RBAAB The Red-Blooded All-American Boy is a book containing the complete lyrics to all 76 songs on the Dick Jonas six-CD collection of warrior songs. Among the 76 selections there are songs about World War One, World War Two, Korea, Vietnam, and Desert Storm. Included with the song words are the war stories and background on when, where, and why the songs were written. With 249 pages, the book measures 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches and fits nicely in a flight suit pocket. It contains 61 pictures.
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RBAAB is the song book companion to six albums of military and aviation ballads by Dick Jonas. See the amazon.com music section for the CDs.
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Some of my fondest memories of 22 years as an Air Force jet fighter pilot center around countless rowdy song fests in the officers' clubs, squadron pilots' lounges, and flightlines of military bases on three continents. A not so fond memory are the countless times the raucous merry making came to an abrupt halt in the middle of a song because no one knew or remembered the lyrics. When I cut the six warrior albums, I vowed to remedy that despicable circumstance. RBAAB: The Red-Blooded All-American Boy came to be. The book was done deliberately in soft cover and of the dimensions to fit in a flight suit pocket with the zipper closed. This way G. I. Joe, hotrock jet fighter aviator, could always be mission ready to direct the boys' choir at the next rowdy song fest. I added pictures and war stories so our young sky warrior would be prepared to answer the inevitable questions about where, when, and why during the lulls between songs. If you are one of those intrepid warriors, I hope you will find it useful on your next cross-country flight. If you're not, maybe it will provide you a glimpse of the persona of America's young warrior. I hope you like it.
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Fighter pilot's country music, gotta love it!,
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This review is from: RBAAB: The Red-Blooded All-American Boy (Paperback)
As an Air Force officer, son of a WWII vet (Dad also worked in Vietnam as a civilian) and lifelong military aviation history buff, I love every bit of this songbook and the CDs themselves. The song lyrics and accompanying stories vary from hilarious to poignant to informative to inspiring, and sometimes all of the above, and in every case top-notch entertainment.
Having sung many of Dick's songs along with F-15 drivers at parties down at Tyndall AFB, FL, I can tell you that the book and the music capture the fighter pilot's mentality spot-on! Those goody-two-shoes prudes who think officers "shouldn't drink, smoke, or cuss" obviously don't know Dick Jonas! They bloody well ought to, as should all the old anti-war protestors who bad-mouthed our Vietnam vets, and the LBJ-worshippers of the world and any surviving members of his Cabinet, especially Robert S. McNamara!
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Oh, Lord, I got tales that I can tell Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gun plumber, mortars roll, stag bar, parody lyrics, fighter jock, good bitch, mountains bare, waltzing matilda, goddam things, wild blue yonder Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Air Force, Dick Jonas, Yankee Air Pirate, Strike Eagle, Banana Valley, Red River, Swamp Fox, Weird Harold, Enchantment Music, Hoot Gibson, Robin Olds, Satan's Angels, Big Ugly, Itazuke Tower, North Vietnam, Thanh Hoa Bridge, Bill Getz, Desert Storm, New Mexico, Raggedy-Ass Militia, Seaboard Line, World War, Bill Kirk, Gulf of Tonkin, Phuc Yen New!
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Oh, Lord, I got tales that I can tell Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gun plumber, mortars roll, stag bar, parody lyrics, fighter jock, good bitch, mountains bare, waltzing matilda, goddam things, wild blue yonder Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Air Force, Dick Jonas, Yankee Air Pirate, Strike Eagle, Banana Valley, Red River, Swamp Fox, Weird Harold, Enchantment Music, Hoot Gibson, Robin Olds, Satan's Angels, Big Ugly, Itazuke Tower, North Vietnam, Thanh Hoa Bridge, Bill Getz, Desert Storm, New Mexico, Raggedy-Ass Militia, Seaboard Line, World War, Bill Kirk, Gulf of Tonkin, Phuc Yen New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Wild Blue Yonder by Rh Value Publishing in Front Matter
- Terry and the Pirates no. 20: Burma on the Run by Milton Caniff on page 25
- Huckleberry Finn by Samuel Langhorne Clemens on page 139
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Bantam Classic) by Mark Twain on page 139
- Terry and the Pirates (Training With Flip Corkin #17,1943) by Milton Caniff on page 25
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