Ah, memories. Ran across this video tonight, late hubby's favorite by Johnny Cash....

[madfloridian]

I did not realize someone actually built one, and Cash drove it. Got lots of attention.

https://roadtrippers.com/blog/johnny-cash-cadillac-built-small-town-one-piece-time

Johnny Cash loyalists will notice some differences between Patch’s Caddy and the Caddy described and built in the song. Bill Patch’s, quite honestly, fit together better, but when you look closer you’ll see one side has 2 doors and headlights, one side has just one of each. Patch’s final masterpiece is something of a Coupe and Sedan DeVille combination sporting parts from four decades.

The fact some country boy would build this car isn’t the story. The story is what he did after. You see, the sleepy little town of Welch needed money for the new Lions Club Civic Center under construction, and after driving the car all the way to the House of Cash Museum to donate it to Cash, Patch had hit gold.

Johnny Cash not only loved the car but showed his appreciation by performing a benefit concert in Welch. Their friendship would also lead to a follow up show in the now-completed Lions Club Civic Center for the Boy Scouts and Oklahoma Eye Bank for the Blind.

[Hoppy]

1. The local paper's obit for Johnny Cash included a story about when he played a small theater in

Easton, Pa. The theater was half full and the theater owner was about to lose a couple of $k.

Johnny took his money and then gave him back enough so that he didn't take a loss.

[safeinOhio]

2. Another tune for those that

worked that line, like me.

[BeyondGeography]

3. Such a great human being...there aren't many but he really was

[ballyhoo]

5. My favorite singer of all time, and one of my favorite people. Thanks

for the video.

[montana_hazeleyes]

7. This is one of my all time favorites.

What a powerful, meaningful song from a great man.

[RoverSuswade]

4. What startled me was the AUDIENCE in this video

and how slim everybody looked. Lots of lean faces. What's the reason today's audiences look fat? Did people eat more sensibly in the 70s? More physical work? Not spending so much time in front of a computer? Appealing fast-food ads?

[pa28]

6. This is a new one for me.

I love car stories and somehow this one had escaped me. Thanks!

[madfloridian]

8. .....

My hubby was listening to one of my Cash albums in the car one day. He thought of this song he used to hear and asked me to find it. I found an album with it, and he kept playing it. It's one of his more popular ones.

[FloriTexan]

11. I love this.

Thanks for the memory!

[heaven05]

9. always liked him

and he was fair with all people. Good man. I have his last CD. Great music on it.

[madfloridian]

10. I have nearly all of his albums.

I love to watch his songs on You Tube sometimes.