Credited on the record as Rodd Keith and the Raindrops.
Our Senators
1967 · Preview 1338 · Hollywood, California
- Artist
- Rodd Keith
- Credited on the record as
- Rodd Keith and the Raindrops
- Title
- Our Senators
- Release
- Don't Wait Too Long / Our Senators
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Preview # 1338
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Reynolds Amick
- Genre
- Garage Rock · Garage Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Our Senators (Keith, Rodd) song-poem
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Song Poems
- "Our Senators" - Label: Preview Records # 1338 - Songwriter: Reynolds Amick - Traditional pop - Anti-war, anti-politician, Cold War, Space Race - The politicians - all they talk about is bombs, Vietnam, Russia and the space race - it seems that's all they do - Hollywood, California - Note: MP3, low quality
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Song poem Preview Records Inc. 1338, green and silver label; "Our Senators" (Reynolds Amick), 3:09, Arthur Music, A.S.C.A.P.; Rodd Keith and the Raindrops. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born Rodney Keith Eskelin, 30 January 1937. Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, the best-known figure of the song-poem genre, recording hundreds of compositions from amateur-submitted lyrics under names including Rod Rogers. Died 15 December 1974, falling from an overpass onto the Hollywood Freeway, Los Angeles, California, USA. [Source: Wikipedia; LA Times via Last.fm]
Themes
Protest · Russia · Space Race · Song Poem
In collections
Garage Rock Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Song Poems