Harlan Howard

Better Get Your Pride Back Boy

1971 · Nugget NR 1060 · USA

Better Get Your Pride Back Boy – Harlan Howard (A-side label)

Artist
Harlan Howard
Title
Better Get Your Pride Back Boy
Release
Uncle Sam (I'm a Patriot) / Better Get Your Pride Back Boy
Year
1971
Label
Nugget # NR 1060
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
USA
Songwriter
Harlan Howard
Genre
Country · Nashville Sound
Primary theme
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs

Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs

"Better Get You Pride Back Boy" - Father criticised his son for sitting in coffee houses rather than joining in the fight.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation

Both songs on the album To the Silent Majority, With Love. (Nugget Records # NRLP-105) "Uncle Sam (I'm a Patriot)" (Nugget # NR 1060) (Howard, Harlan) Country. Patriotic. Complained about the US spending money on foreign countries, but pledged to do his duty if Uncle Sam called him up. "Better Get You Pride Back Boy" - Father criticised his son for sitting in coffee houses rather than joining in the fight.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Nugget Records NR 1060, gold label, "Distributed by P I P Records · A Division of Pickwick International, Inc.", printed in U.S.A.; A-side (NR 1060 A) "Uncle Sam (I'm a Patriot)" (Harlan Howard), 2:19; B-side (NR 1060 B) "Better Get Your Pride Back Boy" (Harlan Howard), 2:17; both Wilderness Music (BMI), producers Fred Carter, Jr. & Don Davis. [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

American country songwriter, born 8 September 1927 in Detroit, Michigan; died 3 March 2002 in Nashville, Tennessee. [Source: Wikipedia]

Themes

Patriotic · Draft

In collections

Draft Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]