Song for Vietnam Veterans
1972 · Canyon C-6096 · Denver, Colorado
- Artist
- Denver Indian Singers
- Title
- Song for Vietnam Veterans
- Release
- Denver Indian Singers
- Year
- 1972
- Label
- Canyon # C-6096
- Format
- LP · Album
- Country
- Denver, Colorado, USA
- Songwriter
- Ralph Wells, Jr.
- Genre
- Indigenous American Music · Pow-Wow
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Indigenous Americans
Released during the war, the LP provided a historic overview of Indigenous Americans in the Denver, Colorado area. It featured the track "Song for Vietnam Veterans" (Canyon Records # C-6096) - the notes on the LP said: "the song for the Vietnam Veterans was composed by Ralph Wells, Jr., a leading White Shield singer, now passed on. The Denver Indian Singers honor his memory by including it on the record".1. The label, Canyon Records, was founded in 1951 by Ray Boley and Mary Boley, and largely featured music from Indigenous Americans.Sources1drumhop.com↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Canyon Records C-6096, track A7; recorded by Raymond Boley. Liner notes: the song was composed by Ralph Wells, Jr., "a leading White Shield singer, now passed on", and included in his memory. Singers Don Malnourie, Keith Fox, Kenneth Little, Conrad Little, John Black Bear.
About the artist
Intertribal drum group: Don Malnourie and Keith Fox (Arikara, North Dakota), Kenneth and Conrad Little (Sioux) and John Black Bear (Sioux, Pine Ridge). [Source: Canyon C-6096 liner notes, via Drumhop]