Never been a major Johnny Cash fan, but he’s just always been there.

If you’re calling a dance tonight, you might want to do a Johnny Cash song or two, if you have any in your case. Johnny also did covers of an amazing number of pop songs. You’ll probably have your own songs that you associate with Johnny Cash; here are a few that come to mind when I think of him, and that I know have singing call versions:

• Ring of Fire (released last month as a CD; too bad Ernie Kinney didn’t also release it as an MP3 so you could get it today)
• I Walk the Line
• Daddy Sang Bass
• Ghost Riders in the Sky (lots of people have done this, but it’s on the Essential Johnny Cash album)
• Jackson
• Long Black Veil
• Orange Blossom Special (mostly used for patter, but Bob Howell did something with it back in 1986)
• Tennessee Flat Top Box