Indio - Hard Sun (1989)

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Gordon Peterson grew up in Dundas, Ontario. The name Indio came to him while recording the second half of the album Big Harvest in California with Larry Klein. One afternoon, he drove down to Mexico and the last town before he crossed the border was named Indio. At that point Peterson decided he didn't want to use his own name on the album and decided to use Indio. Peterson re-emerged into the public when he filed a lawsuit in December, 2009 against Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, alleging infringement resulting from usage and alteration of Hard Sun without Peterson's permission, although Universal Music, Peterson's former label, granted permission. Vedder recorded the song for the Sean Penn-directed movie Into The Wild. (Discogs)

Indio only released one album in 1989 entitled "Big Harvest", which spawned two singles; "Hard Sun" and "Save For The Memory". Only "Hard Sun" made the charts. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and #34 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.