About this project
I am in the final stages of recording a new CD titled "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Blues." I need to cover the cost of CD production. My first CD "Vietnam Blues - Combat Tested Blues... for Peace" has been used to treat PTSD combat veterans at the Phoenix VA Hospital. I wrote my songs on the first CD to help myself with my own PTSD. This new CD I have written explicitly to help the staggering number of returning vets with PTSD. My wife and I have run a PTSD help site for many years so I understand veterans with PTSD and I am very good at helping them. The exciting news is that Lee Oskar, owner of Lee Oskar Harmonicas and master harmonica player from the 70s group WAR, plays harmonica on two tracks on my new CD! The new CD also features Chicago Bluesman Barrelhouse Chuck on piano. Because the veterans I am trying to help are so diverse, I have used many styles of music on this CD -- not only blues and beat poetry, (that's my thing), but also country-western, rock, '40s style, jazz and even a Cajun style song. The song playing is, "PTSD Love" from the new CD.
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A signed copy of the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Blues CD.
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A signed copy of the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Blues CD and a signed copy of my award winning Vietnam Blues - Combat Tested Blues... For Peace CD.
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A signed copy of the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Blues CD and a signed copy of my award winning Vietnam Blues - Combat Tested Blues... For Peace CD. Plus, a signed copy of the Vietnam Blues - Combat Tested Blues... For Peace DVD with the same music as the CD with slideshows from my Vietnam combat photos.
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I am a three tour Vietnam combat veteran of the 101st Airborne Division. From my three tours I received the Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Parachute Jump Wings, Army Commendation Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation Badge, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Valorous Unit Emblem, Five Overseas Bars and a severe case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
