Johnny may never have had the vocal range of many but he made the most of what he had. He really was the embodiment of "three chords and the truth" . Rip Johnny.
you are correct! and i was one as well as my older brother to who had everything he put out up to around 1976 or so. we were black and grew up in the backwoods of North Carolina and i loved this song! i seriously wear a lot of black to this day because of him!
1:08 there were 5 version before the live version, as he re-wrote it 4 times right before the show. There are many, many versions, the first 4 lost. This is a man who cared
Johnny's "The ballad of Ira Hayes" has always been a favorite of we U.S. Marines and should be heard by all Americans. Maybe you can give it a try. Tom Boyte GySgt. USMC, retired Vietnam 1965-66/1970-71 Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Late 60's early 70's Johnny had a TV variety show that was heavy on country music acts. Each week they would go to a college campus and meet students, then at the end of the week they would record the show for tv. This show was performed at one of the southern California colleges, he had talked with students earlier about social issues and came up with this song. This was the first ever performance of Man in Black, so it is the perfect version for a reaction video.
I am a white guy who grew up on this music, my wife is Black/Latina mix from Central America who didn't speak English when we met (I was a combat Medic in the US Army when we met) needless to say she didn't know who he was and she never really cared much for my music, she was always reggaetón lol but any time Johnny Cash came on she would start singing along lol we have been married 20 years now and she still gets into it whenever he comes on, just always thought it was cool how some thing connect regardless of language. She laughs at me because I don't listen to much of her music but i always liked a song called Amor divino by Leo Dan which is an oldies Latino song.
You guys picked the perfect version to react to. The Johnny Cash Show was an amazing program where Johnny had artists of every music genre perform. Everyone from Merle Haggard to Ray Charles to Bob Dylan came to the show to play in a crossover of their genres that pushed artistry to the forefront. Johnny was also a fan of some Rap music when it came along. He didn’t box himself into a genre. Plus you were right about Johnny coming from poverty and how it affected him for the rest of his life. His family were cotton pickers during the Great Depression. Johnny lost his big brother when he was 12 years old due to an accident with an unguarded table saw (his brother Jack was trying to earn the family a little bit of money cutting wood). Unfortunately Jack’s torturous death (I won’t get into the horrific details) sunk the family further into poverty and the traumatic events affected Johnny for the rest of his life. Those events did in part shape Cash as an artist and allowed him to empathize with the struggles of the common man even after his success as an artist. Great Reaction once again!!
Johnny speaks for prisoners, but he never went to prison himself, other than overnight for drunk & disorderly etc. Someone that did spend time in prison is Merle Haggard, who was influenced by one of Johnny's prison concerts. If you haven't checked out any of Merle Haggard, start with Working Man Blues, Fightin' Side of Me or Poncho & Lefty (Duet with Willie Nelson).
These were college students, and he was speaking to them especially as it was the time of compulsory service for the Vietnam War. That was his reference to the '100 fine young men' lost every day.
Johnny Cash's music covered a wide range of music genre: country, pop, rock, bluegrass/country, and some with a religious meanings. He was a deeply religous man, and genuinely cared for all peoples. A true Icon of American Music (RIP) with a big heart.
...a little fun fact: Elvis and Johnny Cash started their careers out of Sun Studios in Memphis, which is where they met....however, they didn't realize that they lived only about 45 miles from each other as teens growing up............Johnny in Dyess, AR and Elvis in housing projects near downtown Memphis!
Johnny’s show also had others performing you might check several of his shows had Roy Clark performing . Roy Clark was one of the greatest guitarist ever and he played anything with strings He and Johnny were great friends and they did several duets: The Orange Blossom Special, Rock Island Line and Roy did a spoof of Folsom Prison Blues on another TV show them the did a duet of it together , Roy not only was great musician but a great fun entertainer!
The Johnny Cash Show was an American television music variety show hosted by Johnny Cash. The Screen Gems 58-episode series ran from June 7, 1969, to March 31, 1971, on ABC; it was taped at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
This performance was on a College Campus, not his TV show. It was during a time when students were protesting over the Vietnam War, Civil rights and Women's equality. He was from the wrong generation for these kids, but he garnered tons of respect from them.
Johnny Cash sang what he lived. He grew up dirt poor, the son of a sharecropper, working in the fields from sun up to sun down. And he had enormous guilt because he felt partially responsible for his brother being cut in half in a table saw accident. And his father basically told him that HE was the one who should've died and his brother Jack was the good son. He lived through crippling drug addiction and arrests with stints in jail. He had to rebuild his life, family and career after kicking drugs. He had a tough life, but when he got clean, he championed a lot of causes for people in all walks of life that needed help. A true original. RIP.
You should do the last song from American Recordings, that they made video for shortly after he died. It's called "God's gonna cut you down." It was an instant classic when it came out. It was one of the best songs he ever did and just about as Johnny Cash as you can get. The song you're doing today is a perfect transition into that song.
Had the joy of seeing him do this in concert in 1971 or so. Johnny, June Carter Cash, and the Carter Family were all there. I believe he had just released it so the crowd was basically stunned.!! Great review / reaction guys. As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.
Need to watch the movie “walk the line” with Reese Witherspoon and juiquine Phoenix great story about Johnny and June’s life. Makes you understand why he was the way he was. He was very down to Earth, met him and June at an airport in Tennessee one time everyone was on a layover and they just sat next to us and asked where we’re headed. We talked for about an hour was just like visiting with a neighbor or family member.
It's fun watching you guys discover Johnny Cash. He has such amazing stuff throughout his career. Just incredible. For some slightly earlier stuff that absolutely kills, check out Get Rhythm for an up-tempo romp, and then also check out his amazing ballad about a flood that he experienced has a very young boy, and so it is told through that point of view, and with each verse, the flood waters rise another foot higher. And so the name of the song is called, Five Feet High and Rising.
Johnny's TV show was filmed weekly in Nashville at the historic Ryman Auditorium so he had access to about any country artist as guests. The students in this audience were from Vanderbilt University, also in Nashville. He had toured the campus during that week and, as he said, spent some time speaking with many of them. Recall also this was written we were still losing men in Vietnam, so the lyric about "each week we lose a hundred fine young men" pointed to it. Campus protests happened often, as I started college in 1969 and experienced a few things. A "bad trip" back then was a drug overdose.
Very poor farmers family during the depression, thre was a massive flood . Ruined the farm , and he lost his older brother in childhood when he was a boy . That haunted him.. The hundred fine young men. Was a Vietnam reference. 100 casualties a week at that point.
This was from a variety show Johnny had on TV for a while. This audience was filled with students from a college where he had visited. Those were the people he said he had spoken to. This was also at a time when we were still involved in Viet Nam, thus the reference to losing 100 young men every week. John is known for his country and rockabilly music, but he also had many friends in folk music, including his friendship with Bob Dylan. Classic country and folk have always been very closely tied and related. I am leaving you guys a link to a live performance by a wonderful female vocalist. This song is a blend as well, of country, bluegrass and Americana. Her name is Patty Loveless. The song is called You'll never leave Harlan alive. Hope you enjoy. ruclips.net/video/1n57WBtvtC4/видео.html
............. Trivia: we must acknowlde that Country Music singers have been doing "recitations" in their songs for generations before any other genre did. Johnny and others ie: especially Elvis, did this. Example, Elvis did it in 1960 with Are You Lonesome Tonight, as well as 1950s with his earlier songs.
Johnny did win the heart of June Carter and you really need to check her and him singing together. She's a pistol and kept him on his toes. Check out "Jackson" by the two of them
A nice reaction. Johnny did many songs with a message. As well as the fun songs. It is amazing to see him perform this for the first time and already be so polished. A couple of his other songs that I think you would enjoy are: "Jackson" a duet with him and June Carter Cash, and "Folsom Prison Blues". I think there is a live performance of this from his first time recording it, but I am not certain.
I had no knowledge of what happened around this building . The big city can keep their lawlessness and act they don't know what your song is saying. Hits home what fools they are. I am one of the deplorable, and I understand your song. Keep going karma is on your side. Bless you ❣️ this text was forJason ,dont know why it ended up here .😮
One of my favorites by him was one of his last ones. Gods gonna cut them down - is really good by itself, but the video makes it better because of the artists that came together to be in it just to be part of it and oat their respects to Cash.
Here are two songs from Johnny Cash for your ears to enjoy. A cover of NO EXPECTATIONS by the Rolling Stones. And GOD'S GONNA CUT YOU DOWN first covered by The Golden Gate Quartet from back in the 194o's. This is a great man making great music. He is sorely missed. Enjoy
You'd be surprised at how many country artists were popular with the youth back in the day. Waylon Jennings (who was in the audience at Folsom Prison when Johnny performed for the inmates), Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, all were loved by the hippies.
"We lose a hundred men every week"...refers to the Vietnam War [Police Action] dragging on as 58,000 soldiers [many drafted, not volunteered] died over period of at least a decade as the government tried to cover up and say we were "winning."
Great job on this video. I really enjoy them. “The Man in Black “ is one of Johnny Cashes’ best. Another great song with a powerful statement, but hasn’t been widely played, is his song “The Ballad of Ira Hayes”. This is a true story and will really make you think about the way things are. Please check it out.😎👍👍👍
Try Ray Stevens Everything Is Beautiful. He was a country favorite but in 1970 country fans didn't want to hear about brotherhood and harmony among the races. The song made it to only 39 on the country charts but worldwide went to #1 as well as Billboards Hot 100.
Totally need to check out "Oney", "One Piece At A Time" (people have made actual cars according to his descriptions), and "Ghost Riders In The Sky" (not to be confused with the crappy version from Ghost Rider soundtrack).
Johnny was never in prison, he had a tv show. Merle haggard was in Folsom prison and saw Johnny perform there. Do Johnny and Roy Clark doing Folsom prison blues it's funn
I've never heard a Johnny Cash song I didn't like. Walk the Line with Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon is excellent also. Just an idea if you want to start doing movie reactions (hint hint).
Johnny had his own TV showA - kind of a variety show. He handpicked the guests and integrated network TV, having guests like Mahalia Jackson, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, etc. The network cancelled it after only 2 years because Johnny would NOT compromise his beliefs - he wouldn't stop talking about God or having non- country music guests.
He lost some fans with his anti Vietnam stance. Most country artist and fans (older ones) supported the Vietnam War. Only Johnny could have made this a hit and found a younger audience and received praise from other musicians of every genre. RIP.
He is amazing. Check out another good story teller. Marty Robbins song el paso which is a trilogy. El paso then feleena then el paso city. Then big iron
Johnny may never have had the vocal range of many but he made the most of what he had. He really was the embodiment of "three chords and the truth" . Rip Johnny.
Agreed! 💯
This song won over young people. People that never thought they would listen to country music loved Johnny Cash after hearing him sing this song.
you are correct! and i was one as well as my older brother to who had everything he put out up to around 1976 or so. we were black and grew up in the backwoods of North Carolina and i loved this song! i seriously wear a lot of black to this day because of him!
1:08 there were 5 version before the live version, as he re-wrote it 4 times right before the show. There are many, many versions, the first 4 lost. This is a man who cared
"Every week we lose 100 fine young men." Vietnam. 😥 Johnny was a brilliant musician.
"Til things are brighter, I'm the Man in Black". Always loved the very last line of this song...
He died in black :(
Well you wonder why I always dress in black? in 1971, they should know
Johnny Cash always stood up for the underdogs. He always spoke his truth.
Johnny's "The ballad of Ira Hayes" has always been a favorite of we U.S. Marines and should be heard by all Americans. Maybe you can give it a try.
Tom Boyte
GySgt. USMC, retired
Vietnam 1965-66/1970-71
Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Semper Fi
Thank you for your service ❤
I’d like to see that song catch on in the reaction scene.
It's so sad.
the ballad of ira hayes is one of my absolute favourites!!!!
Welcome to Johnny, the champion of the downtrodden. This is a huge aspect of his life and music.
Late 60's early 70's Johnny had a TV variety show that was heavy on country music acts. Each week they would go to a college campus and meet students, then at the end of the week they would record the show for tv. This show was performed at one of the southern California colleges, he had talked with students earlier about social issues and came up with this song. This was the first ever performance of Man in Black, so it is the perfect version for a reaction video.
His show featured many different musical artists like Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton to name a few.
Great song by the" man in black"!! Hope you guys get to react to more of his songs!! R.I.P. Johnny Cash and thank you for the music!!
My favorite artist of ALL TIME!! Thanks for reacting to Johnny!!! ♥️♥️♥️
Totally agree.
I am a white guy who grew up on this music, my wife is Black/Latina mix from Central America who didn't speak English when we met (I was a combat Medic in the US Army when we met) needless to say she didn't know who he was and she never really cared much for my music, she was always reggaetón lol but any time Johnny Cash came on she would start singing along lol we have been married 20 years now and she still gets into it whenever he comes on, just always thought it was cool how some thing connect regardless of language. She laughs at me because I don't listen to much of her music but i always liked a song called Amor divino by Leo Dan which is an oldies Latino song.
Cool story 😎
The key line they applauded was about the loss of a hundred fine young men each week - a reference to the draft and the Vietnam war.
You guys picked the perfect version to react to. The Johnny Cash Show was an amazing program where Johnny had artists of every music genre perform. Everyone from Merle Haggard to Ray Charles to Bob Dylan came to the show to play in a crossover of their genres that pushed artistry to the forefront. Johnny was also a fan of some Rap music when it came along. He didn’t box himself into a genre.
Plus you were right about Johnny coming from poverty and how it affected him for the rest of his life. His family were cotton pickers during the Great Depression. Johnny lost his big brother when he was 12 years old due to an accident with an unguarded table saw (his brother Jack was trying to earn the family a little bit of money cutting wood). Unfortunately Jack’s torturous death (I won’t get into the horrific details) sunk the family further into poverty and the traumatic events affected Johnny for the rest of his life. Those events did in part shape Cash as an artist and allowed him to empathize with the struggles of the common man even after his success as an artist. Great Reaction once again!!
Thx Renee! Great insights!
@@barsandbarbells2022 You welcome! I appreciate your comment!
Johnny speaks for prisoners, but he never went to prison himself, other than overnight for drunk & disorderly etc. Someone that did spend time in prison is Merle Haggard, who was influenced by one of Johnny's prison concerts. If you haven't checked out any of Merle Haggard, start with Working Man Blues, Fightin' Side of Me or Poncho & Lefty (Duet with Willie Nelson).
HERE YA GO GUYS! 😊COCAINE BLUES, ONE PIECE AT A TIME, SUNDAY MORNIN COMING DOWN, GOD'S GONNA CUT YOU DOWN, WELL THERE'S JUST SOME 😊ENJOYYYY!
These were college students, and he was speaking to them especially as it was the time of compulsory service for the Vietnam War. That was his reference to the '100 fine young men' lost every day.
Johnny Cash's music covered a wide range of music genre: country, pop, rock, bluegrass/country, and some with a religious meanings. He was a deeply religous man, and genuinely cared for all peoples. A true Icon of American Music (RIP) with a big heart.
Afaik Mr Cash didnt just talk the talk he also walked the walk. R.I.P Johny Cash
...a little fun fact: Elvis and Johnny Cash started their careers out of Sun Studios in Memphis, which is where they met....however, they didn't realize that they lived only about 45 miles from each other as teens growing up............Johnny in Dyess, AR and Elvis in housing projects near downtown Memphis!
John was a force of nature!!!
Johnny’s show also had others performing you might check several of his shows had Roy Clark performing . Roy Clark was one of the greatest guitarist ever and he played anything with strings He and Johnny were great friends and they did several duets: The Orange
Blossom Special, Rock Island Line and Roy did a spoof of Folsom Prison Blues on another TV show them the did a duet of it together , Roy not only was great musician but a great fun entertainer!
The Johnny Cash Show was an American television music variety show hosted by Johnny Cash. The Screen Gems 58-episode series ran from June 7, 1969, to March 31, 1971, on ABC; it was taped at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
This performance was on a College Campus, not his TV show. It was during a time when students were protesting over the Vietnam War, Civil rights and Women's equality. He was from the wrong generation for these kids, but he garnered tons of respect from them.
My dad has got to be Cash’s number one fan hands down. Oliver Anthony gives strong Johnny Cash vibes.
Johnny Cash was one of the handful of artists whose talent could not be contained by any notion of genre.
Johnny Cash sang what he lived. He grew up dirt poor, the son of a sharecropper, working in the fields from sun up to sun down. And he had enormous guilt because he felt partially responsible for his brother being cut in half in a table saw accident. And his father basically told him that HE was the one who should've died and his brother Jack was the good son. He lived through crippling drug addiction and arrests with stints in jail. He had to rebuild his life, family and career after kicking drugs. He had a tough life, but when he got clean, he championed a lot of causes for people in all walks of life that needed help. A true original. RIP.
Ironically, you will learn about Johnny and his great success and contributions to music after starting with "Hurt".
You should do the last song from American Recordings, that they made video for shortly after he died. It's called "God's gonna cut you down." It was an instant classic when it came out. It was one of the best songs he ever did and just about as Johnny Cash as you can get. The song you're doing today is a perfect transition into that song.
He got a standing ovation from these students. This video, which most reactors use, cuts off the end.
Had the joy of seeing him do this in concert in 1971 or so. Johnny, June Carter Cash, and the Carter Family were all there. I believe he had just released it so the crowd was basically stunned.!!
Great review / reaction guys.
As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.
songwriter, songwriter, rock, (and posthumously Gospel) hall of fame
Need to watch the movie “walk the line” with Reese Witherspoon and juiquine Phoenix great story about Johnny and June’s life. Makes you understand why he was the way he was. He was very down to Earth, met him and June at an airport in Tennessee one time everyone was on a layover and they just sat next to us and asked where we’re headed. We talked for about an hour was just like visiting with a neighbor or family member.
I was lucky enough to see him in concert, however, his wife June wasn’t there as her mother was ill…excellent concert regardless 🇨🇦🖖🏻
It's fun watching you guys discover Johnny Cash. He has such amazing stuff throughout his career. Just incredible. For some slightly earlier stuff that absolutely kills, check out Get Rhythm for an up-tempo romp, and then also check out his amazing ballad about a flood that he experienced has a very young boy, and so it is told through that point of view, and with each verse, the flood waters rise another foot higher. And so the name of the song is called, Five Feet High and Rising.
❤ RIP … You will always be the Man ! …. 🙏🏻
Johnny's TV show was filmed weekly in Nashville at the historic Ryman Auditorium so he had access to about any country artist as guests. The students in this audience were from Vanderbilt University, also in Nashville. He had toured the campus during that week and, as he said, spent some time speaking with many of them. Recall also this was written we were still losing men in Vietnam, so the lyric about "each week we lose a hundred fine young men" pointed to it. Campus protests happened often, as I started college in 1969 and experienced a few things. A "bad trip" back then was a drug overdose.
simplify to amplify is perfect
Another good song is 'Jackson' Johnny & June Carter Cash... 💛
He tells stories but some times he share his own thoughts. Good concept. Obviously.
Very poor farmers family during the depression, thre was a massive flood . Ruined the farm , and he lost his older brother in childhood when he was a boy . That haunted him..
The hundred fine young men. Was a Vietnam reference. 100 casualties a week at that point.
Rock fans embraced Johnny because of his outlaw vibe, and his politics, which were very progressive for the time. RING OF FIRE is, forgive me, FIRE.
something you may not know about Johnny cash we was a ordained minister
This was performed at the grand oid opre which was the Catedral of country music
no cell phones or selfies ( to early for that) no cameras no jumping around just listening to the singer and letting the word sink in as it should be
This was from a variety show Johnny had on TV for a while. This audience was filled with students from a college where he had visited. Those were the people he said he had spoken to. This was also at a time when we were still involved in Viet Nam, thus the reference to losing 100 young men every week. John is known for his country and rockabilly music, but he also had many friends in folk music, including his friendship with Bob Dylan. Classic country and folk have always been very closely tied and related. I am leaving you guys a link to a live performance by a wonderful female vocalist. This song is a blend as well, of country, bluegrass and Americana. Her name is Patty Loveless. The song is called You'll never leave Harlan alive. Hope you enjoy. ruclips.net/video/1n57WBtvtC4/видео.html
His childhood was very hard. I could not have endured it.
............. Trivia: we must acknowlde that Country Music singers have been doing "recitations" in their songs for generations before any other genre did. Johnny and others ie: especially Elvis, did this. Example, Elvis did it in 1960 with Are You Lonesome Tonight, as well as 1950s with his earlier songs.
Johnny did win the heart of June Carter and you really need to check her and him singing together. She's a pistol and kept him on his toes. Check out "Jackson" by the two of them
Thanks for reacting to the Man in Black.
I luv how you are both dressed in Black!!
Accidental by worked great! 😂
A nice reaction. Johnny did many songs with a message. As well as the fun songs. It is amazing to see him perform this for the first time and already be so polished. A couple of his other songs that I think you would enjoy are: "Jackson" a duet with him and June Carter Cash, and "Folsom Prison Blues". I think there is a live performance of this from his first time recording it, but I am not certain.
Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson crossed all political and generational bounds.
You need to hear “Sunday Morning Coming Down”
If you are into it the bio pic “I Walk the Line” is about Johnny Cash and June Carter it’s a great movie
"13" by Johnny Cash written by Glen Danzig
He had it rough when he was younger, especially when his father said that he was the wrong son to have died (his brother Jack died from a saw injury)
Y'all should watch his bio movie "Walk the Line". His life has been tragic.
This performance was at Vanderbilt University in 1967.
I had no knowledge of what happened around this building . The big city can keep their lawlessness and act they don't know what your song is saying. Hits home what fools they are. I am one of the deplorable, and I understand your song. Keep going karma is on your side. Bless you ❣️ this text was forJason ,dont know why it ended up here .😮
Some stories i have heard about Johnny Cash say he would give you the shirt off your back
Awesome reaction.
Good content love you love Johnny
Johnny & June "Jackson" live is hotter than a pepper sprout
Now that you have heard Johnny's 'Boy Named Sue" there is an Unknown parody song from Jane Morgan 'A Girl Named Johnny Cash'
My favourite Johnny Cash song is “Man in White”.
One of my favorites by him was one of his last ones. Gods gonna cut them down - is really good by itself, but the video makes it better because of the artists that came together to be in it just to be part of it and oat their respects to Cash.
Johnny Cash (25 mins to go)..... power of love over love of power..... HAKAD
We sure could use a Man in Black today. Goat. RIP Hope ya'll will do his Kyle Carpenter/Superbowl "Ragged Old Flag".
You have to check out live from Folsom Prison. The whole album is solid gold.
Do hank williams jr that is a great rabbit hole!!!! Respect to you muscle couple you two. Look Great!!!❤😊
Walk The Line. Folsom Prison Blues.
Here are two songs from Johnny Cash for your ears to enjoy. A cover of NO EXPECTATIONS by the Rolling Stones. And GOD'S GONNA CUT YOU DOWN first covered by The Golden Gate Quartet from back in the 194o's. This is a great man making great music. He is sorely missed. Enjoy
Folsom Prison is where he debuted it.
You'd be surprised at how many country artists were popular with the youth back in the day. Waylon Jennings (who was in the audience at Folsom Prison when Johnny performed for the inmates), Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, all were loved by the hippies.
Merle Haggard was already a singer/songwriter, but that Cash's performances at San Quentin inspired him to "straighten up and pursue singing".
"We lose a hundred men every week"...refers to the Vietnam War [Police Action] dragging on as 58,000 soldiers [many drafted, not volunteered] died over period of at least a decade as the government tried to cover up and say we were "winning."
If more HIp Hop artists spoke this way upon leaving jail instead of using it to give them Cred.
I believe he was performing this on a college campus
A strong song that we could use today
Great job on this video. I really enjoy them. “The Man in Black “ is one of Johnny Cashes’ best. Another great song with a powerful statement, but hasn’t been widely played, is his song “The Ballad of Ira Hayes”. This is a true story and will really make you think about the way things are. Please check it out.😎👍👍👍
Johnny grew up dirt poor. You can see the house he grew up in in the music video for Hurt.
Try Ray Stevens Everything Is Beautiful. He was a country favorite but in 1970 country fans didn't want to hear about brotherhood and harmony among the races. The song made it to only 39 on the country charts but worldwide went to #1 as well as Billboards Hot 100.
I love your reaction options; But Not as much as you love to hear yourselves talk! ;)
Totally need to check out "Oney", "One Piece At A Time" (people have made actual cars according to his descriptions), and "Ghost Riders In The Sky" (not to be confused with the crappy version from Ghost Rider soundtrack).
Johnny was never in prison, he had a tv show. Merle haggard was in Folsom prison and saw Johnny perform there. Do Johnny and Roy Clark doing Folsom prison blues it's funn
Sunday Morning Coming Down…A Kris Kristopherson penned song, is one of Cash’s best!!!
I've never heard a Johnny Cash song I didn't like. Walk the Line with Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon is excellent also. Just an idea if you want to start doing movie reactions (hint hint).
He created this while he was doing prison concerts
He was at a College/University
TOM MACDONALD/ADAM CALHOUN , " AMERICAN FLAGS " @ 12:00 TODAY !!!
If you love Cash, try his song , "Ragged old Flag"
#HANGoverGANG
Y'all should hear the band green jelly and the song three little pigs you'll laugh your ass off
Johnny had his own TV showA - kind of a variety show. He handpicked the guests and integrated network TV, having guests like Mahalia Jackson, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, etc. The network cancelled it after only 2 years because Johnny would NOT compromise his beliefs - he wouldn't stop talking about God or having non- country music guests.
He was always an advocate for Native Americans and people in prison
He lost some fans with his anti Vietnam stance. Most country artist and fans (older ones) supported the Vietnam War. Only Johnny could have made this a hit and found a younger audience and received praise from other musicians of every genre. RIP.
check out Jennefer Nettles bridge over trouble water on memorial day
he would go to jeals and sang too them
If God had a voice it would sound like Johnny Cash's...
A totally integrated faith....
He is amazing. Check out another good story teller. Marty Robbins song el paso which is a trilogy. El paso then feleena then el paso city. Then big iron