epic lulz.
Dude, I need you help in tracking down that great “Tomahawk chop” music that Howie was playing behind his send up of “Great Chieftess” Granny Warren the other day. Any idea what the name of that tune is, and who performed it?
The first one that came up on a YouTube search sounds like what he used
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Z-11PxYKU
This one is from a home video at Turner Field, very short
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIy2e-qx3aw
From Wikipedia (Atlanta Braves):
“During the Braves’ rise to prominence in the early 1990s, their long-standing ethnic nickname came under much closer scrutiny, even being protested in Minneapolis when the Braves visited the Twins for Game 1 of the 1991 World Series. The team was especially criticized for selling plastic and foam tomahawks, encouraging the so-called tomahawk chop and the accompanying war cry emitted by the fans. The war cry and tomahawk chop are similar, if not identical, to what Florida State University fans do at their games. Initially, the war chant music was played by the Braves’ organist, but in recent years, a recording of the FSU band has been used instead. This tradition can be traced back to the arrival of former Seminole Deion Sanders, who also played for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons at the time (he would go on to play both sports simultaneously in San Francisco for one year).”
(I remember one player hit a HR, maybe a game winner,
against the Braves and playfully did a tomahawk chop
as he rounded the bases. The Braves left Boston 9 years before I was born but I believe they had a mascot Indian
named Chief Nock-a-homah (get it?)