Touch a Name on the Wall
1996 · Tustin, California
- Artist
- Jim Hatch
- Title
- Touch a Name on the Wall
- Release
- A Viet Nam Aviators Odyssey
- Year
- 1996
- Format
- CD · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Tustin, California, USA
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — US Military & Veteran Songs
Vietnam War veteran Jim Hatch released this album of war songs, which included "Touch a Name on the Wall" about the memorial.. Hatch said that: "I first heard this song on the 10 NOV 93 Marine Corps birthday. Laurie Canaan, who played the fiddle and sang harmony on that occasion, graciously agreed to do so for this album". With regards to the album, Hatch said that:in recent years, several of the men I had the privilege to fly with, have urged me to record a sample of these musical oddities. I decided to start with songs we sang in flight training, through two tours in Viet Nam, in between tours, and up to the present day". (1)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Veterans Memorial Wall Songs
Vietnam War veteran Jim Hatch released this album of war songs, which included "Touch a Name on the Wall" about the memorial. Hatch said that: "I first heard this song on the 10 NOV 93 Marine Corps birthday. Laurie Canaan, who played the fiddle and sang harmony on that occasion, graciously agreed to do so for this album". With regards to the album, Hatch said that: in recent years, several of the men I had the privilege to fly with, have urged me to record a sample of these musical oddities. I decided to start with songs we sang in flight training, through two tours in Viet Nam, in between tours, and up to the present day". (1)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Liner notes signed "Jim Hatch, Tustin, CA 1996"; track 20 of 20, with Laurie Canaan (fiddle, harmony vocals). Hatch first heard the song at the 10 November 1993 Marine Corps birthday.
About the artist
Jim Hatch was a US Marine Corps helicopter pilot who flew two tours in Vietnam, starting with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 161 (HMM-161) at Phu Bai, and later flew KC-130Fs from MCAS Futenma, Okinawa. [Popasmoke]