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Johnny Cash's "One Piece at a Time" - Who's Heard of it?

Posted by Norski • 1/22/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: cadillac, Car, country, history, johnny cash, music, song

One of my favorite Johnny Cash songs is "One Piece at a Time," the story of how an auto worker built a Cadillac by (quite illegally) carrying it out of the factory, one piece at a time, over about 20 years.

A new post ( apatheticlemming.blogspot.com/2009/01/johnny-cashs-one-piece-at-time-illega... ) has links to two versions of the lyrics, a little about what is supposed to have inspired the song, and a Cadillac with one tail fin and three doors.

Now, so I can call this a 'discussion topic,' Who's heard of this song? And, if you have, how do you like it?

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1/22/09

creemos

Used to sing it all the time when my dad would tune into that 50000 watt clear channel WSN AM Radio Nashville, TN Grand Ole Opry.

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1. 1/23/09
  
  Norski
  
  Ah, for those days? I'm 'way out of range, here in Minnesota.
1/23/09

drjay1966

Yeah, I have it on a Johnny Cash CD. It's no "Folsom Prison" or "I Still Miss Someone," but I don't skip over it.

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1. 1/23/09
  
  Norski
  
  I see what you mean. Personal taste, I suppose: I tend to like quirky songs.
1/23/09

inmyredhead

You should check out Jerry Reed's 'Lord Mr. Ford' It's an old one that's good too about the cost of having one of these fandangled contraptions called cars.

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1/23/09

katarokkar

Cash > everyone here

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1/23/09

legbamel

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qEG9EnHnw0 Nice. "You'll know it's me when I come through your town." I'd say that was an understatement.

Wait! The Lego version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej3u0_Xj3aM

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