“I Was Ashamed”: How a Fateful Grand Ole Opry Meeting Inspired “Ring of Fire”

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That fateful meeting would later inspire “Ring of Fire”, which would become a signature song for one-half of that couple. A Fateful Grand Ole Opry Meeting in July 1956Johnny Cash and June Carter were no strangers to one another when they officially met backstage at the Grand Ole Opry on July 7, 1956. “Ring of Fire” Was More Shameful Than SensualJohnny Cash and June Carter continued to cross paths with one another following their Grand Ole Opry meet-cute. And so came the idea for the song ‘Ring of Fire’. I was ashamed to tell John that I had always cared, that I couldn’t get him off my mind.