R.I.P. Johnny Cash
Randy Brown
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I loved that man.
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Richard Davidson
ente...@hotmail.com (Randy Brown) says...
> One of the last real country singers, the Man in Black has passed
away...
As someone who learned to love this man threw how big a fan my Dad
has always been, this is feeling even worse. At least he'll be aways from
all of the pains that he's been living with over the years and with his
beloved wife in heaven...
R.I.P.
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John Davey
>
guess he will not hurt himself today. Or any day for that matter.
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L.A.var
calendar, ente...@hotmail.com (Randy Brown) proceeded to chug a beer and then
belch "The Star Spangled Banner" before babbling:
>
>One of the last real country singers, the Man in Black has passed away...
>
On the FOX network's "Good Day L.A." morning news show, they were talkin' about
his passing this morning...saying he was 71 and finally lost his battle with
diabetes. They even aired a recent video he did for the song, "Hurt"--
apparently his remake of a Nine Inch Nails track--playing the entire thing.
I don't know/care how NIN made it sound; but having now seen that video in the
wake of his passing...it shall forever be a Johnny Cash song in my mind.
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SinisterMeg
I already woke up feeling sick; this news didn't help.
*Thanks for sharing your light with us, Johnny.*
Hugs & Hoopla,
Meg
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The man in black is gone.R.I.P.
Richard Davidson
<La...@Sux2Bme.com> says...
> They even aired a recent video he did for the song, "Hurt"--
> apparently his remake of a Nine Inch Nails track--playing the entire thing.
>
> I don't know/care how NIN made it sound; but having now seen that video in
the
> wake of his passing...it shall forever be a Johnny Cash song in my mind.
That has got to be one of the most haunting videos of all time. The way the
camera pans through the room's surrounding, the way that his wife enters and
comforts him, and everything else. I'm not totally sure if I actually breathed
the first time I saw it.
Randy Brown
> The man in black is gone.R.I.P.
The irony is that the country music establishment ignored Johnny Cash
for the last 30 years or so (because he was TOO country for the
preferred upscale/yuppie demographic), while he had been embraced by
the rock/alternative scene. Hell, at the end he recorded for Rick
Rubin, who made his initial mark as the co-founder of Def Jam...a RAP
label, and the home of Slayer!! Tributes to Cash have popped up in
some unlikely places, such as http://www.deadtide.com, a site usually
devoted to extreme heavy metal and "death rock". And Mick O'Shea's, an
Irish pub in downtown Baltimore, turned off the TV sound and played
Johnny's CDs all day Friday.
A few years ago, Cash won an unlikely Grammy award for best country
album ("American Recordings", I think), which received zero airplay on
country radio. Cash put an ad in Billboard and other trade papers
thanking the country establishment for its "support", with the famous
picture of him giving the cameraman the finger. Bada-BING! (Around the
same time, George Jones - another neglected honky-tonk legend - ran an
ad with pictures of various kinds of balls, with the caption "If
country radio had some of THESE, they'd play my music!") Loretta Lynn
and Virginia "Tammy" Wynette have also been shat upon in recent
years...
Pretenders like Toby Kieth (beer for his horse? What's next...flowers
for his sheep?) aren't good enough to scrub the toilets at the Cash
Museum. In the meantime, we have nearly 50 years of Johnny's
recordings to enjoy forever. I don't drink, but I think this weekend
I'll treat myself to a bottle of Black Jack Daniels and raise a glass
for The Great One (and Warren Zevon).
Now would be the time to invest in "The Essential Johnny Cash" (the
triple CD box set, NOT the double disc).
--RB
Richard Davidson
news:<20030912140759...@mb-m28.aol.com>...
> > The man in black is gone.R.I.P.
>
> The irony is that the country music establishment ignored Johnny Cash
> for the last 30 years or so (because he was TOO country for the
> preferred upscale/yuppie demographic), while he had been embraced
by
> the rock/alternative scene. Hell, at the end he recorded for Rick
> Rubin, who made his initial mark as the co-founder of Def Jam...a RAP
> label, and the home of Slayer!!
I was watching CMT last night and they were rebroadcasting an episode
of their Inside Fame show on Johnny Cash. One of the people that they
interviewed was Rick Rubin. One of his interview bits was talking about
how, over the last few years, he'd go into local record stores and have 17
year olds asking him when the next Cash album would be coming out.
Sgt. Pepper - A splendid time is guaranteed for all...
guitars in Memphis. I took the Sun Studio tour where Johnny was discovered
along with the likes of Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison to
name a few. In the studio they had a guitar used during the recording of I
Walk the Line. I couldn't see a name or brand on it but it had a dollar bill
taped around the neck and under the strings. And when you played it the
strings would scrap the dollar bill and it sounded like a train going over the
tracks. So next time you hear I Walk the Line, listen for the scratching
guitar. His first innovation. I just felt like sharing that because Johnny
Cash has been a particular influence on me these past few years and I will
miss him and miss what he stood for and miss the balls that he put into
everything he did.
kat
was there, and you must be with your wife because she is your love... May
we all learn from your +passion+ for life and music, and may future
generations be influenced by your heartfelt recordings.
k
Randy Brown
> Ya know last February I had the pleasure of actually strumming one of Johnny's
> guitars in Memphis. I took the Sun Studio tour where Johnny was discovered
> along with the likes of Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison to
> name a few. In the studio they had a guitar used during the recording of I
> Walk the Line. I couldn't see a name or brand on it but it had a dollar bill
> taped around the neck and under the strings. And when you played it the
> strings would scrap the dollar bill and it sounded like a train going over the
> tracks. So next time you hear I Walk the Line, listen for the scratching
> guitar. His first innovation.
I listened to the entire "Esseantial Johnny Cash" box set Saturday.
The songs that really got to me were "Give My Love to Rose"; "The Old
Account"; Carl Perkins' "Daddy Sang Bass" (mainly a rewrite of "Will
the Circle Be Unbroken", but still moving and heartbreaking); "The
Legend of John Henry's Hammer," Johnny & June's 8-minute version of
the steel-driver's tale; "Highway Patrolman" (a Springsteen cover);
"What Is Truth" (listen to the young folks, America!); "Man in Black"
(of course); "Singin' in Vietnam Talkin' Blues"; and finally,
"(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley".
Three-fourths of Sun Records' "Million Dollar Quartet" are now gone
(Cash, Perkins, Presley). Only Jerry Lee Lewis - The Killer - remains.
It rained pretty much all day Friday and Saturday here in Baltimore...
--RB
Marc Berman
music. BUT, I LOVE Johnny Cash. To me he wasn't country. To me he was a genius
when it came to playing the guitar and writing music. His songs gave you a
reason to get into them. You could feel the passion and desire from his soul in
his words.
Johnny you battled long and hard, and now you are forever at rest on that huge
pedestal in the sky. Go, play your hearts desire and give the rest of the gods
(Jimmy Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Randy Rhodes, Warren Zevon, Mama Cass Elliot, and
all the rest in that music hall of fame).
R.I.P.
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Shawn McHorse
<drdim...@yahoo.com> said...
> (Jimmy Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Randy Rhodes
I sure hope your gods aren't upset by misspelling their names...:-)
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