High Mtn.Singers

An all star drumming group from the Blackfeet Reservation in northern Montana, the High Mountain Singers strive to carry the musical tradition of the Amskapi Pikuni (Southern Piegan) to all those who listen. The sixteen musical tracks on the CD feature two honor songs and a variety of traditional dance songs including Chicken Dance, Grass Dance, Old Style Straight, and Fast and Fancy.

Produced by Jack Gladstone, this CD also features spoken word introductions in Blackfeet (Siksika) and English.

Listen -- and feel the rhythm and voice of the ancient Blackfoot peoples.

High Mountain singers
    In the winter of 2001, members of various Blackfeet drum groups united their voices in song. The groups to which they belonged included Little Corner, Heart Butte, Two Medicine, Percy and the Boys, Spotted Eagle, Siksika Ramblers and Black Lodge. After performing at several pow wows, the group asked Blackfeet spiritual leader and elder George Kicking Woman for a name. George named the group "High Mountain Singers" after a sacred mountain bordering Glacier National Park and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.
    The Amskapi Pikuni (Southern Piegan) are part of the Blackfoot Confederacy. In their travels, the High Mountain Singers strive to carry the musical tradition of the Blackfoot Pikuni to all those who listen. Listen and feel the rhythm and voice of the ancient Blackfoot.
©2002 Hawkstone Productions and High Country Singers.
Cover Art by David Dragonfly.

Dedication:
    The Singers dedicate this recording to the inspiration of the elders, who through the old style of the grass dance, traced a musical trail that extends into today. Those elders are Paul Many Hides, Alfred and Dave Wells, Sr. , Bill Heavy Runner, Robert Many Hides, Sam Spotted Eagle, Mickey Double Runner, Joe and Henry Morning Gun, John "Buster" Yellow Kidney, Sam Young Running Crane, Jim Rider, Donald Choate, Joe Old Chief, Jim Weasel Tail, Floyd Rider, Pat Kennedy and John Little Dog, Sr.
    The Leaders of the High Mountain Singers are Clyde Heavy Runner, Thomas Big Spring, Jay Dusty Bull, Ken "E. T." Gopher and Clinton Croff. Other members include Ervin Spotted Eagle, Michael Heavy Runner, Byron Heavy Runner, Ray Croff, David Dragonfly, Morris Weasel Tail, Charles Eagle Speaker and Paul McEvers.

Recorded on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation / Feb. 2002
Engineered by Ron Reeves of Pro Audio Engineering, Kalispell, MT
Produced by Jack Gladstone and High Mountain Singers
Mastered by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO

HIGH MOUNTAIN SINGERS Traditional Blackfeet Music CD

HIGH MOUNTAIN SINGERS
Traditional Blackfeet Music CD