Plains Music

Infobox Album
Name = Plains Music
Type = Studio album
Artist = Manfred Mann's Earth Band


Released = February 1991
Recorded = Workhouse Studios, London RPM, South Africa, 1990
Genre = Progressive rock/Jazz
Folk music
Rock
Length = 45:36
Label = Kaz Records Cohesion
Producer = Manfred Mann
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.0|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:xcouak5kgm3l link]
Last album = "Masque" (1987)
This album = "Plains Music" (1991)
Next album = "Soft Vengeance" (1996)

"Plains Music" is an album released in 1991 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, although not billed as such (the album is credited as "Manfred Mann's Plain Music"). [ [http://www.platform-end.co.uk/html/albums.html Platform End On-Line] "Plains Music" is listed in the official discography of Manfred Mann's Earth Band]

"This album is called "Plains Music", as it consists mainly of the melodies of the North American Plains Indians. We do not pretend that it is in any sense representative of the original ethnic music which was its source material. I tried to make a simple album of plain music, using as few notes as possible and keeping the tracks short and to the point." - "Manfred Mann 1991" [ [http://www.manfredmann.co.uk/music/plains.html Manfred Mann's Earth Band Discography - Album Notes - 1991 Plains Music] The Official Website Of Manfred Mann's Earth Band]

Mann recorded some of the album in his homeland, which he had been exiled from for nearly three decades because of his opposition to apartheid.

The album was initially released in 1991 and was re-mastered digitally with three additional tracks in 1998.

Track listing

#"Kiowa (Kiowa Wind Song)" (Trad arr Manfred Mann) – 3:16
#"Medicine Song (Apache Medicine Song)" (Trad arr Mann, Anthony Moore) – 4:15
#"Wounded Knee (Dakota Ghost Dance Song)" (Trad arr Mann) – 4:51
#"Laguna (Laguna Corn Grinding Song)" (Trad arr Mann) – 4:56
#"Sikelele I (Based on South African Xhosa Stick Fighting Song)" (Mann, Mike Heron) – 3:43
#"Hunting Bow" (Trad arr Mann) – 1:35
#"Instrumedicine Song (As Medicine Song)" (Trad arr Mann) – 4:06
#"Sikelele II (As Sikelele I)" (Mann) – 4:03
#"Hunting Bow (Reprise) (Kiowa War Song)" (Trad arr Mann) – 2:40
#"Salmon Fishing" (Trad arr Mann) – 4:02
#"L.I.A.S.O.M." (Michael Martin Murphey, Charles John Quarto) – 3:51
#"Medicine Song" (re-mix) (Trad arr Mann, Moore) – 4:16Tracks 10-12: Bonus Tracks (1998 re-issue)

Personnel

*Manfred Mann - keyboards
*Noel McCalla - vocals
*Barbara Thompson - saxophones
*Peter Sklair - bass
*Ian Hermann - drums, percussionwith
*Smiler Makana - African hunting bows
*Kelly Petlane - pennywhistle
*Doren Thobeki - additional vocals
*Walter Sanza - additional vocals
*Chief Dawethi - additional vocals

Notes