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American musician
Verdell Primeaux is an
Oglala ,
Yankton /
Ponca singer and songwriter in the
Native American Church tradition of
peyote songs , accompanied by
rattle and
water drum . He and Johnny Mike (
Navajo ) are known as the duo Primeaux and Mike .
Primeaux was born in 1966 in
Scottsbluff, Nebraska to the
Pine Ridge
Oglala Lakota Nation,
South Dakota , and is the son of noted peyote singer Francis Primeaux Senior and grandson of Harry Primeaux. He currently resides in
Many Farms, Arizona with his wife and children.
His music partner, Mike is originally from
Kitsili, Black Mesa, Arizona . Mike's maternal clan is Near the Water People and on his father's side he represents the Salt Clan. He has two children, Rachael and Shane, and resides in
Chinle, Arizona .
Achievements
2002 Grammy Award with Johnny Mike, co-artist, for Best Native American Music Album, Bless The People - Harmonized Peyote Songs, Jack Miller, engineer, Giuli Doyle & Robert Doyle, producers.
2002
Nammy Award with Johnny Mike, co-artist, for Best Traditional Recording, Bless the People .
Discography
Peyote Songs of the Yankton Sioux – Three Volumes (
https://indianrecordsinc.com/shop/yankton-sioux-peyote-songs-three-volumes/ ) with Francis Primeaux, Leroy Magpie Hoof, Francis Primeaux, Jr. and Verdell Primeaux
Peyote Songs (vol.1) (
Canyon Records -16301) with Johnny Mike
Peyote & Healing Songs (vol.2) (CR-16302) with Robert Attson
Peyote Songs (vol.3) (CR-16303) with Johnny Mike
Walk in Beauty: Healing Songs 1995 (vol.4) (CR-16304) with Johnny Mike
Peyote Songs (vol.5) (CR-16305) with Johnny Mike
Peyote Songs in Sioux & Navajo (CR-6301) with Johnny Mike
Sacred Path (vol.6) (CR-6306) with Joe Jakob
Peyote Songs of the Native American Church (vol.7) (CR-6309) with Johnny Mike
Gathering of Voices (vol.8) (CR-6310) with Johnny Mike
Live in Harmony (CR-6313) with Johnny Mike
Evolution: Generation to Generation 2000 (CR-6314) with Johnny Mike
Bless the People: Harmonized Peyote Songs 2001 (CR-6317) with Johnny Mike
Hours Before Dawn 2002 (CR-6342) with Johnny Mike
Stories Told 2008 (CR-6432) with Terry Hanks
The Color of Morning 2007 (CR-7081) with Xavier Quijas Yxayotl of
Guadalajara
Healing Winds (
Cool Runnings Music ) with Johnny Mike
Mystical Warrior (CRM)
Peyote Songs From Lakota Country (CRM)
Veterans and Honor Songs (CRM)
External links
International National Artists