Message from a Drum is the third album by American

United States

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 band Redbone

Redbone (band)

Redbone is a Native American rock group that was most active in the 1970s. They reached the Top 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1974 with the million-selling gold-certified single, "Come and Get Your Love".-History:...

 released in 1971. It was released in Europe under the name The Witch Queen of New Orleans with the same track list and a different cover. The CD version released in the early 2000s has the European cover and title of the original LP and includes the single version of "Chant: 13th Hour" as a bonus track (the full version being from the second LP Potlatch

Potlatch (album)

Potlatch is the second album by American band Redbone.-Side one:#"Maggie" – 5:06#"Light as a Feather" – 1:56#"Who Can Say" – 2:50#"Judgement Day" – 2:30...

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Side one

1. "Message from a Drum" (P. Vegas) – 3:08
2. "Niji Trance" (R. A. Bellamy/P.Vegas/L. Vegas) – 3:27
3. "The Sun Never Shines on the Lonely" (L. Vegas) – 2:35
4. "Maxsplivitz (instrumental)" (L. Vegas) – 0:18
5. "Emotions" (L. Vegas) - 4:10
6. "Jerico" (L. Vegas/P. Vegas) - 3:47

Side two

1. "The Witch Queen of New Orleans" (P. Vegas/L. Vegas) – 2:45
2. "When You Got Trouble" (P. Vegas/L. Vegas) – 3:24
3. "Perico (instrumental)" (L. Vegas) – 0:18
4. "Fate" (L. Vegas) – 6:36
5. "One Monkey" (L. Vegas) - 4:09

Personnel

• Lolly Vegas – lead guitar
  Lead guitar
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  , organ
  Organ (music)
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  , acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  , vocals
  Singing
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• Tony Bellamy
  Tony Bellamy
  Anthony Bellamy or Tony "T-Bone" Bellamy, born as Anthony Avila on 12 September 1946 to parents James and Olga Bellamy, died 25 December 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada, was a Mexican-American Yaqui Indian, who became the lead guitarist, pianist and vocalist for the Native American rock band Redbone, in...
  
   – rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
  
  , Wah-Wah
  Wah-Wah
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  , dobro
  Dobro
  Dobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar...
  
  , vocals
• Pat Vegas – bass
  Bass guitar
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  , acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , piano
  Piano
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  , vocals
• Pete DePoe
  Peter DePoe
  Peter DePoe was born in Neah Bay, Washington, in 1943. A Cheyenne Indian, he became in 1969 the drummer for the Native American band Redbone. He was credited with developing a style of drumming known as "King Kong". In 1972, following the death of his father, he left the group...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
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  , vocals