Were You There
1972 · Warner Bros. BS 2657 · Burbank, California
- Artist
- Mason Proffit
- Title
- Were You There
- Release
- Rockfish Crossing
- Year
- 1972
- Label
- Warner Bros. # BS 2657
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Burbank, California, USA
- Genre
- Country · Country Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
The country rock band Mason Proffit formed in 1968 in Indianapolis, Indiana, led by The Talbot Brothers - John Michael Talbot and Terry Talbot. While their two previous records made the charts, this one failed commercially. The song "Were You There" (Warner Bros. Records # BS 2657) contained socially conscience lyrics, running through several injustices throughout history - from slavery, to the Holocaust: "you cried when Hitler killed the Jews". It then moved to Vietnam, posing the question "were you there at My Lai?", and then entering into a plea for people to protest: "come all of you, it's time to take a stand".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
American country-rock band formed 1969 in Chicago, Illinois, around brothers Terry and John Michael Talbot. [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
In collections
My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs