The tune questions the senselessness of the war and the hope that the war will soon end.

This one showed support for those protesting the president.On Veterans Day 1970, Cash sang Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ In the Wind” on his program. His genre-spanning music embraced country, rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk, and gospel sounds. So I told the president, ‘If we don’t stand up here, your presidency’s gonna be broken.”A small part of trying to turn things around for Nixon from a PR standpoint, at least originally, was bringing Cash to the White House.Of course, Buchanan at the time was firmly behind the president and against the protesters, but the philosophical journey Cash would make in the pop culture realm, bridging his conservative country audience with an antiwar ethos many observers at the time considered the exclusive property of the Left, was not that different from Buchanan’s journey in the political realm. A soldier writes home to his family and describes how his buddy died in battle.By 1971, even the staunchest country artists were beginning to have doubts. We cherish local community, the liberties bequeathed us by the Founders, the civilizational foundations of faith and family, and—we are not ashamed to use the word—peace.President Richard Nixon, First Lady Patricia Nixon, June Carter Cash, and Johnny Cash on stage after the Cashs' "Evening at the White House" Concert Performance in the East Room, April 17, 1970. 24 on the charts.God bless Ernest Tubb, a man who had recorded songs that supported the troops all the way back to World War II, but there was no way a 51-year-old Tubb could convincingly say he was willing to fight in 1965, and the song just barely scraped the bottom of the charts.That doesn't make "It's for God, Country and You, Mom (That's Why I'm Fighting in Viet Nam)" any less of a classic war song. I cherish them,” Johnny Cash’s voice bellowed over a cheering concert crowd.“Even the rights to burn the flag, you know. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 90 million records worldwide. "Jan Howard dreamed that her son would be killed in Vietnam, so she wrote and recorded this Top 15 hit about her memories of his childhood and the fear inspired by her dream. 1 country single in 1965 and the biggest solo hit ever for Johnnie Wright, who was married to singer Kitty Wells and had previously been part of the country duo Johnnie and Jack.

Johnny Cash traveled to Vietnam to perform for the troops in December 1969, a month after accepting the White House invitation. Singing in Vietnam Talking Blues (1971) This pointed anti-Vietnam war tune is also from the Man In Black album.

It made a very serious impression on him.”Cash’s pastor, Jimmie Snow, featured prominently in the documentary, was abroad with his father in December 1969 and was surprised to see Johnny and June in Saigon.“John, what are you doing in Vietnam?” Snow asked. Johnny Cash Earthquakes Vietnam War History, Politics & Society Jamaica Johnny Depp Country Music Music Genres Relationships Business Accounting and Bookkeeping The Beatles.

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“Well, we took our show to Long Bien Air Force base near Saigon, Vietnam. Because of the way our country was so divided. He began signing, “and the lonely voice of youth cries ‘What is truth?’”“A little boy of three sittin’ on the floor, Looks up and says, ‘Daddy, what is war?’ ‘Son, that’s when people fight and die,’ the little boy of three says ‘Daddy, why?’”Cash’s eyes never left the audience. “Of course, my father himself served in the Air Force during the Korean conflict.”“He would set aside any political notion or any consideration of if one certain battle was right or wrong and support the men and young women that were fighting and giving their lives for us,” the younger Cash says.Johnny Cash traveled to Vietnam to perform for the troops in December 1969, a month after accepting the White House invitation.

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Is patriotism measured by deference to government, or defiance? (Nixon Presidential Library/NARA)

Also, culturally and socially, Johnny Cash represented Nashville. He understood the message.”“My father wasn’t afraid to say what he thought, which was ‘I hope to bring peace, but I’m not afraid to get dirty, and I’m not afraid to fight for what I believe in, and I’m not afraid to go where I’m uncomfortable to stand up for love,” said John Carter Cash of his dad.As the antiwar protests grew larger and louder, Buchanan recalled what he told Nixon at the time, “We’re in the middle of a revolution. John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. That continues through the first chorus, until the big reveal in verse two: He's writing about a POW.

“It didn’t do any good to rehearse with Johnny Cash, because he didn’t know what he was gonna do.”Cash opened with his famous hit “A Boy Named Sue” that evening.

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