Credited on the record as Lowell Fuson.
The Letter
1968 · Kent K 45x486 · Los Angeles, California
- Artist
- Lowell Fulsom
- Credited on the record as
- Lowell Fuson
- Title
- The Letter
- Release
- The Letter / Let's Go Get Stoned
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Kent # K 45x486
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Fulsom
- Genre
- Blues · Electric Blues
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Lowell Fulson, blues guitarist, often associated with Electric Blues on the West Coast, was born on 31 March 1921 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He died on 6 March 1999 in Long Beach, California, USA. The song "The Letter" (Kent # K 45x486) is narrated from a soldier's perspective, writing to his sweetheart, "all I need is your best wishes". He reveals in the final line, "please try not to forget me, I'm over here in Vietnam".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: I hear someone calling me, it seem so far away / It sounds like my baby, need me home to stay / Now what did you say, what did you say / If need me home, just give me a few more days / I know I'm a long way from you, somewhere in this distant land / But all I need is your best wishes and I hope you'll understand... / Try not to forget me, just keep me on your mind / And go to a church on a Sunday, and pray for me some time... / I guess I'll close this letter, hoping you'll understand / Please try not to forget me, I'm over here in Vietnam
Notes
Pink Kent "Hi-Fi" label, K 45x486 (K 486-1), marked "Plug Side" and "Promotional Copy – Not For Sale"; "The Letter" (Fulsom), BMI, Modern Music Pub. Co., time 2:23; produced and arranged by Maxwell Davis. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
American West Coast blues guitarist and songwriter, born 31 March 1921 on a Choctaw reservation in Atoka, Oklahoma; based in Los Angeles from 1960 and died 7 March 1999 in Long Beach, California. [Source: Wikipedia; blues-sessions.com]