Tiger Tiger American Indian rock n roll band www.tigertigermusic.com is
not an ordinary American rock n roll band! inspired by the nature of
the Florida everglades, their American Indian culture and chief Buffalo
Tiger (their father) of the Miccosukee tribe of Indians of Florida, the
brothers career highlights include initial recordings at Woodstock (later
released in Germany on Sony’s ZYX Label).
Their love of music and performing has led them to international
stages as feature artists worldwide including concerts in Spain, Germany,
France, USA & south America. In the US the Tiger brothers rocked
audiences with their unique native heart beat music at New York’s
Gas Light Lounge in Greenwich Village and The Rolling Stone Club. From
the east coast the band went on to hit the USA’s west coast la
scene, performing at such well-known venues as thee experience on Sunset
Drive in Hollywood, Whiskey-a-Go-Go, the Troubadour and Bag O Nails alongside
such groups as Frank Zappa’s mothers of invention. The band
was also featured in concert at the Atlanta pop festival with traffic,
Allman Brothers, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Lesley West & many more. |
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Based in Miami, Florida national recording artists Tiger
Tiger have headlined and graced the stages for numerous festivals and concerts
over the years. They were featured in the first Miami Pop Festival along
with Jimi Hendrix, Procol Harum
, & Led Zeppelin. In fact the actual jacket that Lee Tiger wore on
stage at the first Miami Pop Festival in May 1968 has recently been put on
permanent display in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood. The
jacket was designed and created by Stephen Tiger at the Seminole Tribes Big
Rock Pow Wow they performed with Chicago, Edgar & Johnny Winter, The Grateful
Dead & many more groups of that era. At Pirates World in Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida they performed along with several marquee acts, including Jefferson
Starship, Blackfoot, Leonard Skynyrd, Steppenwolf, Deep Purple, Guess Who,
Charlie Daniels, and Quick Silver & Foxy.
Native to this Country
As you acquaint yourself to their music, you will understand
why these accomplished and respected musicians were requested by Chuck Berry & Bo Diddley to
be their backing band. Their last commercially released album Southern
Exposure received a Grammy nomination. Their self-produced music
video Lay Your Burden Down took second place for Best Music Video at
the 2000 American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco. The Tigers have recently
completed their most exciting Native American cultural cd, Peace From
The Everglades, dedicated to the survival of the Miccosukee & Seminole
people of Florida. This cd received two Native American Music Award (NAMMY)
nominations in 2005, for best pop/rock recording & song/single of the year
for Heya. Future plans include touring and promotional opportunities
in support of the new cd.
Tiger Tiger recently finished recording, Native to this Country. The
album is scheduled for release some time next month, Lee Tiger said in an interview
for Miami Herald."We had big plans for it, even taking it to Europe," Lee Tiger said. "We’re
going to probably even work harder, as a legacy to us and a tribute to him
(his brother Stephen Tiger who died in June 2006)."
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