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  • Soldier-penned 'Baghdad Blues' receives local airplay

    06/13/2005 8:09:03 AM PDT · by FatherBreadloaf · 18 replies · 2,035+ views
    The (Alexandria, La.) Town Talk ^ | June 13, 2005 | Andrew Griffin
    If you happen to scan the radio dial during a weekday morning and hear a familiar song with strikingly different lyrics, there's a reason. That's because it's a new song called "Mortaritaville (Baghdad Blues)," set to the tune of a classic Jimmy Buffett tune, and is performed by musically-talented members of Louisiana National Guards' 256th Infantry Division stationed in Baghdad, Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. Jeremy Davis, 25, of Pineville is with the 256th. He was the soldier who recorded the song on a computer featuring other soldiers doing the song to the tune of "Margaritaville," Buffett's...