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"Tennessee Flat Top Box" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Johnny Cash. It was released as a single in late 1961, reaching 11 on the Billboard country singles charts and 84 on the pop charts. [1] The song's name refers to a steel-stringed acoustic guitar.
The song is a country ballad [7] which philosophically talks about two friends who "roll along through life like 'that old wheel'". [8]The song is filled with sage advice about standing strong and overcoming life's obstacles.
Luther Monroe Perkins, Jr. (January 8, 1928 – August 5, 1968) was an American country music guitarist and a member of the Tennessee Three, the backup band for singer Johnny Cash. Perkins was an iconic figure in what would become known as rockabilly music.
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The flat symbol (♭) is used in two ways: It is placed in key signatures to mark lines whose notes are flattened throughout that section of music; it may also be an "accidental" that precedes an individual note and indicates that the note should be lowered temporarily, until the following bar line.
Tennessee has cleared another hurdle in its pursuit of a playoff berth and a possible SEC championship berth. Two-loss Alabama, meanwhile, faces a much more uncertain path in a crowded playoff field.
An embryonic version, referring to a "ramblin' country man," can be heard on the bootleg The Gatlinburg Tapes, featuring the band jamming on an off-day in April 1971 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. [6] Betts continued to work on the song for a year, but the lyrics came together in as little as twenty minutes.
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