Bitter Tears (Ballads of the American Indian)

by Johnny Cash

Overview

Though on the surface Bitter Tears is just another installment in the seemingly endless series of Americana albums that Johnny Cash released in the '60s, it was a more daring collection than any of its predecessors or successors. Where Cash's previous Americana albums had previously concentrated on cowboys and Western pioneers, Bitter Tears is all about Native Americans and their trials and tribulations. It isn't a crass move -- it's a sensitive, clear-eyed take on the unfair treatment of the American Indian that uses traditional folk ballads and newly written songs in the same vein. It's stark and moving, his best Americana album of the '60s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	02/01/2008
Label:	Legacy
UPC:	0886972384726
Rank:	28353

Tracks

1. As Long as the Grass Shall Grow
2. Apache Tears
3. Custer
4. The Talking Leaves
5. The Ballad of Ira Hayes
6. Drums
7. White Girl
8. The Vanishing Race

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Johnny Cash   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar
Al Casey   Guitar

Technical Credits

Frank Jones   Producer
Don Law   Producer
Johnny Horton   Composer
Peter La Farge   Composer
Vic Anesini   Digital Mastering
Bob Cato   Photography
Johnny Cash   Composer
Hugh Cherry   Liner Notes
Bob Irwin   Reissue Producer