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My uncle was nominated for a Grammy

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Category #68: Best Historical Album. My uncle produced a box set of music from and about the Korean War.

Needless to say he’s pretty excited by the honor
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Very cool! Congrats to your uncle!
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Tequila Cowboy wrote:Very cool! Congrats to your uncle!
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nice! what sort of music, American music from that era, or Korean? tell us a bit about the project.

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Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Battleground-Kor ... ound+korea

It's a 4 CD box set (with a 120+ page, full color companion book) documenting the music and history of the Korean War. There are songs, newsreels, speeches, etc.

The set illuminates various facets of the war experience as expressed by singers as well known as Gene Autry, B.B. King, Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Vic Damone and Ernest Tubb, and as obscure as country singer Jackie Doll & His Pickled Peppers, R&B singer-pianist Edna McGriff and blues singer Max Bailey.

''These were artists who just wanted to tell a story,'' Geerhart said. ''African Americans, blues singers, country singers. It's got a lot of blues, a lot of country, a lot of spoken word. It tells the story of the war, from [the U.S.] getting in to getting out.''

The recordings largely fall into the two camps of blues and country rather than mainstream pop, reflective of how the U.S. armed forces at the time skewed heavily toward lower income African Americans and white soldiers from the South.

The four discs are organized with distinct themes: ''Disc 1 Going to War Again'' with songs rooted in the return of war so soon after the end of WWII; ''Disc 2 Somewhere in Korea,'' documenting soldiers hopes and fears about their involvement in a civil war thousands of miles from their homes; ''Disc 3 On the Homefront,'' how the war affected family members and friends back in the states; and ''Disc 4 Peace and Its Legacies,'' with songs delving into the challenges for soldiers who survived and returned home.

Among the spoken-word recordings are the first news announcement of the North Korean incursion that drew United Nations and therefore U.S. forces into the conflict in 1950; President Harry Truman's speech explaining U.S. involvement; Gen. Douglas MacArthur's celebrated ''Old soldier s never die'' speech after Truman fired him in 1951 for insubordination; and President Dwight D. Eisenhower's announcement of the armistice that was reached in 1953.


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Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. U.N. Spokesperson - War starts in Korea' (June 25, 1950) (narration)
2. Lightnin' Hopkins - War News Blues
3. Sunshine Boys Quartet - God Please Protect America
4. Wally Fowler and His Oakridge Quartet - Pray, Pray, Pray (For The U.S.A.)
5. President Truman - President Truman speaks on war in Korea (April 1951) (narration)
6. Hank Harral and His Palomino Cowhands - When They Raised The U.N. Flag In South Korea
7. The Four Barons - Got To Go Back Again
8. Sunnyland Slim and His Trio - Back To Korea Blues
9. Harry Choates and His Fiddle - Korea, Here We Come
10. Vince Mondi - Goodbye Maria (I'm Off To Korea)
11. Paul Mims - My New Career Is In Korea
12. Vance Brothers - Draftboard Blues
13. Ray Anderson and Tennessee Mountaineers - Draft Board Blues
14. Arkie Shibley and His Mountain Dew Boys - Uncle Sam Has Called My Number
15. Smilin' Eddie Varnado and The Delta Ranch Hands - I'm A Soldier Boy Again
16. Harvey Stone - Here We Go Again
17. Fats Domino - Korea Blues
18. Clifford Blivens with the Johnny Otis Band - Korea Blues
19. Willie Brown - Korea Blues
20. Max Bailey - Sorry Girl Blues
21. B.B. King - Questionnaire Blues
22. John Lee Hooker - Questionnaire Blues
23. Sonny Thompson - Uncle Sam Blues
24. Lloyd Price and His Orchestra - Mailman Blues
25. Big Boy Crudup - Mr. So And So
26. Bob Newman - Greetings
27. Tani Allen and His Tennessee Pals - I'm Back In The Army
28. Cactus Pryor and His Pricklypears - (In Again, Out Again) Packing Up My Barracks Bags Blues
29. Montana Slim (Wilf Carter, The Singing Cowboy) - The K.P. Blues
30. Vic Damone / Vaughn Monroe - Message From Vic Damone (incl. excerpt from 'Sound Off' by Willie Lee Duckworth)
31. The Rockets and Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra - The Girls Are Marching

Disc: 2
1. Newsreel Announcer - Heading for Korea
2. The Gospel Pilgrims - Korea (Fightin' In The Foreign Land)
3. Bill Cason - Foxhole In Korea
4. Steve Rogers - Inchon
5. Jimmie Osborne - Thank God For Victory In Korea
6. John Carpino - The Ballad Of Chosin
7. Oscar Brand & Short Arms - We're Moving On
8. J.B. Lenoir - I'm In Korea
9. Narrated by Eric Sevareid / Robert Pierpoint, CBS News - Robert Pierpoint under fire in Korea' (May 17, 1951) (narration)
10. Delmore Brothers - Heartbreak Ridge
11. Ernest Tubb - A Heartsick Soldier On Heartbreak Ridge
12. The Four Lads with Narration by Edward R. Murrow - Where The Need Is
13. Elton Britt - Korean Mud
14. Howdy Doody - Request for blood donations
15. Tommy (Weepin' and Cryin') Brown - No News From Home
16. Sherman "Blues" Johnson & His Clouds of Joy - Lost In Korea
17. Jack Powers - From A Foxhole
18. William Cook Accompanied by The Marshall Brothers - A Soldier's Prayer
19. Rocky Porter - Please Say A Prayer (For The Boys Over There)
20. Lightnin' Hopkins - Sad News From Korea
21. Sonny Osborne - A Brother In Korea
22. The Louvin Brothers - From Mother's Arms To Korea
23. Carl Sauceman and The Green Valley Boys - Wrap My Body In Old Glory
24. Slim Rhodes - Red White And Blue
25. Elton Britt and The Skytoppers - Rotation Blues
26. Billy Mize with Bill Woods and His Orange Blossom Playboys - Pusan
27. Jim Eanes - A Prisoner Of War
28. Kay Kellum and His Dixie Ramblers - When I Get Back
29. The Kalvin Brothers - Somewhere In Korea

Disc: 3
1. Newsreel Announcer - A GI Writes to His Kids
2. Red Foley - Dear Little Girls
3. Tex Ritter - Daddy's Last Letter
4. Tiny Hill - Two Letters
5. Jackie Doll and His Pickled Peppers - When They Drop The Atomic Bomb
6. Alan Jackson, CBS News / President Truman - The Truman
7. R.D. Hendon With The Western Jamboree Cowboys - Oh! Mr. President
8. General MacArthur - General Of The Army Douglas MacArthur Reports To Congress' (April 19, 1951) (narration)
9. Gene Autry - Old Soldiers Never Die
10. Jimmie Short and the Silver Saddle Ranch Boys - (Old Generals Never Die) They Just Fade Away
11. Ray Snead - Fade Away Baby
12. James E. Van Zandt - Rep. James E. Van Zandt supports the use of the Atomic Bomb in Korea' (May 8, 1953) (narration)
13. Skeets McDonald - Please Daddy, Don't Go To War
14. George Simerly and His Tennesseans - Why Does The Army Need My Daddy
15. Cecil Gant - God Bless My Daddy
16. Oklahoma Sweethearts - Don't Steal Daddy's Medal
17. Jimmie Heap and The Melody Masters - God Is On Our Side
18. The Dixie Ramblers - I'll Be Glad When It's Over (Over There)
19. Roscoe Hankins - I'm Prayin' For The Day (When Peace Will Come)
20. Edna McGriff - Heavenly Father
21. Gene Autry - At Mail Call Today
22. Jean Shepard with Recitation by Ferlin Husky - A Dear John Letter
23. Pete Lane and Bernice Stabile - John's Reply
24. Jack Cardwell - Dear Joan
25. Jean Shepard with Recitation by Ferlin Husky - Forgive Me John
26. Emitt Slay Trio - Male Call
27. Hank Penny - A Letter From Home
28. The Promenade Band with Male Chorus - I Like Ike
29. General Eisenhower - I shall go to Korea...' (October 24, 1952) (narration)
30. Little Maxie - Drive Soldier Drive
31. Eddie Kirk - Five Star President

Disc: 4
1. President Eisenhower - 'announces an armistice in Korea...' (July 27, 1953) (narration)
2. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - There's Peace In Korea
3. The Revelers - Ike
4. Jimmie Osborne - The Korean Story
5. Arthur Big Boy Crudup - The War Is Over
6. Lightening Hopkins - The War Is Over
7. Soldier Boy Houston - Leavin' Korea
8. Jimmie Dale - Hello Maria
9. King Perry Orchestra with Vocal by Dell St. John - Welcome Home Baby
10. Rose Brown and Jimmie Harris with Bubbles and His Band - Back From Korea
11. Dave Bartholomew - No More Black Nights
12. Jimmy Witherspoon - Back Home
13. Margie Collie - His New War Bride
14. Newsreel Announcer - Harry Holt brings Korean war orphans to Portland, Oregon' (circa 1956) (narration)
15. Kwan Li - The Legend Of Harry Holt
16. Don Windle with Band - The Iron Curtain Has Parted
17. Ernest Tubb - Missing In Action
18. Smilin' Jim Eanes and His Shenandoah Valley Boys - Returned From Missing In Action
19. Billy Strange - I'm Still A Prisoner
20. Merle Travis - Re
21. Red River Dave - The Red Deck Of Cards
22. Eddie Hill - I Changed My Mind (And I'll Go Home Again)
23. Jim & Jesse and The Virginia Boys - Purple Heart
24. Don Red Barry - White Cross In Korea
25. Marvin Rainwater - Korea's Mountain Northland
26. Carl Sauceman with the Green Valley Boys - A White Cross Marks The Grave
27. Elton Britt - The Unknown Soldier
28. Red River Dave - Searching For You, Buddy
29. Don Reno, Red Smiley And The Tennessee Cutups - Forgotten Men
30. Dick Curless - China Nights (Shina No Yuro)
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Re: My uncle was nominated for a Grammy

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My uncle's first project was "Next Stop is Vietnam", which was the same idea but MUCH bigger in scope (13 CD's vs. 4). It didn't get the Grammy nod, but has been a very successful and critically praised collection. My uncle has traveled quite a bit to do speaking engagements around the project.

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awesome, that's very cool.

my friends in High On Fire got nominated for a metal Grammy so maybe they can hang out together at the awards ceremony.

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Very cool, Zip. Good luck to him.

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They do not hand out Grammy nominations. tell him folks on the internetz say congratulations.
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https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/ ... -2018.html

It mad Paste Magazine's "Best Box Sets of 2018" list
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