When Will the Fires End
1989 · Step One Records SOR-406 · Nashville, Tennessee
- Artist
- Matt Benson
- Title
- When Will the Fires End
- Release
- When Will the Fires End / America
- Year
- 1989
- Label
- Step One Records # SOR-406
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- Roger Ball, Jesse Shofner
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Notes
Step One Records SOR-406A (U-25228), ℗ 1989, 2:53; (Roger Ball & Jesse Shofner); Almarie Music BMI; producer Ray Pennington; 1300 Division St., Nashville, TN. [From the record label] When Will the Fires End (Benson, Matt) Country, post-war, patriotic. Nashville, Tennessee, USA Grandfather in WW1, father in WW2 I remember brother returning from Vietnam - K.I.A. Mama cried Respect for the flag - anti-burning. Many have died for the flag. "Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989),, was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated prohibitions on desecrating the American flag enforced in 48 of the 50 states" [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM]