Vincent Neil Emerson | "The Ballad of the Choctaw-Apache" | Western AF
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- Vincent Neil Emerson | "The Ballad of the Choctaw-Apache"
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Off of the new record, Vincent Neil Emerson plays "The Ballad of the Choctaw-Apache" from his self-titled album.
We got to meet VNE this summer in Nashville for a La Honda Records showcase. It was wonderful to finally meet the maestro of "Sad Boy" songs. The new record is amazinginging and you too can hear this masterpiece where music is streamed.
Among other things, it's a crying shame to see such little representation from indigenous in the country music world. We hope this song can pave the way to more Native songwriters to come and be apart of our channel.
It's been a privilege getting to know VNE and we're happy to debut this video.
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Although we may ignore it, we are truly in the midsts of an alternative/"americana"/folk-oriented/"southern gothic" country renaissance. I'm happy to say my generation has VNE, Colter, Crockett, Arman, Ferrell, Childers, Simpson, and Zach Bryan carry the torch of the true American sound.
love sierra 👍
Don't forget John Moreland!
@@fipbip2794 I forgot other artists in my list that make that quality music such as Mike and The Moonpies and Flatland Cavalry.
Really just wanted to tell you how much it warms my heart to see someone else use the term “southern gothic”
You forgot Benjamin Tod
As a Native I greatly appreciate this song and thank you for speaking the truth!!! ✊🏼 Osiyo✊🏼
Thank you for this song, Vincent. My mother's family was displaced by the Texas government. My grandfather helped the government locate and remove old pioneer and Native America graves. He also told them to get the timber out of there as soon as possible because he had seen how fast the creeks had risen during rain storms. Of course they didn't listen and almost to this day you can still see the tops of trees sticking out of the lake's surface. The anger of some of the residents is still palatable. When one of my uncles, who has sadly passed on, was asked if he wanted to go a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the dam's construction, he asked if he could bring dynamite.
Came to see Americans with sandy blonde beards and blue eyes writing novellas about the squaw back in their family tree and how de white man is de debil for providing the electricity that you're all hopelessly addicted to by building a dam.
10/10 so far.
@@Alternate_Titles What is wrong with you my guy
@@montanawalker8819 This is a goldmine of Amerimutt cringe my guy.
You realize this is concentrated humor for the rest of us I am sure.
Morbidly obese "Native American" complaining about muh dam and muh lands between happy meals? It is the stuff of comedy programs.
You’re talking about my grandfather. He left the tribe and moved us to New Caney. I’ve filled out my enrollment papers yesterday. I’m coming home.
I moved to North America many years ago from Eastern Europe and raised my kids here. I love Vincent’s songs, particularly this one.
The epitome of "three chords and the truth" country. Been a fan of VNE for a long time now, but I think this is the best song he's done. You can feel how much it means to him, and that always means good music. Thank y'all so much for bringing us this version.
Cringe pfp
I counted at least 4 chords ;-)
good song, cousin! the northern Choctaw Apache in Arkansas supports you!
You're cousin wrote a good song.
As a Cajun descendant and native of Louisiana, as well as a former resident of Texas, he is right. No one really talks about what happened to the Native American Tribes in Louisiana or East Texas.
It is great to see this topic brought up in such a fantastic song.
Orange Texas here.
@@garrisonkelley7053 Currently Ascension Parish, by way of EBR Parish, and Harris County.
You’re not alone in this fight. It’s inspiring to see someone singing these tales.
See, i’m not Choctaw Apache, but i’m from a part of rural Northern California that’s facing similar struggles. When the feds came in here in the early 1900s, there was no lobbying power to fight them. They took our cities and the tribes cultural cites- and they drowned them.
A city of 10,000 people (Kennett CA) was forced out, now sits under hundreds of feet of stolen water. The winnemem wintu (14k) forced out of their homes, faced a cultural genocide when unable to maintain their livelihood anywhere else. The list goes on…
Now today, our river beds run dry because of all the water they have taken. They’ve killed the salmon that are sacred to our surrounding tribes. The townships are running out of water, and the state is decreasing our allowance from the lakes they built from our rivers. People are unable to afford their water bills in an area so once so bountiful.
We need to speak up. This needs to stop.
One of the best songs put out this year.
No working artist or lyricist quite like VNE. This song stopped me dead in my tracks when I heard it off his new album - shivers down my spine! Didn’t know this part of history even existed. Wish more folks would give this man a listen!
And as always, absolutely gorgeous production value, WesternAF!
God bless Vincent and everyone keeping the old sound and stories alive
Having grown up in the area this was written about and being a descendant of that tribe, this is powerful stuff. I'm glad someone is singing about it.
Hi Cuz! Registered tribal member of the Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb here! You've got a great voice!
Goddamn yes. Love this. Dislikes are from people who don’t want to open their eyes
White man: Builds dam, floods valley, provides electricity to entire area. Builds hospitals, schools, roads, restaurants, etc.
Obese Injun 2020: Despite my clear addiction to the refrigerator and fast food restaurants, and my obvious lack of ability to survive without air conditioning and regular medical treatment, I'm going to complain about this whole dam situation. Because my ancestors, who would have been disgusted by my very appearance much less my total domestication, had to move to build the dam that allowed me to become the lump of shit I am today.
Amerifats 2021: Like, open your eyes, man. If you don't like the fat indian's song you're, like, ignorant, man. Like, yeah. Like. Wow.
Seriously climb up on something high and jump.
Saw him play it at a small record store show… powerful song
In Iowa?
@@nickh7557 yes sir
Excellent song and incredible storytelling for folks who don't have as much a voice. AHO!
Aho
This song brought tears to my eyes and chills to my bones. I could feel the emotions and see the heartache and pain.
Aho. Bless up to the elders and ancestors who struggled and struggle
Incredibly powerful song, absolutely love this one!
Chords and lyrics below folks, have fun playing! Formatted on Ultimate Guitar in a few hours as well
Capo on 4, Standard tuning
Intro Am G Am / Am G Am
Verses Am C G Am / G Am G Am / G C G F / Am G Am G Am (repeat everything once)
Chorus F C G Am / F C G / F C G Am / G Am
Interlude Am G Am / Am G Am
Interlude 2 Am C G Am / G Am G Am / G C G F / Am G Am G Am
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Well the East Texas wind was whistlin' through the pines
And I followed it down to Lousiane
There is a tribe and it ain't too hard to find
Where the rich man came and flooded all the land
They had no mercy on the people old and young
They were blinded by the silver on their tongues
All the land that they take, just to build themselves a lake
Well it ain't worth all the lives that you forsake
[Chorus]
Well 180,000 acres of ancestral land
That Sabine river bottom, flooded by the dam
I am a proud Choctaw-Apache man
But it just don't mean a thing to the faces in your hand
[Interlude]
[Verse 2]
Well back in 1963 the land of the proud, the brace and the free
But it ain't that way for everyone you see
They washed out the land so be careful where you stand
Like a boulder fallin' on a grain of sand
Well I hope that dirty reservoir was worth all the lives you scarred
And the people you left hangin' out to dry
Well lord knows that tried their best to turn the tide
But there ain't no sense in waitin' 'round to die
[Chorus]
Well 180,000 acres of ancestral land
That Sabine river bottom, flooded by the dam
I am a proud Choctaw-Apache man
But it just don't mean a thing to the faces in your hand
[Interlude]
[Verse 3]
Well my granny was a native from the parish of Sabine
And she raised her children the best way she knew how
They lived off the earth back before the times of dearth
They counted on the seed and the plow
But the crops they all drowned in the water rushin' down
Only 25 bucks an acre they were paid
Well you take away their homes, then you claim what you don't own
Well I guess it's still the American way
[Chorus]
Well 180,000 acres of ancestral land
That Sabine river bottom, flooded by the dam
I am a proud Choctaw-Apache man
But it just don't mean a thing
No it just don't mean a thing
Well it just don't mean a thing
To the faces in your hand
[Outro]
Thank ya kindly Man. Much appreciated.
Thank you so much for this!
P.s. it's Sabine River Bottom
Either way great tabs
@@ethanchristie4207 You're absolutely right, corrected it. Thanks!
A masterclass in imagery and metaphor!
🙌
I’m a simple man, I see VNE, I like.
Yeah man! I was clicking like as I pressed play. This one's so good I would like it twice.
he's such a talented songwriter; from hilarious songs that will have you laughing throughout to haunting existential pondering to celebrations of his cultural heritage, he has an incredible range and soaring talent
From one writer to another, this guy is something else. He’s an amazing song writer for sure
i would pay any amount to hear vincint sing jolene
Big round of applause to this young man, gave us indigenous a voice. Aho 🪶
One of my favorite country western artists. Can listen to his albums straight through.
This is the best song that's been on here in a long time and he's got a great natural voice.
My granny's land is a state park now she was Cherokee outta West Virginia songs means alot to me as well
Wich one brother
@@Ricks90 twin falls state park I believe some of the family still stay around the outside of the park
muleskinner1975 Beech Fork state park (WV) took ours. Lots of history and graves destroyed so city people had a place to walk their fuzzy little dogs and pull in high dollar campers.
@@muleskinner1975 i got ya sham its not in ur family still but atleast it ain't row houses
❤️ to all my native people out there, I love yah.
Wow. VNE was already one of my favourite young artists...this brought a tear to my eye. Thank you Vincent and Western AF.
It is a beautiful song, which is what most people are commenting on. But, having Cherokee Indian blood I truly understand the place in your heart where the words and origin of the song came from. It’s easy for people to forget and brush aside the raw deals and treatment that were forced upon all Native Americans.
I’m proud that you took the time to remind us all.
Lol. They love the electricity that warms up the terrible food and keeps the alcohol cold, but they also love to complain about the source of the electricity and the people who provide it to them.
So fake hahaha, you're all so damn fake.
Been stuck on this song for a week now. Cant get over how he presents it
The flute in the studio version is breathtaking
Incredible. You have made a lifelong fan Vincent Neil Emerson. My family is from NM and my grandfather and his siblings were stolen from his parents (Mescalero Apache) and sent to a Boarding School, they were returned eventually but were beaten and even permanently disabled. It has hurt our family so much over the decades.
IMA 8th Generation SHELBY COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE! THANK YOU FOR WRITING THIS ✍️
I could feel my abused ancestors pushing their emotions through me during this. Thank you for writing this 💜
Your a good man. Blessings to you and yourn... for what it's worth....
Keepin country music alive!
This is what we need in country music. Thank you VNE
Vincent, I just "found you" over on the IG channel. Know some folks up in Ebarb. Y'all got them good tamales too.
Need more of theses stories
Hearing quite a bit of Dolly Parton's "Jolene" in this
Dude, yeah
Aaabsolutely!
That’s folkXcountry music for ya
I’m hearing the “Night the lights went out in Georgia as well.
As a Choctaw i love it. I didn't know he was Choctaw as well. Just heard a few song before i knew. I like him then and better now.
Oh good, it's back on! I was worried when it was temporarily taken back down.
Good effort Neil. U shoudl be proud of this song, and the empathy in your heart. Good move doing songs about social order in your style that is growing in maturity and depth. Good job.
Brother that it dont mean a thing to the faces in your hand woah nice simple but deep. Love this
Stumbled on to your channel from a recommended vid on RadioWV. Gotta thank the algorithm when it provides gold! So happy to have found not only you, but Vincent among many others! Take my sub and I look forward to what the future holds!
Nice to hear a song with true meaning… great stuff thanks
Shades of Townes in there with "waiting around to die." Fantastic work! Keep it up!
Saw him a couple of months before the pandemic began with Colter Wall. He was great. I’m glad to see him getting featured here.
Damn, this song is good!
Just listened to Seminole Wind and it has a similar story. Very moving.
Great song. He has a very Willie voice and delivery.
It reminds me of Blackjack County Chains.
My brother in law is choctaw. I met his grandmother maybe 20 years ago. She was over 90 then. She remembered the the men with their head dresses.
She said almost everyone that stayed out of the books made a good life for themselves. Those that stayed on the res saw the inverse.
Vincent is such a cool guy
Song Reminds me of when the tva did to a lot of ppl the same way.Tennessee has a lot of Cherokee land under water
This is great! Vincent continue what you’re doing.
Maannnnnnn gave me chills!!
"Well you take away their homes
and you claim what you don't own
Well I guess it's still the American Way."
Chilling.
A distant grandmother. Trail of tears it was passed down.
I talked to my grandmother on the phone yesterday 😂 she’s not distant.
Well sung sir. Very beautiful and heartfelt.
Ebarb, Converse, Zwolle, Toledo town, Circle Drive, man I've been all over that country fishing the Bend. Awesome song, bud thanks for sharing!
Townes runs strong through this one.
Damn fine song! 👍
I hear a Townes vibe in there - and not just the waiting around to die line. Got a hint of Marie on that intro.
Every good country song has a story
I’m actually from Toledo bend. This song is amazing.
Killed it, Vincent!
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Wow! That was soulful, beautiful and from the heart.
Righteous!
Woo! It's all great but the lyrics in that chorus are amazing.
Great voice... really like this!
From a proud apache, thank you
This was great
I could tell he’s native just by lookin at him lmao sending love from the Mohawks
I live in the town in Alabama called Huntsville part of the ancestral land for which my dad’s people were forced to walk to OK and loads died on the way and there is actually a whole road called Andrew Jackson (the man who did it)…America has done nothing but awful to native folks and I’m glad to hear a country song like this #landback
This is the voice to tell stories
Awesome song well done.
“You take away their homes and you claim what you don’t own, well I guess that’s still the American way” too true brother!
...they moved them, at the government's expense, to flood the valley, at the government's expense, to provide electricity to the entire half of the state.
Murray why aren't you smarter than this. What is the explanation for how dull you are.
Great song!! I’d love to see Bella White on CAF.
...to the faces in your hand! Damn.
Legend love the faces in your hand line.
My grandparents are Cherokee and Choctaw and I feel the sorry my people felt
I’m actually going to add this song to my set list. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Such a nice voice
real country right here
A great songwriter
Apache Pride! ✊
Navajo Nation! ✊️
Sad to think that us Native Americans were treated like shit back then. Around the same time as this song dictates, the Cornplanter Reservation of the Seneca was destroyed for the Kinzua Dam. I can definitely feel the pain.
Because America is so unique in taking people's land...
More VNE content please
Amazing work.
Well done- texas
Love the song. Definitely parts of it I get major Jolene vibes.
part of it sounds like "Jolene" put to different lyrics and just a different strumming feel
This slappppeeddddddd 🔥 🔥
I have those same Sansui speakers in the background there :)
There are parts of this I love - and there are parts I can't ignore the 'Jolene' chord progression/melody rip. It's all good fam.