Story Behind The Song

http://www.tarajories.com/tsekoombah.html http://www.tarajories.com/stories.html See also: The Ballad of Young Billy http://www.tarajories.com/youngbilly.html - Wellin; Up Fallin' Down in support of our troops but not the war or any war, and other timeless classic hits from the Joules LaHae catalog excerpts right here @ www.broadjam.com/jouleslahae

Song Description

Inspired by personal experience in working and playing with TC during our Sedona, AZ healing trek and his week-long visit here on The Hill @ http://www.tarajories.com where he performed the Secret Ring Ceremony n'er to be revealed. Blessing the storyteller with protection in the form of an Eagle who comes at the any sign of true danger, kin we remain. Photo linked to The Tsekoombah page. Many recollections of our time together will eventually hit The Stories of Tarajories pages in process via www.tarajories.com/stories.html now also available for production. Suggestions for treatment lie herein open to interpretation. Hit music video or feature film, to be sure!

Lyrics

The Tsekoombah

Music & Lyrics Joules LaHae aka Gregor Rice

Lyric demo, straight to cassette 1999, warranted re: quality and content of the finished work w/Logic tracks in process. Raw instrument tracks-demo on separate mp3 @ broadjam.

True story ~ The Life & Times of Mr. Tommy "TC" Chaino ~Tommy Ahkeahbo ~ Kiowa Lightning Shaman & Man of Wisdom ~ Feature film quality story! Lyrics, suggest 3 vocal parts: Narrator, The Snake, & TC

Lyrics:

Just a baby of 9 when he went up on the Hill
And faced a horrible Snake comin' in for the kill.
He froze like Stone gettin' ready to run,
Then the Old Snake spoke, "What ya here for, son?"
He couldn't remember as he started to cry
In reply to the Snake, "I didn't come here to die!"
"Just think about it, boy," the Serpent said with a smirk
And went for his arm before the boy could... [jerk]
"Is it Thunder? Or the Lightning?"

"Your Grandpaws say you got the Medicine Heart
An' all the Aunties say they saw it right from the start.
You take my Medicine. I give it to you
With a Power for Healin' like a Strike from the Blue.
If'ya think you can make it only 3 more days
You will earn every Secret of the Ancient Ways.
Just sit here to soak up all the Legend and Lore
And take every bit of what ya come here for
The Lightning ~ Take the Thunder... Take it."

He came down from the Mountain with a streak of gray hair
But he learned how to Vanish clean into thin Air.
No matter what ails ya from the croup to the pox
He's got a little somethin' in his Medicine Box.
He'll cover your head with a Black Silk Scarf
And reach down to your guts 'til you wanna barf.
He'll blow that devil right out of your Soul.
Watch it ooze down the wall as he patches the hole
With Thunder ~ And his Lightning.

You don't call him 'Shaman' or a 'Medicine Man'
Just a 'Tsekoombah' from the Promised Land.
He'll mend your bones with the Song of his Flute
Or boil up a Brew made of Arrowroot.
The Elements serve him at the Wave of his Hand
And he brings back the dead with a pinch of Red Sand.
He calls Gome~Kia with a couple of Smokes
And they Danse Pondaw in their Rainbow Cloaks
Of Thunder ~ And Their Lightning.

[Faint BG @ Long Instrumental Ending:
Whispy BG girls: Bullet in the face @ Wounded Knee - TC: "I can See ya comin' but ya can't See me, haw ne, haw naw..." w/heavy reverb

PRE-DEMO ONLY: suggest 3 vocals; Narrator, Snake & TC ~ & long, mysterious instrumental interlude in midst

(c) 1999~2014 Joules LaHae aka Gregor Rice ~ 511 East Clear Lake Dr. ~ Fremont, IN 46737 - 260-495-3211 ieshea@frontier.com

Notes: This Story is the absolute truth as told by The Tsekoombah himself to the master storyteller & experiencer of The Tsekoombah's power, Joules LaHae. He worked on me a number of times and I could literally feel his energy hit me like a bolt of Lightning! He also pulled a black vein out from behind my ear with a 'Yellow-Hammer' bird feather, without breaking the skin, with my husband watching in witness! WISH we'd have video taped the whole thing!

Please See :
http://www.tarajories.com/tsekoombah.html for linked pics, info, more of the story, and http://www.tarajories.com/fandancr.html

All excerpts from The Stories of Tarajories also available for production:

http://www.tarajories.com/stories.html

Have a GREAT duet inspired by the beginning days of the whirlwind love-of-a-lifetime via Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood! Ask about it!