Musically, it features a slow, brooding tempo with haunting guitar riffs by Jimmy Page and emotionally charged vocals by Robert Plant.
Names of beverages in songs are sometimes used to symbolize emotions through a state of mind. There are no shortage of songs that have this affliction. I’m going to talk about a few of my favorites in these posts and maybe list some of the low hanging fruit as we go along. I hope you enjoy!
The original recording of “Running Bear” was performed by Johnny Preston.
“Running Bear” is a classic song written by J.P. Richardson, better known as The Big Bopper, in 1958. The song tells the tragic love story of Running Bear, a Native American man, and Little White Dove, a Native American girl from a rival tribe.
