O.B. McClinton

Obie From Senatobie

1973 · Enterprise ENA-9070 · Memphis, Tennessee

Obie From Senatobie – O.B. McClinton (A-side label)

Artist
O.B. McClinton
Title
Obie From Senatobie
Release
Obie From Senatobie / I Wish It Would Rain
Year
1973
Label
Enterprise # ENA-9070
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Songwriter
Joann Bullard
Genre
Country · Country · Novelty
Primary theme
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs

Annotation

Obie From Senatobie (McClinton, O.B.) Country novelty. Play on Merle Haggard's "Okie From Muskogee" Reference to draft and the war. Vietnam-era.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Enterprise ENA-9070 (ES-01201), stereo, "Enterprise Records, a Division of Stax Records Inc., 98 North Avalon, Memphis, USA"; "Obie From Senatobie" (Joann Bullard), intro 0:06, 3:11, East/Memphis Music (BMI); produced by O. B. McClinton; ℗ 1973 Stax Records, Inc., May 1973; "Taken from the album ENS-1029, 'Obie From Senatobie'". [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

Born 25 April 1940, Senatobia, Mississippi, USA. Died September 23, 1987

Themes

Draft · Answer Record · Answer to Muskogee

In collections

Draft Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

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