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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.
The Sound Behind Johnny Cash is the only album released by Johnny Cash's band, The Tennessee Three. It contains instrumental versions of 11 Johnny Cash hits. It was released in 1971 on Columbia Records. [1] Billboard described it as "illuminative instrumental work." [1]
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.
Wood and his wife, Inge, now reside in Flat Creek, just south of Shelbyville, Tennessee. He is the music director of the [1] Tennessee Fiddle Orchestra and operates the [2] Jim and Inge Wood School of Music. He writes for [3] Strings Magazine, The Devils Box, [4] Acoustic Guitar, and does a regular column for [5] Fiddler Magazine.
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Copas was born in 1913 in Blue Creek, Ohio, United States. [3] He began performing locally at age 14, and appeared on WLW-AM and WKRC-AM in Cincinnati during the 1930s. In 1940, he moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, where he performed on WNOX-AM with his band, the Gold Star Rangers.
Stuart Mossman (May 13, 1942 – March 2, 1999) was an American guitar maker, entertainer and entrepreneur who built 6,000 guitars from 1968 to 1984 that were played by several professional guitarists, including John Denver, Eric Clapton, Albert Lee, Doc Watson, Hank Snow, Cat Stevens and Merle Travis.