This concert was designed to support groups promoting the welfare and rights of Native Americans, so it was very fitting that Trudell performed. As Wikipedia puts it, he was a Native American author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist. (He died in 2015 at the age of 69.) He was more of a poet than a typical singer. As you can hear on this album, he spoke his poetry with a musical backing.
In 1986, he put out his second album, "aka Graffiti Man." It slowly gained acclaim and popularity as a cassette-only release that spread through Native American gatherings. He released other albums after that. But in 1992, he redid "aka Graffiti Man" in a more professional manner, and had it released on CD and other formats, giving it wider release. A Rolling Stone Magazine review of the album stated that "Trudell employs basic rock, blues, traditional indigenous music, street shuffles, and folk songs to craft a compelling hybrid that encompasses many viewpoints and visions of reality." Most of the songs performed here come from that album.
Here's Trudell's Wikipedia page if you want to know more:
This album is 39 minutes long.
01 talk (John Trudell)
02 Grafitti Man (John Trudell)
03 Rockin' the Res (John Trudell)
04 Fables and Other Realities (John Trudell)
05 Beauty in a Fade (John Trudell)
06 Johnny Damas and Me (John Trudell)
07 Crazy Horse (John Trudell)
08 talk (John Trudell)
09 Somebody's Kid (John Trudell)
10 Bombs Over Baghdad (John Trudell)
11 talk (John Trudell)
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The cover photo is from this exact concert.

Wow this is a treat. Thanks for posting it.I don't have any live Trudell, just the studio albums.
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