Vietnam War: The Music - S. 2 / E. 6 – Brothers In Arms

I’m Danny Lane, the curator of The Music Museum. This exhibit is called The Vietnam War: The Music. Our mission here at the Music Museum is to support all Vietnam Veterans and those who serve the United States, then and now. The title, Brothers In Arms, is chosen to recognize the military participation and sacrifices of Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, the Philippines, South Korea and Taiwan as our allies during the war. It’s all about the brotherhood and the music. We thank you all for your service. - - - -
Early-on, in Vietnam, soldiers turned to music as a lifeline to the home front they’d promised to defend. Rock & roll (R&R) really became rest & relaxation (R&R) for the troops. It was this music that got you through another day, another day closer to going home. Music was a big part of a soldier’s down time that centered within the hooches of Vietnam. The music that was popular during the Vietnam War was, and is still, therapy. There are songs you can remember, and then there are songs you REALLY remember. Many of these songs will have a special meaning for you. A place, a brother, a time gone by. This program is for you, the Vietnam Vets, who will never forget. - - - -
This episode contains the Big & Rich song, The 8th of November which tells the tale of Niles Harris, a soldier in the 173rd Airborne Brigade of the United States Army during Operation Hump in South Vietnam on November 8, 1965. - - - -
Our goal with The Vietnam War: The Music is to honor the fallen and the survivors with the music that got them through “just one more day”. - - - -
For your service and your sacrifice, this is The Vietnam War: The Music. - - -
This episode is called “Brothers In Arms” - - -
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- - - - You’ll hear:
1) Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits
2) A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall by Bob Dylan
3) Semper Fi by Trace Adkins
4) Okie From Muskogee by Merle Haggard & The Strangers
5) The Man Who Couldn't Cry by Loudon Wainwright III
6) The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel
7) I Once Was a Soldier by Garth Porter
8) When The Master Calls The Roll by Rosanne Cash (w/ Rodney Crowell, Amy Helm, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine and Tony Joe White)
9) One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) by Mick Hucknall (lead singer of Simply Red)
10) In My Life by Judy Collins
11) 500 Miles Away From Home by The Kingston Trio
12) If the Sun Comes Up by Trace Adkins
13) Who Knows Where the Time Goes? by Fairport Convention
14) I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green) by John Schumann and The Vagabond Crew
15) Puff (The Magic Dragon) by Peter, Paul And Mary
16) Lean On Me by Bill Withers
17) Ring Of Fire by Eric Burdon & The Animals
18) Living Legend by The Highwaymen (Nelson/Cash/Jennings/Kristofferson)
19) 8th of November by Big & Rich [duo composed of Big Kenny and John Rich]
20) Forever Young by Bob Dylan
21) After the War by Wes Carr & Lance Corporal Elizabeth Smith
22) Arlington by Trace Adkins
23) Born in the U.S.A. [Live] (Springsteen on Broadway) by Bruce Springsteen
24) He Was My Brother by Simon & Garfunkel
25) Where Have All The Flowers Gone by Dolores Keane, Tommy Sands & Vedran Smailovic