January 19, 2010

Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash (1963)

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[1960-1964 Best Songs]

Billboard Top 100, 1963: #80 Johnny Cash, June Carter & Merle Kilgore - The Essential Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire

You know that guy in the Dos Equis commercials - "The Most Interesting Man in the World?" He's a Johnny Cash fan. That's because The Man In Black is just cool. He's really too cool for country music.

Likewise, Ring of Fire is almost too cool a song to be a country song. Johnny says, "Yes, those are mariachi trumpets behind me. Is there a problem?"

"No sir."

His voice is like aged scotch. You may not be a whiskey drinker, but if somebody offers it to you, you don't turn it down.

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