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"A Boy Named Sue" is a song written by Shel Silverstein and made famous by Johnny Cash. Cash recorded the song live in concert on February 24, 1969, at California's San Quentin State Prison for his At San Quentin album.
According to Hilburn, Cash spontaneously decided to perform "A Boy Named Sue" during the show and neither the TV crew nor his band knew he planned to do it (though he gave them advance warning by announcing early in the show his intent to play it); he used a lyric sheet on stage while the band improvised the backing.
Other songs co-written by Silverstein include "The Taker" written with Kris Kristofferson and recorded by Waylon Jennings, and a sequel to "A Boy Named Sue" titled "Father of a Boy Named Sue", which is less known, but he performed the song on television on The Johnny Cash Show. He also penned a lesser known song titled "Fuck 'em." [14] [15]
Cash, a Kingsland, Ark. native, died in Nashville, Tenn., at the age of 71. Throughout his career, he produced 40 years of hits, including "Folsom Prison Blues," "Ring of Fire," "A Boy Named Sue ...
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On the contrary, Hilburn writes, it was Columbia that presented Cash with the song, which Cash – who had previously scored major chart hits with comedic material such as "A Boy Named Sue" and "One Piece at a Time" – accepted enthusiastically, performing the song live on stage and filming a comedic music video in which he dresses up in a ...
Cash reached out to Bob as a fan, a 30-something-year-old-man writing to a 20-year-old kid. Only in working on this new script did he realize Bob Dylan had those letters. You look almost ...
Kid Rock filed a lawsuit to gain full control over the Top Dog record label, resulting in his receiving full ownership of the label in 2003. [21] [22] Kid Rock's self-titled sixth album was also released in 2003, which shifted his music further away from hip hop; [2] the lead single was a cover of Bad Company's "Feel Like Makin' Love". [3]