Sometimes culture and fire collude, sometimes they clash, and sometimes they just collide. When celebrities are involved, an episode can become a curious cipher on American fire, and when those celebrities are Johnny Cash and California condors, the event can transcend the quirky into the just plain bizarre. Of course it happened in Southern Read More
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When Johnny Cash walked out of a burning ring of fire
September 13, 2017
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Oct 06, 2023 9:32 PM EDT
Did Cash ever express remorse over harming the condors?
- Jared Aldern
Comment by Steve Pyne on Oct 06, 2023 10:44 PM EDT
Remorse? About the condors, no. About paying a big fine, yes.
Nov 15, 2024 1:28 PM EST
As a country musician/fan (amongst other musical genres), I found this absolutely fascinating, and have shared it with some musician friends as well. I laughed out loud a the dialogue. The first thing I had to do, of course, was to double check when Ring of Fire was released to see if there was a correlation. It was released in 1963 so, sadly, no correlation.
- Mary Lata
Reply by Steve Pyne on Nov 15, 2024 3:53 PM EST
The AGU allows plenary speakers to select some musical number as a prelude as the audience gathers. I chose "Ring of Fire" - what else?
Nov 21, 2024 12:09 PM EST
lol...of course you did! I'm actually surprised we don't hear it more at events.
- Mary Lata