The Silent Majority
1971 · Cartay 5337 · Denver, Colorado
- Artist
- The Lawmen
- Title
- The Silent Majority
- Release
- The Silent Majority / The Ballad of Billy Guest
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- Cartay # 5337
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Denver, Colorado, USA
- Songwriter
- Cottrell
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Silent Majority, The (Lawmen, The) Traditional pop. Anti-protest. Denver, Colorado.1 Nixon's silent majority. Conservative, right-wing values. Religion, flag, and family. Reference (and opposition) to demonstrations, communism, and LSD.Sources1kimsloans.wordpress.com: Colo musicians hard len (archived copy)↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Silent Majority, The (Lawmen, The) Traditional pop. Anti-protest. Denver, Colorado. Nixon's silent majority. Conservative, right-wing values. Religion, flag, and family. Reference (and opposition) to demonstrations, communism, and LSD.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Cartay Records 5337, red and white label; "The Silent Majority" (Cottrell), 2:07, ASCAP, © 1971 Cartay Music; produced by Carousel Prod., Denver. The picture sleeve, in red, white and blue psychedelic "Cartay Records" lettering, reads "Cartay Records presents The Lawmen – The Ballad of Billy Guest – The Silent Majority", with the address Cartay Records, division of Carousel Productions, Inc., 25th & Chase, Denver, Colorado 80214. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Formed in 1968.
Themes
Patriotic · Nixon · Anti-Protest · Demonstration · Silent Majority
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]