The Last Foxhole
1965 · Tempwood 45-2416 · Nashville, Tennessee
- Artist
- Rob Townsend
- Title
- The Last Foxhole
- Release
- The Last Foxhole / Camp Meeting U.S.A.
- Year
- 1965
- Label
- Tempwood # 45-2416
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- Fred Burch, Mel Tillis
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Last Foxhole, The (Townsend, Rob) Country, soldier's perspective, leans anti-war Fighting in WW2 against Japan in my foxhole. Then came the Korean war Now I'm fighting in South Vietnam with the next generation Oh lord, let it be the last foxhole.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Tempwood Record No. 45-2416 (SoN 24161), white "Promotional Copy" label, "Dist. by Sound of Nashville, Inc., 160 2nd Ave. S., Nashville, Tenn."; "The Last Foxhole" (Fred Burch - Mel Tillis), Cedarwood Pub. Co., BMI, 2:21; arranger and producer Gerald Nelson, engineer Tommy Strong. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
Anti-War · Korea · WW2 · Japan · Soldier's Perspective · Combat · Foxhole