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John Schumann

by Noise11.com on March 22, 2023

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March 2023 and John Schumann reflects on the 40th anniversary of Redgum’s ‘I Was Only 19’. The song about the Vietnam War was released in March 1983.

John Schumann talks to Paul Cashmere at Noise11.com about the song, its meaning, and his upcoming live performances of his two shows ‘The Redgum Years’ and ‘Lawson’.

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