John Trudell -Aka Grafitti Man -Abkco CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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1.1 Rockin' the Res

1.2 Grafitti Man

1.3 Restless Situations

1.4 Wildfires

1.5 Baby Boom Che

1.6 Bombs Over Baghdad

1.7 Rich Man's War

1.8 Somebody's Kid

1.9 Never Never Blues

1.10 What He'd Done

1.11 Beauty in a Fade

1.12 Tina Smiled

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Trudell was one of the leaders for the Indian of All Tribes Occupation of Alcatraz in 1969, and went on to serve as Chairman of the American Indian Movement (AIM) from 1973-1979. On February 11, 1979, he burned an American flag on the steps of the F.B.I J. Edgar Hoover building in Washington D.C., explaining he'd been taught in the military to burn the flag once it had been desecrated; and the US government's treatment of Native Americans and it's classism and racism had desecrated the flag. About 12 hours after the flag incident, a fire "of suspicious origin" burned down Trudell's home on the Shoshone-Paiute reservation in Nevada, killing Trudell's pregnant wife, Tina, their three children and Tina's mother. The F.B.I. declined to investigate, and the blaze was officially ruled an "accident." After the fire, Trudell turned his tears into writing poetry and later, spoken word music and acting. A lifelong activist and human rights advocate, he was quoted as saying "I'm just a human being trying to make it in a world that is rapidly losing it's understanding of being human."

Thanks Jesse Ed Davis for his continued inspirations Jackson Browne for helping to carry the load Kris & Lisa Kristofferson for giving without question Bob Dylan for shining a light Also thanks to Robin Sedaka & Dylan & Shiloh Schatzkamer, Tina Eckstein, Dino Bulter, Faye Brown, Kelly Davis, Vivian Davis, W.K. Davis, Carol Eckstein, Kevin McCormick, Heather Rae, Karen Rudolph, Betty Billups and LaBar And for their support Mark Pinkus, David Orleans, Fred Croshal, Joel Rafael, Jody Graham-Dunitz, Steve Martin, Gary Gersh, Bob Wagstaff, John Grunder, Alan Singer, Mark Fitchett, Ed Wong, Michael Kurtz, Bill Irvin, Brian Porizek, Jimmy Brunetti, Cree and Buddha Miller For Tara, Wovoka, Danaj, Riel, Tenetke, Sage, Song, Star, Wisa, Tikaan, Johnny Elk, Coup and Cetan www.johntrudell.com www.johntrudellarchives.org ?©2017 INSIDE RECORDINGS. All rights reserved. Distributed by Alternative Distribution Alliance. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Packaged in paper bifold sleeve with 24 page booklet. INR42118 on spine. INR40114 in matrix runout.

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696751042118

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