Bless the People: Harmonized Peyote Songs
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Bless the People: Harmonized Peyote Songs is a studio album
by Verdell Primeaux
and Johnny Mike, released through Canyon Records
in 2001. The album contains twenty original songs, grouped into five tracks of four songs each. For the album, Primeaux and Mike won the 2002 Grammy Award
for Best Native American Music Album
, and were nominated for Best Duo/Group of the Year and Best Traditional Recording at the 2002 Native American Music Awards
.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by Verdell Primeaux
Verdell Primeaux
Verdell Primeaux is a Dakota Yankton/Ponca singer and songwriter in the Native American Church tradition of peyote songs, accompanied by rattle and water drum...
and Johnny Mike, released through Canyon Records
Canyon Records
Canyon Records of Phoenix, Arizona has produced and distributed Native American music for 56 years. Canyon was founded in 1951 by Ray and Mary Boley, who had opened the first recording studio in Phoenix, Arizona Recording Productions, in 1948...
in 2001. The album contains twenty original songs, grouped into five tracks of four songs each. For the album, Primeaux and Mike won the 2002 Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Native American Music Album
Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album
The Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality albums in the Native American music genre...
, and were nominated for Best Duo/Group of the Year and Best Traditional Recording at the 2002 Native American Music Awards
Native American Music Awards
The Native American Music Awards , commonly known as the Nammys, are an awards program presented annually by The Native American Music Association & Awards, which recognizes outstanding musical achievement among Native Americans...
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Track listing
- "Four Harmonized Peyote Songs – 1" (8:46)
- "Four Harmonized Peyote Songs – 2" (10:39)
- "Four Harmonized Peyote Songs – 3" (5:17)
- "Four Harmonized Peyote Songs – 4" (8:52)
- "Four Harmonized Peyote Songs – 5" (8:32)