Howdy friends!
Big thanks goes out to all our friends
that made it to our show at The Crossroads on
10/26! . We were visited by Marshall Tucker's Road
Mgr at this show! Don't forget to order your tix (on left
side) for our show with Tucker on 12/1!
Last Wed 60,000 people tuned in when Michael
Patrick's song entitled "Cash in the Attic" received
praises and a wonderful plug on Johnny Cash
Radio
from the one & only Bill Miller (Host of
Johnny's radio
show, website and fanclub president for ages)!
If your in the Monmouth County Area, keep an eye out
for a full-page feature story on the Ring of Fire Band
and our Tour in the local monthly free Issue of "The
Rag"
(Comes out Nov 1st, can usually find it around Asbury
Park and Red Bank)
WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO NASHVILLE, MEMPHIS
AND MISSISSIPPI!!
Today we headed out to Starkville,
Mississippi with Stops in Nashville and
Memphis, TN for our first tour outside the tri-state area.
The "Ring Of Fire band was chosen to be part of the
festivities on Nov 3rd in Starkville, MS to help Pardon
Johnny Cash for his crime in 1965 of public
drunkeness / pickin flowers after his concert at MS
University. (you may remember this from the "Walk the
Line" movie?)
It is appropriately called:
The Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival!
For more details on the event, CLICK
HERE
To hear an interview with the Mastermind behind the
festival, Mr. Robbie Ward and also some great cash
tunes... CLICK HERE
We will have the distinct honor of opening for
Marty
Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives in
addition to Johnny's other long time band mate and
performer in his own right "Jimmy Tittle" (Jimmy is
Kathy Cash's Husband which makes him Johnnys
Son-in-law)
In addition, there will be other members of the "Cash
Family" at the event including Johnny's sister Joanne
and we will be sharing the VIP Hotel with them. How
cool is that!!!
Cash sang about his run-in with the Starkville
authorities on his album, "At San Quentin (The
Complete Live Concert)," recorded in 1969. After
performing at Mississippi State University in 1965,
Starkville
police arrested Cash for public drunk and took him to
the Oktibbeha County Jail, referred to as the Starkville
City Jail in Cash's song. His version of the story said
police arrested him for "pickin' flowers." A few years
after the altercation, Cash returned to Starkville and
gave local authorities free tickets to his performance
to show he had "no hard feelings."
Of the seven times Cash was arrested, he only wrote
about one-Starkville.
We are looking forward to this exciting concert and will
keep you posted on the details both during and after
the shows. Watch for our video blog that we will be
maintaining from the rd with up to date news, pics and
video of our adventures!
It will be viewable from
our MYSPACE PAGE AT:
http://www.myspa
ce.com/rofb
thanks for your continued support!
Peace, Michael
