Redbone (album)

Redbone is the first (double) album by Native American rock band Redbone. In Europe it was also released as a single record. The double album contains 4 instrumentals, 3 of which are extended.

Redbone
Studio album by Redbone
Released	January 1970 July 1970 (UK)
Length	73:23
Label	Epic
Producer	Lolly Vegas, Pete Welding
Redbone chronology
Redbone (1970) Potlatch (1970)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C[2]
Rolling Stone	(favorable) [3]

The album contains their version of the 1967 hit they wrote for P.J. Proby, "Niki Hoeky". The track appears on the album as "Niki Hokey".

Track listing

Side one

1. "Crazy Cajun Cakewalk Band" (Lolly Vegas/Patrick Vegas/Jim Ford) – 3:06
2. "Prehistoric Rhythm" (L.Vegas) – 3:50
3. "Niki Hokey" (L. Vegas/P. Vegas/J. Ford) – 3:17
4. "Promise I Won't Let It Show" (P. Vegas) – 3:06
5. "Minor Seven Heaven" (L. Vegas) - 4:17

Side two

1. "Night Come Down" (L. Vegas) – 3:53
2. "Tennessee Girl" (L. Vegas) – 2:27
3. "Rebecca" (L. Vegas) – 3:02
4. "Jambone (Instrumental)" (P. Vegas/L. Vegas/R. Anthony Bellamy/Peter DePoe) – 7:50

Side three

1. "Little Girl" (L. Vegas) - 3:54
2. "Chance To See" (P. Vegas) - 4:33
3. "Red And Blue" (L. Vegas) - 2:41
4. "Suite Mode (Instrumental)" (P. Vegas/L. Vegas/R. A. Bellamy/P. DePoe) - 8:17

Side four

1. "(I Can't) Handle It" (L. Vegas) - 5:35
2. "I'm A Man (Instrumental)" (L. Vegas) - 2:57
3. "Danse Calinda" (P. Vegas) - 2:41
4. "Things Go Better ... (Instrumental)" (P. Vegas/L. Vegas/R. A. Bellamy/P. DePoe) - 7:40

Track listing European single album

Side one

1. "Prehistoric Rhythm" (L.Vegas) – 3:50
2. "Crazy Cajun Cakewalk Band" (L. Vegas/P. Vegas/J. Ford) – 3:06
3. "Niki Hokey" (L. Vegas/P. Vegas/J. Ford) – 3:17
4. "Minor Seven Heaven" (L. Vegas) - 4:17
5. "Things Go Better ... (Instrumental)" (P. Vegas/L. Vegas/R. A. Bellamy/P. DePoe) - 7:40

Side two

1. "Night Come Down" (L. Vegas) – 3:53
2. "Tennessee Girl" (L. Vegas) – 2:27
3. "Jambone (Instrumental)" (P. Vegas/L. Vegas/R. A. Bellamy/P. DePoe) – 7:50
4. "Rebecca" (L. Vegas) – 3:02
5. "Danse Calinda" (P. Vegas) - 2:41
6. "Red And Blue" (L. Vegas) - 2:41

2007 CD Reissue

1. "Crazy Cajun Cakewalk Band" 3:08
2. "Prehistoric Rhythm" 3:58
3. "Niki Hokey" 3:17
4. "Promise I Won't Let It Show" 3:07
5. "Minor Seven Heaven" 4:21
6. "Night Come Down" 3:53
7. "Tennessee Girl" 2:25
8. "Rebecca" 3:05
9. "Jambone" (Instrumental) 7:48
10. "Little Girl" 3:57
11. "Chance to See" 4:32
12. "Red and Blue" 2:44
13. "Suite Mode" (Instrumental) 8:22
14. "(I Can't) Handle It" 5:36
15. "I'm a Man" (Instrumental) 2:57
16. "Danse Calinda" 2:45
17. "Things Go Better..." (Instrumental) 7:34

Personnel

• Lolly Vegas – lead guitar, vocals
• Tony Bellamy – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Patrick Vegas – bass, vocals
• Pete DePoe – drums, percussion

References

1. Redbone at AllMusic
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. Leimbacher, Ed (16 April 1970). "Records". Rolling Stone. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. (55): 47–48.