In Country: Folk Songs Of Americans In The Vietnam War

American singer, guitar and dobro player; US Army veteran who served as an A-Team Communications Supervisor, Company C, 6th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, 1965-1968. Performer on 'In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War' (Flying Fish, 1991). [Source: In Country liner notes]

US Air Force fighter pilot (Lt Col, ret.); flew 125 combat missions in the F-4 Phantom with the 8th TFW Wolf Pack from Ubon, Thailand, 1967-68, and recorded numerous albums of fighter-pilot ballads from 1969 onward. Born and raised in the Suwannee River valley of northern Florida. Currently resides in Chino Valley, Arizona. [Source: artist website erosonic.com; publisher bios]

American singer, guitar and dobro player; US Army veteran who served as an A-Team Communications Supervisor, Company C, 6th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, 1965-1968. Performer on 'In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War' (Flying Fish, 1991). [Source: In Country liner notes]

American folk singer, harmonica player and folklorist based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Vietnam veteran: served as laundry and bath platoon leader, 96th Quartermaster Battalion, 1st Logistical Command, at Phan Rang, 1966-1967, and collected GI songs (MA thesis 'GI Folklore in Viet-Nam', University of Pennsylvania, 1969); his field recordings of servicemen's songs are held by the Library of Congress. Performer on 'In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War' (Flying Fish, 1991). [Source: In Country liner notes / AllMusic / Library of Congress]

American Air Force fighter pilot, 'the balladeer of the in-country air war'. F-4C Aircraft Commander with the 557th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Cam Ranh Bay, 1968; flew 204 missions including support of Khe Sanh during the Tet Offensive; wrote 'Tchepone', the most popular song of the air war. Performer on 'In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War' (Flying Fish, 1991). [Source: In Country liner notes]

Born Kentucky, USA (23 October 1927). Died Memphis, Tennessee, USA (11 May 2004).

Born Kentucky, USA (23 October 1927). Died Memphis, Tennessee, USA (11 May 2004).

Born Florida, USA. Currently Arizona, USA

American singer-guitarist and Vietnam veteran. Drafted out of a rock band in San Francisco in 1968; became known as the 'singing rifleman' of the First Cavalry Division (A Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry). Reassigned to Special Services in March 1969, he toured fire support bases performing for the troops; the division's Public Information Office pressed 30,000 records of his songs, including 'First Cav'. Performer on 'In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War' (Flying Fish, 1991). [Source: In Country liner notes]

American singer-guitarist and Vietnam veteran. Drafted out of a rock band in San Francisco in 1968; became known as the 'singing rifleman' of the First Cavalry Division (A Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry). Reassigned to Special Services in March 1969, he toured fire support bases performing for the troops; the division's Public Information Office pressed 30,000 records of his songs, including 'First Cav'. Performer on 'In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War' (Flying Fish, 1991). [Source: In Country liner notes]

American singer-guitarist and Vietnam veteran. Drafted out of a rock band in San Francisco in 1968; became known as the 'singing rifleman' of the First Cavalry Division (A Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry). Reassigned to Special Services in March 1969, he toured fire support bases performing for the troops; the division's Public Information Office pressed 30,000 records of his songs, including 'First Cav'. Performer on 'In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War' (Flying Fish, 1991). [Source: In Country liner notes]

American singer, guitar and dobro player; US Army veteran who served as an A-Team Communications Supervisor, Company C, 6th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, 1965-1968. Performer on 'In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War' (Flying Fish, 1991). [Source: In Country liner notes]

American folk singer, harmonica player and folklorist based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Vietnam veteran: served as laundry and bath platoon leader, 96th Quartermaster Battalion, 1st Logistical Command, at Phan Rang, 1966-1967, and collected GI songs (MA thesis 'GI Folklore in Viet-Nam', University of Pennsylvania, 1969); his field recordings of servicemen's songs are held by the Library of Congress. Performer on 'In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War' (Flying Fish, 1991). [Source: In Country liner notes / AllMusic / Library of Congress]

American singer-guitarist and Vietnam veteran. Drafted out of a rock band in San Francisco in 1968; became known as the 'singing rifleman' of the First Cavalry Division (A Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry). Reassigned to Special Services in March 1969, he toured fire support bases performing for the troops; the division's Public Information Office pressed 30,000 records of his songs, including 'First Cav'. Performer on 'In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War' (Flying Fish, 1991). [Source: In Country liner notes]

American folk singer, harmonica player and folklorist based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Vietnam veteran: served as laundry and bath platoon leader, 96th Quartermaster Battalion, 1st Logistical Command, at Phan Rang, 1966-1967, and collected GI songs (MA thesis 'GI Folklore in Viet-Nam', University of Pennsylvania, 1969); his field recordings of servicemen's songs are held by the Library of Congress. Performer on 'In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War' (Flying Fish, 1991). [Source: In Country liner notes / AllMusic / Library of Congress]

American Air Force fighter pilot, 'the balladeer of the in-country air war'. F-4C Aircraft Commander with the 557th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Cam Ranh Bay, 1968; flew 204 missions including support of Khe Sanh during the Tet Offensive; wrote 'Tchepone', the most popular song of the air war. Performer on 'In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War' (Flying Fish, 1991). [Source: In Country liner notes]

American Air Force fighter pilot and singer-songwriter of the in-country air war. Flew two tours with the 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron ('Panther Pack'), 432nd TFW, at Udorn RTAFB, 1968-1971, and returned in 1972 during Linebacker II with the 308th TFS; flew almost 400 missions, mostly interdiction over Laos. Known for his song cycle about North Vietnamese truck driver 'Ling Po'. Performer on 'In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War' (Flying Fish, 1991). [Source: In Country liner notes]

Born Kentucky, USA (23 October 1927). Died Memphis, Tennessee, USA (11 May 2004).

American Air Force fighter pilot and singer-songwriter of the in-country air war. Flew two tours with the 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron ('Panther Pack'), 432nd TFW, at Udorn RTAFB, 1968-1971, and returned in 1972 during Linebacker II with the 308th TFS; flew almost 400 missions, mostly interdiction over Laos. Known for his song cycle about North Vietnamese truck driver 'Ling Po'. Performer on 'In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War' (Flying Fish, 1991). [Source: In Country liner notes]

American singer, guitar and dobro player; US Army veteran who served as an A-Team Communications Supervisor, Company C, 6th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, 1965-1968. Performer on 'In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War' (Flying Fish, 1991). [Source: In Country liner notes]

US Air Force fighter pilot (Lt Col, ret.); flew 125 combat missions in the F-4 Phantom with the 8th TFW Wolf Pack from Ubon, Thailand, 1967-68, and recorded numerous albums of fighter-pilot ballads from 1969 onward. Born and raised in the Suwannee River valley of northern Florida. Currently resides in Chino Valley, Arizona. [Source: artist website erosonic.com; publisher bios]

American folk singer, harmonica player and folklorist based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Vietnam veteran: served as laundry and bath platoon leader, 96th Quartermaster Battalion, 1st Logistical Command, at Phan Rang, 1966-1967, and collected GI songs (MA thesis 'GI Folklore in Viet-Nam', University of Pennsylvania, 1969); his field recordings of servicemen's songs are held by the Library of Congress. Performer on 'In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War' (Flying Fish, 1991). [Source: In Country liner notes / AllMusic / Library of Congress]

American Air Force fighter pilot and singer-songwriter of the in-country air war. Flew two tours with the 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron ('Panther Pack'), 432nd TFW, at Udorn RTAFB, 1968-1971, and returned in 1972 during Linebacker II with the 308th TFS; flew almost 400 missions, mostly interdiction over Laos. Known for his song cycle about North Vietnamese truck driver 'Ling Po'. Performer on 'In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War' (Flying Fish, 1991). [Source: In Country liner notes]

American singer, guitar and dobro player; US Army veteran who served as an A-Team Communications Supervisor, Company C, 6th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, 1965-1968. Performer on 'In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War' (Flying Fish, 1991). [Source: In Country liner notes]

American Air Force fighter pilot, 'the balladeer of the in-country air war'. F-4C Aircraft Commander with the 557th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Cam Ranh Bay, 1968; flew 204 missions including support of Khe Sanh during the Tet Offensive; wrote 'Tchepone', the most popular song of the air war. Performer on 'In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War' (Flying Fish, 1991). [Source: In Country liner notes]

American Air Force fighter pilot and singer-songwriter of the in-country air war. Flew two tours with the 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron ('Panther Pack'), 432nd TFW, at Udorn RTAFB, 1968-1971, and returned in 1972 during Linebacker II with the 308th TFS; flew almost 400 missions, mostly interdiction over Laos. Known for his song cycle about North Vietnamese truck driver 'Ling Po'. Performer on 'In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War' (Flying Fish, 1991). [Source: In Country liner notes]

US Air Force fighter pilot (Lt Col, ret.); flew 125 combat missions in the F-4 Phantom with the 8th TFW Wolf Pack from Ubon, Thailand, 1967-68, and recorded numerous albums of fighter-pilot ballads from 1969 onward. Born and raised in the Suwannee River valley of northern Florida. Currently resides in Chino Valley, Arizona. [Source: artist website erosonic.com; publisher bios]