Get Rhythm

Get Rhythm is a country - rockabilly song of the American musician and songwriter Johnny Cash. He took it in 1956, together with the Tennessee Two at Sun Records, under the production of Sam Phillips on. The piece appeared as the B- side of the single I Walk the Line, Cash's first number-one hit on the U.S. country singles charts and million-seller. 1969 Get Rhythm was published in a revised version of itself as a single and was number 23 on the country charts.

Content

The song is about a man who meets a shoeshine boy. He asks him why he is sad and depressed in the face of his thankless labor is not, but even cheerfully and well. The boy replied that they could suppress such feelings with a brisk pace and to eliminate a song matching all the worries in my head.

Formation

Cash wrote the song after he had cleaned up the road a shoe shine boy shoes. Originally the piece was intended for Elvis Presley, but never picked it up. In addition to Cash (vocals and rhythm guitar), the " Tennessee Two" Luther Perkins ( lead guitar ) and Marshall Grant ( bass) to hear.

Cover versions

One of the most famous covers of Get Rhythm comes from Ry Cooder and appeared in 1987 on his eponymous CD. Martin Delray In 1991, a cover version of Johnny Cash as a guest vocalist on his CD of the same name also out. Joaquin Phoenix took the piece of 2005 in the studio for the soundtrack of the Johnny Cash biography Walk the Line. The song can be heard in a different instrumented version in the film.