Home of the Brave
1984 · Sitting Duck 410023XA · Blue Island, Illinois
- Artist
- The Dooley Bros. Band
- Title
- Home of the Brave
- Release
- Home of the Brave / Bring Them Home
- Year
- 1984
- Label
- Sitting Duck # 410023XA
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Blue Island, Illinois, USA
- Songwriter
- Joe Hertel
- Genre
- Singer Songwriter · Singer Songwriter
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Home of the Brave (Dooley Brothers, The) Bring Them Home (Moore, Jimmy) Post-war charity record for Vietnam vets and victims of Agent Orange. singer/songwriter. Chicago, Illinois. A-side: Boy went to war for a lasting peace and freedom but K.I.A. - a war nobody won. Where is his grave? Left a widow. Minor P.O.W. reference. B-side: P.O.W. / M.I.A. - bring them home and remember the vets.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Sitting Duck 410023X, © 1984 Joe Hertel, ASCAP, orange labels printed "Proceeds benefit Vietnam Veterans who are victims of Agent Orange"; Side 1 (410023XA): "Home of the Brave" (Joe Hertel), The Dooley Bros. Band, 3:12; Side 2 (410023XB): "Bring Them Home" (J. Hertel – J. Moore), Jimmy Moore, 4:33. The picture sleeve front has a pen drawing, signed Blinn, of a soldier sitting hunched with his head on his knees before a wall of jagged stakes, captioned with both titles and "The Dooley Brothers" and "Jimmy Moore". The back, headed "For the record... you are helping Vietnam Vets", states that proceeds go to the Agent Orange Emergency Financial Relief Fund for Vietnam veterans facing hospital bills, doctor fees and related debts ("It is not the vet who should owe, rather, we owe the vet"), and credits The Dooley Brothers Band with Gerry Field (arrangement and performance of "Home of the…