The Plaque
Lemon 555 · Nashville, Illinois
- Artist
- Toon Smith
- Title
- The Plaque
- Release
- The Plaque / Ode to a Coal Diggin' Man
- Label
- Lemon # 555
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Nashville, Illinois, USA
- Songwriter
- G. R. Genseal
- Genre
- Country · Fanfare · Country
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Plaque, The (Smith, Toon) Fanfare, patriotic. Nashville, Illinois, USA Looked at the war plaque in town: young men gave their lives Many widows, children and sweethearts are crying Remember the sacrifice to protect freedom for us
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - "The Plaque" b/w "Ode To A Coal Diggin' Man" (Lemon Records 555, country/spoken word) - a catalogue pattern consistent with song-poem product, where the billed name is often the paying lyric-writer rather than the performer. Row 2766 (The Poet Glenn) carries the same title on Stereo Village 601 (Canton, Illinois, 1968); no label or ownership link between Lemon and Stereo Village could be confirmed, so the relationship stays a suggestive possibility. [Source: Discogs]
Themes
Anti-War · Pro-Soldier · Patriotic · Soldier's Perspective · Home Front Perspective