So Cold in Vietnam
1966 · Testament T-2212 · Chicago, Illinois
- Artist
- Johnny Shines
- Title
- So Cold in Vietnam
- Release
- Masters of Modern Blues Volume 1
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Testament # T-2212
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Songwriter
- Johnny Shines
- Genre
- Blues · Delta Blues
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Johnny Shines, American Delta blues guitar player from Memphis, Tennessee, who specialised in slide guitar, toured with Robert Johnson in the 1930s and had the odd recording session in 1940s Chicago, although nothing was released at the time. But with the revival of folk and blues in the 1960s, Johnny Shines recorded this album featuring the track "So Cold in Vietnam" (Testament Records # T-2212), narrated from the perspective of a soldier, who missed his sweetheart.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: It's so cold in Vietnam / Worst than I can say / I know my baby will be happy when I sent her an engagement ring / I wonder what's the matter because I can't get no meat / Well some black cat will be walking down my street... / Well my mama is not happy / Sometimes I feel like crying
About the artist
American blues singer-guitarist, born 26 April 1915 in Frayser (Memphis), Tennessee; died 20 April 1992 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. [Source: Wikipedia]