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Release President Johnson's Blues
Year 1971–2009
Label Agram Blues # AB 2020
Format CD · Compilation
Country Netherlands
Language English
Songs here 2 in the archive
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — Various Artists, President Johnson's Blues, accessed 13 November 2026; cite each song by its SongID

President Johnson's Blues

1971 · Compilation · Agram Blues # AB 2020 · Netherlands
2 songs from this release are in the archive, listed below in catalogue order. Track positions are not recorded; the release may carry other songs that do not reference the war. Most common themes: Anti-War.
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Annotation
This 2009 compilation (Agram Blues # AB 2020) by Guido Van Rijn, who has created a series of books and CDs about African-American blues and gospel songs about US Presidents (such as FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, LBJ, Nixon and Carter), included many songs about civil rights, but also Vietnam. The compilation included 10 Vietnam War songs, including some rare releases, such as Viet Nam by Madame Nellie Robinson.1 The notes of the CD booklet said that:

"proportionally there were not more African American in Vietnam, but their death rate was thirty percent higher....People began burning their draft cards, and criticism of the once popular president became quite outspoken in blues and gospel lyrics. When Martin Luther King lashed out against the war in 1967, the president felt betrayed by his former civil rights ally. After the 1968 Tet offensive, Johnson’s approval rating dropped to 36%"
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Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
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Songs from this release appear in these 4 curated collections.
The songs
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1971 · Compilation · Agram Blues # AB 2020 · Netherlands · President Johnson's Blues

American blues singer, born 14 March 1914 in Zachary, Louisiana ('Vietnam Blues'); died 31 December 1980 in Rosedale, Louisiana. [Source: Wikipedia]

Theme: Anti-War
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2009 · Compilation · Agram Blues # AB 2020 · Netherlands

Agram Blues AB 2020, CD, Netherlands, 2009; 23 blues and gospel songs on the Johnson presidency, 1963-68 (civil rights, riots, the Vietnam War, the 1968 assassinations), companion to Guido van Rijn's book; Vietnam songs include Junior Wells "Vietnam Blues", J.B. Lenoir "Everybody Is Crying About Vietnam", Roscoe Robinson "Don't Forget the Soldiers", Lightnin' Hopkins "Viet Nam War", Robert Pete Williams "Trouble Way Over in Vietnam" and Madame Nellie Robinson "Viet Nam". Entered as one release. [From Discogs and Agram Blues]

Genre: ♪ Blues