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Release Merry Airbrakes
Year 1973
Label St. George International # ST 06
Format LP · Album
Country USA
Language English
Songs here 3 in the archive
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — Merry Airbrakes, Merry Airbrakes; cite each song by its SongID

Merry Airbrakes

1973 · Album · St. George International # ST 06 · USA
3 songs from this release are in the archive, listed below in catalogue order. Track positions are not recorded; the release may carry other songs that do not reference the war. Most common themes: Soldier's Perspective.
Annotation
Various artist compilation, featuring Jimmy Anderson, blues artist born on 21 November 1934 in Natchez, Mississippi, USA. He moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana in the 50s and recorded in the region, including the song "Draft Board Blues" (Flyright Records # FLY 607), recorded 1962 in the pre-Vietnam War years under JFK, but unreleased at the time, appearing on this compilation.1 The narrator notes receiving the draft call for a "trip across the world" . He was "not gonna like it, cause I miss you" . Apparently the board gave him a choice, "the land, sea or the air" .
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Collections
Songs from this release appear in these 3 curated collections.
The songs
1.
1973 · Album · St. George International # ST 06 · Boston, Massachusetts · Merry Airbrakes

American protest folk/psych band centered on Vietnam veteran Bill Homans (later bluesman 'Watermelon Slim'; b. 1949, Boston, Massachusetts), with his brother and friends; their private-press LP 'Merry Airbrakes' (St. George International, 1973) was an anti-war statement by a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War. [Source: Discogs / AllMusic / Scissor Tail reissue notes]

2.
1973 · Album · St. George International # ST 06 · USA · Merry Airbrakes

American protest folk/psych band centered on Vietnam veteran Bill Homans (later bluesman 'Watermelon Slim'; b. 1949, Boston, Massachusetts), with his brother and friends; their private-press LP 'Merry Airbrakes' (St. George International, 1973) was an anti-war statement by a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War. [Source: Discogs / AllMusic / Scissor Tail reissue notes]

3.
1973 · Album · St. George International # ST 06 · USA · Merry Airbrakes

American protest folk/psych band centered on Vietnam veteran Bill Homans (later bluesman 'Watermelon Slim'; b. 1949, Boston, Massachusetts), with his brother and friends; their private-press LP 'Merry Airbrakes' (St. George International, 1973) was an anti-war statement by a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War. [Source: Discogs / AllMusic / Scissor Tail reissue notes]