Draft Board Blues
1985 · Flyright Records FLY 607 · Natchez, Mississippi
- Artist
- Jimmy Anderson
- Title
- Draft Board Blues
- Release
- Baton Rouge Blues (The Legendary Jay Miller Sessions Vol. 42)
- Year
- 1985
- Label
- Flyright Records # FLY 607
- Format
- LP · Archival
- Language
- English
- Country
- Natchez, Mississippi, UK: England
- Genre
- Blues · Swamp Blues
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Blues songs
The narrator notes receiving the draft call for a "trip across the world". He was "not gonna like it, cause I miss you". Apparently the board gave him a choice, "the land, sea or the air".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Recorded 1962 (Jay Miller sessions); first issued on Flyright FLY 607 (UK, 1985, mono LP, side A track 3; sleeve notes by Bruce Bastin). Jimmy Anderson's singles of the period were on Excello and Zynn.
About the artist
Blues musician Jimmy Anderson (born 21 November 1934, Natchez, Mississippi) moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in the 1950s and recorded there. [Rate Your Music]