While I am still deciding on which tracks I will finally upload next week which have been hitherto unavailable to the public, I have been writing the "Raven's Tale" song. Half of it is already done. The character, like the others I have created, is purely fictional however, he is based on a group of people rarely talked about in the demographics of this nation: the Black Indians. Yes, they have and do exist (a famous example would be a certain left-handed guitar extraordinaire named Jimi Hendrix:through his maternal grandmother, Nora Rose Moore, he had Cherokee ancestry). In fact a good percentage of African-Americans do have Native American blood in their veins. My character is not an Indian biologically speaking, but was raised by Native Americans. I wanted to explore the melding of these two cultures together which I thought would be an interesting thing. African Americans were introduced and accepted as well as bred with Indians in a racially hostile America even before the Civil War and as I continue to research this fascinating topic, I am reminded that this too is a part of American history in general. So I hope that once the song is finished,which shall be very soon, it will touch upon a far too unexplored aspect of Americana and will inspire others to read more about the Black Indians. In truth, what I really wish to accomplish, besides writing a great song, is to say in my own way that we human beings are much more alike than we think, regardless of ethnic backround. Have a good weekend! BKT