Jeffords' Secret

JEFFORDS’ SECRET by Carol Markstrom (BMI)
(Track 9 on Seekers album, released 9/24/24)
Produced by Carol Markstrom & Merel Bregante
Engineered and mixed by Merel Bregante at Cribworks Digital Audio, Liberty Hill, TX
Mastered by Jerry Tubb, Terra Nova Mastering, Austin, TX
Carol Markstrom lead & harmony vocals; Seth Maynard vocal harmony, acoustic guitar, bass & dobro; Mike Hofer mandolin & harmonica
The friendship between Chiricahua Apache leader Cochise and Army Scout/Indian agent Thomas Jeffords speaks to surmounting cross-cultural barriers and finding humanity in the enemy. As is alluded to in the song, Cochise’s body is still safely hidden in the Dragoon Mountains in Arizona.