A boy named Sue

[danmand]

 

[Ponderling]

And I thought it was Johnny Cash that did this song best.

 

[eddie kerr]

Remake of the original recording by Johnny Cash in 1969 where he sang it at the San Quentin prison for the inmates and IMO a much better version.

 

[danmand]

Remake of the original recording by Johnny Cash in 1969 where he sang it at the San Quentin prison for the inmates and IMO a much better version.

Is it called a remake, when Shel Silverstein wrote the song?

 

[eddie kerr]

Is it called a remake, when Shel Silverstein wrote the song?

I Don't know, I was aware that Silverstein wrote the song. Call it what you want.

 

[y2kmark]

And I thought it was Johnny Cash that did this song best.

You were absolutely right...

 

[y2kmark]

Is it called a remake, when Shel Silverstein wrote the song?

Good point, but Johnny Cash still sang it better. If the writer doesn't record a song first, the other version isn't a cover. Neil Diamond wrote "Day Dream Believer" and so on and so forth...

 

[Mr Bret]

Johnny Cash was the best storyteller through song.