The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #51529   Message #1402530
Posted By: Mark Ross
08-Feb-05 - 10:29 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Sixteen Tons
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sixteen Tons
When I got to play with Merle at Philly in '76, he sang,

"I owe my soul to Tennessee Ernie Ford."

He was also driving a red Cadillac with a license plate that read

16 TONS

Mark Ross