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- Length
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- Release Date
- 1964
In the summer of 1964, Johnny Cash was riding high. "Ring of Fire" was a No. 1 country hit the year before and the album "I Walk the Line" was fresh out. Instead of solidifying his commercial success, Cash took his music in a bold, unexpected new direction. He recorded an album called "Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian." Its centerpiece was "The Ballad of Ira Hayes," a song about the Pima Indian who helped raise the flag on Iwo Jima and later suffered from alcoholism and died at age 32 after a night of drinking. "Ira Hayes, Ir… read more
In the summer of 1964, Johnny Cash was riding high. "Ring of Fire" was a No. 1 country hit the year before and the album "I Walk the L… read more
In the summer of 1964, Johnny Cash was riding high. "Ring of Fire" was a No. 1 country hit the year before and the album "I Walk the Line" was fresh out. Instead of s… read more
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