The CBC Band name was an acronym given to the band by their mother and stood for Con Ba Cu which translates to “Mother’s Children.” By 1969, with the addition of a few members, siblings Tung Linh, Bich Loan, and Tung Van began to perform for the U.S. Military Bases stationed in Vietnam.
In 1973, with their growing popularity, the band toured all through Southeast Asia including Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, and Singapore.
With the fall of Saigon, the band became refugees in New Delhi, India and were taken in by the Tibetan Buddhist Temple located there.
Made up of a family of poor Vietnamese, the CBC discovered they could earn money by playing Western rock music for American soldiers in Saigon.
[1] Fronted by Nam Loc and her brother, Tung Linh, a renowned guitar player in Vietnam at the time, the group played regularly at the My Phung bar in Saigon.