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Profile GeneratorJim TwoFeathers is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist raised in upstate New York. He has entertained people for over 25 years. His influences have been John Denver, Gordon Lightfoot, Harry Chapin and Crosby, Stills and Nash.
Jim has played in many prestigious venues such as The State Theater, The Largo Cultural Center, and Ruth Eckerd Hall. In 2002, Jim was invited to Washington, DC, by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, to perform a song he had written called "Unsung Hero", for their 20th Anniversary Musical Tribute to The Wall. Jim was one of only 16 performers that day from all around the U.S. They performed on a stage in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the steps of The Reflecting Pool.
Jim's personal proudest moment came in 2006. He has always felt a deep connection to the Lakota people and has done charity work for them, and he is very knowlegable in Native American History. It was always a dream of his to one day be able to visit the Pine Ridge Reservation in S.D., and putting on a benefit concert for the Lakota. Also, he had always dreamed of being at the site of The Wounded Knee Massacre.
In order to fulfill this dream of his, Jim wrote a song called "The Road To Wounded Knee", and in three months time he raised $3,000 to make the trip. In September of 2006, Jim drove the 2000 miles to the Rez. There he put on a benefit show to benefit the Suann Big Crow Recreation Center. He also got to visit the sacred ground at Wounded Knee. His greatest moment of the entire journey came when he was accepted as a Lakota Brother to the Oglala Sioux Tribe. There he was given the name TwoFeathers. So proud was Jim, when he returned home he had his name legally changed to Jim TwoFeathers. He has always felt that "The blood that runs through the veins of the Lakota people is the same blood that runs through my heart".
Oglala Sioux Tribe
Song Biographies:
"Harry We Hardly Knew Ya"
I wrote this song in tribute to one of my idols, the late, great Harry Chapin. I loved Harry, the man, the storyteller, the poet, and the performer. Harry was one of the greatest storytellers of our time. He was also a great humanitarian in all of his work for world hunger. When I first heard his song "Taxi," I knew it was destined to become a classic. I was fortunate enough to meet Harry at one of his concerts and it was a great thrill for me.
"Unsung Hero"
I enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1968, and volunteered for service in Vietnam. All my friends were being sent there, and I didn't have a girl at the time to leave behind, so I thought it was the thing to do. I never got to Vietnam, as I was honorably discharged in 1969 for medical reasons. Some of my friends never came back. In 1990, I joined a newly formed group, the Suncoast Vietnam Veterans. I helped found and participate in a re-enactment of a patrol in Vietnam that we called "The Last Patrol," which inspired me to write this song. They quickly adopted this song as their lead intro for the re-enactment and they still use it to this day. It has been heard on radio and television, and my performance of the song in Washington for the 20th Anniversary of the Wall was broadcast on worldwide t.v. This song is a tribute to Veterans of all wars. God bless them all.
"The Road to Wounded Knee"
This song was written to honor the fallen at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, December 29th, 1890 and to raise money to visit the Pine Ridge Reservation & Wounded Knee, as well as to perform a benefit concert at SuAnne Big Crow Rec Center. SuAnne was a role model for teens on the Reservation, being a star basketball player and the local high school still has many record standing today. She was killed in an automobile accident when she was 17 years old. When I was on the Rez, I was accepted to the Oglala Sioux Tribe as a Lakota Brother and given the name "Two Feathers." I was so inspired by the story of the life of SuAnne that upon my return home I wrote "Lakota Angel" in her honor.
