Blues songs

78 songs · chronological · Annotations and notes by Justin A. Brummer

A collection of blues songs referencing the Vietnam War This forms part of the larger Vietnam War Song Project, an interpretive examination of over 6,000 Vietnam War songs identified, revealing how the war's significance is represented through music. The project also collects spoken-word recordings about the conflict. This unique collection of voices advances scholarship by providing insights into people’s views about the war over time as represented in music, looking at diverse communities and vibrant music scenes. It is crucial in developing our knowledge of the war and the humanities, through the use of a digital research platform.YouTube playlist: Vietnam - Blues

  1. Wilbert Harrison – Drafted (1961)
  2. Memphis Willie B. – Uncle Sam Blues (1962)
  3. Lightnin' Hopkins – War Is Starting Again (1962)
  4. Luke Miles – War Time Blues (1962)
  5. Snooky Pryor – Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man (1962)
  6. Eddie Carson – Bombs of Destruction (1962)
  7. Bo Diddley – Mr. Khrushchev (1962)
  8. Teddy Reynolds and The Twisters – I Thought the War Was Over (1962)
  9. Big Joe Williams – Army Man Blues (1962)
  10. Son House – Fighting for Dear Old Uncle Sam (1963)
  11. J.B. Lenoir – Vietnam (1966)
  12. Allen Orange – V.C. Blues (1966)
  13. The Johnny Shines Band – So Cold in Vietnam (1966)
  14. King Soloman – Please Mr President (1966)
  15. Bus Brown – Mr. L.B.J. (1966)
  16. Robert Pete Williams – This Is a Mean Old World to Me (1966)
  17. Badger King – Napalm Blues (1966)
  18. Junior Wells – Viet-Cong Blues (1966)
  19. Junior Wells – Vietnam Blues (1967)
  20. Big Amos – Going to Vietnam (1967)
  21. Nina Simone – Backlash Blues (1967)
  22. Mark Comfort – Damn Vietnam (1967)
  23. Mark Comfort – Damn Vietnam (Part 2) (1967)
  24. Steve Mann – Vietnam Blues (1967)
  25. Various Artists – Everybody Crying About Vietnam (1968)
  26. Madame Nellie Robinson – Viet Nam (1968)
  27. Brother Will Hairston – War in Vietnam (1968)
  28. John Lee Hooker – I Gotta Go to Vietnam (1968)
  29. Billy Bizor – Vietnam War (1968)
  30. Lightnin' Hopkins – Viet Nam War (Pt.1) & (Pt.2) (1968)
  31. Abner Jay – Vietnam (1968)
  32. Lowell Fulson – Letter (1968)
  33. Junior Wells – The Hippies Are Trying (1968)
  34. Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup – Questionnaire Blues (1968)
  35. Kurrt Watkins and Soul Sister 7 – I Ain't Buying No Saigon Tea (1969)
  36. John Lee Hooker – I Don't Wanna Go to Vietnam (1969)
  37. T-Bone Walker – Vietnam (1969)
  38. Lightnin' Hopkins – Please Settle In Viet Nam (1969)
  39. Lightnin' Hopkins – Questionnaire Blues (1970)
  40. J.B. Lenoir – Vietnam Blues (1970)
  41. Big Joe Williams – Army Man in Vietnam (1970)
  42. Matt Jones – Hell No, I Aint Gonna Go! (1970)
  43. Guitar Slim Green – This War Ain't Right (1970)
  44. Leon Thomas – Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' to Vietnam) (1970)
  45. Leon Thomas – Damn Nam (Ain't Goin' to Vietnam) Part 2 (1970)
  46. Robert Pete Williams – Viet Nam Blues (1971)
  47. Memphis Slim – Chicago Seven (1971)
  48. Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker – The World Today (1971)
  49. Percy Mayfield – Right on Young Americans (1972)
  50. Champion Jack Dupree – Vietnam Blues (1972)
  51. Champion Jack Dupree – Vietnam Blues (Alt. Take) (1972)
  52. Freddie King – Yonder Wall (1973)
  53. Henry Johnson – Join the Army (1973)
  54. Johnny Shines – Blood Ran Like Wine (1974)
  55. Pernell Charity – War Blues (1975)
  56. Treves Blues Band – Vietnam Blues (1976)
  57. Charlie Sayles – Vietnam (1976)
  58. Wanda Lee – College Town Needle Blues (1976)
  59. James 'Guitar Slim' Stephens – War Service Blues (1978)
  60. Various Artists – Draft Board Blues (1985)
  61. The Robert Cray Band – Sonny (1985)
  62. Various Artists – Blind Man in the Tear Gas (1990)
  63. Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup – This War Is Awful (1994)
  64. Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters – Welcome Home (Dedicated to All the Vietnam Veterans) (1996)
  65. Arthur Weston – Uncle Sam Called Me (I Got to Go) (1997)
  66. Various Artists – We All Got to Go (1998)
  67. Ronnie Earl – New Vietnam Blues (2001)
  68. Various Artists – Vietnam Blues (2003)
  69. Various Artists – Kennedy's Blues (2007)
  70. Various Artists – President Johnson's Blues (2009)
  71. Various Artists – ...Next Stop Is Vietnam (The War on Record: 1961-2008) (2010)
  72. Sugar Blue – Stop the War (2010)
  73. Various Artists – President Nixon's Blues (2011)
  74. Murvell Johnson – Viet Nam War
  75. Flora Molton – The Sun Will Shine in Vietnam
  76. Myrtis Hardeman – Speak to Vietnam
  77. Myrtis Hardeman – Mercy on Saigon
  78. Swan Mellarks – Dr. Martin Luther King