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Ring of Fire: Johnny Cash (Original Post) appalachiablue May 2020 OP
Oh? Is it a Johnny kind of evening? Well then, let me put some more ice trays in the freezer The Polack MSgt May 2020 #1
A jaunty, positive tune, happy Friday & Bottoms Up! appalachiablue May 2020 #3
I just discovered this a few months ago ItsjustMe May 2020 #2
Very impt. article on the racial harassment Cash appalachiablue May 2020 #4
Nice! mzmolly May 2020 #5

The Polack MSgt

(13,190 posts)
1. Oh? Is it a Johnny kind of evening? Well then, let me put some more ice trays in the freezer
Fri May 1, 2020, 09:44 PM
May 2020

Because 2 cubes with 2 fingers in a lowball glass is how I take my Wild Turkey, and if I'm playing Johnny on a Friday night, bourbon is on my table


appalachiablue

(41,146 posts)
3. A jaunty, positive tune, happy Friday & Bottoms Up!
Fri May 1, 2020, 10:43 PM
May 2020

ETA: Meant for the 'Tenn. Flat Top' post. This is a fine one too.

ItsjustMe

(11,231 posts)
2. I just discovered this a few months ago
Fri May 1, 2020, 09:55 PM
May 2020

I never knew Johnny Cash was married before he married June Carter.

Why Hate Groups Went After Johnny Cash in the 1960s

Back in 1951, Cash was just an Air Force radio operator about to be sent overseas to intercept Soviet transmissions. That was about the time he met Vivian Liberto, a shy 17-year-old from San Antonio, at a skating rink.

https://www.history.com/news/why-hate-groups-went-after-johnny-cash-in-the-1960s

appalachiablue

(41,146 posts)
4. Very impt. article on the racial harassment Cash
Fri May 1, 2020, 10:53 PM
May 2020

and Vivien endured in the 1960s-- the awful side of the US. Thanks for posting and,

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