Five Feet High and Rising
Song facts
From Wikipedia:
“Five Feet High and Rising” is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash.
The song was recorded by Cash on March 12, 1959 for his third Columbia album and released as a single July, with “I Got Stripes” (another song from the same recording session) on the opposite side.
Content
The song is a first person account of the 1937 Mississippi flood that Cash, then aged four years and 11 months, endured with his family. They had to leave their home and flee.
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References
Bootlegs
A/B Road Complete Get Back Sessions - Jan 21st, 1969 - 1 & 2
Unofficial album • Released in 2004
0:33 • Rehearsal • Jan.21 - D2-15 - Five Feet High And Rising 21.40
- Session Recording:
- Jan 21, 1969
- Studio :
- Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London
A/B Road Complete Get Back Sessions - Jan 31th, 1969 - 1 & 2
Unofficial album • Released in 2004
9:03 • Rehearsal • Medley with "Take This Hammer","Lost John","Bear Cat Mama","Black Dog","Right String, Wrong Yo-Yo","Run For Your Life"
- Performed by :
- Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison
- Session Recording:
- Jan 31, 1969
- Studio :
- Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London
Latest concerts where Five Feet High and Rising has been played
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.