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Seldy-Shelly - Tennessee Flat Top Box

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Aug 12, 2022 12:01pm

<p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">from Wikipedia: Rosanne Cash recorded the song at the suggestion of her then-husband, fellow country singer&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Crowell" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Rodney Crowell</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. When she recorded the song, she was unaware that her father wrote it, and assumed that it was in the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">public domain</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">.</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Flat_Top_Box#cite_note-cashicon-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);"><sup>[6]</sup></a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;Johnny later told Rosanne that her success with the song was "one of [his] greatest fulfillments."</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Flat_Top_Box#cite_note-cashicon-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);"><sup>[6]</sup></a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;</span><em style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock &amp; Roll</em><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;cited Rosanne's cover as a "healing of her strained relationship with her dad."</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Flat_Top_Box#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);"><sup>[7]</sup></a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;Following her father's death in 2003, Rosanne Cash performed the song during&nbsp;</span><em style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">The Johnny Cash Memorial Tribute</em><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;concert TV special.</span></p>