While making the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line, director and co-writer James Mangold had numerous conversations with the troubled country star to get inside his head and understand what it was that haunted him throughout his life. Apparently, during … Continue reading →
The classic 1974 song Sweet Home Alabama was a controversial response by the band Lynyrd Skynyrd to Southern Man and Alabama – two songs from the 1970s by Neil Young that express anti-southern sentiments. Read more about that here. Don’t expect any … Continue reading →
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Couch Potato Pickings You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video I first watched this Robert Altman film just before I took a trip to America’s Music City last year. I hoped it would provide some … Continue reading →
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This brilliantly acted, award winning biopic of Johnny Cash offers a moving picture of his passionate relationship with June Carter, as well as an exhilarating portrait of the country music scene in the 1950s and 1960s . And with its … Continue reading →
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