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Category: Johnny Cash

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Social Security In Popular Music

Ninety years ago, on August 14, 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law so as to provide a basic social safety net that would be of broad benefit to the general public. Social Security not only protects vulnerable populations — the elderly, the young, those

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"Five Minutes to Live"
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“Five Minutes to Live”: Death Sentence Commuted to 50 Years

My deep appreciation to Brian Horrorwitz of Trash Palace for introducing me to a great tune that was sung by Johnny Cash and featured in a mediocre film in which he starred: “Five Minutes to Live“ Johnny Cash (1960) I am especially in awe of Luther Perkins’ guitar lines, who

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"Understand Your Man"
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“Understand Your Man”: Little Jimmy Dempsey Picks on Johnny Cash

Guitarist “Little” Jimmy Dempsey uses twin guitars to transform Johnny Cash‘s “Understand Your Man” into a tuneful instrumental that bears little resemblance to the original – in a good way: “Understand Your Man“ Little Jimmy Dempsey (c. 1970) This track can be found on 1970’s Little Jimmy Dempsey Picks on Johnny

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"Jackson"
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“Jackson”: Public’s Help Sought in Identifying Artist

As soon as I picked up this album and felt the lightweight textured paper, I knew right away that this record was from outside the “West” – in this case, Romania: Much of this album is a mystery since there are practically no credits, but I’m guessing it came out

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"Houston Hash"
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Nashville Chowdown: Rice’s Great Image Makeover

I cannot imagine why anyone would let this album go, but someone obviously did, and five dollars later, we became family: The album’s subtitle is a bit of a hoot: “Country & Western supper music and Singing Rice-ipes“ (as in recipes for rice). Would you be surprised to learn that

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