Where Johnny Cash came from
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Where Johnny Cash came from
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Re: Where Johnny Cash came from
#2With love & respect to the Man in Black:
I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I hold my pants up with a piece of twine
If you are mine, I'll pull the twine.
Re: Where Johnny Cash came from
#3I highly recommend his autobiography. It gives some detail on his time growing up picking cotton, among many other interesting anecdotes.
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#4With love & respect to the Man in Black: I keep a close watch on this heart of mine I keep my eyes wide open all the time I hold my pants up with a piece of twine If you are mine, I'll pull the twine.
Very much indeed!
Re: Where Johnny Cash came from
#5With love & respect to the Man in Black: I keep a close watch on this heart of mine I keep my eyes wide open all the time I hold my pants up with a piece of twine If you are mine, I'll pull the twine.
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#6> The Man in Black grew up in Dyess, Arkansas, in a community of poor farmers working government land.
Similar. I grew up in Arkansas for 6 years of my childhood working on a turkey farm until I was 11~. Hard work ,7 days a week for 6 years working with turkeys and cattle. Something is lost today by most kids being removed from hard work, I think. Defiantly brings a different perspective going from that to working in the largest tech companies
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#7I highly recommend his autobiography. It gives some detail on his time growing up picking cotton, among many other interesting anecdotes.
Just seconding this as it was one of the most compelling biographical books I’ve ever read. I binged it during a holiday shopping trip to the mall 20-ish years ago. Couldn’t put it down, just followed along with the group as they went from store to store with my face in a book.
We sure don’t live life like that anymore.
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#8> The Man in Black grew up in Dyess, Arkansas, in a community of poor farmers working government land. Similar. I grew up in Arkansas for 6 years of my childhood working on a turkey farm until I was 11~. Hard work ,7 days a week for 6 years working with turkeys and cattle. Something is lost today by most kids being removed from hard work, I think. Defiantly brings a different perspective going from that to working in…
Can you elaborate on what is lost? What is the difference in perspective?
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#9> The Man in Black grew up in Dyess, Arkansas, in a community of poor farmers working government land. Similar. I grew up in Arkansas for 6 years of my childhood working on a turkey farm until I was 11~. Hard work ,7 days a week for 6 years working with turkeys and cattle. Something is lost today by most kids being removed from hard work, I think. Defiantly brings a different perspective going from that to working in…
It sounds like your saying from the age of 5-11 years old you worked 7 days a week as a farm hand.
Could you say more about what era this was and how many how's a day?
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