Alfonso Ray Riate
1 record in the archive · 1975
About the artist
Alfonso Ray Riate (1945-1984), born in Sebastopol, California to a Filipino father and Karuk mother, was a US Marine captured in Quang Tri Province in 1967 and held POW until 1973, becoming a member of the antiwar 'Peace Committee' of captured servicemen; he wrote 'Play Your Guitars, American Friends' in captivity and recorded it for the compilation 'What Now, People?' on Barbara Dane's Paredon Records (1975). He died in Lynwood, California in 1984. [Source: Wilber & Lembcke, 'Dissenting POWs' (Monthly Review Press); POW Network]