Credited on the record as Capt. Gene Powless.
The American Story
1971 · Golden 105 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Artist
- Gene Powless
- Credited on the record as
- Capt. Gene Powless
- Title
- The American Story
- Release
- The American Story / The Blackhorse
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- Golden # 105
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
- Songwriter
- Gene Powless
- Genre
- Fanfare · Fanfare
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
American Story, The (Powless, Gene) Fanfare, patriotic. Veteran. WW1 - grandfather spoke to son, need war to stay free. Fighting for liberty. WW2 - dad told us about the war in Europe, it has to be won. Now - he is off to Vietnam, hopefully the last father to speak to son about going to war. Let people protest the war if they want, it's their right to.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Golden Records of La., P.O. Box 2544, B.R., La., GRL-#105, gold label headed "A Memorial Record"; "The American Story" (Gene Powless), Danrite Music, BMI, time 2:57, (SoN 66252); credited to Capt. Gene Powless; producers Jack Lanstrom, Ebb-Tide, Charles Wright; arranger Marvin Gaye; "Nationally Distributed", "Another Golden Production". [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
Soldier's Perspective · WW1 · WW2 · Patriotic
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years] · US Military & Veteran Songs