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Five Feet High and Rising

To my knowledge, Johnny Cash did not write "Five Feet High and Rising," about my basement. He could have, though.

To my knowledge, Johnny Cash did not write "Five Feet High and Rising," about my basement. He could have, though. In the clip below, he talks to Pete Seeger and to his wife June Carter Cash and Pete Seeger about growing up in Arkansas hard by the Mississippi River and what gave him cause to write the song. And then he sings it.

And speaking of Johnny Cash, you can hear the partly Philadelphian indie-rock band The Walkmen cover a number of Cash-associated tunes on the Seattle radio station KEXP by clicking here.

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