Many people on the Confederate side of the war liked to the think the song referred to Johnny Reb but this is unlikely, especially as in the first edition of the song, Gilmore (Lambert) dedicates it to the “army and navy of the union”.John...
Johnny Cash had an early hit with the series theme song. Johnny Yuma was a little different from these great ones. Proud, simmering, free as a Wobbly and visibly traumatized by his war experience, Yuma rode the West shooting foes down without hesitation and with only the barest gesture towa...