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Alan, going G to A with:
G-C-F-Bb-A7-D-D-Eb-E7-A
Is like going 1 to 4 to b7 to b3, moving down to 27 to 5, 5 again, b6, 67(now becoming a new five) to the new one, A.

You could go as far as to say it was the Key of G going to C to F to the six of F, D up to the key of Ab to the key of A.

But basically, after playing it, it sounds good!

Frank, Notice that Alan has a flat six in his progression The old song "Bye Bye Blues" puts in the flat six before the final one as you write, the four minor is used a lot, in modern country Wynonna's "No One Else On Earth" uses the "feel" of a four minor (it's actually the four minor of the four LOL) five measures from the final chorus of the basic movement. Funny, the six flat is very similar to the four minor, in C, the four is made minor by putting an Ab in the F chord. The six flat in C (Ab C Eb) is the final three notes of the F minor seventh. In traditional theory, the flatted six dominant seven chord is known as the German six. More than you wanted to know eh? All this trivia I've learned and five bucks will get me a cup of coffee at Starbucks.

Herbie, Cash was the MAN. He was the most amazing combination of competance, limitation, strength, fragility, and basic humanity that I can think of. Similar to Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, and Louis Armstrong he was a combination of genius and the common man. At a time when the most "uptown" and sophisticated of the pop/jazz singers would have never dared release such modulations to the radio, Cash not only released them, but, as you said, hummed the key before singing. He dared to be humble.

All the Best,
Mike

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