Johnny, Lay Your Rifle Down
1973 · Capitol P-3608 · Los Angeles, California
- Artist
- Bobby Dyson
- Title
- Johnny, Lay Your Rifle Down
- Release
- Johnny, Lay Your Rifle Down / Red Skies Over Georgia
- Year
- 1973
- Label
- Capitol # P-3608
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Songwriter
- G. Dobbins, B. Dyson, Melody Group
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Post-War
About the artist
Bobby Dyson (Robert L. Dyson) was one of Nashville's most-recorded session bassists of the 1960s-70s (230+ Discogs credits for Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and others); his solo Capitol single 'Red Skies Over Georgia' b/w 'Johnny, Lay Your Rifle Down' appeared in 1973. [Source: Discogs; AllMusic]