Stand Up America
1979 · Westbound 11479 · Detroit, Michigan
- Artist
- Byron MacGregor
- Title
- Stand Up America
- Release
- Stand Up America / America the Beautiful
- Year
- 1979
- Label
- Westbound # 11479
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Songwriter
- Joe Donovan, Artie Fields, Larry Lick
- Genre
- Fanfare · Spoken Word · Fanfare
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Stand Up America (MacGregor, Byron) Fanfare, post-war 70s. Patriotic. Iranian hostage crisis. OPEC oil crisis and Middle East politics. Reference to the mistreatment of veterans. Also: the boat people and Vietnam refugees who are welcomed into the country,
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Born 3 March 1948, Calgary, AB, Canada Died 3 January 1995, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Themes
Patriotic · Iranian Hostage Crisis · Marshall Plan · Pro-Soldier · Russia · China (Cold War) · Anti-Communism · Holocaust · Cuba · Cambodia · Boat People · Religion · Flag Burning