Rite Now (Part 2)
1968 · P.G. 601 · USA
- Artist
- Paul Gamble
- Title
- Rite Now (Part 2)
- Release
- Rite Now
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- P.G. # 601
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Paul Gamble
- Genre
- Spoken Word · Spoken Word
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — Civil Rights Songs
Rite Now (Part 1) (Gamble, Paul) Rite Now (Part 2) (Gamble, Paul) - Both sides, spoken word, protest, Civil Rights, draft - Racial disturbance: teenage said: faced with the draft. Heard about WW1 + WW2, what am I fighting for? - Foreign soldier said: when you return to US you face segregation. - Object to being called a black mercenary. Ho Chi Minh is not the enemy, but George Wallace is. - Dr. King has died fighting for us. Must join fight, no shirkers.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation
Rite Now (Part 1) (Gamble, Paul) Rite Now (Part 2) (Gamble, Paul) Both sides, spoken word, protest, Civil Rights, draft Racial disturbance: teenage said: faced with the draft. Heard about WW1 + WW2, what am I fighting for? Foreign soldier said: when you return to US you face segregation. Object to being called a black mercenary. Ho Chi Minh is not the enemy, but George Wallace is. Dr. King has died fighting for us. Must join fight, no shirkers.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
P. G. Records 601, "Copyright © Paul Gamble"; "Rite Now" (Paul Gamble) in two parts: Part 1 (TM 3126), 5:20; Part 2 (TM 2706), 3:00. Red label with silver print. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
Civil Rights · Anti-War · Draft · WW1 · WW2 · Fighting For · Ho Chi Minh · Wallace · Muhammad Ali · Draft Resistance
In collections
Civil Rights Songs · Draft Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]