At San Quentin
Johnny Cash

Super glad I happened to be off work for this, because I thought I was doing fine avoiding my emotions by skipping the Carter Family songs but then Daddy Sang Bass walloped me. I always get that tune/tempo of "Will the Circle be Unbroken" in my head and can never find a version that matches it but I guess this is where I heard it growing up. This is a real "my dad put on something while puttering around and I'm off to the side entertaining myself where he can keep an eye on me" sort of music for me. My grandma who passed recently, she and her sisters would sing Carter Cash or Patsy Cline stuff and her house was always where family members would sit and play guitars and mandolin and sing and it's just really nice.

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