John Charles Visser (Indian Jack) was born in the foothills ranching country of Calgary, Alberta on August 14th, 1929. Jack was educated and lived in Moo-hg-kin-stiss (Calgary) most of his life. During his high school vacation, Jack was employed as a roughneck on "wild-cat" oil drilling rigs. While travelling through western Canada, the Yukon, and Alaska, he came into contact with natve Indians of many different tribes and nations. He studied the Blackfoot language in university night classes but was never able to make it with an 'ne-gee-ta-be-ah-ke', probably because he was an elderly napi-go-wex.

The album was released in 1984 on Cassandra Records CRA 5003. It was recorded at Writers Workshop Studio in Calgary. It was produced by Peter D'amico for Indian Jack Enterprises Ltd. The tracks are "The Ballad of Indian Jack/ Two Great Chiefs/ Louis Riel/ Alberta, Oh Alberta // Equestrienne Linda/ Ballad of Emperor Pick/ Cowgirl Sharon/ The Roughnecks of the Oilfields".

Indian Jack-The Roughnecks of the Oilfields.mp3 (3.30 mb)

Indian Jack-Louis Riel.mp3 (5.87 mb)

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