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“Where Are Your Guts?”: Behind the 1964 Johnny Cash Album Radio Stations Refused To Play, ‘Bitter Tears’
Johnny Cash's 1964 album 'Bitter Tears' went relatively ignored by radio stations and his record label, so he took matters into his own hands.
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Behind Johnny Cash’s 1972 Album That Included a Recitation of The Gettysburg Address
A 200-Year Salute to Story and Song. Stylistically, it was a departure from his usual fare, as it included spoken word ...
How Johnny Cash drew on his own experiences to make his greatest songs
Born to working class cotton farmers Kingsland, Arkansas, Cash’s obsession with music began at a young age. Following a four-year period serving for the US Army, Johnny threw himself headlong into the ...
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How Rick Rubin convinced Johnny Cash to record his iconic cover of Nine Inch Nails' Hurt, and why Trent Reznor originally considered Cash's interpretation 'invasive"
It was during the sessions for Wildflowers, his second solo album, that Tom Petty suggested to producer and American Recordings label owner Rick Rubin that he should try to sign Johnny Cash.