Billy Darrell & Dick Delmar

Cease the Cannons

V.F.W. SON 2731 · USA

Cease the Cannons – Billy Darrell & Dick Delmar (A-side label)

Artist
Billy Darrell & Dick Delmar
Title
Cease the Cannons
Release
Cease the Cannons / Veteran's Orphange
Label
V.F.W. # SON 2731
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
USA
Songwriter
Wilson, Fagan, Darrell
Genre
Rock · Folk Rock
Primary theme
Peace, Protest & Anti-War

Annotation

Cease the Cannons (Darrell, Billy & Dick Delmar) Veteran's Orphanage (Delmar, Dick) Folk rock, anti-war, Vietnam-era. A-side: will there ever be peace? B-side: children left orphans by the war.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

VFW Cottage Fund label in red, white and blue sunburst design; V.F.W. Pub. Co., BMI; "A D.W. Production"; "Cease the Cannons" (Wilson–Fagan–Darrell), Billy Darrell & Dick Delmar (SON 2731); flip "Veteran's Orphanage" (D. Wilson), Dick Delmar and The Castaways (SON 2732). [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes

Anti-War · Religion

In collections

Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]

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