Rainbow Quest 6 -- June Carter Johnny Cash Pete Seeger

Here June sings "I Am Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes." This song could in some ways be credited with breaking up the original Carter Family. A.P. had had a mistress for years but when Sarah began having an affair with his cousin Coy Bayes no one was impressed. It was decided that Coy should go away to California with his parents and siblings. For years Sarah wrote to Coy but he never received the letters because his mother felt that it was best if they would forget each other and kept them from him. Sarah wrote this song for him and one day on the radio out of sheer desperation dedicated the song to Coy Bayes and sang away. He heard her on the other side of the country and his mother confessed what she had done. He drove through the night to see Sarah and they never separated again after that.

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[Dogge69]

I saw em all now! and i loved em thanks for posting these old memories. But is there not anymore?

[twofortheroad]

I'm glad you liked them. Yes, there is more. It's an hour long show. I only posted the June-centered moments. You can get the whole DVD on Amazon for under $20. It is definitely worth the investment as far as I'm concerned!

[xxFARVAxx]

twofortheroad thx for all of this.

Thank you!!!

[twofortheroad]

You're both welcome! So glad you've enjoyed it! I love it too!

[agbz]

Thanx for posting and the great story behind the song. Nothin' like a good story behind the song.

[twofortheroad]

Yeah, I can never listen to this song without thinking of that love story. The original version is gorgeous, by the way, and it has A.P. singing on it!

[FrankieRocks13]

I love this one so much I could listen to it all day

[levenho2]

folk era---- cash/seeger/guthrie/weavers/ba­ez/lee hays---leventhal mgt--- 200 w 57th st====

[TheMauvetys]

If A'M says, then i agree :)

[astralhed]

June Cash is awesome !

[tyler5wy1]

@kunos15me she was married to rip nix

[kunos15me]

was june carter here married to carl smit or already to rip nix?

does anyone know that?

[sirlonghair]

guild songbird?

[pieho]

I think June is playing a Guild.

[debankur007]

3 Legends........

[SueBeaWho]

"SUEY"