Thousand Miles Away
1966 · Sur-Speed 214 · Nashville, Tennessee
- Artist
- The Cheques
- Title
- Thousand Miles Away
- Release
- A Thousand Miles Away / Go on Girl
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Sur-Speed # 214
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- J. Shepperd, W.H. Millet
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Doo-Wop · R&B · Soul
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Thousand Miles Away, A (Cheques, The) Vietnam War: Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs
Thousand Miles Away, A (Cheques, The) Soul, reference to Vietnam in intro
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Band formed on Air Force base in Alexandria, Louisiana. Several of the band members were drafted to fight in Vietnam. https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/blogs/news/deeper-the-cheques-e-mark-windle