Lonesome Viet Nam
1966 · Starday SLP-374 · Madison, Tennessee
- Artist
- George Riddle
- Title
- Lonesome Viet Nam
- Release
- Country Music Goes to War
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Starday # SLP-374
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Madison, Tennessee, USA
- Genre
- Country · Honky Tonk
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]
"Lonesome Viet Nam" (George Riddle) (Starday Records # SLP-374) Narrated from perspective of soldier, asking his loved one to remember him, and write letters. Patriotic, pro-government. Country music. Born Auburn, Indiana. Died Indianapolis, Indiana. 21 May 1937-19 July 2014. Other Vietnam songs on this compilation: Johnny Bond - A Letter From Home - born 1 June 1915 in Enville, Oklahoma. Died 12 June 1978 in Burbank, California. Same song as Joe Medwick - Letter to a Buddie (1963). Rusty Diamond - The Lonely Sentry - recorded in Florida. Red Sovine - "Dear John Letter"; "The Last Foxhole" Born 7 July 1917 in Charleston, West Virginia. Died 4 April 1980 in Nashville, Tennessee. Reference to WW2, Korean War, Vietnam War.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Born Auburn, Indiana, USA. Died Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Themes
From the release Country Music Goes to War
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]