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Shel Silverstein

25 Minutes to Go
1963 · via Shel Silverstein and 1 more
Shel Silverstein – 25 Minutes to Go
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Shel cut this one himself in 1963, and two years later Johnny Cash had it, with Pearl Jam still waiting a few decades down the road. Play the writer's version first, then hear what Cash did with the same song.

Shel Silverstein wrote this one and recorded it himself back in 1963, long before Cash got hold of it, and Pearl Jam eventually followed. Hear the writer's own take first, then see what Cash did with it.

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Written by Shel Silverstein.

First recorded by Shel Silverstein in 1963.

Also recorded by Johnny Cash (1965), Pearl Jam (2003).

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Long before Pearl Jam recorded Shel Silverstein's "25 Minutes to Go," which artist took the song on just two years after Shel's own version?Johnny Cash
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Johnny Cash recorded "25 Minutes to Go," and Pearl Jam later took it on too. Who wrote it and cut it first, before Cash ever sang it?Shel Silverstein
a knot from Johnny Cash · next: Shel Silverstein
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