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Various Artists
In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War
Genres: Folk, Special Interest, Pop

Track Listings (27) - Disc #1
1. Green T-Shirt Blues
2. Grunt - Bill Ellis
3. Six Clicks
4. Saigon Warrior
5. First Cav - Bill Ellis
6. Ho Chi Minh Trail
7. Panther Pack Is Prowling, the/Ling Po Drove the Truck Away
8. King of the Trail
9. Tchepone
10. Sitting in the Cab of My Truck
11. Ba Muoi Ba - Chuck Rosenberg
12. Pull the Boom from the Gas Hole
13. Jolly Green
14. Cobra Seven
15. Green Beret and Friendly Fac
16. Firefight - Bill Ellis
17. Will There Be a Tomorrow?
18. I've Been Everywhere - Mack, Geoffrey
19. Here I Sit
20. Danang Lullaby - Broudy, Saul
21. Fighter Pilot's Christmas
22. Chu Yen
23. Boonie Rat Song
24. Battle Hymn of the River Rats
25. Crack Went the Rifle
26. Freedom Bird - Bill Ellis
27. Played Around and Stayed Around Vietnam Too Long

CD Details

All Artists: Various Artists
Title: In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Rounder Records
Original Release Date: 5/23/1991
Re-Release Date: 11/18/2008
Genres: Folk, Special Interest, Pop
Styles: Traditional Folk, Contemporary Folk, By Decade, 1960s, 1970s
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 018964055226

Synopsis

Album Description

These are songs made by the men who served in the Viet Nam war. Some of these songs are descended from the traditional music of earlier wars, some grew out of the folksong revival of the late '50s am early '60s. Others come from rock, country, or blues tradition. In the words of General Edward Lansdale: ". . . they belong to the Americans who served in Southeast Asia and express their own emotions about a war, a people, and a land far from home." With Saul Broudy, Chip Dockery, James Patterson ("Bull") Durham, Bill Ellis, Toby Hughes, Dick Jonas, Chuck Rosenberg, Tom Price, Robin Thomas, Lisa Ellis, Sherry Hughes, Kathy Jonas.

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Member CD Reviews

Craig C. (cyberlemon) from MCALLEN, TX
Reviewed on 8/31/2007...

The recordings here were made in 1991 on the Flying Fish label in a comtinuing effort to preserve the Vets culture. This is amazing music that you cannot find anywhere else.

CD Reviews

Wow! Great Songs!

WanderlustX2 | Worthington, OH USA | 04/23/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I listen to some folk and listen to about any genre of music. I picked this up to see what it was about after seeing it was written by soldiers during the Vietnam War and was amazed by the disc. It spreads across humor to service rivalry to deeper reflections. I also like the reworking of some of songs such as King of the Trial and I've Been Everywhere.

Personally I think it's a must have for history, Vietnam War buffs and those who appreciate folk music."

300 days more or less and I'm going home

Steven Cain | Temporal Quantum Pocket | 08/21/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"That line from the wistful Boony Rat Song gives you some sense of the fragile beauty of some of these Nam Vet classics.

One of my Army Nurse friends bought me this album as a gift and I cannot thank her enough.

There isn't one dud track on the entire CD and some of the songs, such as Cobra Seven, really capture the die-for-each-other heroism that makes it all the more disgusting that these brave men and women were never honored for their sacrifice.

If you are a Vet you will understand what I am about to say, if not, please trust me, that if you meet a Vietnam Vet, whether it be a combat vet or a Nam Nurse, the most important words they can ever hear are 'Welcome Home'. Because they never heard it when they came back from Vietnam.

Blessings to Lydia and the boys for sharing this stunning collection with us all."

Outstanding! A real piece of our history.

WanderlustX2 | 06/12/1998

(5 out of 5 stars)

"More than collection of folk songs, these are the songs that were writen by U.S. service men fighting in Vietnam. Ground troops and pilots wrote these songs to the tunes of popular songs. They are performed on the cd by Vietnam veterans. Extremely well done. The songs tell the stories of specific battles, air combat, and the hardships of fighting the war in South East Asia. Dr. Lydia Fish, Director of Anthropology at Buffalo State College, N.Y., collected these treasures and recorded them in 24 track stereo. The cd is part of the "Vietnam Veterans Oral History and Folklore Project." You won't find any Jane Fonda stuff here! No matter how you felt about the war, this cd is a must for anyone with an intrest in history, folk music, and of course the Vietnam War."

Excellent cd

Steven Cain | 04/14/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"outstanding cd.recommend to any vietnam vet to bring back the good times or the bad depending on your outlook at the war."

Echos from the Past

John F. Guilmartin | Columbus, OH United States | 04/07/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"In Country gives a side of the Vietnam War that few Americans who weren't there can imagine or appreciate... until you hear the music. Americans who served in Vietnam -- and in the skies over Vietnam and Laos -- had their music, and In Country captures the best of it. For those of us who were there, listening to the cuts that address the parts of the war we experienced is like stepping into a time machine. This isn't the Hollywood version; it's the real thing, with understated courage, humor and forebearance to balance the death, destruction and misery. In fact, come to think of it, that was why a lot of the songs were written. They range from tear-jerkers, to serious, to cynical, to hilarious. Listening to them you can sense the change in attitudes toward the war as it ground on. I can remember hearing some of them for real in Air Force officers club bars in Thailand in '65-66 and in '75, and Flying Fish -- and Lydia Fish, the lady who put the whole collection together -- got it right! I teach an undergraduate college course on the Vietnam War nowadays, and the CD is worth its weight in gold. Highly recommended!J. Guilmartin"