Credited on the record as Holly Near With Jeff Langley.
Broken Promises
1976 · Redwood RR-3600 · Emeryville, California
- Artist
- Holly Near & Jeff Langley
- Credited on the record as
- Holly Near With Jeff Langley
- Title
- Broken Promises
- Release
- You Can Know All I Am
- Year
- 1976
- Label
- Redwood # RR-3600
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Emeryville, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Holly Near, Jeff Langley
- Genre
- Singer Songwriter · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs
- Broken Promises - My Lai massacre and Vietnam - Contemporary folk
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Wounded Knee play a drum Men and women die, shift to My Lai Broken Promises Blankets and bombs Indians and Vietnam
Notes
Sleeve billing "Holly Near With Jeff Langley". Words Holly Near, music Jeff Langley, (c) 1975; the insert note pairs the tactics used in Vietnam with those used against Native Americans (Amherst's smallpox blankets - "blankets and bombs") and calls for reparations. Personnel: Warren Bryant (percussion), Roy McCurdy (drums), Peter Marshall (acoustic bass), George Stavis (banjo), David Sherr (piccolo); string quartet Marcy Dicterow, Shari Zippart, Marilyn Baker, Judy Perett; supporting vocals Women's Choir, Friends of the Provisional Theater, Jeff Langley, Rob Moitoza. Produced by Near, Langley and Julie Thompson. Redwood Records, 33.3 rpm, stereo, cream label with a redwood tree drawing; "Holly Near with Jeff Langley — You can know all I am (a collection of short plays)", ℗ 1976 Redwood Records, all selections copyright Hereford Music, ASCAP; Redwood Records, P.O. Box 996, Ukiah…
About the artist
Born Ukiah, California, USA (6 June 1949)
Themes
Anti-War · My Lai · Wounded Knee · Indigenous Rights · Vietnam Analogy · Genocide · Anti-Government · LGBTQ+