Redbones Lead Singer & Guitarist Lolly Vegas Dies at 70 Come and Get Your Love

Posted by Lourie Helzer on Friday, June 21, 2024

Lolly Vegas passed away in his sleep of lung cancer at age 70. He had suffered from bad health since having a stoke 15 years ago. Fronting the Native American band Redbone, Lolly Vegas wrote the hit song ‘Come and Get Your Love’ which reached number #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in April 1974. "Redbone" is a slang term meaning Cajun or mixed race person – Lolly and the other members of Redbone were part Native American. The band Redbone was formed at the urging of Jimi Hendrix who was also part Native American.

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