"Salute to a Switchblade" is a song written and recorded by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artist

Tom T. Hall Thomas Hall (May 25, 1936 – August 20, 2021), known professionally as Tom T. Hall and informally nicknamed "the Storyteller," was an American country music singer-songwriter and short-story author. He wrote 12 No. 1 hit songs, with 26 more ...

. It was released in June 1970 as the only single from the album, ''I Witness Life''. The song peaked at number 8 on the U.S. country singles chart and at number 14 on the Canadian country singles chart.

Chart performance

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1970 singles Tom T. Hall songs Songs written by Tom T. Hall Song recordings produced by Jerry Kennedy Mercury Records singles {{1970s-country-song-stub