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PC<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TodayILearned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TodayILearned</span></a></p><p>In February 1969, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JohnnyCash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnnyCash</span></a> had a party at his house (that) turned into a guitar pull, with some of Johnny's friends trying out their latest songs. " <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BobDylan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BobDylan</span></a> sang 'Lay Lady Lay,'" recalled Cash. " <a href="https://mas.to/tags/KrisKristofferson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KrisKristofferson</span></a> sang 'Me and Bobby McGee.' <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JoniMitchell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoniMitchell</span></a> sang 'Both Sides Now.' <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GrahamNash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrahamNash</span></a> sang 'Marrakesh Express.' And <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ShelSilverstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShelSilverstein</span></a> sang 'A Boy Named Sue.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/30082/johnny-cashs-boy-named-sue-was-written-shel-silverstein" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mentalfloss.com/article/30082/</span><span class="invisible">johnny-cashs-boy-named-sue-was-written-shel-silverstein</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"A Boy Named Sue" is a song written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ShelSilverstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShelSilverstein</span></a> and made famous by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnnyCash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnnyCash</span></a>. Cash recorded the song live in concert on February 24, 1969, at California's <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SanQuentinStatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanQuentinStatePrison</span></a> for his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AtSanQuentin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtSanQuentin</span></a> album. Cash also performed the song (with comical variations on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theOriginal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theOriginal</span></a> performance) in December 1969 at <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Madison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Madison</span></a> Square Garden. The live San Quentin version of the song became Cash's biggest hit on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> Hot 100 chart. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z1Ple-qYuU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=-Z1Ple-qYuU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
geographile<p>This whole fascinating article reminds me obliquely of when <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GreatBigSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GreatBigSea</span></a> first heard the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Mermaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mermaid</span></a> song, one of the guys, Séan? first heard it from a guy on shore leave in St John&#39;s, who worked on a container ship. He said he had heard it from an old man the sailor knew in maybe Singapore. So they phoned the guy, who sang it to them, they recorded him, then they they learned it and did their version as a band. <br /><a href="https://youtu.be/Mp725C0_qyQ?si=scJRpavxPNa3nTFK" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/Mp725C0_qyQ?si=scJRpa</span><span class="invisible">vxPNa3nTFK</span></a></p><p>After it had been recorded and released, they found out it was a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ShelSilverstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ShelSilverstein</span></a> poem.<br /><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mermaid_(Shel_Silverstein_song)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Me</span><span class="invisible">rmaid_(Shel_Silverstein_song)</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@AccordionBruce/110968843447694148" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@AccordionBruc</span><span class="invisible">e/110968843447694148</span></a></p>
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