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This song, written by Chadwick Stokes, tells a story about a brilliant and battle-torn 19th century general, who has a dream in which he realizes the futility of the war he is fighting. [1] In The Best of Dispatch, a book containing guitar and voice transcriptions of selected Dispatch songs, Chad Urmston describes "The General":
The General, a Buster Keaton film; The General, a Russian war film; The General, a John Boorman drama about Dublin criminal Martin Cahill; The General, a British TV fly-on-the-wall documentary series about a hospital "The General" (The Prisoner), an episode of The Prisoner "The General", an episode of Spyforce
Translating "The General" into a language singer Chadwick Stokes doesn't speak wasn't easy, but the frontman of the long-running band had a good reason for doing it
After graduating from college the members of Dispatch relocated to the greater Boston area to continue the strong touring effort that would characterize their sound. Their live show progressed through the years to include extended jams, guest appearances, and mash ups of their songs with other popular artists' songs such as Sublime and often found themselves playing on the jamband circuit. [7]
All Points Bulletin is a 2004 live album by American indie/roots folk band Dispatch.Much like their previous live album Gut the Van, the album was released onto two discs.The first is entitled "Somerville" and captures the band's intimate "warm-up" gig prior to their free performance to approximately 110,000 fans on the second disc, entitled "Hatch Shell."
All lyrics are written by Chad Urmston except as noted; all music is composed by Dispatch. No. Title Lyrics ... 4:41: 2. "Bats in the Belfry" 4:09: 3. "The General" ...
The General (Dispatch song) General Grant's March; General Pershing: One Step; H. Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire; I. I'm Asking You Sergeant, Where's Mine;
Under the Radar is a 2002 documentary DVD of the band Dispatch. It also includes a bonus CD entitled "Patchwork", which includes remixes of Dispatch songs and audio recordings of some of the performances on the DVD.