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Recently, I had the great experience of performing with Gabriel Ayala (Classical/Flamenco guitarist) at The Kennedy Center Millennium Stage,
Washington DC on Nov.8, 2007. Gabriel and myself are known as Two
Nations when we perform together. If you get a chance, check out our
myspace @ myspace.com/ayalaredhouse-you'll hear some great music
and some of the material that we performed at the Kennedy Center and
that will be on an upcoming CD that we will start recording in the near
future.For those of you who have never heard my music, I hope you take some
time to check out the unique sound that represents my life's journey. I am
an American Indian (Navajo) that was born and raised in Monterey, CA USA.
My father Rex Redhouse was the son of a Medicine man who was
revered in Indian country. After serving in the US Army during WWII
in the Pacific Theater (Philippine Islands) he would marry my mom, Maria
and raise his family in the San Francisco Bay Area.Someone wrote, "In the late 60's and early 70's, the San Francisco Bay
Area was buzzing with the energy of change. The air was electric with the
possibilities of revolution and transformation. Native American, African
Americans, hippies, students, and grass roots politicos were part of a
loose coalition determined to make the world a better place. A generation
had been galvanized and the heady scent of freedom filled the air. The
optimism and fervor that drove the Civil Rights and Anti-War movement
was also being felt culturally and especially musically. Folk and protest
music, psychedelic rock, funk, soul,blues and jazz became the soundtrack
of demonstrations. The Monterey Pop Festival and Woodstock provided
templates for the emerging tribal consciousness."I was just a child when Jimi Hendrix performed at the Monterey Pop Festival.
I remember listening to the sound of his music from the front yard of my
parent's home. Later, I remember listening to Steve Miller playing new
songs like, "Living In The USA" from outside the gymnasium at Monterey
Peninsula College- I was too young to get inside!All of my siblings got bit with the music bug. I started playing woodwinds at
the age of 7. I was blessed with having great music teachers and mentors
who inspired me to not only play music, but their example made me want to make music-to be a musician. In 2003, at 48 yrs. old and having come back
to music for basically my second or third career I had my first two albums
nominated for Grammys. It was and is a reminder to me that the gift that
we are given to share is never taken back. "The gifts and callings of God
are without repentance."Most of the recognition that I have gained is from what I have done on the
Traditional Native flute although the tenor saxophone was always my first
voice and sound. I really love Classical music and Jazz. What a contradiction of music it would seem. To me they are both beautiful musical languages that
demand great study and committment to be fluent and expressive. I believe
beyond the technique and cliches is a place where music becomes the song
that transcends all and is, the Universal language.
