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Outlook: Vietnam's First Family of Rock ‘n’ Roll

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The CBC Band in Vietnam

10/02/2019 GMT

Vietnam's First Family of Rock ‘n’ Roll

BBC World Service - Outlook, Vietnam's First Family of Rock ‘n’ Roll

How a bunch of pre-teen kids became the biggest rock ‘n’ roll band in wartime Saigon

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. 

A longer version of this programme is available on the Outlook podcast.

Presenter: Harry Graham
Producer: Maryam Maruf

Image: The CBC Band in Vietnam
Credit: Courtesy of the CBC Band

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