Goodbye Son
Sherwood G-1159 · Nashville, Tennessee
- Artist
- Rich Knight
- Title
- Goodbye Son
- Release
- Goodbye Son / Victory
- Label
- Sherwood # G-1159
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- Eva Watrous Reale
- Genre
- Fanfare · Fanfare
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Goodbye Son (Knight, Rich) Victory (Richards, Ken) Song-poem, fanfare, both sides. Patriotic. Vietnam-era. A-side: father proud of son going off to war. Hopes for victory. B-side: hopes for victory in the war against the communist - Cold War generic.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Song Poems
- Both sides, country, patriotic - Nashville, Tennessee - Label: Sherwood Records # G-1159 - Songwriter: - "Goodbye Son" - Songwriter: Eva Waltrous Reale - Artist: Rich Knight - Hate to see you go - But proud that you do not whine, doing your bit like a man (anti-protest, patriotic) - Through the hell of shock and shell, dark clouds of war time
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - no documented artist named Rich Knight could be connected to "Goodbye Son"; searches returned only unrelated namesakes (Frederick Knight, Sonny Knight, Richie Knight and the Mid-Knights), none carrying the title. [Source: no admissible match]
Themes
In collections
Song Poems · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs