Lord Have Mercy
1971 · Warner Bros. 7489 · Burbank, California
- Artist
- John D. Loudermilk
- Title
- Lord Have Mercy
- Release
- Lord Have Mercy / When I Was Nine
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- Warner Bros. # 7489
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Burbank, California, USA
- Songwriter
- John D. Loudermilk
- Genre
- Rock · Folk Rock
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Lord Have Mercy (Loudermilk, John D.) Folk rock, protest against govt., patriotic. Born Durham, North Carolina, USA. Died Nashville, Tennessee, USA. War heroes in prison (reference to My Lai and Calley?) Cold War reference - moon race and aliens.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs
- Lord Have Mercy (Loudermilk, John D.) - Folk rock, protest against govt., patriotic. - Born Durham, North Carolina, USA. Died Nashville, Tennessee, USA. - War heroes in prison (reference to My Lai and Calley?) - Cold War reference - moon race and aliens.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Warner Bros. Records 7489 (PTN0025), white promotional label, "Promotion — Not for Sale"; "Lord Have Mercy" (John D. Loudermilk), Acuff-Rose Pub. - BMI, 2:56, intro :07; produced by Don Gant; "Warner Bros. Records Inc., a subsidiary and licensee of Warner Bros. Inc.", made in U.S.A. Issued in a green Warner Bros. company sleeve. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born 31 March 1934, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Died 21 September 2016, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Themes
Patriotic · Cold War · Russia · Demonstration · Space Race · My Lai · Pro-Calley · JFK · Pro-Soldier
In collections
My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]