Many of the issues discussed in the song can be applied to any international conflict. He is thinking about Presi dent Lyndon Johnson and how when he took office back in November of 1963, he promised for success in the "Great Society" not war. His classic "Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation" was pointedly about being drafted to serve in Vietnam, but if you substitute any international conflict, the words still ring true. A short, historical overview of the music, followed by a list of more than 60 songs with links to recordings. Fish Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag - Country Joe And The Fish 4. Paxton finally broke into the album pop charts himself with The Things I Notice Now in the summer of 1969, and also charted with Tom Paxton 6 in the spring of the following year.
He is noteworthy as a music educator as well as an advocate for folk singers to combine traditional songs with new compositions.
Swattin' flies, swappin' lies, Firing the odd shot here and there. Tom Paxton (born October 31, 1937) is an American folk singer-songwriter who has had a music career spanning for more than fifty years.
Tom Paxton has become a voice of his generation, addressing issues of injustice and inhumanity, laying bare the absurdities of modern culture and celebrating the tenderest bonds of family, friends, and community. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In describing Tom Paxton’s influence on his fellow musicians, Pete Seeger has said: “Tom’s songs have a way of sneaking up on you.
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When I landed in Vietnam, I hardly got to see Saigon. In the early 1960s, before the antiwar movement gained a measure of popularity, folk singers Peter, Paul, and Mary (Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey, and Mary Travers), Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Pete Seeger, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, and others spread the antiwar message through their music. Tom Paxton - Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation - Duration: 3:00. Tom Paxton has proven to be one of the most durable of the singer/songwriters to emerge from the Greenwich Village folk revival scene of the early '60s. spoken: "Ah... Let's do that again Do you believe that?" A comprehensive history of the United States' involvement in the bitterly divisive armed conflict in Southeast Asia. The captain called a halt that night And we had chow by the pale moonlight. The song was describing being drafted into the Vietnam War.