Jim Pepper - Witchi Tia To

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  • Опубликовано: 15 янв 2025

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  • @robertgodhard3248
    @robertgodhard3248 Год назад +22

    I met Jim in mid 80's
    while I was cleaning pots and dirty dishes
    in the gutter of the street outside of the
    brownstone I was staying at.A fire hydrant
    had been hit and was busted open,pouring
    out good NYC water along curb.Put bricks
    against curb,put dishes and such there
    and after awhile they were spotless!
    Was on a quiet early evening while doing
    this,I heard the sounds of a shimmering
    sax bouncing off the buildings,getting
    closer and closer(talken bout music to
    my ears!) and thinking - - -man ,I know
    that sound,and there he was a smaller
    man with that SOUND! He sat down
    next to me,we smoked a dube together
    few words spoken and I said You got
    great tone,heard before and he said
    "Yea,played on a lot of records"
    I didn't ask which.
    Had my guitar with me and he said
    "Play someth'n for me" I was shy and
    said "I ain't very good"and he said
    I wanna hear you play someth'n,anything,so
    I played a simple funk thing,and he said
    "Who told you you wern't good?
    I was speechless.He introduced himself
    to me as "Jim"and I replied I'm Bob,and
    he said "you got an amp in there,and I
    said(scared to death)yea.Jim asked
    if he could come in and play some
    music,and though I was nervous as
    all get out,said sure(though I had been
    told by the owner(classical guitarist)not
    to ever let ANYONE in unless he was
    there.PERIOD.We went in and I plugged
    in and Jim said "Play that little thing you
    Was doin'".So started playing,and he
    played this hauntingly beautiful
    melody over top.I was blown away that
    he could play this over my simple
    chord progression,and he asked"what
    other chords do ya know,so I showed
    him the rest of what I knew,and he
    said "Play that one, than this one
    and so forth,and before long WE
    we're making wonderful music
    together😮(cannot put into words
    the stuff Jim was doin' other than
    hauntingly beautiful).And that tone-
    WOW.
    We kept playing and it got better and
    better(I was getting better too!)
    And in came the owner with the other
    musicians that lived there(they had finished
    their gig) and he JUMPED ALL OVER
    MY CASE for lettn' this guy in.
    I felt 2""tall,to say the least.
    And I told him how we met(I was a guest
    and cooked and so forth to earn my keep)
    Michael(the owner)settled down some
    and told Jim to leave(Jim was a humble
    man)and He asked if we could finish
    our song "we"had written.Michael said
    "song"? He can barely play,meaning me.
    Jim looked at me with that look of his,
    and I started it off,and than I heard
    bass-the bass player fell in,the piano
    player fell in,then Jim(didn't know his
    full name yet,or were I had heard his
    sound)then came in with that hauntingly
    beautiful melody and Micheal was
    taken back by it all,as it was excellent.
    When we finished Jim said he would
    stop back sometime and we would
    continue where we left off.
    That was one of the most joyful
    times of my life,as he skillfully,without
    me knowing,had taken my playing to
    another level,in just a few hours.
    This changed me in many ways,and
    to this day I think of him,his kindness,
    his speech,his UNDERSTANDING,and
    his playing,and more than I can say.
    He and I walked out together,and he
    disappeared into the night.
    I didn't even want to go back inside,but
    did,for I knew I didn't belong there any more.
    Jim did come back,with several records
    he got at goodwill,and asked if I'd set them
    inside,which I did,and asked where his
    horn was,and he said it got stolen.
    Man was I sad,but he reassured me
    he'd get another(though he had told
    me he had had that one for years) .
    And I knew they were expensive,as
    Selmer's were the best.
    We hung out for awhile and he encouraged
    me to be around more real musicians
    and to stay away from negative people
    and such,to keep playing and focus
    on good things.
    When he departed,(with much Love)
    I went back in side to find Michael starring
    at the records Jim had brought and was
    speechless.Then I looked at them and
    knew were I had heard his sound,and
    saw his picture and name(he never
    told me his last name).
    He didn't bring them for me per say,but
    so the others would know who he was and,
    I believe,to reduce the friction between
    Michael and i from letting him in.
    And this result he had accomplished.
    The whole thing grieved me because I
    didn't care about any of that stuff,only
    about Jim and how he had changed
    my life.
    I left NYC,never to see my friend again,
    and I know that he had a
    profound effect on many people
    because that was his way.
    He is in my heart and prayers and I do
    believe we will meet again .

    • @Joannewyn
      @Joannewyn 9 месяцев назад

      🥹

    • @briantenney6020
      @briantenney6020 8 месяцев назад

      Damn!!!

    • @jimpeppernativeartsfestiva4512
      @jimpeppernativeartsfestiva4512 5 месяцев назад +1

      That's a beautiful story, brother. Thanks for sharing, and know that I'm writing from Jim Pepper's former family home in Portland, Oregon. I've lived here for 22 years. Be well, Sean

    • @robertgodhard3248
      @robertgodhard3248 5 месяцев назад

      All I know about Jim is from
      his music and the two
      times we hung out.
      He sure had a
      impact on
      my life.

    • @jimrebr
      @jimrebr 2 месяца назад

      That is absolutely beautiful, thank you so much for sharing about Jim Pepper, his music is so smooth, I could just listen to him forever ♾️ 😊

  • @mikkalinka9781
    @mikkalinka9781 4 года назад +12

    Who is listening in 2021?
    Helps one get thru the pandemic!

    • @mikkalinka9781
      @mikkalinka9781 2 года назад +1

      Anyone listening in 2022? (November)

    • @MegaIsmene
      @MegaIsmene 3 месяца назад

      i am listening 2024...😊

  • @Schirmegger
    @Schirmegger 2 года назад +27

    This music is made out of rays of light! Thank you Jim Pepper for playing the saxophone like a sacred pipe!

  • @lucycorey9468
    @lucycorey9468 2 года назад +5

    Judy Adams WDET Wayne state public radio station, over 30 yrs ago, introduced me to this - still love it in Dec. 2022!

  • @crushable1
    @crushable1 14 лет назад +16

    First heard back in the 70's. It has never failed to raise my "spirits". I just love this.

  • @CrashTestPrivate
    @CrashTestPrivate 15 лет назад +33

    I never knew Jim in life, I am, however, privileged and honored to know and be friends with his mother. From her I have learned much about Jim and his music, so its almost as if I knew him. She and her son's music also helped me to discover and embrace my own Native American heritage... A journey that is in it's infancy, but that I am enjoying wholeheartedly. Thank you for that, and your music Jim.

  • @japlill
    @japlill 16 лет назад +25

    I heard this song 40 years ago...and loved it instantly. I love chanting and if I have a bad day I play this on the way home. Thank you for posting this wonderful rendition.

  • @voodooacrobat
    @voodooacrobat 2 года назад +12

    This song moves me and inspires like few others. It comes over me like a warm hug and I find myself almost weeping. By the end I am elevated and cleansed. And it certainly makes me feel glad that I'm not dead!!

  • @TitusKrakenDesigns
    @TitusKrakenDesigns 3 года назад +6

    Witchi-tie-to, gimee rah
    Whoa rah neeko, whoa rah neeko
    Hey ney, hey ney, no way
    Witchi-tie-to, gimee rah
    Whoa rah neeko, whoa rah neeko
    Hey ney, hey ney, no way
    Water spirit feelin'
    Springin' round my head
    Makes me feel glad
    That I'm not dead
    Witchi-tie-tie, gimee rah
    Whoa rah neeko,…

  • @juliewright2272
    @juliewright2272 9 лет назад +61

    This song always helps me to let go of my sadness and let my heart soar!

  • @RobertAWilkins-r1t
    @RobertAWilkins-r1t Год назад +3

    Absolutely uplifting, mystical, melodic and spellbinding........THANK YOU!

  • @RobCarmina
    @RobCarmina 2 года назад +4

    Pippa and I saw him shortly before he died - at The Albert in Bristol, UK - a brilliant, intimate jazz venue that held only about 70 people in the audience. I've been to countless gigs of all sorts, loads of jazz, lots of big concert gigs as well as small ones - but this was the highest point for live music in my life, and I don't think that will ever change. Pepper had recently had cancer treatment and was completely bald, and he didn't even have stands for his saxophones, which he just laid on the stage floor - the band was a 3-piece pick-up of London guys - who played brilliantly, incredibly soulfully - they were energised by this amazing man, who sadly at that point was gradually losing his own energy of course. He said at one point 'I beat that son of a bitch!' - referring to his cancer - but months later he was dead. It's comforting, in some way that I can't quite express, that so many people speak in this way about him - he touched my soul to the very core, and from the very first few bars of that gig I was mesmerised, yet felt also that I had 'arrived' - that THIS was the music that was the essence of everything that I loved - a kind of spiritual homecoming, yet emanating from a culture of which I knew nothing.

  • @cyrensong
    @cyrensong 15 лет назад +14

    I used to have this on 45 single when I was a little girl...My mother is 77 and she still sings this ^_^ thank you so much for posting!!!

  • @ton59joe
    @ton59joe 15 лет назад +8

    To me, this was the "Holy Grail"of underground music,as it was called in the early seventies. NEVER did I think I would hear it again. WMMR 93.7 in Philly would play it in the early A.M. when I would be driving around all night,probably on a "high" level of mind" WOW.Still blows me away, and I'm your typical urban white guy. All in all, and I don't use this term loosely, the best song recorded. Thank you so much,888sebi888.

  • @edithwedl4095
    @edithwedl4095 2 года назад +2

    Glad to see you soon Jim 🌿
    Revelation 21:3-5

  • @purice06
    @purice06 15 лет назад +10

    Unforgotten: Jim Pepper aka Flying Eagle aka Hung-a-Cheeda!
    I love to see that his magic is still workin'.

  • @shiveringgoat
    @shiveringgoat 11 лет назад +32

    So happy I have this CD can't believe its out of print. Garbarek, Oregon, they are great but Jim Peppers sax tone is LIBERATING ! LONG LIVE JIM PEPPER, this is my favourite version of all the ones I heard Jim Pepper actually play on.
    Did you know that Jim Pepper played this at Collin Walcott's funeral and Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny all sang together..amazing.

    • @buickmonte
      @buickmonte 8 лет назад +1

      shiveringgoat Wow,Pepper,Metheny and Pastorious! I did not know that,had to of been beautiful to hear,thanks for the info.

    • @cynthiabennett4717
      @cynthiabennett4717 7 лет назад +2

      Would've loved a recording of those 3 artists singing this together, must've been a beautiful moment and for Collin Walcott- wow- what a gorgeous send off, may he rest in peace.

    • @Schirmegger
      @Schirmegger 2 года назад

      Incredible! This sound goes straight into my soul! Great beings!

    • @susanjason1190
      @susanjason1190 Год назад

      I actually bought this album when I lived in Oregon. Happy New Year 🎉

  • @travwil2461951
    @travwil2461951 16 лет назад +5

    I lost this song for years after loving the chant. No one could seem to recall it excately as it wa. Then "Sleepers was playing and I immediately heard the background chant. Found the crdeits but could not find the song. My son was in college and had access to computers which I did not, to do his old man a favor it was a week later that I had six versions he found on the net. Thanks Jim and thanks to my son Brad.

  • @audunbettum275
    @audunbettum275 11 лет назад +10

    love from Norway! Pepper forever

    • @Vingul
      @Vingul 3 года назад

      Ja mann.

  • @JimmyHale-ys2jh
    @JimmyHale-ys2jh 2 года назад +2

    This song is Sacred Ground to me!!!

  • @ericswan2904
    @ericswan2904 11 лет назад +7

    Endless beauty above me, below me, in front of and behind me and to either side of me. This song is eternal inexpresible and endless. Had our species accomplished nothing more we would be worth our keep!

  • @gcviolin2
    @gcviolin2 4 года назад +5

    Why have I not listened to Jim Pepper before? Well - better late than never!

  • @kristopherkohlminer1712
    @kristopherkohlminer1712 10 лет назад +9

    RIGHT ON JIM! I am so glad to call you friend!!! Your TREMENDOUS spirit lives on Jim!!!

  • @PhilLanghals
    @PhilLanghals 9 лет назад +11

    I've had this song in my head for the last 2 weeks after many years of never hearing it. Such a happy feel good song. love it missed it

  • @billcheek8043
    @billcheek8043 6 лет назад +6

    It always makes me cry. and feel cleansed when it ends.

  • @SunSound7
    @SunSound7 8 лет назад +20

    No ones saxophone playing moves me like Jim Pepper. I was around around when he wrote this and it always makes my spirit soar when I hear it. Thank you.

    • @sharonmahoney9333
      @sharonmahoney9333 4 года назад +1

      You are indeed a lucky person. I first heard this song on the fabled WBCN-FM hosted by the equally fabled Charles Laquidara and from the first this song made me so happy.

    • @bobmoses9229
      @bobmoses9229 4 года назад +1

      @@sharonmahoney9333 Hu Sharon Yes I AM very lucky and SO blessed to have known and played with Jim Pepper. He's in my top 4 saxophonists ever in terms of being moved by his playing. He was a crazy cat and suffered much hardship in his life but his great Spirit and luminous sound will live on. If you can find it, check out Pepper's Pow Wow which features songs based on peyote chants and other Native American material. It's a masterpiece. Love Always Hu Ra Kalam

    • @mikkalinka9781
      @mikkalinka9781 4 года назад

      @@sharonmahoney9333 WBCN & Charles Laquidara.....miss those radio days something fierce!

  • @DPSingh-px4xu
    @DPSingh-px4xu 9 лет назад +8

    Always the same thing happens when I have the chance to sit and listen to Jim Pepper's opening lines in this wonderful song.........I feel better, more human.......

  • @April1957
    @April1957 10 лет назад +10

    love this song - can't help but smile and sing and dance to it!!

  • @danielrowley8409
    @danielrowley8409 7 лет назад +11

    I heard this first on the Steve Dahl radio show in the 80's. Amazing song. The monotone chant against the glorious music that wraps around it, spiritual and inspiring.

  • @cheryldelabar6635
    @cheryldelabar6635 Год назад +1

    ❤😅😂🎉you guys rule literally

  • @Aiden057
    @Aiden057 16 лет назад +4

    I was remembering this song and worried it might be getting lost, but, it's not. Great posting, thank you. Jim Pepper!

  • @Coffeexplorer
    @Coffeexplorer 3 года назад +1

    The movie "Sleepers" sent me here, amazing scene and the music fits so well

  • @SageSmokes
    @SageSmokes 10 лет назад +24

    I haven't heard this for two decades. I'd forgotten how often this album got me through really rough times.
    What a spirit spring is bringing round my head
    Makes me feel glad that I’m not dead.
    Thank you Perma Frost. Epic of you to drop this here.

  • @susanjason1190
    @susanjason1190 Год назад +3

    I actually have this album. So freaking blessed. Told my family I want this played at my funeral eventually. Favorite song ever. ❤

  • @kevinmcfadden4499
    @kevinmcfadden4499 9 лет назад +17

    I heard this song decades ago. always loved it. stumbled on it early this year on deep tracks. going through tough separation at time. this helped pull me out of self pity and bullshit. it has a positive power even though we don't know the whole translation. fuck it. I am still here and my wife and I reunited.

  • @genearbogast7525
    @genearbogast7525 9 лет назад +11

    this song fixes me every time i hear it

    • @1Jackatar
      @1Jackatar 4 года назад +1

      Yes it sure does

  • @66steevo1
    @66steevo1 11 лет назад +9

    Witchi, witchi, witchi, whoa rah neeko all goddamn day, every day! Don't y'all get it? This is us, all of us.

  • @fxprovideo
    @fxprovideo 4 месяца назад

    WBCN in Boston used to play this frequently back in the 70’s.

  • @mazsenior
    @mazsenior 2 года назад +1

    First heard this song on the movie “Sleepers” (circa 1998). Fell in love with it immediately, though the scene it was playing on was brutal…but it fit so well. Thanks for posting this.

  • @steveorth805
    @steveorth805 11 лет назад +4

    sending LOVE to you all........

  • @mikekennedy2965
    @mikekennedy2965 3 года назад +2

    I LOVE this album!

  • @leecassidy4192
    @leecassidy4192 Год назад

    Song still has its edge !remember trying to locate and purchase it finally got it in cd,same with white bird by it's. A beautiful day today!

  • @jasoncarpp7742
    @jasoncarpp7742 2 года назад +1

    Awesome music!

  • @colonel4binsir362
    @colonel4binsir362 6 лет назад +1

    Makes me feel glad that im not dead!!! And bless all who are

  • @sharonsvenson8211
    @sharonsvenson8211 2 года назад

    Danced to Jim Pepper in Juneau a couple times, so wonderful!
    1970's

  • @corinnaneubauer
    @corinnaneubauer 6 лет назад +2

    Simply the best!

  • @paullucchesi8604
    @paullucchesi8604 5 лет назад +1

    When we were kids Wbcn would play this song at night and loved it great memories

    • @mikkalinka9781
      @mikkalinka9781 4 года назад

      Charles Laquidara would play it on "the Big Mattress" also.....

    • @bobh28630
      @bobh28630 3 года назад +2

      @@mikkalinka9781 WBCN was such a wonderful reflection of life at the time, Stumbled onto it in '69 and stayed tuned in till it morphed into something that would never again play the magnificence of Witchi Tai To.

  • @CornerTalker
    @CornerTalker 4 года назад +3

    best version

  • @2WILDFLOWER
    @2WILDFLOWER 10 лет назад +2

    FLOWS So Beautifully.....

  • @056024
    @056024 7 лет назад +2

    IT MAKE ME FEEL GROOVEY

  • @Sebastian-qf2my
    @Sebastian-qf2my 7 лет назад +3

    Childhood memories😚

  • @joelocascio
    @joelocascio 4 года назад +1

    Exquisite.

  • @rufufus
    @rufufus 16 лет назад +3

    great recording!!
    thanks for the upload!!

  • @gabrielahochmann9683
    @gabrielahochmann9683 12 лет назад

    I am so glad to hear this song again, its so many years ago....

  • @joannelloyd7158
    @joannelloyd7158 11 лет назад +2

    Thank you thank you for this post

  • @Alastair6
    @Alastair6 2 года назад

    I love Jim Pepper! Such purity and honesty. Isn't that what it's all about?

  • @france492
    @france492 8 лет назад +2

    amazing

  • @metalheadanonymous
    @metalheadanonymous 11 лет назад +2

    Feel good song :)

  • @Gess575
    @Gess575 5 лет назад +1

    My ABSOLUTE favorite version. I had this on cassette from a radio show WMAU?UMASS~Amherst, MA '88?/9?. The epitome of ASCENSION/EXULTATION

  • @tiredace_2998
    @tiredace_2998 3 года назад

    I hear a song from a kids CD that sounded similar. Then we listened to this song in music class.

  • @jessicadiskant8019
    @jessicadiskant8019 10 лет назад +1

    thank you jeff. my last band did this the jim pepper w larry coryell, and the brewer and shipley version memories... its jay, i just signed in and got my partners name.thx

  • @gawful44
    @gawful44 12 лет назад +1

    all is now beauty.

  • @chessgai
    @chessgai 14 лет назад

    This is a beautiful recording. Thanks for posting it.

  • @myrrhe5151
    @myrrhe5151 8 лет назад +1

    so far i understand is this song an indian springjoysong.....this vesiion is the first version and verry nice.....i had known only the version from
    jan garbarek group since the late 77...

  • @hinigshendl02
    @hinigshendl02 15 лет назад

    total cool

  • @gianfrancorocchetta8249
    @gianfrancorocchetta8249 11 лет назад

    magico jim pepper, un saluto dall' italia

  • @h2oholic
    @h2oholic 15 лет назад

    goose bumps

  • @jansen_music
    @jansen_music 12 лет назад

    Lester Mac on bass......strong strong groove master!

  • @rufufus
    @rufufus 16 лет назад

    I had the lp at one time but was forced to sell a lot of my rarer items.
    Any Pepper on youtube would be much appreciated!

  • @ISHMAELALIB
    @ISHMAELALIB 12 лет назад +1

    Met him briefly with Pepper back in 1978. I was particularly impressed by his wild funky slapping. What became of him?

  • @MichaelSandberg-z2r
    @MichaelSandberg-z2r Год назад +1

    A shaman s gift

  • @DarksideOFcollages
    @DarksideOFcollages 13 лет назад

    my favorite version Mr Jan garbarek did it. and it was the first time I heard. I only love Oregon version, A classic!

  • @lucianoibanez
    @lucianoibanez 13 лет назад +1

    I learned this song and I sing in the sweat lodge. People like to much.

  • @marioaranda711
    @marioaranda711 14 лет назад +3

    Grand father was right! Let the creators dream live and be passed on .......

  • @brigittehugyecz475
    @brigittehugyecz475 3 года назад

    Genial

  • @redvocate
    @redvocate 12 лет назад +5

    Jim said he learned it from his grandpa in peyote-ritual but he didn't know the language or the specific meanings of the individual words, and seemed to imply that his grandpa didn't either. So maybe it's a song in a lost language that anyone can tap for beauty and power, like he did :-)

  • @Cornish666
    @Cornish666 4 года назад +1

    the whole album is amazing, cant see it in antigua apparently

  • @dennisdiaz1245
    @dennisdiaz1245 2 года назад

    Jim Pepper was a Native American jazz musician, saxophone player & writer.

  • @MegaIsmene
    @MegaIsmene 3 месяца назад

    zeitlos❤

  • @dirtysallysnowball
    @dirtysallysnowball 16 лет назад +2

    Thanks for posting. I love this song.
    Does anyone know what Witchi Tai To means?
    Thank You.

  • @elvinz2
    @elvinz2 8 лет назад +6

    All my relations.

  • @mhpjii
    @mhpjii Год назад

    WMMS-FM 100.7 Cleveland 1974

  • @jansen_music
    @jansen_music 12 лет назад

    Yes Lester McFarland. Do you happen to know him? We worked together for years up in Portland.

  • @carletonhoffman
    @carletonhoffman 5 лет назад

    should be Tai, not Tia, right? always loved this guy and this piece. i didn't know he was living in Brooklyn and thot he recorded this before 1982.

  • @boblundgren2810
    @boblundgren2810 5 лет назад

    So baic

  • @Wuei108
    @Wuei108 9 лет назад +1

    can the lyrics be found anywhere?

  • @ginodorilia6602
    @ginodorilia6602 4 года назад

    S O U N D ! ! ! ! G I N ( ) : )

  • @jocolope
    @jocolope 11 лет назад

    Ah Choo! Love Calling, its summer. Wanna go back further punkers. Id be careful wit dat chit paint can, mon calice...

  • @dannybeckwith8135
    @dannybeckwith8135 11 лет назад +3

    its a peyote song of the native american church

  • @quinnpeckpeck66
    @quinnpeckpeck66 14 лет назад

    @dirtysallysnowball
    It means water spitrit feeling

  • @jansen_music
    @jansen_music 12 лет назад

    He moved to L.A. several years ago..on FaceBook

  • @rkekahba
    @rkekahba 28 дней назад

    Pepper was a Kaw-Konza Indian.

  • @enoboye
    @enoboye 12 лет назад

    Not being critical with you here, nor being a jerk, but what do you mean by this? I'm confused.

  • @myrrhe5151
    @myrrhe5151 8 лет назад +8

    ok it has been a american nativ church song..firstly..

  • @cyclos12
    @cyclos12 7 лет назад +1

    Weirdly familiar

  • @ItsNadine71335
    @ItsNadine71335 12 лет назад +1

    Witchi Tai Tai, kimarah
    Whoa Ron-nee Ka
    Whoa Ron-nee Ka
    Hey-ney, hey-ney, no-wah
    I think that`s the right spelling :)

  • @violetrose8563
    @violetrose8563 10 лет назад +1

    i am trying to find robbie roberts version.. i am sure that is the one i heard the most.. and of course it was when i was living in Hollywood and was in the middle of the studios.... there was a rock version.. i really do not like jazz.. how ever the version with the words> holy spirit running around my head

  • @siLveRscOpe13x
    @siLveRscOpe13x 12 лет назад

    You mean your carpet?

  • @ISHMAELALIB
    @ISHMAELALIB 12 лет назад

    Lester McFarland

  • @chiefashley56
    @chiefashley56 12 лет назад +2

    Trolls, by definition, are jackasses. The Prosecution rests.