“We wanted to showcase the culture, not just the band, so the story became a spiritual traveler who leaves home to explore a new world.” “We wanted to tell a bigger story here,” Bedolla says from Los Angeles. We are all longing for love.”Īpproaching the storyline of the film, Mexican producer and director Bedolla - who’s garnered two Emmy nominations and multiple Telly and Addy awards - found Oklahoma Native American artist Brent Learned through Instagram and asked him to help. When we say in the song ‘Come and get your love, get it from the main vine,’ that connects to Mother Earth. The song has a deeper meaning of a spiritual, religious and universal love. “Bringing our sound and our culture was the way to fight the good fight.
We were always fighting for recognition through our music,” he said. “Back then, we did what we had to do onstage to show our heritage. “The time has come!” 79 year-old Pat Vegas says from his studio in California, where he is keeping busy with new recordings. The single was certified gold, sold a million copies and is a pop radio classic. The genre-defying group mixes a unique blend of deep funk, Tex-Mex R&B, some soul and authentic Native American tribal beats.
Redbone was the first Native American band to achieve a Top 5 single on the Billboard Hot 100. The group’s core musicians, brothers Patrick and Candido “Lolly” Vasquez-Vegas, were born in Coalinga, California, moved to Los Angeles in 1959 and performed for a decade on the club scene as Pat and Lolly Vegas before founding Redbone. The band took its name from a Cajun term for multiracial individuals as its members have Yaqui, Shoshone and Mexican heritage. “Come and Get Your Love” was released as a single on Epic Records in January 1974. Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, has released a new music video for “Come and Get Your Love,” pulling in an Emmy-nominated director, Juan Bedolla, and an award-winning Native artist, Brent Learned, to create the visuals. In 2014, the mega-budget sci-fi film “Guardians of the Galaxy” used the song in a key opening scene and on the official soundtrack, garnering a whole new generation of fans.īut the infectious, bouncy song with a message of earthy and universal love never had an official video from the band. That clip begins with a powwow dancer performing in front of the band, introducing millions to a Native traditional dance they had most likely never seen before. As an enduring pop hit, Redbone’s “Come and Get Your Love” has had millions of plays on air and on YouTube with the pioneering rock band’s visually powerful performance on TV’s “The Midnight Special” in 1974, when the song was released.
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