V.C. Blues

Annotation

A 1960s/70s blues singer, well-known for his collaborations with Allen Toussaint, under the name .... He founded the record label House of Orange in Nashville, Tennessee. The song "V.C. Blues" (Sound Stage 7 # 2573) took the perspective of a soldier in Vietnam, speaking to his loved ones back home. He informed her that the "V.C. is shooting at me" and that he really wanted to return to "the good old USA". "V.C." referred to the Viet Cong - the political and military (mainly guerrilla) resistance to the US and South Vietnamese government from within South Vietnam. The soldier expressed a degree of patriotism: "I love...my country, for this I don't mind dying". He also recalled various events that he would miss out on: "I won't be home this Christmas...and Thanksgiving...4th of July". Produced by J.R. Enterprises. Composed by Orange/Terry.Also featured in:

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — Blues songs

A 1960s/70s blues singer, well-known for his collaborations with Allen Toussaint. He founded the record label House of Orange in Nashville, Tennessee. The song "V.C. Blues" (Sound Stage 7 # 2573) took the perspective of a soldier in Vietnam, speaking to his loved ones back home. He informed her that the "V.C. is shooting at me" and that he really wanted to return to "the good old USA". "V.C." referred to the Viet Cong - the political and military (mainly guerrilla) resistance to the US and South Vietnamese government from within South Vietnam. The soldier expressed a degree of patriotism: "I love...my country, for this I don't mind dying". He also recalled various events that he would miss out on: "I won't be home this Christmas...and Thanksgiving...4th of July". Produced by J.R. Enterprises. Composed by Orange/Terry.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — Christmas Songs

A 1960s/70s blues singer, well-known for his collaborations with Allen Toussaint, under the name .... He founded the record label House of Orange in Nashville, Tennessee. The song "V.C. Blues" (Sound Stage 7 # 2573) took the perspective of a soldier in Vietnam, speaking to his loved ones back home. He informed her that the "V.C. is shooting at me" and that he really wanted to return to "the good old USA". "V.C." referred to the Viet Cong - the political and military (mainly guerrilla) resistance to the US and South Vietnamese government from within South Vietnam. The soldier expressed a degree of patriotism: "I love...my country, for this I don't mind dying". He also recalled various events that he would miss out on: "I won't be home this Christmas...and Thanksgiving...4th of July". Produced by J.R. Enterprises. Composed by Orange/Terry.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: Stay home girl for you will be safe in your mother's arms / Because I'm over here in Vietnam baby and the V.C. is shooting at me / I want you back in the good old USA... / I won't be home this Christmas darling / And Thanksgiving may pass me by over here / There are a lot of fireworks and it's not the 4th of July... / If I don't live to see you, remember that I love you / And my country, for this I don't mind dying

Notes

Sound Stage 7 45-2573 (S-544), white label marked "Disc Jockey — Not for sale"; "V. C. Blues" (Orange-Terry), time 2:16, Cape Ann Music, BMI; produced by J. R. Enterprises; "A division of Monument Record Corp." [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

Died 4 February 2006, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Themes

Christmas · Patriotic · Soldier's Perspective · VC · Combat · Thanksgiving · 4th July

In collections

Blues songs · Christmas Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]