Jackson

June Carter and Johnny Cash

It is June, in fact in a week or so, we'll be looking at July. June...June...June and Johnny Cash.  

Johnny Cash wrote and sang from a deep visceral place. His songs were about sorrow, redemption, moral tribulations. Cash spoke from the heart when he sang songs reflecting struggles of alcohol and drugs. Felons identified with him when he sang in Folsom Prison.

A Man Named Sue? Oh yes. I Walk the Line. Man in Black. Delia. There is almost no end to the list of songs he performed and recorded.

But, I will always enjoy this:

Jackson

made famous by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash.

We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout.
We've been talkin' about Jackson, ever since the fire went out.
I'm goin' to Jackson,
I'm gonna mess around,
I'm goin' to Jackson, 
Look out  Jackson town!

Listen to the YouTube:

But, one of his last songs bites deep. Hurt from Nine Inch Nails. After Johnny Cash sang it, they said that he made it his. No one could sing that song with such depth.

"Hurt" first made famous by Nine Inch Nails

Johnny Cash died from diabetes complications in 2003, only four months after the death of his beloved wife, June Carter Cash.

Wednesday Words: Those Jagged Peaks....That Unctuous stuff

Source:myrockymountainpark.com

Sentence Challenge

The pointed peaks rose sharp and jagged like spears of ice.  Really high peaks, really sharp ice and rock.  Pete viewed the daunting challenge before him, shivering in his boots.  His wife came behind him, dragging a sled loaded with supplies.

Silently they considered the challenge.

Clearing her throat, Katherine announced, "I ain't gonna climb up that..."

Pete replied without hesitation, "Me, neither.  Let's go get a pint at that trading post---my treat."

They turned and trudged back to the rough hovel where warm and happy mountain men roared and drank heavily.

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Six Word Challenge

When Princess Bridget developed a mysterious rash, the doctors at that time shook their heads in bewilderment.
  

source: incurable skin diseases

Finally one suggested, "You know, Bridg, I've heard of salve that will heal you.  Send your best investigators to both hemispheres to find this salve.  They MUST be fluent in at least seven languages down to grammatical accuracy!"

Another doctor exclaimed, "I know just the guys!"

Down in the rat-filled tavern, two such men huddled in the corner, knowing their many sins would catch up with them.  Two strong castle guards grabbed the two reprobates---sinners of the worst kind---and hauled them before the doctors.

  Going on this mission would absolve them of all past crimes.

So off they headed, around this way, back down that way, until finally they discovered the South American tribe which had just the salve.  With great intensity of purpose, they bowed before the doctors, extending the odoriferous unctuous salve to them.

The princess sighed in pure bliss as the salve was applied.  The two now-sin-forgiven-future-sinners backed to the door, ready to tell the doctors one more thing.

"Just one thing, princess,"  one sinner/reprobate stuttered.  "The side-effect of this salve is that you will smell like this for the rest of your life..." and then they escaped, jumping on the fastest horses awaiting, and rode off into the sunset to be safe forever.

Credit must absolutely must be given to Delores for providing the bold underlined words AND the sentence prompt.  You can access the other participants of this Wednesday Words challenge by clicking on the train tracks in the right side-bar.  Enjoy!