Daddy's Name Upon the Wall
1988 · Nifty Pick NP10 · Reno, Nevada
- Artist
- George Pickard
- Title
- Daddy's Name Upon the Wall
- Release
- Daddy's Name Upon the Wall
- Year
- 1988
- Label
- Nifty Pick # NP10
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Reno, Nevada, USA
- Songwriter
- Matt Pickard, George Pickard
- Genre
- Rock · Pop Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Pop rock 80s post-war song "Daddy's Name Upon the Wall" (Nifty Pick Records # NP10) by George Pickard, released in Reno, Nevada, USA. A Boy recalled playing with his father the day before he left for "a place called 'Nam...fighting for my country, land of liberty". He carved his name on the wall outside the house. But then a man came to the door in 1968 and informed his mother that the father was KIA in Vietnam. Twenty years later, the boy, with his son, was at the "cold black slate" at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C. , to pay tribute to his father: "touching Grandpa's name". The picture sleeve showed the father and son carving the name on the wall of the house, and on the other side, the son and grandson looking at the soldier's name on the memorial wall. Composed by Matt Pickard and George Pickard. Recorded at Club Studios, Reno, Nevada.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - the record is documented but the performer is not. "Daddy's Name Upon the Wall", written by George and Matt Pickard and produced by George Pickard, was issued on Nifty 'Pick' NP10 in 1988 with the same track on both sides; no biographical record has been located. [Source: Discogs (release only)]