I Still Miss Someone
I Still Miss Someone is the title of a country song by Johnny Cash that appeared on the B-side of the number one single Don't Take Your Guns to Town in December 1958 .
Emergence
Cash wrote the song with his brother Roy Cash. The film Walk the Line says that he thought of June Carter while writing the song .
At Columbia Records Cash recorded the song on August 13, 1958, Luther Perkins (electric guitar), Marshall Grant (bass), Buddy Harman (drums) and nowadays unknown background singers on, maybe it was the Jordanaires . He himself played the rhythm guitar.
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The song is about a man who suffers from a painful breakup. He misses his lover and longs for her blue eyes, which he thinks he sees everywhere. He goes to a party for fun but cannot get over his grief. He wonders if she regrets leaving him.
Cashs shots
The original version from 1958 appeared on the album The Fabulous Johnny Cash on 1959 and on Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash in 1963 . Another studio recording appeared on the 1964 album I Walk the Line and a third was recorded on Mercury Records in 1988 for the Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series album.
Since the song was part of Cash's standard repertoire and he played the song at almost all concerts, it is included on a few live albums, including At Folsom Prison , At San Quentin , At Madison Square Garden and VH1 Storytellers .
Cover versions
The piece is one of Cash's most frequently covered compositions. The innumerable performers include Joan Baez , Rosanne Cash , Julie Andrews , Stevie Nicks , Emmylou Harris , Percy Sledge and Bob Dylan .