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By the time of the Vietnam/American War (1955 – 1975), music was used to help soldiers deal with the complexities of war whilst keeping them in touch with each other and the life they left, back home.
- Vietnam War
- The United States Armed Force
- Armed Forces Radio Saigon
- The Fall of Saigon
- Detroit City
- Bobby Bare
- Otis Redding
- Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
- Peter, Paul and Mary
- 1950s
- 1960s
- 1970s
- Dr Martin Luther King
- The Animals
- Creedence Clearwater Revival
- The Rolling Stones
- The Beatles
- Marijuana
- Heroin
- Cocaine
- Edwin Starr
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- Richard Nixon
Just when you thought you might have heard everything Heavy Metal has to offer, along comes The HU Band.
Free - Paul Kossoff (1950 - 1976) and Andy Fraser (1952 - 2015)
Written by Cameron KPaul ‘Koss’ Kossoff was born in London in 1950 and the son of famous British character, actor, David Kossoff (Kid for Two Farthings). He learned to play classical music but was always interested in blues and soon mastered the guitar.
Scott Engel (1943 - 2019) came from Ohio and was a teen idol in the making in the late 50s, making several appearances on Eddie Fisher's TV series (Carrie Fisher’s father).
I am a bit late to the party with the new tv revolution in the form of Netflix and Amazon, so I have been playing catch up. Being a huge music fan, I immediately started working my way through the documentaries on James Brown,