Saturday, February 22, 2025

Redbone - The Witch Queen Of New Orleans / Message From A Drum (1971 us, soulful funky native rock, 2004 remaster)



The third "Redbone" album contains their second hit: "The Witch Queen of New-Orleans". Another great song, maybe one of the best in the whole Rock History. But the album is much more then that. Wonderful guitar parts, swirling around, overwhelming, taking you far ("Emotions"). 

James Flemming Rasmussen remembers : “It was Pat and Lolly Vegas, who hired me to produce the string session. Pat and Lolly were friends of mine, I had known them, since I first came to Hollywood, in 1965. Pat and Lolly were at that time, playing on a Club in Hollywood, and in the daytime, we went in the studio, trying to make some music together. Later in 1969, I produced a hit record “Echo Park”, with an artist called Keith Barbour. On that production, I hired the string session from LA symphony orchestra, and that way Pat and Lolly knew my work with strings. So a few years later, they recorded Witch Queen, then Pat they contacted me, to help them work with a string arrangement on that song.”
RedBone
Tracks
1. Message From A Drum (Pat Vegas) - 3:07
2. Niji Trance (Lolly Vegas, Pat Vegas, Tony Bellamy) - 3:26
3. The Sun Never Shines On The Lonely - 2:32
4. Maxsplivitz - 0:14
5. Emotions - 4:10
6. Jerico (Lolly Vegas, Pat Vegas) - 3:49
7. The Witch Queen Of New Orleans (Lolly Vegas, Pat Vegas) - 2:45
8. When You Got Trouble (Lolly Vegas, Pat Vegas) - 3:24
9. Perico - 0:15
10.Fate - 6:38
11.One Monkey - 4:05
12.Chant: 13th Hour (Pat Vegas) - 3:02
All songs by Lolly Vegas except where noted
Bonus Track 12

The Redbone
*Lolly Vegas - Lead Guitar, Vocals
*Tony Bellamy - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
*Pat Vegas - Bass, Vocals
*Pete DePoe - Drums, Percussion