ANGELINA JOLIE
TO PRODUCE ROCK ALBUM
Copyright 2002 Associated Press
[ March 6th 2002 ]
Call
it rock 'n' roll poetry, indigenous blues fusion,
or whatever you want. John Trudell's Bone Days
refuses to be categorized. Trudell's band, Bad
Dog, provides intoxicating rock/blues/tribal rhythms
on all 13 songs, but it's not just about the music.
He passionately recites his poetry on topics such
as anger, violence, evil and loss, but it's not
just about the words.
Listening
to Trudell's poetry will suck you into his world,
while the music will infect your soul and give
you an itch to get up and dance. Heard together,
the effect is intense and hypnotic. Trudell, a
Santee Sioux Indian who was active in the American
Indian movement in the 1970s, may be outside the
Top 40 radar, but he has many well-known supporters.
Angelina
Jolie serves as executive producer on Bone Days.
Jackson Browne produced one of his earlier albums,
and Bob Dylan praised Trudell's AKA Grafitti Man
album. Dylan ought to give Bone Days a listen,
as should anyone looking for something unflinchingly
real in the normally plastic world of pop music.
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