Albie's Note: This one speaks for itself...
God bless the USA, God bless THE BLASTERS! What would my '80s have been like without them?? I shudder to think...
They wanna hear some American music, American music
They wanna hear that sound right from the U.S.A.
Well, it can be sweet and lovely, it can be hard and mean
One thing's for sure, it's always on the beam
They wanna hear some American music, American music
They wanna hear that sound right from the U.S.A.
It's a howl from the desert, a scream from the slums
The Mississippi rollin' to the beat of the drums
They wanna hear some American music, American music
They wanna hear that sound right from the U.S.A.
We got the Louisiana Boogie and the Delta Blues
We got Country, Swing and Rockabilly, too
We got Jazz, Country-Western and Chicago Blues
It's the greatest music that you ever knew
It's American music, it's American music, it's American music
It's the greatest sound right from the U.S.A.
Well, a US soldier boy has to stop right in his tracks
When he hears that crazy beat, he turns and doubles back
Because they're playing American music, American music
The whole world digs that sound from the
God bless the USA, God bless THE BLASTERS! What would my '80s have been like without them?? I shudder to think...
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This song was first found on their classic 1980 debut album. The clip below is from the very first FARM AID benefit concert September 22, 1985.... and you better know young Albie was watching riveted at the U of A campus in Tucson AZ on the dorm TV that very night...
AMERICAN MUSIC
Words and Music by Dave Alvin
Well, a U.S. soldier boy on leave in West-Berlin
No music there that rocks, just a thousand violinsThey wanna hear some American music, American music
They wanna hear that sound right from the U.S.A.
Well, it can be sweet and lovely, it can be hard and mean
One thing's for sure, it's always on the beam
They wanna hear some American music, American music
They wanna hear that sound right from the U.S.A.
It's a howl from the desert, a scream from the slums
The Mississippi rollin' to the beat of the drums
They wanna hear some American music, American music
They wanna hear that sound right from the U.S.A.
We got the Louisiana Boogie and the Delta Blues
We got Country, Swing and Rockabilly, too
We got Jazz, Country-Western and Chicago Blues
It's the greatest music that you ever knew
It's American music, it's American music, it's American music
It's the greatest sound right from the U.S.A.
Well, a US soldier boy has to stop right in his tracks
When he hears that crazy beat, he turns and doubles back
Because they're playing American music, American music
The whole world digs that sound from the
U.S.A!
Dave Alvin in the 1980s
PEACE
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