CBC band

CBC Band was a Vietnamese band popular in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Made up of a family of poor Vietnamese, the CBC discovered they could earn money by playing Western rock music for American soldiers in Saigon.[1]

CBC band
OriginSouth Vietnam, Vietnam
GenresRoots rock, americana, swamp rock
Years active1964 (1964)–1976 (1976)
1983 (1983)–1999 (1999)
2011
Past membersBich Loan
Nam Loc
Tung Ling
Tung Van

Fronted by Nam Loc and her brother, Tung Linh, a renowned guitar player in Vietnam at the time, the group played at the CBC bar where they got their name. On May 29, 1971, they played at South Vietnam's first International rock festival, Live at the Saigon Zoo.

On April 8, 1971, a bomb exploded in the bar killing one GI and a 14-year-old girl. While on tour in India, in early 1974, they applied for asylum in Australia. After being denied, they were taken in by Tibetan monks who were themselves refugees in India.[2] When the South fell in 1975, they applied at the US Embassy to grant them entry as refugees. They eventually settled in Houston, Texas.[3]

On April 8, 2011, the CBC band held a reunion for war veterans in Houston, Texas .[3]

Bibliography
Notes
  1. BBC World Service 2012
  2. Mariano 1974
  3. Hibbard 2012
References
  • BBC World Service (Nov 17, 2012). "Episode 1 Vietnam's Rock 'n' Roll War". BBC World Service. Retrieved June 1, 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Hibbard, Ned (2012). "CBC Band & Vietnam Vets Reunion". Fox 26 News.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Mariano, Frank (1974). "CBC Band: A Band on the Run". Retrieved June 1, 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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