In 1972, Johnny Cash released his 40th album, America: A 200-Year Salute to Story and Song. Stylistically, it was a departure from his usual fare, as it included spoken word segments and ...

Johnny Cash was ... shows just how off the rails Cash could go. With its Shel Silverstein novelties and egg-sucking dogs, it was anti-album, his Metal Machine Music. America, a drab (career ...