Redbone

[hittman]

Just because …. Good tune

 

[Ride1949]

I thought this may be about this Redbone.

 

[sfhogman]

So did I.

 

[blume357]

My first thought was someone had just gotten a new dog... Redbone Coon Hound.... but Leon was my second thought.

 

[Gator89]

I have a couple Redbone fishing rods.

https://www.redbone.org/rods.html

 

[contender]

My first thought was about a good dog! I had a Redbone hound many years ago. Great dog!

 

[hittman]

Besides throwin out some pretty good music, their heritage is a neat ( unusual? ) story

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redbone_(band)
All members during their commercial peak and success were of Mexican American and Native American heritage, which was heavily reflected in their songs, stage costumes, and album art.

They reached the Top 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1974 with their hit single, "Come and Get Your Love". The single went certified Gold selling over a million copies. It also made Redbone the first Native American band to reach the top five on the US Billboard Hot 100, with the song reaching number 5.

The word "redbone" is a Cajun term for a mixed-race person, which the band adopted to signify their mixed ancestry.[5] The Vasquez-Vegas brothers were of Yaqui, Shoshone, and Mexican heritage.[6] The band

 

[flyer898]

I remember the song from high school, but until I saw the musice video the real meaning of the lyrics did not come home.
And it has nothing to do with the cajun term.

 

[arfmel]

Speaking of Leon Redbone



I always liked this one.

 

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[gunzo]

And then the handles on a certain Case pocketknife.

 

[turd]

Leon is/was the man!

 

[WendyZXZ]

My first thought was someone had just gotten a new dog... Redbone Coon Hound.... but Leon was my second thought.

That was my thought when I saw the subject line. Had me thinking of the old movie Where The Red Fern Grows from the 1970s.