Soldiers Last Letter
1966 · Marlo M-2 · Port Jervis, New York
- Artist
- The Dobro Man
- Title
- Soldiers Last Letter
- Release
- Soldiers Last Letter / Scarlet Blood
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Marlo # M-2
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Port Jervis, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Ernest Tubb, H. Stewart
- Genre
- Country · Bluegrass
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Scarlet Blood (Dobro Man, The) Soldiers Last Letter (Dobro Man, The) Bluegrass, patriotic. Port Jervis, New York. Aka Mario Mitchum. Owned the label (private). A-side: combat song - soldiers go into battle and die in Vietnam. Fighting for freedom. Domino theory. B-side: cover of Ernest Tubb's Second World War song. Soldier's last letter to his sweetheart. Vietnam-era update.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Themes
Home Front Perspective · Soldier's Perspective · K.I.A. · Patriotic · WW2 · Combat · Foxhole