Two Worlds / Three Worlds

by Paul Ortega

In the early 1960's, Mescalero Apache musician, A. Paul Ortega created a sound that forever revolutionized the landscape of Native American music, A respected medicine man, he effortlessly fused Native American healing traditional with the gentle strum of guitar, the stomp of bass drum and the mournful cry of harmonica. With blues-tinged vocals and storytelling that draw upon Native culture, Tow Worlds and Three Worlds have gone on the become modern classics of contemporary Native American musical expression.

Tracks 1-6 were originally released in 1969 as Two Worlds. Tracks 7-13 were originally released in 1969 as Three Worlds.

70:16 minutes — ©2005