The Chieftones

The Chieftones – The New Smooth and Different Sound (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 40:34 minutes | 592 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Numero Group

Billed as “Canada’s All Indian Band,” the Tsimshian Nation garage band The Chieftones stormed the U.S. in the mid-’60s with their own brand of native rock n’ roll. Led by guitarists Billy Thunderkloud and Albert Canadien, the band was filled out with Jack Wolf on lead guitar, Barry Clifford on bass, and Richard Douse on drums. Their repertoire was a heady mix of guitar instrumentals; Chet Atkins, Les Paul, Duane Eddy, and Brazil’s Los Indios Tabajaras, but through the lens of the American sock hop.

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