Songs for May 30, Memorial Day
Loretta Lynn, Roy Orbison, Tim Buckley, Gary Puckett, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Merle Haggard, Harvey Andrews, Paper Lace, Steve Goodman, Tom Waits, Marianne Faithfull, Stan Ridgway, and Jason Isbell
Good morning. It’s Monday, May 30 — Memorial Day in the United States. This isn’t really a cookout playlist, but rather a baker’s dozen of songs about soldiers who don’t come home.
Loretta Lynn, “Dear Uncle Sam,” 1966
“Dear Uncle Sam I just got your telegram/And I can't believe that this is me shaking like I am/For it said I'm sorry to inform you”
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