It was the album that defined his "singing journalist" phase, strewn with songs whose roots were allegedly pulled from Newsweek magazine.

It is one in a long line of folk albums used to tell stories about everyday struggles and hardships.

Among these stories was that of William Worthy, an American journalist who traveled to Cuba in spite of an embargo on the country who was forbidden to return to the United States.

Two talking blues jabbed sarcastically at Vietnam and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The Times was founded by Adolph Ochs (no relation to Phil), so this may be a joke or allusion to the coincidence.