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Feb 2019
39m 51s

Johnny Cash's Lost Tour of Ireland

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A Documentary On One listener shares a recording he had for safe keeping. It brings listeners closer than ever to Johnny Cash on his first tour of Ireland, twelve gigs in ten days. Few people remember the very first Irish performances by the country... 
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