The Protest Song
1966 · Bamboo Records 299 · Florida
- Artist
- Will McLean
- Title
- The Protest Song
- Release
- The Protest Song / "Cush" Holston
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Bamboo Records # 299
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Florida, USA
- Songwriter
- Will McLean
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation — Draft Songs
Protest Song, The (McLean, Will) Florida contemporary folk artist. Novelty about protest movement. Either anti-protest or mocking the patriotic movement? Young demonstrators, our view are all red. I'll grow a long beard like my friend Castro. Preaching subversion. I'll burn up my draft card despite Uncle Sam Live in a prison cell before going to Vietnam Lie and cheat behind freedom.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Bamboo Records 299, pressed by Standard Record Pressing (SRP 7214/7215); B-side "Cush" Holston (P. Champion, W. McLean). Label: Bamboo Records, Quincy, Fla. (Bob Carnes, President); Wakulla Music Co., BMI; recording engineer Carnes; the time is left blank on the label. [From the record label]
About the artist
Florida folk singer-songwriter. [Rate Your Music]
Themes
In collections
Draft Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]