How are you all doing... well, what do you know I am back... and here is one more reply to all of you who have taken the time to make my life interesting... it seems to me that some of you are happy because I get events canceled and still think you have something to do with this... WOW, if it makes you happy and feel important, good for you. Now in the other hand you should also soend some time doing some basic resarch, for example Texas is still in the USA, No people in Argentina do not speak Portuguese, yes Me, The Flute Keeper speaks several languages and if that makes me less of an Indian well, what can I say - in the eyes of some of sou GermanoIndianers Creatures that could be considered too educated for your taste... but to all of you who still havent had the time to visit my page here is something I came out with the past few days... enjoy it!
Dear Friends,Critics, Fans, Enemies and Sore loosers...
Here I am again.
I like to thank all of you who have taken the time to send me mails, add information in forums and just plain have taken the time to keep on talking about me. Who was it that said `people would do anything for 15 minutes of fame`... was it Any Warhol?... I can´t rememebr who but sure enough was right. Thanks to the net we have now more and more people who think they can prove the world how smart they are and, it seems to me that some are very eager to prove just the opposite.. The letters in favor, I keep, the ones against and who like to trash me I will answer.. but some of them just answer themselves, like the one from the TWO different people in Sweden who still claim that I am from Texas Argentina.. I still can´t believe that the country's who gives away the Noble Prize has its Nationals in the dark as to where Texas is. So be it! also ONE more person from the same country claims that people in Argentina speaks Portuguese.. well, nothing to say there, we had in the USA an ex-vice president who said that if he could speak Latin he would travel to Latin America.. what do you know, he must had had some Swedish blood.
But what this letter brings you now is something that happen to me last night during a concert I was giving in a cute little city in Germany. Yeap, what can I say.. I still work every week end and it seems that my goal of resting for 2009 is slowly fading away due to the amount of concerts I have for the year in turn and you have to get it while is hot! anyway, as I was saying; I was giving a concert and suddenly I had a Visionary Quest (to those of you who like to attack me for not being your kind of Indian, YES I said Visionary Quest - Visions Quest are not discussed here and you will see what I mean as we read more)... so anyway, I had my Visionary Quest and it came to me that it is mostly Germans who are responsible of the misconception of what an Indian is like. Let me explain.- When one of your kin wrote those books about the Apache who dresses like a Comanche and even has a canoe in Oklahoma (?) a can of worms was opened. One day to the other Germans began to write books about Indians and as usual, like any other light colored person `Knew More than we do about our people`and the whole mess beg an... They started dressing like Indians, giving each others names , doing Powwows, learning chants, dances, names and so on.. all from books THEY wrote - some good, some fiction and some just plain crap. But the ones with the fiction made it good and what do you know, they became bibles to many of these new GermanoIndian Race (sounds good.. probably not right but sounds goods nevertheless)... so when I was invited to Germany to do my first series of Concerts, I just didn't´t fit the bill. Why?, not because I don´t look like an Indian, or because I don´t speak like one from the movies, or because I have short (or no) hair, or maybe it was that I didn't have the fringed jacket, the wolf printed sweater (made in Peru) or I didn´t wave my hand in a circle when I said hi (or howwww do you do - with heavy Indian accent) ... no, I was not fitted to be Indian enough in the eyes of those who so eager want to move and live in an Indian Reservation where the Buffalo Roam and we all live in Tipis and never work because The Creator provides all for us.... So when I was invited to do some talks (I did 3 or 4 talks about Indians, but had no idea of what to say but what I have lived and other Indians friends lived like - which by the way are not all Lakota... another loved misconception of this GermanoIndian Creature... all have to be Lakota, speak Lakota and be realted by adoption to one of them)... going back to these talks, I told them what is a fact and how Names (Indian names) don´t come in your sleep nor while in an Amsterdam cafe or is given by another GermanoIndian Creature. Soon I was labeled as a Non Real Indian, what can I say... I didn't´t feel the bill nor I played their game so I was out... I had no problem, I went to sleep with a clean conscience and woke up with a good feeling. But there were those who wanted me to be something I was not and they became my enemies.. what can I say, I was not in the mood to play GermanoIndian and Shoe of Manitou games (sorry for the spelling, I am sure it is spelled in another way but you know what I mean)... So life went on and what do you know, I started to get certain fame and reputation and soon I had more bookings than I expected in Germany... Hey, I am in the business and I took (and still take) the work when is there... money for my retirement fund and for those goodies I like so much. But as time went by I learnt a lot from these creatures.. and I learnt that they are not what the books say about them.. let me explain, you see I love music and when you hear of Beethoven, well you would think that EVERYONE in Bonn plays music.. after all ALL GermanoIndian Creatures think all Indians are Medicine Man (they call them Sahamans... but Shamans are from South of the Border and not from the USA... well, forgot to mention that many of these GermanoIndian Creatures love to mix New Age with Budism, Yoga, Yogurt and Buffalo Meat in their Vision Quest for a reincarnated life where they were Indians and lived with other Indians of their kin)... and all of this just to let you know... and don´t believe that all Germans walk around in Green Shorts and dacne around with a beer mug (those cute mugs with a metal cover) and for sure not all German Girls wear cute tail on their heads and show their ... you know what I mean... too bad, it seemed like such fun!
What Kind of Indian am I?
Do I go to the desert and Pray? It seems to me, as I come to this assertion that I did a lot of praying in the Desert. let me explain, I am the New Age Indian - the one who has a casino so near that he would spend more time in it than in any other place during any given time of the day (or night). So like a good New Age Indian. I did my share of traveling to the Desert (Palm Springs, Las Vegas, and many other Desert Cities where casinos we relocated) and did LOTS, and I mean LOTS of praying in front of gambling tables. You can see many of my brothers sitting in front of them Bingo Tables, Slot Machines and other gambling artifacts praying and paying and praying never answered but prays took place for hours and hours...and if that is not a Visionary Quest. you tell me! ... once I did my journey to Spirit Mountain, but to be honest I have visited more times Magic Mountain in Valencia California. as well as the Spirit Mountain Casino in Oregon. so you see, I am just your everyday human, with dreams, with hopes, with sorrows and with lots, and lots of decisions to take each day, but one is for sure already taken and that is; I will not use what I don´t know to get something from someone who doesn't know better. Come to see me, share couple of hours with me and my group, enjoy some good dancing, good music, and dance with us, play with us and be happy for a very affordable price (our shows are family oriented and cheap in price but never in quality)... if you have questions about Spirituality and if you think our music will heal you GOOD for you, you did it and ONLY you, we bring you the music.. you channel it as you may see fits your needs and, we would be happy and glad for you. No bull, not taking and not using where we came from to take advantage of your needs...
Horses, long hair and other expalnations to come... today I just wanted to say this!
And one more thing, stop by and say hello when you visit some of my events...
