The Red White & Blue
1972 · Red Hed 1011 · Knoxville, Tennessee
- Artist
- Verlin Red Speeks
- Title
- The Red White & Blue
- Release
- The Red White & Blue / Mountain Boy
- Year
- 1972
- Label
- Red Hed # 1011
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- Verlin Red Speeks
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Red, White & Blue, The (Speeks, Verlin Red) Country, patriotic, anti-protest. Knoxville, Tennessee. Man overheard draft card burners celebrating. Narrator said: you're a disgrace, you can run to Canada but remember you're father fought Hitler in WW2 for freedom.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Verlin Red Speeks was a country/rockabilly artist with a substantial, largely self-released catalogue: "The Red White & Blue" (Red Hed Records, 1972), "Red White And Blue No. 2 / I'm An American", "Nashville Sounds Of Country" (with Harvey Reynolds), singles on Cevetone and his own Speeks Records imprint, and compilation appearances on Collector Records rockabilly sets and the Bear Family "...Next Stop Is Vietnam" box. A Find A Grave memorial for "Verlin Jesse 'Red' Speeks" (1926-1993) is a close name match but was 403-blocked before the birth and death places could be read. [Source: Discogs]
Themes
Patriotic · Anti-Protest · Draft Card Burning · Draft Dodger · Lincoln · Flag Burning · WW2 · Hitler · Mussolini · Tojo · Battle of the Somme · Vet · Disabled Vet · K.I.A. · Draft
In collections
Draft Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs