Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
Some raw, powerful, straight up garage-country from this incredible Navajo band out of New Mexico. They were one of the first "Chapterhouse Bands", a name coined by ethnomusicologist Kristina Jacobsen "to denote the first generation of Navajo bands to play popular music". They were apparently hugely popular in their day and according to the liner notes "were the number one band on the Window Rock Reservation", the seat of government and capital of the Navajo Nation. This is one of the greatest record I've found in a long time. This song was co-written and originally performed by Johnny Horton, but The Fenders absolutely make it their own. Truly amazing. Hear the whole album here: youtu.be/pmm2R_95pyk?si=-dFvuEwToKrZ-3Ku
Some raw, powerful, straight up garage-country from this incredible Navajo band out of New Mexico. They were one of the first "Chapterhouse Bands", a name coined by ethnomusicologist Kristina Jacobsen "to denote the first generation of Navajo bands to play popular music". They were apparently hugely popular in their day and according to the liner notes "were the number one band on the Window Rock Reservation", the seat of government and capital of the Navajo Nation. This is one of the greatest record I've found in a long time. This song was co-written and originally performed by Johnny Horton, but The Fenders absolutely make it their own. Truly amazing. Hear the whole album here: youtu.be/pmm2R_95pyk?si=-dFvuEwToKrZ-3Ku
