The Barton Brothers & The Big A Mountain Boys
Credited on the record as The Barton Brothers and The Big A Mountain Boys.
Battle of Vietnam
Jalyn JLP-139 · Dayton, Ohio
- Artist
- The Barton Brothers & The Big A Mountain Boys
- Credited on the record as
- The Barton Brothers and The Big A Mountain Boys
- Title
- Battle of Vietnam
- Release
- Virginia Bluegrass
- Label
- Jalyn # JLP-139
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Dayton, Ohio, USA
- Songwriter
- J. Barton, E. Barton
- Genre
- Country · Bluegrass
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Notes
Jalyn Records JLP-139, stereo, 1806 Brown St., Dayton, Ohio 45409, "A Jack Lynch Production"; Side One, matrix 30475; track 4 "Battle of Vietnam" (J. Barton – E. Barton), 3:24, Jaclyn-BMI. Front cover photograph of the five band members in suits and cowboy hats with their instruments. The back cover notes, signed by Jack Lynch, President, Jalyn Recording Co., introduce the group: Emmett R. Barton Jr. (born 7 May 1936 at Honaker, Buchanan County, Virginia; guitar, tenor and lead), James Roy Barton ("25 years old, at this time"; lead guitar and lead vocals), Dewey L. Barton ("33 years old, at this time"; five-string banjo), Doug Whitt (fiddle, from Cedar Bluff, Virginia) and Hurley Street (bass). Recording engineer Phil Mehaffey; A&R Jack Lynch; manufactured by Rite Record Productions, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio. No year is printed. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Bluegrass band from Buchanan County, Virginia, led by the brothers Emmett R. Barton Jr. (born 7 May 1936, Honaker, Virginia; guitar, tenor and lead vocals), James Roy Barton (lead guitar, lead vocals) and Dewey L. Barton (five-string banjo), with Doug Whitt (fiddle, from Cedar Bluff, Virginia) and Hurley Street (bass). [Source: record sleeve]