Medicine Bottle

Medicine Bottle – Carol Markstrom (4:35)
Contact: carol@carolmarkstrommusic.com
(304) 216-2551

Produced by Bil VornDick
Engineered and Mixed by Bil VornDick
Assistant Engineer: John Browning
Recorded at Mountainside Audio Labs, Nashville, TN.
Mastered by Glenn Meadows, Mayfield Mastering, Nashville, TN.

Songwriters/Publisher: Carol Markstrom/Carol Markstrom Music (BMI) and Bil VornDick/Mountainside Music (BMI)

RELEASE DATE: February 28, 2018

LINER NOTES: I’ve been haunted most of my adult life by a famous photo of a Dakota Sioux leader, Medicine Bottle (Wa-kan-o-zhan-zhan), taken just prior to his hanging on November 11, 1865. Along with fellow leader, Little Six (Shakopee), the two men experienced the ultimate consequence for their roles in the U.S.-Dakota War. Prior to that day, thirty-eight Dakota warriors experienced this same outcome in the largest mass hanging in U.S. history. Medicine Bottle’s descendent, Sheldon Wolfchild, continues to remind us of this story through film and commemoration.

MUSICIANS:
Lead vocals: Carol Markstrom
Harmony: Rex Allen, Jr.
Acoustic guitar: Bryan Sutton
Bass guitar: Mark Fain
Drums: Lynn Williams
Electric guitar: Andy Reiss
Pedal steel guitar: Paul Franklin