Jay Red Eagle is a Native American flautist and member of the Cherokee Nation. His debut CD was entitled Vision. He was born in Craig County, Oklahoma.

Red Eagle won two Music Awards in 2006: Best Native American Artist of the Year and Native American Flutist of the Year. In 2007 Red Eagle was voted Native American Flutist Of The Year a second time.

Native American Times 3/6/2006

A Cherokee Nation man did not go home empty-handed after being nominated multiple times in a statewide music contest.

Jay Red Eagle won both Native American Artist of the Year and Flute Player of the Year. The Stillwater-based Payne County Line Promotions sponsored the contest. Officials say the awards are an annual event. Artists must receive a number of votes to even be nominated, with winners determined through online polling.

Red Eagle’s music has been described as a “traditional, yet contemporary blend of flute, drums, percussion and vocals, pulling your senses into the world of the American Indian, their history of living in a balanced harmony with the earth, nature and the spiritual world.”

Favorite Artists: Carlos Nakai, William Guiterrez, Redbone, Leon Russell, Bill Miller, Robert "Tree" Cody, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Northern Cree.

I’m a fan of many types of music: Carrie Underwood (Hey, Carrie!), Kellie Pickler, Bonnie Raitt (I wish you still lived in Tulsa. I miss Joey’s Home of the Blues), Deep Forest, Mary Youngblood, Lisa LaRue (Hey, let’s go to Stillwater), Polly Ess, Tina Diamond, Rita Coolidge and Walela, Joseph Firecrow (Can’t wait to hear that song, bro), Trace Atkins, The Gap Band (Shoutout to J.B. Wilson who used to shoot pool with my dad), Pam Tillis, Douglas Blue Feather, The Beatles, Lana Chapel (Hugs to my Cherokee sister- break that equiptment out!), Mary Winehouse (I love you anyway), Jeanie Tracy, Linda Imperial (My Mvskogee Creek Diva sister I miss ya! When ya comin’ home to visit?), Mary Panther, The Eagles, Arigon Starr (You NDN Diva, you!), Jefferson Starship (I love Starship even more now because one of my sisters married into the Starship family.

POWDERED EGGS

A song written by Jay Red Eagle Copyright © 2008

My baby got mad, went back to her rez
Hay ya hay hay ya
Please don’t leave, on my knees I begged
Hay ya hay hay ya
I miss her eyes, I miss her legs
Hay ya hay hay ya
I even miss her powdered eggs
Hay ya hay hay ya

Ya hey yo, hey hey ya
Hey ya hey, hey ya
Ya hey ya, hey hey ya
O, hey yo, hey hey ya

Yes, now I’ve lost that girl of mine
Hay ya hay hay ya
The one I met at the forty-nine
Hay ya hay hay ya
Beneath the moon at Mohawk Park
Hay ya hay hay ya
Our first kiss was there in the dark
Hay ya hay hay ya

Ya hey yo, hey hey ya
Hey ya hey, hey ya
Ya hey ya, hey hey ya
O, hey yo, hey hey ya

I used to take her to Wal-Mart
Hay ya hay hay ya
I even pushed her shopping cart
Hay ya hay hay ya
But now she’s gone and broken my heart
Hay ya hay hay ya
I’d go after her but my car won’t start
Hay ya hay hay ya

Ya hey yo, hey hey ya
Hey ya hey, hey ya
Ya hey ya, hey hey ya
O, hey yo, hey hey ya

When she was still in love with me
Hay ya hay hay ya
I took her to the Dollar Tree
Hay ya hay hay ya
But while I was inside Save-A-Lot
Hay ya hay hay ya
She disappeared in the parking lot
Hay ya hay hay ya

Ya hey yo, hey hey ya
Hey ya hey, hey ya
Ya hey ya, hey hey ya
O, hey yo, hey hey ya

I miss her hair and her soft skin
Hay ya hay hay ya
Her big dark eyes and her big grin
Hay ya hay hay ya
Her voice behind mine at the nine
Hay ya hay hay ya
The pretty girl that I called mine
Hay ya hay hay ya

Ya hey yo, hey hey ya
Hey ya hey, hey ya
Ya hey ya, hey hey ya
O, hey yo, hey hey ya