Crucial Track for 14 February 2026

"Rock Island Line (feat. The Tennessee Two)" by Johnny Cash

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What is a song that feels like home to you?

Johnny Cash was the sound of my childhood, and he's followed me through adulthood into what I'm starting to think of as my old age.

A bit of trivia...Rock Island Line an American song, but Billy Bragg says that Johnny Cash adopted a change to the words that comes from East Ham's Lonnie Donegan.