Vietnam (You Son of a Gun)
1973 · Grassroots GR-1031 · USA
- Artist
- Sammy Brown
- Title
- Vietnam (You Son of a Gun)
- Release
- Vietnam (You Son of a Gun) / Vietnam (Instrumental)
- Year
- 1973
- Label
- Grassroots # GR-1031
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Ernie Tucker
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Funk
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
The song "Vietnam (You Son of a Gun)" (Grassroots Records # GR-1031) - a great sounding funk / soul anti-War song. The narrator, back at home and "free at last", curses "cold blooded Vietnam", which led to him loosing his woman, and that "no good came from all that killing". Little is known of this artist - the record was released on a New York based label, which has the motto "music of the people, by the people, and for the people". The song was written and produced by Ernie Tucker, and arranged by Joe Panama. The B-side song was an instrumental version.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer