College Town Needle Blues
1976 · Oliver 50 · USA
- Artist
- Wanda Lee
- Title
- College Town Needle Blues
- Release
- Boonville Pinto Pony / College Town Needle Blues
- Year
- 1976
- Label
- Oliver # 50
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Wanda Lee
- Genre
- Blues · Blues
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Post-war 70s blues song, "College Town Needle Blues" by Wanda Lee - this is very obscure, with no information known about the artist and location, only the date printed on the record, "1976". It seems to be about a drug addicted soldier or the narrator is using war as a metaphor for drug addiction. The narrator notes "some have died to win the war, but I've lived to lose", because of a "self inflicted glory hole in my arm". The narrator warns: "soldiers take heed".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - no record titled "College Town Needle Blues" was found under any of the six Wanda Lee-related Discogs entries or by title search; likely an unindexed private pressing of a drug-era topical piece. [Source: Discogs checks]