Chuck Dockery & His Four Buddies
I'd Rather Fight Than Pay
Dearborn D-545 · USA
- Artist
- Chuck Dockery & His Four Buddies
- Title
- I'd Rather Fight Than Pay
- Release
- I'd Rather Fight Than Pay / Soldiers Last Letter
- Label
- Dearborn # D-545
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Chuck Dockery
- Genre
- Garage Rock · Garage Rock
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Garage rock. Patriotic. 1966-67. I'd Rather Fight Than Pay Soldiers Last Letterf
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Garage Rock Songs
- Garage rock. Patriotic. 1966-67. - I'd Rather Fight Than Pay - Soldiers Last Letter
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
American Air Force fighter pilot and singer-songwriter of the in-country air war. Flew two tours with the 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron ('Panther Pack'), 432nd TFW, at Udorn RTAFB, 1968-1971, and returned in 1972 during Linebacker II with the 308th TFS; flew almost 400 missions, mostly interdiction over Laos. Known for his song cycle about North Vietnamese truck driver 'Ling Po'. Performer on 'In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War' (Flying Fish, 1991). [Source: In Country liner notes]
Themes
In collections
Garage Rock Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs