American Story
1971 · Golden 105 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Artist
- Gene Powless
- Title
- 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
About the artist
Unknown - the record is documented but the performer is not. 'The American Story' was issued on Golden-Records Of La. GRL-105 in 1968, credited to Capt. Gene Powless and backed with 'The Blackhorse'; no biographical record has been located for him. [Source: Discogs (release only)]
Themes
Soldier's Perspective · WW1 · WW2 · Patriotic