Crazy Old Soldier

*Ray Charles was born during the Great Depression in the Deep South and was raised on blues, country, gospel, jazz and big band music. Throughout his long career he skillfully and artistically gathered and combined these separate musical elements together, added his own unique personality and styling, and freed the end result for the world to hear.


*Johnny Cash was born in the small town of Kingsland, in the hill country of southern Arkansas. Life had always been difficult there, but when the Great Depression destroyed the fragile agricultural economy of the region, Johnny's parents, Ray and Carrie Cash, could barely earn enough to feed their seven children. In 1935, the New Deal administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt encouraged marginal farmers from the hill country to resettle in the more fertile soil of northeastern Arkansas. The Cash family took the government up on this offer and made the move. Working together, they cleared 20 acres of land to grow cotton. Johnny worked side by side with his parents on the farm.

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[bigdoodsRoCk1242]

Johnny Cash rocks, and so does Ray. This duet is truely amazing.

[LongDongvander]

Great Song!!

[Misc951]

love this song

[DorjeDharma76]

Proof that country music know not what skin color is.

[Moc870]

love this song, it really suits me at the moment!

[EveAngela]

No sense brooding. Get over it! Get on with it! And move on to the next one. Like a crazy old soldier, you guys just don't know when to quit! LOL!

[teeger66]

This is sooo Johnny! I can think of something else that rhymes for that last line! LOL

[alecksmedina1980]

couldnt have thought of a better duet than these two legends

[bobbym03]

Great!!!

[michaelm2fscomp]

This reminds me of the Highwaymen & Willie, in particular : )

[Kempy0210]

Amazing! My two favourite artists. Knew a duet between these legends had to exsist somewhere :D