Song selection

[WhoMe]

What songs do you sing:

1. Traditional tribal songs
2. New compositions from other drum groups
3. Your own drums' songs

If asked to start a song, do you have a favorite stand by? What is it?

[LSS]

What songs do you sing:

1. Traditional tribal songs
2. New compositions from other drum groups
3. Your own drums' songs

If asked to start a song, do you have a favorite stand by? What is it?

Good question!
I'll pull out any of the three above you mentioned.

I'm more familiar with some of the Ponca War Dance Songs as opposed to Pawnee, Kiowa, etc. I enjoy singing these song because of the similarities in our two languages. I was talking with a singer this past weekend and he was telling me how obscure these songs are. Some of my favorites are those composed by the late J. A. Clark.

[suthernwaterbird]

I sang them ones them make all them women LULU!!!! tha JAMMERS..because out of all the above there are some REAL goot ones, not necessarily the POPULAR ONES, the good songs that at some point were probably popular...make em LIKE IT! especially that WUN thong...cough song.

[Coyot_In_The_House]

The Starting Song!

Gawd!

[SmokeEater]

I typically try not to sing the last song that was sung in the rotation.... but on the other hand everyone is already familiar with the song.

[RedShield]

I can honestly say, of the three choices... all three... LOL.

You gotta sing them older songs, but there are a lot of good contemporary songs, and we sing about 15 songs of our own (which we keep adding to.)

The guy I learned a lot from always told me, sing the new songs, but you gotta sing them old ones too or they'll be lost.

[LSS]

I typically try not to sing the last song that was sung in the rotation.... but on the other hand everyone is already familiar with the song.

As always...you can always count on Ol' Smokey to point out truth!