The Bizarre True Story Behind “Indian Reservation” by Paul Revere and the Raiders

Coming up next the most insane story of a hit song in the annals of insane stories of hit songs. A famous songwriter John D Loudermilk was allegedly kidnapped by three men while resting in his car waiting out a late-night blizzard. He said he was beaten for three days, and then it got worse when they found out he was a famous songwriter… That’s when they made a deal with him under duress. If he would write a song about the unjust treatment of their people, the Cherokees would let him live. Otherwise, they would take his life. There really wasn’t a choice… Now, this songwriter had written a lot of great songs for everyone from Johnny Cash to Roy Orbison, so he was confident he could write a song to save his life. He agreed to the three men’s demands to save his own life. He went about writing a song called Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian) and it became a massive global smash for Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and The Raiders..After the song became massive and he had lived up to his promise… the truth would finally come out, and it would ruin his career… The truth surrounding one of the biggest hits of its time coming up next on Professor of Rock. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .