This song was a part of my childhood growing up. I never knew much about them but when I was 7 (1974)…my sister was watching Midnight Special and to see them…you didn’t forget. Then in 2014, the Marvel film Guardians of the Galaxy came out and the song was part of my son’s childhood. It is a very good pop song from the 1970s. They were the first Native American band to have a top 5 hit.
Native American brothers Patrick and Candido “Lolly” Vasquez-Vegas were born in Coalinga, California. The brothers played with Oscar Peterson at the Monterey Jazz and Pop Festival before relocating to Los Angeles in 1963. They were serious musicians. They started to play around on the Vegas Strip.
They opened for Lenny Bruce, as well as Richard Pryor while writing and playing on records by Tina Turner, Sonny & Cher, James Brown, Little Richard, and Elvis ( on the soundtrack to the film “Kissin’ Cousins”), among other recording artists.
Jimi Hendrix saw them play and was knocked out. Jimi stated that Lolly Vegas was the best guitarist he had ever heard and suggested that they create a band. Knowing they were Native Americans, Jimi suggested a name that reflected their roots. The name that Jimi suggested was “Redbone”, a Cajun term for a mixed-race person.
The Vegas brothers met guitarist Tony Bellamy, and collaborated on the Jim Ford album “Harlan County”. The trio hired drummer Pete DePoe and signed with Epic Records in 1969.
Come and Get Your Love peaked at #5 on the Billboard 100 and #25 in Canada in 1974. The song has recently gained a new following by being on the “Guardians of the Galaxy” soundtrack. The band was not a one-hit wonder though. They had one other top 40 hit called The Witch Queen of New Orleans.
Hail (hail)
What’s the matter with your head, yeah
Hail (hail)
What’s the matter with your mind
And your sign an-a, oh-oh-oh
Hail (hail)
Nothin’ the matter with your head
Baby find it, come on and find it
Hail, with it baby
Cause you’re fine
And you’re mine, and you look so divine
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Hail (hail)
What’s the matter with you feel right
Don’t you feel right baby
Hail, oh yeah
Get it from the mainline, all right
I said-a find it, find it
Go on and love it if you like it, yeah
Hail (hail)
It’s your business if you want some, take some
Get it together baby
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love, now
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love, now
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love, now
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love, now
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Hail (hail)
What’s the matter with you feel right
Don’t you feel right baby
Hail (hail), all right
Get it from the main vine, all right
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. la, la
Come and get your love
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. woohoo
Come and get your love
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. la, la
Come and get your love
La, na, na, na, na, na, da, boom
Come and get your love
La, da boom, boom, boom, ta, daba, boom, boom
Come and get your love
La, la, la, la, la, la
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This is a very decent song, which I didn’t really know anything about.
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I didn’t know Jimi Hendrix named them. I checked in multiple places and all agree.
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For some reason. I think I heard that before.
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A good song I remember well but I like the CCR-like ‘Witch Queen of New Orleans’ even more. Certainly they put on a memorable performance!
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That performance stuck in my head as a 7 year old. How I remember that I don’t know. I’ve always liked it…that is one thing about the Marvel movies that I have liked…it introduced this music to a new generation.
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Pretty good jam tune Come And Get Your Love actually is Max.
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Such a great tune! No idea there was a Hendrix connection. A shame we didn’t get more from them. I actually didn’t know what a “redbone” was until now. Live and learn.
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I didn’t either…I looked up the definition just to be sure. I had no clue of the Hendrix connection either or that they went back that far.
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We always stayed up late (or came home in time 😏) to watch The Midnight Special. It was a great way to see bands when your parents wouldn’t let you buy concert tickets!
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I do remember it barely and this performance I remember well. I’ve told you before…I so wish I would have grown up when you did.
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This has a very nice foot shuffling groove, I remember it but not the way it has such a lot going on, but still sounds cohesive and -dare I say it?- groovy.
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Groovy is allowed here…
It does have such a strong seventies sound…I see split level houses and multicolor garage doors when I hear music like this.
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Or is that too American?
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Nah, we get American culture and architecture from My Three Sons through the Brady Bunch to the Santa Clarita Diet and beyond..!
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Oh the Brady Bunch…I would buy that house now if possible.
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What a great tune this is… always been a favorite of mine…
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I love that effect on guitar that will pop up in some songs from that time.
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John…what was that effect? It sounds like an electric sitar…but it’s probably from a box
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Some kind of a fuzz tone, I believe…
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Ok…I’ve heard it on some other songs.
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I did a search and someone suggested it was a flanger, others say they used a Coral electric sitar. Take your pick…
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I would love to record something with that effect…I’ll play with a flanger… getting a Coral won’t happen but I’m sure I’ll stumble across it.
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Once again, nuggets from Max. I had no idea these guys were Native Americans, and what a great song. If they knocked out Hendrix, then they had to be great.
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Hey Phil…just wondering something…do you know what guitar effect that is at the beginning of this song? It sounds like an electric sitar but I’m sure not everyone used that…I was thinking it might have been an effect…a lot of records had it.
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It might be an electric guitar sitar. Some company made them for a short while, but there was also a sustain unit back then that you could get a similar effect.
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I think I could find a plugin I guess…I bet it was a sustain unit…thanks Phil!
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I’m in the Holiday Inn lounge all week.
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Now that is cool…is a band playing?
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1960s Dan Electro Bell Coral Electric Sitar, great instrument, it’s on youtube.
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I’ll take a look…I would love to have it. Thanks Phil
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When I read the title, I knew I knew that song, though I didn’t remember the name Redbone. Great tune! Also interesting to learn about Redbone’s background.
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This is a true blast from the past. I don’t know when I last heard it. Maybe Guardians of the Galaxy. 🙂 I was a tween when this was on the radio, and it got played a lot. I was a babysitter on weekends in those years, and Midnight Special was one of the only things on TV that late at night. I don’t remember if I saw Redbone on there, but there’s every chance I did. Hearing it now really takes me back.
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It does me also…and of course I remember it on AM radio throughout the decade. I’ll never forget that Midnight Special episode of that…
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Didn’t know it at all. I like it.
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I was just listening to this song last night! I love it!
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Cool! Thanks for stopping by!
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The first video is fantastic art. Yes, this song is part of Airplay Nirvana. I learned a lot about Redbone from your post, Max. Thanks for digging deep and sharing what you found, as always 🙂
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Lisa…you have a good night…I’m starting to get sleepy…thanks for reading!
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goodnight my friend
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Always did love that song.
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love this, but love Witch Queen Of New Orleans more, that was a UK number 2 in 1971 after I’d got back from Singapore and it sounded really exciting and throbbing. I was so glad Guardians brought Redbone back from obscurity, this is heard everywhere these days but was unknown in the UK (except for US chart followers like me) until Marvel did the favour.
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Yea I’m happy about the movie doing that as well…I didn’t think I would like it and I took my son to it at the time…I liked it better than any other Marvel movie.
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