Johnny Cash & Ray Charles - Busted

Both men recorded individual songs about being poor and having nothing.
Both men recorded the song "Busted' and had hits with them.
Both men sang together on The Johnny Cash Show in a wonderfully fun duet.



Both men are forever among the all-time greats and favorites of Andy Land.

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Best Cover/Remake of a Song EVER!

People get a bit high and mighty when someone covers or remakes a classic song, especially when it was a signature hit for someone else. I tend to believe if the work is of a high quality then it is more than acceptable for the music-loving market.

There will always be the good (Def Leppard covering '20th Century Boy'), the GREAT (Ike & Tina performing 'Proud Mary'), the bad (too many artists doing too many Beatles songs to choose) and the UGLY (Celine Dion singing 'Shook Me All Night Long').

Here is what I believe may be the greatest remake of a song ever. This artist (the one and only Ray Charles) unseats one of my favorite singers, a man who is responsible for many of the greatest remakes ever as well as the greatest original songs—the one and only Johnny Cash.

Please enjoy this truly precious performance of 'Ring of Fire' by Ray Charles on the Johnny Cash Show. It is breath-taking and beautiful. It simply doesn't get any better than this. I'm certain June & Johnny would agree if they could.

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Not that Anyone Reads Blogs Anymore...

...But there has been a LOT going on in my life of late, preventing me from updating as often.

My mother dying is just the tip of that proverbial iceberg.

There will be more to read here someday soon.

Until then...

BUY & READ, "The Girl in Hitchcock's Shower," by Robert Graysmith

BUY & LISTEN TO, "American VI: Ain't No Grave," by Johnny Cash

ENJOY, "Don't Stop the Sandman," by Rock Sugar

Spreading Big Elvis Across the Land!

It seems my recent post about Big Elvis has brought another blogger into the Andy Land camp.

I am pleased to announce another link partner and I owe it all the massive majesty of the mighty, Big Elvis. John Gaitan, of The Tangent Universe stumbled upon my site recently and left a comment. He later found it necessary to write about Big Elvis himself and throw a little plug for my humble blog in the process.

After careful examination of his blog, I'm willing to forgive his Republican ways based on his love for things like Johnny Cash & Bruce Campbell, if not for his fascination with artistic meat creations.

Thanks for linking John. (in Elvis voice) Thank you very much.