Going to war again. Somewhere in Korea. On the homefront. Peace and its legacies.
Notes:
Popular, country, blues, and bluesgrass songs from the Korean War era; also includes some recordings of speeches. Title from slipcase. Most selections previously released. Program notes, biographical notes on the performers, and discography by Hugo Keesing with Bill Geerhart, with lyrics, in container. Recorded principally 1950-1954.
Contents:
(79:41). Shina no yoru (77:27). War starts in Korea (Dick Curless (the Rice Paddy Ranger)). War news blues (Lightnin' Hopkins) ; God please protect America (Sunshine Boys Quartet) ; Pray, pray pray (for the U.S.A.) (Wally Fowler, Oakridge Quartet) ; President Truman speaks on war in Korea (President Truman) ; When they raised the U.N. flag in South Korea (Hank Harral, Palamino Cowhands) ; Got to go back again (Four Barons) ; Back to Korea blues (Sunnyland Slim and his trio) ; Korea, here we come (Harry Choate) ; Goodbye Maria : (I'm off to Korea) (Vince Mondi) ; My new career is in Korea (Paul Mims) ; Draftboard blues (Vance Brothers) ; Draft board blues (Ray Anderson, Tennessee Mountaineers) ; Uncle Sam has called my number (Arkie Shibley, Mountain Dew Boys) ; I'm a soldier boy again (Smilin' Eddie Vernado, Delta Ranch Hands) ; Here we go again (Harvey Stone) ; Korea blues (Fats Domino) ; Korea blues (Clifford Blivens, Johnny Otis Band) ; Korea blues (Willie Brown) ; Sorry girl blues (Max Bailey) ; Questionnaire blues (B.B. King) ; Questionnaire blues (John Lee Hooker (Johnny Williams)) ; Uncle Sam blues (Sonny Thompson) ; Mailman blues (Lloyd Price) ; Mr. So and So (Big Boy Crudup) ; Greetings (Bob Newman) ; I'm back in the army (Tani Allen, Tennessee Pals) ; (In again, out again) Packing up my barracks bags blues (Cactus Pryor, Pricklypears) ; The K.P. blues (Montana Slim (Wilf Carter, the singing cowboy)) ; Message from Vic Damone (Vic Damone) ; The girls are marching (Rockets, Hugo Winterhalter and his orchestra) -- Disc 2, Somewhere in Korea (77:39). Heading for Korea (newsreel announcer) ; Korea : (fightin' in the foreign land) (Gospel Pilgrims) ; Foxhole in Korea (Bill Cason) ; Inchon (Steve Rogers) ; Thank God for victory in Korea (Jimmie Osborne) ; The ballad of Chosin (John Carpino) ; We're moving on (Oscar Brand, Short Arms) ; I'm in Korea (J.B. Lenoir) ; Robert Pierpoint under fire in Korea ; Heartbreak Ridge (Delmore Brothers) ; A heartsick soldier on Heartbreak Ridge (Ernest Tubb) ; Where the need is (Four Lads ; Edward R. Murrow, narrator) ; Korean mud (Elton Britt) ; Request for blood donations (Howdy Doody) ; No news from home (Tommy (Weepin' and Cryin') Brown) ; Lost in Korea (Sherman "Blues" Johnson, Clouds of Joy) ; From a foxhole (Jack Powers) ; A soldier's prayer (William Cook, Marshall Brothers) ; Please say a prayer : (for the boys over there) (Rocky Porter) ; Sad news from Korea (Lightnin' Hopkins) ; A brother in Korea (Sonny Osborne) ; From mother's arms to Korea (Louvin Brothers) ; Wrap my body in Old Glory (Carl Sauceman, Green Valley Boys) ; Red white and blue (Slim Rhodes) ; Rotation blues (Elton Britt) ; Pusan (Billy Mize) ; A prisoner of war (Jim Eanes) ; When I get back (Kay Kellum, Dixie Ramblers) ; Somewhere in Korea (Kalvin Brothers) -- Disc 3, On the homefront (79:02). A GI writes to his kids : a posthumous letter (newsreel announcer) ; Dear little girls (Red Foley) ; Daddy's last letter (Tex Ritter) ; Two letters (Tiny Hill) ; When they drop the atomic bomb (Jackie Doll, Pickled Peppers) ; The Truman-MacArthur dispute that led the president to fire the general (Alan Jackson, President Truman) ; Oh! Mr. President (R.D. Henden, Western Jamboree Cowboys) ; General of the Army Douglas MacArthur reports to Congress (General MacArthur) ; Old soldiers never die (Gene Autry) ; (Old generals never die) They just fade away (Jimmie Short, Silver Saddle Ranch Boys) ; Fade away baby (Ray Snead) ; Rep. James E. Van Zandt supports the use of the atomic bomb in Korea (James E. Van Zandt) ; Please Daddy, don't go to war ("Skeets" McDonald) ; Why does the Army need my daddy (George Simerly, Tennesseans) ; God bless my daddy (Cecil Gant) ; Don't steal Daddy's medal (Oklahoma Sweethearts) ; God is on our side (Jimmie Heap, Melody Masters) ; I'll be glad when it's over (over there) (Dixie Ramblers) ; I'm prayin' for the day : (when peace will come) (Roscoe Hankins) ; Heavenly Father (Edna McGriff) ; At mail call today (Gene Autry) ; A Dear John letter (Jean Shepard ; Ferlin Husky, recitation) ; John's reply (Pete Lane, Bernice Stabile) ; Dear Joan (Jack Cardwell) ; Forgive me John (Jean Shepard ; Ferlin Husky, recitation) ; Male call (Emitt Slay Trio) ; A letter from home (Hank Penny) ; I like Ike (Promenade Band, male chorus) ; "I shall go to Korea..." (General Eisenhower) Drive soldier drive (Little Maxie) ; Five star president (Eddie Kirk) -- Disc 4, Peace and its legacies (79:41). President Eisenhower announces an armistice in Korea (President Eisenhower) ; There's peace in Korea (Sister Rosetta Tharpe) ; Ike (Revelers) ; The Korean story (Jimmie Osborne) ; The war is over (Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup) ; The war is over (Lightning Hopkins) ; Leavin' Korea (Soldier Boy Houston) ; Hello Maria (Jimmie Dale) ; Welcome home baby (King Perry Orchestra ; Dell St. John, vocal) ; Back from Korea (Rose Brown, Jimmie Harris, Bubbles & his band) ; No more black nights (Dave Bartholomew) ; Back home (Jimmy Witherspoon) ; His new war bride (Margie Collie) ; Harry Holt brings Korean war orphans to Portland, Oregon (newsreel announcer) ; The legend of Harry Holt (Kwan Li) ; The Iron Curtain has parted (Don Windle) ; Missing in action (Ernest Tubb) ; Returned from missing in action (Smilin' Jim Eanes, Shenandoah Valley Boys) ; I'm still a prisoner (Billy Strange) ; Re-enlistment blues (Merle Travis) ; The red deck of cards (Red River Dave) ; I've changed my mind : (and I'll go home again) (Eddie Hill) ; Purple heart (Jim & Jesse, Virginia Boys) ; White cross in Korea (Don "Red" Barry) ; Korea's mountain northland (Marvin Rainwater) ; A white cross marks the grave (Carl Sauceman, Green Valley Boys) ; The unknown soldier (Elton Britt) ; Searching for you, buddy (Red River Dave) ; Forgotten men (Don Reno, Red Smiley, Tennessee Cutups) ; China nights = Shina no yoru (Dick Curless (the Rice Paddy Ranger)).
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