Fanfare; 30; Silverbird: The Birth of a Navajo Rock Group
- Series
- Fanfare
- Episode Number
- 30
- Producing Organization
- Educational Broadcasting Corporation. NET Division
- Contributing Organization
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/512-901zc7sm1f
- NOLA Code
- FANF
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- Description
- Episode Description
- You better get ready cause here I come. With these words, Silverbird is born. A family of seven guitar-thumping, vibrating Indians performing their first rock concert at Long Island University is presented in Silverbird: Birth of a Navajo Rock Group. The program is a musical odyssey involving the seven members of the Ortiz family three adults and four teenagers who comprise Silverbird. Using the name of The Coronados, the adults have been singing together on the resort circuit since the mid-50s. The teenagers have recently formed their own rock group, title The Real Americans. And since last year the seven have been discovering their own sound as Silverbird in their Dumont (NJ) homes. In addition to the concert booking, they are seen performing both at home and at their first Capitol recording session. They are heard in many of their own numbers, ranging from cool rock (Sonny, Would You, Here I Come) to Indian protest songs (Broken Treaties, Custers Last Stand). In addition, the film visits Grossingers in the Catskills, where the Coronados are heard singing in a popular vein. Fanfare Silverbird - The Birth of a Navajo Rock Group is a production of the NET Division, Educational Broadcasting Corporation. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Episode Description
- 1 hour piece produced by NET Division, Educational Broadcasting Corporation in 1971. It was originally shot in color.
- Series Description
- Fanfare is an anthology series of performing arts programming.
- Broadcast Date
- 1971-05-02
- Asset type
- Episode
- Topics
- Music
- Performing Arts
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Director: Slate, Lane
Producer: Slate, Lane
Producing Organization: Educational Broadcasting Corporation. NET Division
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 2421423-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 2 inch videotape
Generation: Master
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Fanfare; 30; Silverbird: The Birth of a Navajo Rock Group,” 1971-05-02, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 20, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-901zc7sm1f.
- MLA: “Fanfare; 30; Silverbird: The Birth of a Navajo Rock Group.” 1971-05-02. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 20, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-901zc7sm1f>.
- APA: Fanfare; 30; Silverbird: The Birth of a Navajo Rock Group. Boston, MA: Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-901zc7sm1f