Johnny Cash Is a Hero to Americans on the Left and Right. But His Music Took a Side.
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- Wednesday, 08 December 2021
In July and August of 1961, Johnny Cash recorded a batch of songs that became the basis for Blood, Sweat and Tears, a record many regard as merely a concept album about working people. But Blood, Sweat and Tears is a concept album about race in America, about the violent enforcement of racial hierarchies in America.