Is the upcoming album, Badlands, actual Native American music, or is it songs about the Native American lifestyle?
Either way, I like both topics. It’s songs about the Native American lifestyle — once again — past, present and future. But it’s set to Superlative music, the Superlative sound and music. That is an October release, late October. 7. I know you and you wife, Connie Smith, were married at an Indian Reservation. Tell us about the reason for that and about the ceremony. It was a spiritual matter more than anything. We felt led to do it there. The other thing was we wanted total privacy and to be with our own thoughts. Our families gave us their blessing, and we felt good about going up there just to be with each other and not to be in an artificial church or artificial surroundings. We wanted to be total reality and being married on a dirt road next to a buffalo pasture under God’s sky is about as real as it gets. 8. I’ve always seen a little bit of gospel in you. Do you think being with Connie has brought it out in you more? It certainly didn’t hurt. (laughs) 9. How do you feel about th
