England's Vietnam
1977 · Biscuit City BC 1318 · Chicago, Illinois
- Artist
- The Dayhills Irish Band
- Title
- England's Vietnam
- Release
- The Dear Little Isle
- Year
- 1977
- Label
- Biscuit City # BC 1318
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Songwriter
- B. Whoriskey
- Genre
- Folk · Irish Folk Music
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Notes
Biscuit City Records BC 1318, stereo, 33⅓ RPM, "The Voice of the Rockies", Denver, Colorado, ℗ 1977 Biscuit City Enterprises; Side One track 5 "England's Vietnam" (B. Whoriskey), 2:31 (listed on the back cover as "England's Viet Nam"). The sleeve notes call it "a modern song written out of the war in what remains of Ulster", best described "as an Irish, country-western, rebel song". A cover of the song recorded by The Men of No Property. Front cover photograph of the trio set inside an outline map of Ireland. Recorded August 1977 at Biscuit City Sound Recording Studios; produced by The Dayhills, executive producer Jim Ransom, engineered by Ty Atherholt. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Irish traditional band based in Chicago, Illinois: Tom Dahill (lead vocals, fiddle, tenor banjo, mandolin, bodhrán, piano, whistle), Barbara Dahill (wooden flute, vocals, dance, whistle) and Chuck Heymann (button accordion, concertina, guitar, vocals, mandolin, mandocello). [Source: record sleeve]