Not a song I was aware of, but having looked at the lyrics it seems to be more of a post war reflection, and commentary on life for soldiers post War. It was released after the Paris Peace Accords/End of Draft, so the American withdrawal was underway.
We use the CCR track (1969) as part of the Anti War protest movement, and show how this affected and influenced political and public opinion.
"Y mae dafad ddu ym mhob praidd" 1972 4/4, 1981 MGBGT, 1984 FLHT1340, 1980 XLH1000, 1990 ZX10
Not a song I was aware of, but having looked at the lyrics it seems to be more of a post war reflection, and commentary on life for soldiers post War. It was released after the Paris Peace Accords/End of Draft, so the American withdrawal was underway.
We use the CCR track (1969) as part of the Anti War protest movement, and show how this affected and influenced political and public opinion.
The album, which I bought when it was released, would have been written and recorded a while before it was released in spring 1973. In any case there wasn't a lot of sense that the war was over then - Nixon had just got back into the White House by a landslide and the fighting was still going on which it did for another couple of years.
Blimey that's sad, I'd read he had severe complications as a result of Covid but didn't know he'd gone to join Bob and his mates RIP Toots you left us some great tunes.
I hope the BBC iplayer makes his last set at Glastonbury available again, it was good watching him belting out some great tunes..
2009 4/4 Sport Henrietta 1999 Indigo Blue +8 2009 4/4 Sport Green prev 1993 Con Green +8 prev
When we were young listening to this it seemed a possibility at least but the older I get the further away it gets
Followers of his religion have played quite a part in dashing the dream. And the time he agreed with the killing of Salman Rushdie wasn't very peaceful.
