October 15, 2014
HBO has been a long-time supporter of America's veterans. The giant pay cable network continues that admirable endeavor with its sponsorship of what promises to be a memorable live concert on Veterans Day, November 11.…
March 6, 2014
The mega rock star Bruce Springsteen was a crucial supporter of Vietnam Veterans of America during its early years. When the then-three-year-old organization was struggling financially in the summer of 1981, Springsteen turned over all…
December 28, 2013
"Bodies stacking up from a killing spree then again it could all be in my head, my head. And every night is the same as every day, restless, it feels like it never ends." …
November 6, 2013
Once again this Veterans Day (Monday, November 11) the Memorial Day Writers Project will have a tent on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Members of the public are…
September 25, 2013
You can listen to Joe DeFilippo's well-produced, bouncy, country song "Finn, " which he wrote and performed with the R.J. Phillips Band, on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUvwGEMufwk The song, told in the first person by a…
May 24, 2013
Once again this year---on Monday, May 27---the Memorial Day Writers' Project will set up its tent on the Mall close to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. And once again there will be an open mike for…
February 13, 2013
Jack Murphy, a Vietnam veteran who served with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade in 1969-70, also is a singer songwriter. His latest tune, "The Promise, " has been getting a lot of attention. He wrote…
January 30, 2013
Lawrence "Butch" Morris, the acclaimed, pioneering jazz composer and conductor who served a tour of duty in the Vietnam War, died January 29 at the Fort Hamilton, N.Y., VA Medical Center. He was 65 and…
September 19, 2012
Lem Genovese is a very talented singer/guitarist/songwriter who served in the Vietnam War in the Mekong Delta with the 1st Aviation Brigade and as a medic in the first Persian Gulf War with the 209th Med Clearing…
August 3, 2012
The new CD, Vietnam: There and Back , is a group of acoustic guitar, country-inflected tunes, all of which deal with the Vietnam War and Vietnam veterans. The songs---with titles such as "Incoming, "…