by Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan recorded "Talking World War III Blues" in 1963. Dylan's fame and his repeated use of the talking blues form contributed to the genre becoming a widely popular vehicle for the composition of songs with political content. When the country singer Johnny Cash recorded a song that described his trip to Vietnam with his wife June Carter Cash, he chose the talking blues format to describe his dissent against the Vietnam War. Talking blues is also popular as a medium for parody, as in "Like a Lamb to the Slaughter", Frank Hayes's talking-blues parody of Matty Groves: Notable examples "Talking Blues" (1926) and "New Talking Blues" (1928) by Christopher Allen Bouchillon. "Talking Dust Bowl Blues" (1940), "Talking Fishing Blues", "Talking Centralia", "Talking Columbia", "Talking Hard Work", "Talking Sailor", and "Talking Subway" by Woody Guthrie. "Talking Union," by Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Millard Lampell. "Atomic Talking Blues" (a.k.a. "Talking Atom", "Old Man Atom") by Vern Partlow. "Talking Inflation Blues" by Tom Glazer. "Talking World War III Blues" (1963), "Talking New York", "Talking Hava Negiliah Blues", "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues", "I Shall Be Free No. 10", and "Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues" by Bob Dylan, all recorded during the 1960s. "Alice's Restaurant" (1967) by Arlo Guthrie. "Guitar Man (1967) by Jerry Reed, made famous by Elvis Presley. "Talkin' Candy Bar Blues" by Peter, Paul & Mary on A Song Will Rise (1965). "Singing in Viet Nam Talking Blues" by Johnny Cash. "Talking Birmingham Jam" (1963), "Talking Airplane Disaster" (1963), "Talking Cuban Crisis" (1963), "Talking Vietnam (1964) by Phil Ochs. "Talking Thunderbird Blues" (1973), "Fraternity Blues" (1977) by Townes Van Zandt. "Talking New Bob Dylan" by Loudon Wainwright III on his album History (1992). See also Bob and wheel Hip hop music Rapping Recitation song Spoken word Sprechgesang Talking Timbuktu References Further reading van der Merwe, Peter (1989). Origins of the Popular Style: The Antecedents of Twentieth-Century Popular Music. Oxford: Clarendon Press. . Country music genres