Running Gun Blues
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"Running Gun Blues" is a song protest song
against the Vietnam War written by David Bowie
in 1970
for his album The Man Who Sold the World. It is a mixture of his past folk days and a proto-heavy metal path. It features Mick Ronson
playing slide guitar in an open G tuning.
Protest song
A protest song is a song which is associated with a movement for social change and hence part of the broader category of topical songs . It may be folk, classical, or commercial in genre...
against the Vietnam War written by David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
in 1970
1970 in music
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for his album The Man Who Sold the World. It is a mixture of his past folk days and a proto-heavy metal path. It features Mick Ronson
Mick Ronson
Michael "Mick" Ronson was an English guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and producer. He is best known for his work with David Bowie, as one of The Spiders from Mars...
playing slide guitar in an open G tuning.