Vietnam's first family of rock ‘n’ roll
A time of guitars, guerrilla fighters and illegal hairstyles – the Saigon siblings who made their name playing rock music to US troops during the Vietnam War.
In the 1960s, a bunch of musically gifted, pre-teen siblings from Saigon put together a rock ‘n’ roll group. For a while the CBC Band was the biggest music act in South Vietnam, even headlining the country’s first international rock festival. They had an unlikely fan base – battle-weary US soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War. This episode was first released on the 9th of February 2019.
Presenter: Harry Graham
Producer: Maryam Maruf
Image: The CBC Band in Vietnam
Credit: Courtesy of the CBC Band
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