Redbone is an American rock band that was originally formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1969 by brothers Pat and Lolly Vegas. All members during their commercial peak were of Chicano or Native American heritage, something heavily reflected in their songs, stage regalia, and album art.
members: Pat Vegas, Lolly Vegas, Pete DePoe, Tony Bellamy, Butch Rillera, Mark Guerrero, Thunderhand Joe, Arturo Perez
formed in: Los Angeles
labels: Epic Records
genres: rock music
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Brothers Patrick “Pat” Vegas (bass, vocals) and Candido "Lolly" Vasquez-Vegas (guitar, vocals) were born in Coalinga, California, near Fresno. In 1959, they moved to Los Angeles, where they spent a decade performing in clubs as Pat and Lolly Vegas. During this period, they performed in local clubs on Hollywood and Sunset Boulevard, including Gazzari's, while also writing and playing on records for various artists including Tina Turner, Sonny & Cher, James Brown, The Ventures, Little Richard, and Elvis.
Redbone's music was primarily rock music, but incorporated elements of rock and roll, funk, folk music, blues, swamp funk, Tex-Mex, rhythm and blues, indigenous music of North America, soul music, soft rock, hard rock, Cajun music, jazz and Latin music. The band's style was classified as swamp rock.
"Come and Get Your Love" is a song by the American rock band Redbone. The song was originally released as a promo track under the name "Hail" and was later featured on their fifth album, Wovoka (1973), under its current name.
The song was released as the album's first single that year. Written and produced by band members Pat and Lolly Vegas, it is one of the band's most successful singles.
The lyrics and music are by Lolly Vegas. In addition to vocals, Vegas performed the guitar and electric sitar on the song. The lyrics narrate a man being affirming towards his girlfriend, starting with the question "What's the matter with your head?" before encouragements such as "Nothin's a matter with your head, baby".
Cash Box was an early noticer of the song, listing the single in its "Choice Programming" section for "singles...deserving of special programmer consideration" on September 15, 1973. In a review of the Wovoka album on November 24, 1973, Billboard named "Come and Get Your Love" as an example of "moments of highly commercial material...which warrant FM airplay." Arty Goodman of Cash Box recommended "Come and Get Your Love" in his column on March 30, 1974, calling it "one of the best pop records of the year". Following its chart success, Broadcasting magazine regarded this song as Redbone's "most commercially oriented and un-Indian effort."
The music video for "Come and Get Your Love" was directed by American music video director Wayne Isham and produced by Joe Flews for Industrial Artists. It was filmed in Los Angeles, the US, and depicts the band at a rooftop of a tall building, performing in front of a sign of large letters spelling out the word "McCOY HOTEL". The video was a Box Top on British music television channel The Box in the beginning of September 1995. One month later, MTV Europe put the video on break out rotation. At the 1995 Billboard Music Video Awards, "Come and Get Your Love" was nominated for Best New Artist Clip in the category for Dance.