G.I. Loan
1991 · ESR ESR 001 · Nashville, Tennessee
- Artist
- 1st Lt. Bobby Ross
- Title
- G.I. Loan
- Release
- G.I. Loan
- Year
- 1991
- Label
- ESR # ESR 001
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- George Jeffrey
- Genre
- Country · Country Pop
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
G.I. Loan (Ross, Bobby) Post-war 90s. Country pop, Vietnam veteran. Recorded when living in Nashville, Tennessee. From Sacramento area, California. Soldiers from WW1 and WW2 received G.I. loans, bought houses and got jobs. But when they came back from Vietnam - no welcome home, forgotten, 'crazy vets', no loans.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
ESR 001 (U-30188M), A side, gold label with the POW*MIA "You Are Not Forgotten" emblem and the ESR mountain logo; "G. I. Loan" (George Jeffrey), © Echo Summit Music/BMI, time 3:01; 1st Lt. Bobby Ross (Ret., 101st Airborne, USA); produced by David Shipley, engineer Ed Simonton. The label states: "This material was written and performed by Vietnam Veterans for All Veterans especially those who served in the Vietnam Era." Echo Summit Records, 11 Music Sq. E., Nashville, TN 37203, (615) 244-8725. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born 4 September 1947, California, USA. Currently Iselton, California, USA Served with the Air-O-Rifle Platoon, 2/17 Cavalry, 101st Airborne Division, I Corps, South Vietnam, in 1968, commissioned through OCS (sleeve dedication).
Themes
Military · WW1 · WW2 · Demonstration · Vietnam Syndrome · Vet