Everybody but everybody loves J.C. And why not, he's super great. This is one of my favourite tracks by him. Not typical in style, a story record that's beyond humourous, it's downright silly.
It's about a guy working for a car manufacturer and he starts stealing parts to build his own car with amusing consequences. Enjoy.
Johnny Cash - One Piece At A Time
Convoy, the film from 1978 was based on this song from 1976. How many songs have that going for them? - They were so good they got turned into a film?!
The story of C.W.McCall is a strange one. While working as a creative for an ad agency in 1974, Bill Fries created a character called C.W.McCall who featured in a television advert as a trucker.
He then started writing songs for the character and had huge hit records like this number one and a whole slew of albums. Bizarre.
Convoy also had loads of CB slang which I love...
C.W.McCall - Convoy
This is definitely one of my favourite Johnny Cash songs. A little novelty but just a big hunk of fun. Written by Carl Perkins (part of Cash's live show at the time), it tells of Bible Belt families who would sing together after working in the fields all day. It really brings that sing-a-long spirit and makes me want to freakydeaky.
The song is actually quite dark referencing a dead brother and how they will one day sing together again in heaven. But then a lot of country is pretty dark when you get into it.
Johnny Cash - Daddy Sang Bass
