Vietnam's first family of rock鈥榥鈥檙oll
A time of guitars, guerrilla fighters and illegal hairstyles 鈥� 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- now Ho Chi Minh City - put together a rock鈥榥鈥檙oll group. For a while the CBC Band was the biggest music act in South Vietnam, even headlining the country鈥檚 first international rock festival. They had an unlikely fan base 鈥� battle-weary US soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War. This episode was first broadcast on the 9 February 2019.
Presenter: Harry Graham
Producer: Maryam Maruf
(Photo: The CBC Band in Vietnam, courtesy of the band)
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