At the end of the day, we all just want a love like Johnny and June… Although June Carter is best known today as Johnny Cash’s wife, she was a trailblazer in country music for many years before becoming Mrs. Cash. She was part The Carter Family, a legendary group founded by husband and wife A. P. and Sara Carter, along with Maybelle Carter (Sara’s sister-in-law). The group expanded to include a number of other family members during their career that spanned from 1927 to 1956, including June Carter, who joined as a child in 1939 to sing harmony, alongside her sisters Helen and Anita. Truly, the timeline of The Carter Family would be a blog in itself but it’s well worth the time to read through because they are universally recognized as one of the most influential acts in country music history. After her time with The Carter Family, June went out on her own as a solo artist and racked up an impressive 5 Grammy’s for her original music and was instrumental in writing songs for other artists, though one of those songs is by far the most popular that she penned. She first met Johnny Cash at the Grand Ole Opry in 1956, and though they were both married to others at the time, the feelings that welled up inside each of them did nothing but grow in the years that followed. I’m sure it didn’t help the situation (or maybe it did help?) that Johnny went out on tour with The Carter Family while he was still married to his first wife, Vivian Liberto, and also that he was completely strung out on booze and pills for much of the time, which eventually led Vivian to leave him in 1966. That opened the door for Johnny and June to finally get together, after she had divorced fellow country singer Carl Smith, then married and subsequently divorced police officer Edwin Nix. Fun fact, Nix was the police officer on scene the night Johnny was banned from the Opry for smashing out stage lights before taking June’s car and driving heavily intoxicated into a light pole… You have to think he was pretty upset learning that June left him to shack up with someone who he had to believe was a scoundrel. But while she was still married to Nix, in 1960, June realized the burning feelings she had for Johnny and she turned them into a song that pretty much every person on Earth knows. Or at least most people say she was the brain behind the song… “Ring Of Fire” appeared on Cash’s 1963 compilation album Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash, though June’s sister Anita previously recorded and released it as “(Love’s) Ring of Fire”. June Carter and Merle Kilgore were credited with writing it and June spoke of how the track came to be in the documentary The Winding Stream: “I realized that oh my Lord, I think I’m falling in love with Johnny Cash, and this is the most painful thing I’ve ever gone through in my life. It is like I’m in a ring of fire, and I’m never coming out. I’m going down, down to the bottom of this thing. It’s going to kill me, because I would never have the nerve to tell him, nor do I want to tell him, nor do I want anybody to even know I’ve got these feelings.” There’s certainly something to be said about the emotional infidelity of writing a love song for someone else while you’re married, there’s no denying that. But come on now… Johnny and June were destined to be together. The official Johnny Cash Facebook page posted a throwback to “Ring Of Fire” just a few weeks ago, showing a clip of both June and Johnny singing the song while noting in the caption that June Carter did in fact write the song. Now, you might be wondering why I’m continuing to give examples that June Carter wrote the song. It’s officially credited as such and there’s no shortage of citations, plus June herself said she wrote it, so who’s denying the story? Well, Johnny Cash’s first wife tells a much different story on how June came to receive a writing credit for “Ring Of Fire” … In her memoir, I Walked the Line: My Life with Johnny, which is an undeniably great title for such a work, she claims that June wasn’t involved in the song at all and it was an act of charity from Johnny that gave her the credit: “One day in early 1963, while gardening in the yard, Johnny told me about a song he had just written with Merle Kilgore and Curly [Lewis] while out fishing on Lake Casitas. ‘I’m gonna give June half credit on a song I just wrote,’ Johnny said. ‘It’s called “Ring of Fire.”‘ ‘Why?’ I asked, wiping dirt from my hands. The mere mention of her name annoyed me. I was sick of hearing about her. ‘She needs the money,’ he said, avoiding my stare. ‘And I feel sorry for her.’ … To this day, it confounds me to hear the elaborate details June told of writing that song for Johnny. She didn’t write that song any more than I did. The truth is, Johnny wrote that song, while pilled up and drunk, about a certain private female body part. All those years of her claiming she wrote it herself, and she probably never knew what the song was really about.” And speaking of body parts, fun fact: Pfizer wanted to use it for a Preparation H commercial back in the early 2000s. Mel Kilgore thought it was funny, but the Cash family quickly shut it down. On one hand, there’s probably no person who knows more of Johnny Cash’s hidden secrets than his first wife… but on the other hand, she can’t really be held up as a credible source where June Carter is involved because she clearly didn’t like her and knew that she was going to spell trouble for her in the not too distant future… So did June Carter write “Ring Of Fire”? I believe she did, but given everyone involved has now passed away, the truth will forever remain shrouded in a cloud of mystery. This post contains links from our Affiliate Partners program. If you use these links to make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.The post June Carter Wrote “Ring Of Fire” About Johnny Cash… Or Did She? first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Making fun of his own record name. Blake Shelton just released a new record, For Recreational Use Only, and part of the project includes appearing on talk shows, podcasts, hitting the road, and more. After leaving the hit singing competition show The Voice, Shelton has been living in pseudo-retirement, enjoying a slower-paced life and just enjoying the little things in general. Shelton admitted that after leaving The Voice, he thought he was nearing the end of his run with music, but after making “Pour Me A Drink” with Post Malone, the collaboration lit a fire in him to create a new record. “It lit a fire under me.” After the release of For Recreational Use Only, Shelton shared with People Magazine that he’s now at a point in his career that he’s not afraid to experiment with new topics and ideas in the studio. “I don’t feel like I have anything to prove anymore. I used to be almost afraid of my success because I was afraid of losing it somehow… but now it’s just fun for me.” Aside from his hit at country radio, “Texas,” I hate to admit that experimentation didn’t lead to a smash album. Shelton’s older music is where he shines. While his new music might not be my cup of tea, I do like that Shelton has a personality. He can take a joke, doesn’t take himself too seriously, and knows how to have a good time. While Shelton is proud of his work on his latest album, on his recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, he and Fallon left the audience in a fit of laughter, talking about how the album naming and album art process of creating a record is sometimes mundane and often silly. Fallon asked Shelton if he liked the album naming process specifically. Shelton said it’s not his favorite part and delivered a little jab about the title he selected for the record. “I don’t know if I love the album titling (part). I love making the album, but titling it has never been a thing. I mean, look at what the name of my title is. ‘For Recreational Use Only.’ That’s like a — you know, it’s ridiculous. It doesn’t even mean [anything]. It’s just trying to come up with something that people will remember. You know what I mean?” Fallon then jokes that the “recreational use” of the album was about frisbee, given the clear vinyl he had on his desk. Shelton then said that it, of course, could be related to substances of sorts. The jabs continued after the album title, and Fallon began to mock Shelton’s “blue steel” look on the record’s cover image. “I think the album cover’s cool. It’s mysterious. You’re a stranger in a bar.” Shelton then tells Fallon to get to the joke, knowing more will come. “You’re like thinking. You’re in front of the jukebox. There’s like a map behind you, and like a whip. You’re like Indiana Jones. And you’re deciding, ‘What song should I play next? What song should I  play next? There’s a whole jukebox full of music back there, but I’m going to pick one…'” As Fallon keeps going, Shelton asks the band to start playing music, hoping he will stop talking and making fun of him. But Fallon is not done there. He flips the record over, poking fun at his pose on that side as well. “And then this guy is starting a bar fight. That’s frightening, that’s scary.” Even though this is all in good fun, I love that Fallon was making fun of Blake Shelton. He can be a little cringeworthy at times, and his poses on the record begged for someone to poke fun at him. But as I said earlier, Shelton can take a joke and fired back at Fallon, getting the interview back on track. “Would you ask me some real questions?” HA. Hey, at least Shelton can acknowledge that the title For Recreational Use Only doesn’t make much sense. The post Blake Shelton Roasts The Title Of His Own New Album, ‘For Recreational Use Only’ – “It’s Ridiculous” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Arlington is some of the most hallowed ground in the United States. But despite its great importance, the cemetery has had more than its share of scandals.

Geraldo Rivera promised to dig deep in Al Capone’s hotel hideout on Chicago’s South Side back in 1986—here’s the oral history of how it all really went down.

One of the most underrated bass players of Rock and Roll, Geddy Lee was always a crucial part of Rush's sound. He was influenced by a huge variety of musicians and praised many of his heroes during his career. Rock and Roll Garage selected three lesser-known bass players for the mainstream Rock audience that Geddy praised and said were some of his favorites of all time. 3 lesser-known bassists Geddy Lee said are some of his favorites Jaco Pastorius https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgntkGc5iBo&pp=ygUPSmFjbyBQYXN0b3JpdXMg0gcJCYsJAYcqIYzv The first one is Jaco Pastorius, who was one of the most influential Jazz musicians of all time but is not that well-known for the mainstream Rock audience. Geddy even consider him the greatest Jazz bass player of all time. "Judging a bass player is really about the context of that bass player. If I were to pick the greatest jazz fusion bassist of all time, of course it would be Jaco Pastorius," he told UDiscover Music in 2019. He also believes that Jaco's playing became a "new kind of watermark" for the bass guitarists. He said that when he was interviewed for the documentary "Jaco" (2015). "Jaco was a Jazz player, more than any other kind of player. He had those environments and those arrangements that were loose enough to allow him to be so free and to use all the tools of his toolbox." Geddy Lee continued: "He certainly did that, the harmonics, the lyrical, the bending of notes, the strong melody. And at the same time you take a song like 'Teen Town', where he is just off the charts, fast, complex. That became the new kind of watermark for bass players. Incredible, incredible musician," Geddy Lee said (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage). Jaco was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania in 1951 and started his musical career when he was still a teenager, in 1966. Besides five solo records, he also was part of six albums as a member of Weather Report. As a sideman, he worked with many famous artists like Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell, Brian Melvin, Santana, Ian Hunter and Jimmy Cliff. He tragically died in 1987 at the age of 35, after being beaten by a club employee when he tried to sneak into the Midnight Club in Florida. Some reports claim he was trying to watch a Santana concert, though that has never been confirmed. Jeff Berlin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ntnjM9IE8 The second bassist is Jeff Berlin, who first achieved fame as a member of Bill Bruford's band Bruford. He has a prolific solo career but also worked with many other famous artists. Some of them are Allan Holdsworth, Herbie Mann and Ritchie Kotzen. The Rush frontman had the chance to meet Berlin in the United Kingdom when he went to watch Bruford playing in a club. He already was a huge fan of Berlin's playing but told Rolling Stone he was "knocked" out after watching him playing live. “He used all his fingers. And he could play like a Spanish guitarist on a flamenco guitar. He could turn that bass into so many different things. His playing really affected me,” Geddy said. Berlin is one of his favorites and Geddy said he still is one of the top bassists in the world."He's more of a Jazz bass player now but he used to play kind of fusion, Rock and Jazz with Bill Bruford on Bill’s solo records. Bruford was a fantastic band and Jeff is still among the top bass players out there. Different calibre, he’s just off the planet," he told Music Radar. Curiously, the bass guitar wasn't Berlin's first instrument. He studied Violin from 5 until 15 years of age. The musician decided to attend the Berklee College of Music to learn the bass guitar after hearing The Beatles for the first time. Les Claypool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taS06rvN8gk&pp=ygULcHJpbXVzIHJ1c2g%3D The third bass guitarist is Les Claypool. He is known by part of the Rock and Roll artist because of Primus and also for being one of musicians who auditioned to Metallica after Cliff Burton died. His band had the chance to tour with Rush back in the early 90s as their opening act. Geddy Lee loved their music and even said that Claypool influenced him a lot at the time. “He (Les) actually influenced me as a player to try to push the boundaries of my rhythmic abilities. I would say that tour I did with Primus was transformational for me,” he told Rolling Stone. During the same conversation he said that he loved them from the start. Especially how "wacky" they were and for Claypool's "adventurous" and "creative" playing. They became really good friends over the years and frequently see each other. Like Rush, Primus is also a power trio and was formed in El Sobrante, California in 1984. "Frizzle Fry", their debut album, was released in 1990. Then in 1991 the praised second record “Sailing the Seas of Cheese”. Curiously, in 2021 and 2022, the band launched the tour "A Tribute To Kings". During the shows they played the entire Rush album "Farewell To Kings". The band gave them their blessing and Lee said it was a really impressive performance. The band also performed a peculiar version of Rush's "Spirit of The Radio".The post 3 lesser-known bassists Geddy Lee said are some of his favorites appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

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