Listening to an old favorite

Oh no, that's a bummer. Can you look it up by the name of the song?

@rebelann I'll try that later tonight. This is the time of day that our internet tpruns slowly (all the kids in the neighbourhood get home from school).

Yeah, but Mark Lindsey didn't host that one. I watched it as well sometimes, if dad was home then I wasn't allowed.

It was intended for younger teens who were interested in rock n roll, kinda like the American Band Stand, it didn't last all that long either so it most likely fizzled without really gaining a lot of fans.

Interesting history about Loudermilk, I always wondered if the song had anything to do with the Trail of Tears. I haven't heard silver bird.

I knew Lindsey was part Native American but I this is the first time I've ever looked up the person who wrote it. It's a crying shame that more peeps here in the US don't pay attention to what our Native Americans are going through. I can't recall ever hearing that song before @FourWalls but then I've never been a fan of soft rock.

@rebelann -- the story behind "Indian Reservation" is that Loudermilk was rescued in a snowstorm on the Cherokee reservation. In return for their kindness they only asked him to write a song. "Cherokee Reservation (Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" was the song he wrote. Now, for all John knew, his lineage was the same as Ira & Charlie Louvin, the country duo (their birth name was Loudermilk, John D. was their cousin) and nothing else. However, in the late 80s, I think it was, the Cherokee Nation gave John an award. He thought it was for writing the song, but as it turns out his great-grandparents, who were in their 80s at the time, were part of the Trail of Tears march....and, miraculously, both survived! Never heard "Silver Bird"?????

The song or the show?

Ohhh, sorry to be such a dolt @DianneN Back in the late 1960s a few producers tried to create shows to compete with American Bandstand like Shindig and The Happening, the latter was hosted by Mark Lindsey. As for the song, it was one of the greatest hits by the group Paul Revere and the Raiders back in the early 1970s. Did you ever listen to Rock N Roll?

@rebelann Both.

Sometimes they are, but as we get older a lot of those old songs don't sound as good as they once did.

@rebelann Why do you think like that?

It is not a thought @TheInvisibleMan I actually do not like some of the songs that I did like when I was young.

I'm not sure this song would have been a hit anywhere other than the USA, they were not as popular as the Beatles.