The Patriotic Flag Waver (Short Version)
1969 · Atco 45-6697 · New Orleans, Louisiana
- Artist
- Dr. John
- Title
- The Patriotic Flag Waver (Short Version)
- Release
- The Patriotic Flag Waver
- Year
- 1969
- Label
- Atco # 45-6697
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Songwriter
- Dr. John Creaux
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Funk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs
Patriotic Flag Waver (Dr. John) Blues rock. Anti-war, reference to Vietnam and draft card burning protests.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Atco Records 45-6697, 45 RPM, vocal, white label, "CSG Processed Mono Master"; "The Patriotic Flag Waver" (Dr. John Creaux), Pub. Marzique-Joharv, BMI, arranged and produced by Harold Battiste, Jr., from Atco LP 33-270. One side is the Long Version (69-C-15358 SP), time 4:54; the other the Short Version (69-C-17229 SP), time 2:59. Mfg. by Atlantic Recording Corp., 1841 Broadway, New York, N.Y.; issued in a yellow-and-white Atco company sleeve. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born New Orleans, Louisiana.
Themes
Anti-War · Civil Rights · Cold War · Draft · Draft Card Burning
In collections
Civil Rights Songs · Draft Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs