Straight-Leg-Soldier
1967 · Dixie C-1114 · Charlotte, North Carolina
- Artist
- Sgt. Frank Carter
- Title
- Straight-Leg-Soldier
- Release
- Straight-Leg-Soldier / War Is Hell
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Dixie # C-1114
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
- Songwriter
- Carter
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Straight-Leg-Soldier (Carter, Frank) War Is Hell (Carter, Frank) Country. Charlotte, North Carolina. Combat, soldier's perspective. Both sides. A-side: received draft card. Went to training, shipped to Vietnam. Viet Cong all around, bad place to play the guitar! B-side: leans towards anti-war.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Dixie C-1114, black and cream label, Dixie Record Company, Charlotte, manufactured in U.S.A.; "Straight-Leg-Soldier" (Carter), Hypo Music, BMI, time 3:00; flip "War Is Hell" (Carter), Hypo Music, BMI, time 2:35. The "Straight-Leg-Soldier" label carries an ink autograph. [From the record sleeve and labels] Dixie Records, P.O. Box 115, Madison, Tennessee. [From the Rate Your Music label page]
Themes
Soldier's Perspective · Draft Reluctance · Grenade · VC · Combat · K.I.A. · Green Beret · Draft · Military
In collections
Draft Songs · US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years] · US Military & Veteran Songs