Singer Bobby Bullet to Release his new full length CD “Crooked Tear” on September 25, 2012

Aug. 24, 2012 - PRLog -- After marking his seventieth birthday in February of  this year, Native American  singer-songwriter Bobby Bullet shows no signs that he is letting up on his drive not only to make great music but to encourage his fellow human beings to look a little closer at the past and apply these lessons learned to the future. On September 25, he will be releasing his new “Native “ CD “Crooked Tear” on Black Scotty Records. Following up his 2009 CD “Scrapbook” and his 2010 CD “Bigfoot”, Bobby is set to keep it going this year with his new release Bobby’s  lyrics focusing on Native American, environmental and human relationship issues. The CD will be available at CD Baby, iTunes and Rhapsody.

All but three songs on the new CD were co-produced by Bobby Bullet and Elwood Lee  and recorded at Main Street Sound Studios in Juneau, Wisconsin. “Grandmother’s Grave“, “Devil’s Mouth” and “City Where I Died” which are reissued songs recorded at OM Recording Studios in Boscobel, Wisconsin in the early 1990s that have been previously unavailable on CD. Eight songs were newly recorded including “Trail of Broken Treaties,” “The Train” and “Hang On.”

In his new CD,  with the exception of “The Train,” Bobby makes a departure from the country sound which predominated his first two CDs. With “Trail of Broken Treaties” Bobby explores a hard edged blues rock sound.  On “Change The World” he takes more of a classic rock approach to the music.  The song “Hang On” is reminiscent of  The Byrds 12 string guitar sound provided by guest artist and co-producer Elwood Lee.

The lyrics of the songs in “Crooked Tear” deal with a number of issues effecting Native Americans in particular and all people in general.  “Hang On” speaks to the problem of the high rate of suicide among teens in the  Native American community. In Bobby’s words, “This message is for all those in pain, fighting addiction, facing despair and suicide. Tribes are losing their youth, the Seventh Generation, to suicide at a rate far greater than non-native youth.” Another song on the CD “Change The World” deals with the idea that changes can be effected even  if they are only small changes, that can add up to make the world a little better and fight the effects of racism.  “Children of the Seventh Generation” speaks to the idea that all of our proposed actions today should take into consideration how they will effect those who will be living seven generations from now.    

Bullet, a member of the Lac du Flambeau Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, grew up  unaware of his native roots. He says “At 30, I watched a pow wow and I cried.  I thought, ‘This is my home. This is where I belong.’  Throughout the rest his life he endeavored  to learn about his origins. As the years passed he was able to establish relationships within his community, he studied with Tribal Elders practicing traditional ways, and incorporating new pieces into his lyrics and music. His new “Crooked Tear” CD is the musical culmination of these efforts.

For more information, go to www.bobbybullet.com