Magic Rag Rag (Part II)

Annotation — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs

The song Magic Rag Rag - The Lower Oisch Philharmonic (Krieger Records # 25196). Garage rock. Produced by Tom Kreiger. Written by Chuck Keith. Arranged by Ron Jarvis. About a boy growing up in Kansas, who loved the US and the flag. At the age of 19 he volunteered to go to the army, sent to Vietnam six weeks later. After one day, he was killed, and sent home in a box wrapped in the flag. Anti-war Suggested that it was not worth it, criticism of flag worship, blind patriotism.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — Garage Rock Songs

- The song Magic Rag Rag - The Lower Oisch Philharmonic (Krieger Records # 25196). - Garage rock. Produced by Tom Kreiger. Written by Chuck Keith. Arranged by Ron Jarvis. - About a boy growing up in Kansas, who loved the US and the flag. At the age of 19 he volunteered to go to the army, sent to Vietnam six weeks later. After one day, he was killed, and sent home in a box wrapped in the flag. Anti-war. Suggested that it was not worth it, criticism of flag worship, blind patriotism.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Krieger Records 25196, 45 R.P.M., blue and silver label; "Magic Rag Rag (Part 1)", time 2:51, and "Magic Rag Rag (Part II)", time 2:17, both (Chuck Keith), arranged by Ron Jarvis, "Produced by Tom Krieger"; The Lower Oisch Philharmonic. A handwritten sticker on the Part 1 label reads "DJ copy" and gives the publisher as The Blind Owl Entertainment Co., BMI, 5353 Route #1, Peninsula, Ohio 44264. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes

Draft · Patriotic · Anti-War · Napalm

In collections

Draft Songs · Garage Rock Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]