Willy Mitchell Wolftracks
Wolftrack Music Productions, 1993
Here’s a man with a soulful sound, a native beat, a man who has paid his dues.
You might remember Willy from his previous songs like “Call of the Moose.” A song that still haunts me to this day. Willy always seems to capture a moment, a feeling, a something that echoes within all our native souls as right and true.
His new album continues in this tradition of déjà vu. You feel like you’ve been there before without quite knowing why. This album looks at the relationships we have with each other, the land and the other inhabitants—the animals. It sings of hope in “Raise Your Guts” and the loss of cultural pride in “Tea’s Boiling.”
The lyrics, “I seen some people laughing at the other. Making fun of their own native ways,” are followed by the chorus, “Oh the tea is boiling. And the fire gets high. Yes I know we got problems. But I know we’ll get by.” This song spoke out and grabbed me.
We’ve all heard people laughing at the old ways every now and then. But when you’re in the bush smelling that tea boiling in the tent, all that laughter fades to nothing in our minds. We’ve all been there, but Willy Mitchell brought it home for me.
You can bring home this album too. It’s available at most Northern Stores, Watchyia in Val d’Ororyou can write to Willy Mitchell, 476 Amisk Street, Mistissini, Quebec, GOW1 CO.
The cost of the album is $13.00 and it’s worth every cent of your hard- earned money.
PHOTO CIRCA 1955
