Great American Novel
1972 · Verve V6-5092 · USA
- Artist
- Larry Norman
- Title
- Great American Novel
- Release
- Only Visiting This Planet
- Year
- 1972
- Label
- Verve # V6-5092
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Rock · Pop Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Larry Norman - vocalist in the Californian psychedelic rock group People (1965-1968) (which released an anti-war song in 1972: Chant for Peace). - "The Great American Novel" (Norman, Larry) - Anti-establishment, anti-war. References to Cold War, Russia, going to war, Watergate.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
American singer-songwriter and pioneer of Christian rock, born 8 April 1947 in Corpus Christi, Texas; died 24 February 2008 in Salem, Oregon. [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
Anti-War · Demonstration · Cold War · Watergate · Civil Rights