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A well-known story told by Loudermilk is that when he was asked by the Viva!NashVegas radio show about the origins of the song "Indian Reservation," he fabricated the story that he wrote the song after his car was snowed in by a blizzard and he was taken in by a small group of Cherokee Indians. [7]
The circumstance of their meeting was later referred to in the tongue-in-cheek song "Legend of Paul Revere", recorded by the group. Lindsay joined Revere's band in 1958. Originally called the Downbeats, they changed their name to Paul Revere & the Raiders in 1960 on the eve of their first record release for Gardena Records.
A well-known story surrounding one of Loudermilk's songs is that, when he was asked by the Viva!NashVegas radio show about the origins of the Raiders' hit song "Indian Reservation", he fabricated the story that he wrote the song after his car was snowed in by a blizzard and he was taken in by Cherokee Indians.
The album contains nine cover songs and was recorded primarily with singer Mark Lindsay and session musicians. Lindsay was backed by members of The Wrecking Crew on the "Indian Reservation" single and initially considered releasing the song as a solo recording. No other members of the Raiders contributed to the track.
It was intended to be a solo recording for Lindsay, but for marketing purposes, the decision was made to release the song under the simple band name of "Raiders" with just Lindsay & Revere appearing on the track along with L.A. session players from the Wrecking Crew, and the song was retitled with a subtitle, "Indian Reservation (The Lament of ...
The band's popularity began to wane during the late 1960s, but in 1971 they released their first U.S. number one single, "Indian Reservation", a song written by John D. Loudermilk. [2] However, the band did not duplicate the song's success with any subsequent singles, and by 1975 Columbia Records abandoned the group. [2]
In 1959, Rainwater recorded another Loudermilk song, "The Pale Faced Indian". His original version went unnoticed, but later efforts by Don Fardon and Paul Revere & The Raiders under the title "Indian Reservation" were hits. Marvin recorded a number of songs with his little sister Patty Rainwater who was almost 12 years his junior.
In 1968, Allison joined Paul Revere & the Raiders as their bassist. Keith played on their albums Something Happening (1968), Hard ‘N’ Heavy (1969), Alias Pink Puzz (1969), Collage (1970), Indian Reservation (which included the song " Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian) ", which would become the group's first ...