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I took the Hunter/Stockton Coker out for an urban ride tonight, after shaving another 5mm from the seatpost. The height is now perfect for the 140mm cranks, though I'm still adjusting my stroke on the uphill climbs. I rode around Music Square and noted a memorial service in passing, presumably for Johnny Cash, the artist who transcended generations and genres and passed away today at age 71. As I rode along, I could hear cars blaring out Cash's more popular tunes: "A Boy Named Sue", "I Walk the Line", and "Folsom Prison Blues". I was riding through the Nashville streets in a reflective, though not somber, mood and started thinking about Johnny Cash and his life. He has seemed such a permanent fixture in Nashville, a statesman for the disenfranchised, and despite his ill health, I took his presence for granted. I never met Johnny Cash, though I knew scores of people who knew him. We passed by his house in Hendersonville Sunday mornings on the way to church. One of the first songs I learned to play on the guitar was "I Walk the Line". I stopped by a bar and ordered a beer, wondering if they'd be playing any of the his tunes. No such luck. I left and rode around Vanderbilt University while a football game was in progress. I continued on around Centennial Park, circling the Parthenon. A runner passed me at a fast pace and I struggled to keep up. Maybe twenty years ago, I gave my uncle Ray an album of Bruce Springsteen songs covered by Johnny Cash. I think it was called "Johnny 99". As I rounded a corner, a man's dog jumped out to chase me. Surprisingly, the dog retreated at his master's command. "He's not used to people like you." the gentleman explained. "Not many are." I replied. Back in 1988 Frank Zappa went on his last abortive tour with his band. Among the three live albums produced from that tour was "The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life". Frank met Johnny at the hotel and invited him to sing "Ring of Fire" at one of his shows. Unfortunately, his wife got sick, so Johnny didn't show up, but after checking with the audience Zappa's band played a wickedly funny version of "Ring of Fire". If I'd ever had the occasion to meet Johnny Cash, I would have asked him about his impression of Frank Zappa. Two iconoclasts from opposite ends of the musical spectrum. -- rubic - Unstable Coker Addict War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. -Ambrose Bierce ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rubic's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3956 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27702 |
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on a Sunday morning sidewalk.... +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Attachment filename: billboard_ad.jpg | |Download attachment: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/162018| +----------------------------------------------------------------+ -- jagur - Random Unicyclist --------------------------------------------------- -searching for the real one wheel deal,the one that wont but will... all i ask is one rotation,on this vision of singular creation...-[image: http://newserver.unicyclist.com/gall...x_flipped.gif] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jagur's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/502 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27702 |
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tomblackwood wrote: *I can see that you, me, and JJuggle need to meet sometime at a neutral bar.* Hmm, I've heard of cash bars, whiskey bars, gay bars, cigar bars, biker bars and go-go bars, but never neutral bars. But hell, sure, I'll try it. And I've always wanted to visit Nashville anyway. As for the rest, I must confess that I was never a huge Johnny Cash fan, but mostly from what I don't know, not what I do. That being said, I've never heard a cover of Ring of Fire, including Zappa's that I didn't like. Oh, except one: My company, a major telecommunications behemoth (well used to be anyway) which has round red logo that has been compared to a coffee stain, used Ring of Fire in a promotional campaign. It depicted the logos of competitors falling into our round red logo, ala a Ring of Fire with said song playing. TACKY. Raphael Lasar Matawan, NJ -- JJuggle - Last of the Dogmato-Revisionists 'Technical Bifficulties' (http://tinyurl.com/glk1) - Tom Tomorrow ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJuggle's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/24 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/27702 |
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