1-CD with 68-page booklet, 27 tracks. Playing time approx. 68 mns

Peter La Farge, Indian activist, folksinger, Korean War veteran and rodeo bull rider, lived a lot in his 33 years. He is best remembered for writing Ballad Of Ira Hayes, a 1964 hit for Johnny Cash which chronicled the tragic death of a national War hero.

This 27-song collection reissues the entirety of two 1964-65 La Farge Folkways albums primarily concerned with the plight of Native Americans. (The original Ballad Of Ira Hayes appears here). No great shakes as singer or guitarist, La Farge was nonetheless an articulate spokeman for his people whose eloquent, angry songs evinced a sensibility decidedly ahead of its time.

Track Listing

• Ballad Of Ira Hayes
• Johnny Half-Breed
• Radioactive Eskimo
• The Crimson Parson
• Move Over, Grab A Holt
• Gather Round
• If I Could Not Be An Indian
• Drums
• White Girl
• I'm An Indian, I'm An Alien
• Stampede
• Please Come Back Abe
• War Whoop
• Father, Oh My Father
• Look Again To The Wind
• As Long As The Grass Shall Grow
• Damn Redskins
• Tecumseh
• Take Back Your Atombomb
• Vision Of A Past Warrior
• Coyote, My Little Brother
• Alaska
• Custer
• The Trail Of Tears
• Hey, Mr. President
• The Touriste
• Last Words

Additional Details

Label: Bear Family Records

Genre: Folk

Run Time: 68 mins

Release Date: 01/02/07

UPC: 4000127156266