Gemini Rising

Rosanne Cash - The Wheel

GrueSum1 had a great post about Johnny Cash today and that got me to thinking about Roseanne Cash. (If you get a chance, head on over to his port and check out his blog!) It was 1993 and I was getting ready to go to NCO school at Ft. McClellan AL and her album came out. I know ppl tend to think of her as a "country artist," but I'd say that "The Wheel" was more pop than country with maybe bits and pieces of a country influence.

I played that album all summer long while I was at NCO school. That was a fun, wild time. Best time I ever had on Temporary Duty. I met some good people - we BBQ often on the weekends at the camping/lake on base, I went and saw and Atlanta Braves game in Atlanta, I went to see the Huntsville Space museum there, I played softball on our softball, went trick or treating with the kids on base, and I pushed myself to succeed, coming in 2nd in my class and being named "Honor Graduate." All the while, The Wheel was my soundtrack to the summer, my adventures and my NCO class.

In this clip, Roseanne Cash talks about 1993 being about Transformation. I had no idea just how "transformational" her music was at the time. It's a great album.