WWII Music from the Battlefield
Some grandpa’s tell war stories. Richard Burt did.. . Regaling his grandson with his tales from World War II and the jungles of the South Pacific . But he didn’t carry a gun. Richard Burt carried a trumpet… in 7-46th The Far East Air Force Band…. playing music just behind the front lines in the Phillipines to build morale. A couple of times… they used those newfangled machines to record their songs… and when he came home. Richard Burt brought his recordings to KSL in 1946… and they turned the music into recordsthat sat in Richard Burts garage… ….. til long after his death in the 1980’s. When the family recently found the old recordings in the garage… his grandson Jason got a Hollywood music producers….. to erase 75 years of static… and clean up the sound. And this is one of the few known battlefield music recording from World War II. Jason now hopes you’ll download the 7-46th… on iTunes or stream it on Spotify to help remember a grandpa who fought for freedom — not with the gunmetal… but with the shiny brass… of a trumpet. Jason hopes Grandpa will win a grammy for historical recording next year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.