Viet Nam Cantata Peace Lovin' Man
1970 · Buddah BDA 198 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Garry Sherman
- Title
- Viet Nam Cantata Peace Lovin' Man
- Release
- Viet Nam Cantata Peace Lovin' Man / Viet Nam Cantata Soldiers Recite
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Buddah # BDA 198
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Garry Sherman, Frank Frezzo, Gene Pistilli
- Genre
- Country · Country Blues
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs
Viet Nam Cantata: Peace Lovin' Man (2nd Movement) (Sherman, Garry) Viet Nam Cantata: Soldiers Recite (2nd Movement) (Sherman, Gary) A-side: country-ish - boy off to war - shot in the leg, left disabled. He's a peace loving man. B-side: psychedelic folk rock. Weird/bizarre recitation of a soldier, remembering combat in Vietnam - early PTSD song? Sounds trippy. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Spokane Daily Chronicle Cincinnati Inquirer Billboard - November 1970. Billboard - March 1971. Billboard - February 1973.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Garry Sherman (born December 28, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York) was an American arranger, composer and orchestrator active from the 1960s in hit records, Broadway shows, film scores and advertising. He began piano at age four, and while studying medicine and podiatry at Temple University (later interning at the Illinois College of Podiatry) moved into music in the Brill Building, arranging for The Drifters and Van Morrison among others. His film/theater work includes the arrangement for "Midnight Cowboy" (1969), composing for "The Heartbreak Kid" (1972) and the stage musical "Amen Corner"…