World's Gone Mad
1968 · Hiawatha 22485 · Axtell, Kansas
- Artist
- Bob Leers
- Title
- World's Gone Mad
- Release
- The World's Gone Mad / Will It Be Mine
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Hiawatha # 22485
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Axtell, Kansas, USA
- Songwriter
- L. Lierz
- Genre
- Rockabilly · Rockabilly
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Rockabilly, soldier's perspective In the middle of a war, wife left me What the heck I'm I doing here, what are we fighting for? On Hill 81 Wife went on a protest march People protest a living in this land Wives stepping out on husbands and visa versa Leans anti-war?
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
The RCS (Rockin' Country Style) discography identifies Bob Leers as Robert Lierz, an Axtell, Kansas country artist who cut singles for the Hiawatha label of Hiawatha, Kansas in 1967-69, including 'The World's Gone Mad' (Hiawatha 22485/6, 1968, Rite pressing); presumably the Robert 'Bob' R. Lierz (1942-2024) of Wetmore/Topeka, Kansas whose obituary describes a talented country musician who traveled aspiring to a country career. [Source: RCS discography; Discogs; Brennan Mathena obituary]