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American protest singer and songwriter (1940-1976)
Several well-known 1960s–70s musicians used legally recognized deferments — most commonly student status, medical disqualifications, or National Guard/Reserve enlistments — to avoid Vietnam combat; th...
The supplied reporting shows that many high-profile 1960s–70s musicians used their platform to protest the draft and the Vietnam War—artists such as Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary, Pete Seeger, Phil ...
A substantial body of Vietnam-era songs explicitly attacked class and draft inequities: Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son” became the archetype of class-based draft criticism , while folk ...
Many well‑known musicians avoided or delayed Vietnam service by using the same deferments available to millions of young men—chiefly student deferments, medical classifications and other legal exempti...