Jim Pepper was a member of the short-lived band Everything Is Everything with Chris Hills, Lee Reinoehl, Chip Baker, John Waller and Jim Zitro. Their 1969 self-titled sole album spawned the near-hit single Witchi Tai To (which received abundant airplay reaching number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and on which Pepper was the lead singer). It is the only hit to feature an authentic Native American chant in the history of the Billboard pop charts. In his own projects, Pepper recorded with Don Cherry, Naná Vasconcelos, Collin Walcott, Kenny Werner, and many others. His CD Comin and Goin (1983) is the definitive statement of Peppers unique American Indian jazz with nine songs played by four different line-ups. Jim Pepper died in 1992. I re-discovered this song watching a old movie called Sleepers on a DVD that I bought at a pawn shop. (commentary courtesy of Wikipedia)
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