A Boy Named Sheldon

Things I learned about Shel Silverstein today (thanks to NPR's All Songs Considered):

• He wrote "A Boy Named Sue" (music and lyrics) for Johnny Cash
• He wrote "The Unicorn Song" which became a hit for the Irish Rovers and is sung in Irish Pubs around the world (despite having nothing whatsoever to do with Ireland)
• He wrote (and sings?) a song about a man who gives up everything for a front row seat to hear Johnny Cash sing, eventually winding up in jail for his antics... where he gets a front row seat to hear Johnny sing one of his famous prison concerts
• He wrote "The Father of a Boy Named Sue" telling the story from the father's perspective