And itвЂ™s just my own insight, but I think he was afraid, not of failure, but of success.

He had a passion to get the message out to everybody he could. вЂњI think itвЂ™s really hard for people who speak the truth to get their representation. Hamilton says Red Bow always took a stand for what he believed in and agrees his honesty may have set back his commercial success. My father, he worked for Xerox, thought he was a bad influence,вЂќ Hamilton laughs. And my mother adored Buddy вЂ“ heвЂ™d bring a dozen red roses for her, heвЂ™d pack the house with people, sing romantic ballads on his guitar. We wound up very good friends for the rest of his life. вЂњBut if anything it made us closer, and him closer to Stardust. вЂњThe musician lifestyle, and all the people, was very exciting, but I needed more stability to raise her,вЂќ says Hamilton. Hamilton left Buddy when Stardust was a year old. I think it brought him as much joy as it did others.вЂќ I think he saw his role as someone who could make people laugh and make people happy, so he loved telling stories, loved entertaining. I think he was always aware if he went out in public he had an image. He was an entertainer and he was gregarious. вЂњThe cowboy boots, the blue jeans, the shiny Western shirts.

вЂњHe had such a distinct way of dressing,вЂќ says Stardust. StardustвЂ™s memories of her father are of his style and generosity. If I was out there robbing and stealing, I would be on the front of all the newspapers.вЂќ He used to say, вЂI am trying to do something good. Giago says today, вЂњBuddy was so very discouraged that many of the DJs of the time refused to play his songs on the radio. I was really disappointed because a lot of people who I thought would help me just said, вЂthereвЂ™s not a market for that.вЂ™вЂќД«uddy Red Bow and his daughter Stardust. вЂњLike, I sneak into a lot of living rooms with some of the records IвЂ™m putting out, that otherwise wouldnвЂ™t let me inвЂ¦.

вЂњTo get their music heard and get them to places where people wouldnвЂ™t ordinarily take an Indian,вЂќ said Red Bow. He had difficulty securing start-up funds for his record company for traditional and contemporary Native musicians, a frustration he voices in an interview on GiagoвЂ™s program The First Americans, which aired on KEVN in the mid-1970s. These guys would get together, and play music in the house, up all night as musicians are.вЂќДespite having friends in high places, Red Bow didnвЂ™t get widespread airplay outside reservation stations like Pine RidgeвЂ™s KILI-FM. So many funny stories about Willie! WeвЂ™d hang around with John Denver. вЂњHe would take Stardust and me to concerts, and weвЂ™d meet very interesting people, like Waylon Jennings, David Soul, Lou Diamond Phillips,вЂќ says Barb Hamilton. Barb Hamilton, who married Red Bow in an Indian ceremony and is mother to their daughter Stardust Red Bow, recalls many late night jam sessions with big names. In South Dakota, Red Bow commingled musically with touring country music mega stars. He started a recording company, Tatanka Records, in Denver and recorded three albums, working with producer Dik Darnell. He left high school in Rapid City to pursue acting and went to Vietnam as a Marine. The song so many of the young Lakota of his day loved so much was вЂRun, Indian, Run.вЂ™ It went, вЂRun, Indian, run, run while you can, here comes the white man.вЂќД«orn in 1948, Warfield Richards вЂњBuddyвЂќ Red Bow grew up near Red Shirt, raised by Maize Two Bulls-Red Bow and Stephen Red Bow. He sang about the medicine man Black Elk. Journalist and publisher Tim Giago (Oglala Lakota) recalls, вЂњThe songs Buddy wrote and sang can be classified as вЂprotest songs.вЂ™ They were songs about the buffalo and of its slaughter. Video Buddy Red Bow appears on Tim Giago's television show 'First Americans' circa 1975 Wasicu Mila Hanska Maza 'tipi.la' Gahskape Po! Mi Taku Oyansin.Posted by Oglala Oyate on Saturday, February 20, 2016 Special Prayers to Indigenous Peoples in the Whiteman's Metal House. Buddy Red Bow songs heart felt by many Wo Lakota.

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