Nam Blues Boogie
1997 · USA
- Artist
- Jim Walktendonk
- Title
- Nam Blues Boogie
- Release
- Edges
- Year
- 1997
- Format
- CD · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Notes
CD; 1997; United States. [From Rate Your Music] Track 4 of the 18-track CD Edges; "Soldier in the War" (2) and "All Nam'd Out" (12) are also in the archive. No durations on Rate Your Music. [From Rate Your Music]
About the artist
Jim Walktendonk is a Vietnam War veteran who served as a dog handler and turned to music after returning home, performing on Vietnam veteran recognition programmes for PBS and HBO. When Agent Orange exposure limited his guitar playing in the 1990s he took up painting, and his work was exhibited at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. [Wisconsin Veterans Museum]
Themes
From the release Edges