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Indigenous — Things We Do
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merkin_muffley
(Down the rabbit hole.....)
Posted: Jan 09, 2013 - 02:04
 
Wow that was good. All the comment will make me investigate more.

coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Nov 07, 2012 - 08:16
 
Awesome to hear this fine band again on RP!  The Spirit soars! 
We are CELEBRATING here in Colorado today — High Times indeed!

lily34
(GTFO)
Posted: Nov 07, 2012 - 08:05
 
 Tireux_De_Roche wrote:
They certainly sound like they'd be an awesome Big Head Todd cover band. Good song.
 
that's who i was thinking it was until i looked.

vnoyce
(Tucson, AZ)
Posted: Oct 06, 2012 - 22:54
 
Fantastic Native American band, great blues guitar. Perfect for Columbus Day! (get stuffed, Columbus){#Drummer}

hidey
Posted: Oct 06, 2012 - 22:51
 
Ooh, I can't stand this style of constipated singing.

DanO-1
(Sandia Park, New Mexico)
Posted: Sep 05, 2012 - 09:42
 
 shellbella wrote:
Love this band!!  {#Yes}
 
Yup, more please.

shellbella
(so california)
Posted: Sep 05, 2012 - 09:39
 
Love this band!!  {#Yes}

TJS
(Bradley, Il)
Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 12:11
 
Love the guitar work!

xtalman
(What dimension?)
Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 12:10
 
Man I haven't heard these guys in years.  Have to re explore my old CD I bought at a show after seeing them in Iowa years ago.

audiophelia
(Pennsylvania)
Posted: Nov 25, 2011 - 07:54
 
Such a GOOD album! Very worth listening to the whole thing. Love this band! Quite underrated!

coloradojohn
(still Setagaya-ku, Tokyo; will be back in the HIGHEST State in 2012!)
Posted: Oct 24, 2011 - 17:28
 
I was lucky enough to have seen Indigenous at a small venue in Boulder in late 2001, and I was blown away by the guitar work — at times which strongly screamed of Robin Trower and SRV — and the vocal stylings a la Todd Park Mohr of BHTM, and I believe the association with Kenny Wayne Shepherd came to mind more than a few times.  I figured to be blessed to be able to stand in front of anyone who can channel and handle such gods as them in their jams, and I'm happy to hear the music again here on RP...


Alexandra
(Here and Now)
Posted: Oct 24, 2011 - 17:24
 
 inmanart wrote:
Mato Nanji is one hell of a guitar player....Soulful & Blues inspired.....I have been blessed with the chance to catch both SRV & Buddy Guy perform .......if you like their guitar style 
 
I actually thought that WAS Stevie on some recording from when he was still with us! Wow!

inmanart
Posted: Mar 24, 2009 - 07:14
 
Mato Nanji is one hell of a guitar player....Soulful & Blues inspired.....I have been blessed with the chance to catch both SRV & Buddy Guy perform .......if you like their guitar style or Kenny Wayne Shep & Robin Trower....give Mato a listen. He looks a little like Todd Parr from Big Head Todd, and yes some of the slower songs are similar.... but they are different in their guitar styles.....Mato is more of a Blues/Rock type axman, with a clean raw edge. You can tell he grew up listening to Hendrix & SRV.... saw Indigenous live once about 5 years ago and will try and catch them again next time they hit So Cal.

If you liked SRV's Little Wing cover......give Mato's cover of Hendrix's Red House a listen 

p.s. While writing this review I just looked up his current tour schedule and see he's playing with Buddy Guy in the northeast US in the coming months Spring/Summer 2009....great matchup!
Indig is so much deeper and bluesy than The Things We Do (a good tune) would lead you to believe.....



stratrjb
Posted: Oct 20, 2006 - 11:48
 
Tireux_De_Roche wrote:
They certainly sound like they'd be an awesome Big Head Todd cover band.

Good song.


That's who I thought this was...even the instruments/mix sound like BHT...
favrood
(Somewhere between here and there)
Posted: Oct 20, 2006 - 11:45
 
I've been wondering if RP had any Indigenous in their library. Glad to hear it. This is a great album. Circle might be better though.
Tireux_De_Roche
(Central Massachusetts)
Posted: Oct 20, 2006 - 11:45
 
They certainly sound like they'd be an awesome Big Head Todd cover band.

Good song.
jablan
(Belgrade, Serbia)
Posted: Sep 21, 2006 - 03:46
 
Great guitar work!
t-kizzle
(in between the mountains and the beach (but can't see either))
Posted: Sep 06, 2006 - 12:38
 
Sounds like BHTM? Maybe a little. I guess that's why I'm diggin' it.

Krispian
(Vancouver, BC)
Posted: Sep 06, 2006 - 12:36
 
Indigenous = Ingenious!
StellarSwarm
(Indianapolis, IN)
Posted: Aug 08, 2006 - 07:16
 
I'm not saying this is horrible by any means...but I am amazed by the amount of 7's and 8's this has received. Then again, I see several comparisons to Big Head Todd & the Monsters and I also hear Los Lobos and The Why Store in there...none of which I like(d). I guess this just sounds a little distilled to me.
jruhnke
(Houston, TX)
Posted: Aug 08, 2006 - 07:04
 
jruhnke wrote:
When this started playing, I thought it was some bonus or forgotten track from "Sister Sweetly" by Big Head Todd and the Monsters. I would have sworn or bet big money that this was by them. It's uncanny.
Well, shame on me--I've been fooled a second time. This is the first I've heard this in about a year, and once again I thought it was BHT!!! :)
tangent
(ft lauderdale, fl)
Posted: May 12, 2006 - 13:12
 
I saw these guys back in the 1997 or thereabouts at an Indigo Girls concert.. They were impressive then. Glad to see they aren't just a flash in the pan.
Mugro
(Lane Village, Red Sox Nation)
Posted: Apr 13, 2006 - 10:19
 
I just clicked the link to buy this song through itunes, and ended up buying two Indigenous albums! Bill, I hope you see something from it!
strick
(Syracuse- your sympathy accepted...)
Posted: Feb 13, 2006 - 15:03
 
ditto- sounds great

Mugro wrote:

I thought it was BHT too before I looked at the playlist. That is not a bad thing, though!!

olsaltybastard
Posted: Dec 02, 2005 - 17:12
 
Guitar has that instantly identified Fender Stratocaster sound.

Pretty good song.
DJac
(Seattle)
Posted: Nov 03, 2005 - 10:34
 
My guess was Los Lobos... some nice guitar work and vocals. Had to check and then.. oh yea, i remember them... heard them a while back and then not much airplay. Nice! Love the family thing! (Wish my brother and I had gotten together; sister couldn't sing squat however.) And such a befitting name!
D'Jac

Mugro
(Lane Village, Red Sox Nation)
Posted: Sep 20, 2005 - 09:43
 
jruhnke wrote:
When this started playing, I thought it was some bonus or forgotten track from "Sister Sweetly" by Big Head Todd and the Monsters. I would have sworn or bet big money that this was by them. It's uncanny.


I thought it was BHT too before I looked at the playlist. That is not a bad thing, though!!
SCprof
(South Carolina)
Posted: Sep 20, 2005 - 09:43
 
The first time I heard them I also thought they sounded an awful lot like Big Head Todd. Big Head Todd fans have been trying to get them to tour with Indigenous. I heard they did play together in some places. I'm just sorry I missed it if it did happen. What a great combination that would be!
jruhnke
(Houston, TX)
Posted: Aug 21, 2005 - 16:53
 
When this started playing, I thought it was some bonus or forgotten track from "Sister Sweetly" by Big Head Todd and the Monsters. I would have sworn or bet big money that this was by them. It's uncanny.
chathambing
(Amherst, MA)
Posted: Jul 08, 2005 - 06:38
 
Dave Matthews + Stevie Ray Vaughan
bairdc
Posted: Jun 23, 2005 - 13:34
 
SuperWeh wrote:
play "rest of my days" sometime....


Absolutely, "Rest of My Days" is the roll-down-your-windows, crank-it-up and play over and over kind of song that used to make me wonderfully crazy - his voice is phenom
Platypus
(here, now)
Posted: Jun 08, 2005 - 20:32
 
good stuff. definitely has a strong Big Head Todd flavor to it, though...

amg wrote:
The Native American blues-rock group Indigenous consists of three brothers, Mato Nanji (vocals and guitar), Pte (bass), and Horse (percussion), and their sister, Wanbdi (drums, vocals). The Nakota Nation members grew up on South Dakota's Yankton Indian Reservation and were inspired by their father, Greg Zephier, who had been a musician in the '60s and '70s and later became a spokesperson for Native American rights. The group released their 1998 debut album Things We Do on Pachyderm Records; the video for the title track was directed by Chris Eyre, who also directed the award-winning Native American film Smoke Signals. The group released Blues This Morning EP and Live at Pachyderm Studios in 1999, while winning acclaim from critics and artists like Bonnie Raitt, the Indigo Girls and Jackson Browne. The Circle followed in 2000.

ploafmaster
(Richmond, VA)
Posted: May 10, 2005 - 13:08
 
HOLY CRAP!!! I haven't heard this song in years...last I heard this was in high school on Farmville, VA's dinky rock station, 101.3 the X!!!

Crazy! Good song, though :-)
stickittotheman
(schmocation.)
Posted: Feb 11, 2005 - 07:46
 
Mato Nanji can wail. Seriously, the dude can play.
rah
Posted: Jan 27, 2005 - 14:26
 
i've been sitting here thinking this sounded familiar, and came to find out it was indigenous -- i have heard them on the radio in AGES!
Mikey
(Brain dead in O-HI-O)
Posted: Jan 27, 2005 - 14:25
 
The best Indian Blues Band ever. No one come close. No competition. No comparison.


lotus_65
(here, in somebody else's paradise...)
Posted: Jan 12, 2005 - 20:34
 
yea, i saw them at the taste of mn. they didn't do well. but this is a great song.
ObsidianInfinity
(Rochester, NY)
Posted: Jan 12, 2005 - 20:32
 
music like this....why i love America
JCEntMan
(Land Of Cold and Snow)
Posted: Dec 14, 2004 - 07:59
 
Saw them open for the Indigo Girls back in the mid 1990s (1995?). To say they sucked would be an understatement. They sound much better here and from the comments it appears I just caught them on an off night (or maybe early in their career when they were still rough around the edges?).
GregX59
(Omaha, NE)
Posted: Nov 29, 2004 - 13:58
 
They're from South Dakota, so around here we've been digging them for years. They just keep getting better. I'm glad they're finally getting some of the attention and recognition they deserve.
ANNE_MARIE
(The Ozark Mountains)
Posted: Nov 29, 2004 - 13:52
 
SRV must be so pleased with the way this group is progressing.

loads of talent and passion!
valerama
Posted: Nov 29, 2004 - 13:48
 
It would be great to hear more from these guys. Have seen them a couple of times and they're even better live. Mato is the real deal!!!
DD Avatard
(NY)
Posted: Nov 29, 2004 - 13:43
 
Nice groove
ptooey
(Out there. Way out there.)
Posted: Nov 29, 2004 - 13:42
 
Wow, what a nice surprise. Saw them open for Dylan in 2000 or so, and they put on a helluva good live show.
emangevine
(Charlottesville, VA)
Posted: Oct 31, 2003 - 10:04
 
They just played our outdoor "Blues & Brews" fest here in Charlottesville, and it was incredible. I've never seen anyone in person who could play the Hendrix & Stevie Ray Vaughn riffs so effortlessly. Damn good group.
SuperWeh
(Delft)
Posted: Jun 30, 2002 - 06:27
 
play "rest of my days" sometime....
Skid_Mark
([RPT+3] Muskegon, MI)
Posted: Apr 26, 2002 - 09:17
 
Originally Posted by lily33:
i'm really diggin this hard.
skid_mark, thanks for uploading this!


I'm glad you like it -- with all the great tunes you've uploaded, it feels good to return the favor...
lily33
(Uniontown (uploads in bio, RP+3), PA)
Posted: Apr 05, 2002 - 18:01
 
i'm really diggin this hard.
skid_mark, thanks for uploading this!
the_jake
(Secret Hideaway)
Posted: Mar 05, 2002 - 13:32
 
Originally Posted by Dr._Johnson_Burn:
Superb! Sounds a bit like Big Head Todd & the Monsters..


I agree with the BHTM comparison.
Enjoyed this tune and want to hear more from Indigenous.
Like the way the name fits.

Dr._Johnson_Burn
(Norman, OK)
Posted: Mar 05, 2002 - 13:29
 
Superb! Sounds a bit like Big Head Todd & the Monsters..