Willie Coffey

Sons Last Call From Seattle

Nutt NS 1 · USA

Sons Last Call From Seattle – Willie Coffey (A-side label)

Artist
Willie Coffey
Title
Sons Last Call From Seattle
Release
So Long Mom / Sons Last Call From Seattle
Label
Nutt NS # 1
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
USA
Songwriter
Alma Nutt
Genre
Folk · Contemporary Folk
Primary theme
Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective

Annotation — P.O.W. / M.I.A. Songs

So Long Mom (Coffey, Willie) Sons Last Call From Seattle (Coffey, Willie) Contemporary folk, Missing in action (MIA) A-side: soldier's perspective. I've fallen in battle. Thinking of mum baking, saying prayers and reading the bible. B-side: mum's perspective - misses son, MIA according to Uncle Sam.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Nutt Records NS 001, yellow label with acorn design: NS 001 A "So Long Mom" (Alma Nutt), Oleta, BMI, 3:07; NS 001 B "Sons Last Call From Seattle" (Alma Nutt), Oleta, BMI, 1:20. The B-side label carries a handwritten inscription beginning "Dear Ken – my adopted son" and signed "Love". [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes

Home Front Perspective · Soldier's Perspective · M.I.A.

In collections

US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · P.O.W. / M.I.A. Songs

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