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Punch on: Open thread 23/06/2011

23 Jun 05:00am

Filed under: June Carter Cash, Open Thread

What makes a good country song? American singer, June Carter Cash, who happened to be born on this day in 1929, did a pretty good job of them. And if that wasn’t enough, she married the great Johnny Cash, and they made even better stuff between them.

Cashed up. Photo: AP.

Kids of my generation know her best from the 2005 movie, Cash, when Reece Witherspoon did a fine job of playing her alongside Joaquin Phoenix in a movie about their life. Other people probably have some favourite Cash songs. And if that’s you, you should tell us what they are below.

Welcome to Thursday everyone. What else is on your mind?

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Rowdy says:

10:52am | 24/06/11

No worries Max!! I am a big fan of a gentleman called Danny Gatton….a pretty good guitar player!! He was a walking encyclopedia of american music..he played country, rockabilli, bluegrass, jazz…you name it, he played it. And he played everyone else under the table. He used to play a lot… Read more »
stephen says:

10:06pm | 23/06/11

His daughter is a star, and you bogans are out of it. Aussies who don’t know Johnny are worse than horse shit. Country music is vastly underrated, mostly cause they have deteriorated to trucking songs. Elvis started it. Listen to the guitar work on ‘Suspicious Minds’, probably the best pop… Read more »

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