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Sunday Morning Coming Down

One of the more famous of Sunday songs was written by Kris Kristofferson and made famous by Johnny Cash.  Here’s how that came to be:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Mornin%27_Comin%27_Down

I was unable to locate the Ryman Auditorium video referenced above but did find the following from Johnny’s T-V show.  Story goes that the T-V bubbas asked Johnny not to sing the “Wishing I was stoned” line and change it to “Wishing I was home.”  Note how Johnny very pointedly ignored them.  All of which now seems a little silly doesn’t it?

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