cloud ; Buffalo ; Sundance ; Permanent change ; Little Big Horn ; Meadowlark ; The Ghost Dance ; Is the darkness only searching for the light? ; Lakota (Reprise)
Summary: A four-CD set containing 32 songs. A highly-acclaimed trilogy of historically-documented epic ballads which chronicle the American West from the days of the mountain men and the Fur Trade Era of the 1820's through the death of the Lakota holy man, Black Elk, in 1950.

2000

1975

P2000

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