Peter DePoe (born August 21, 1943), also known as Last Walking Bear, is an

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musician who is perhaps best known as the drummer for the Native American band Redbone. Born in

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in 1943, his tribal Ancestors are

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, and Rogue River/Siletz. DePoe is also of French and German descent. He first played with Jimi Hendrix in

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's local taverns as a young man and then moved to California and became Redbone's drummer in 1969. He was credited with developing a style of drumming known as "King Kong", later copied by other drummers for its versatile and funk-oriented rhythms. In early 1972, he left the group. The band replaced him with Arturo Perez, and then with Redbone bandmate

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- Mexican American cousin, Butch Rillera.Native American Music Awards – "In Their Honor"

Discography

*Ron Buford - Deep Soul Pt. 1 & 2 - Camelot Studios - 1962 *Mr. Clean and the Cleansers - 1964 *Jimmy McCracklin - The Stinger Man (LP, Album) Minit LP-24017 1969 *Redbone - Potlatch Epic 1970 *Redbone - Redbone Epic 1970 *Redbone - Message From A Drum Epic 1971 *Power (Prelude To A Means) (as Peter O. DePoe) *Redbone - Already Here (LP, Album) Epic, Epic, Epic EPC 65072, S EPC 65072, KE 31598 1972 *Trafton - Traffic Jam (CD, Album) Rose Records (2), Rose Records (2) #208, ROSE208 1990 *Take It Easy Various - WTNG 89.9 FM: Solid Bronze (LP, Comp, Ltd) Numero Group, Numbero NBR-002 2012 *Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street - EMI- 1972 *Redbone - Wovoka Epic 1973 *Redbone - Come And Get Your Redbone / The Best Of Redbone Epic 1975 *Jimmy Ford - Harlan County (Sundown/White Whale Records JHS-1002), 1969 *Brenda Patterson - Keep On Keepin On 1970 - Epic Records Writing & Arrangement: *Things Go Better... (as P. DePoe) *23rd And Mad (as P. DePoe) *Intro for Chant 13th Hour - Redbone *Cisco's Ride Home (as P. DePoe)

References

External links

Official Redbone website

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Further reading

Discography

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