JOHN TWO-HAWKS To Perform With NIGHTWISH In Kentucky, Illinois
May 29, 2008, 16 years ago
Finnish/Swedish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have announced that Platinum award winning Native American flute player and music visionary JOHN TWO-HAWKS will join the band on the following dates:
May
30 - Headliner's Music Hall - Louisville, KY31 - The Pearl Room - Mokena, IL
John Two-Hawks is an Oglala Lakota Native American musician who has been performing professionally in live concerts since the early 1990s. He can sing and play many instruments, but is best known for the Native American flute.
He has produced a dozen CD recordings and a DVD, and has also written a number of books filled with Native American wisdom to accompany some of his CDs. He often guest lectures for schools and universities on Native American history and culture.
He is featured as the Native American vocalist and cedar flute player for the song 'Creek Mary's Blood' on the Nightwish album Once. He also appeared on Nightwish's End Of An Era CD/DVD, a recording of their live performance in Helsinki, Finland on October 21st, 2005. There he performed 'Stone People' from his album Honor as a prelude for 'Creek Mary's Blood"' which he then performed with the band.
Check out a previous Nightwish performance of 'Creek Mary's Blood' with John Two-Hawks below...