This version is pretty good, but the great version came from Johnny's live album "Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison." It's at a whole different level, with Johnny's energy kicked up and the actual Folsom prisoners reacting in the background.
true, although for me it's more like "it actually is my style and i love it". Absolutely _cannot_ get into modern contemporary country, but this outlaw type and older stuff is right up my alley. Johnny Cash was always the exception for country music
LOL yep. Pretty much anyone who says they do not like country, like me, but then hears Johnny Cash and says, "This is not normally my thing, but I like it".
Same i dont really like new country especially from the 2005 and up but old country from the 40s till the early 90s , now that shit slaps. @lavenderllamamusic
Makes me wonder what happened to the young boy who was told by his Mum to always be a good boy, that years later he murdered someone, just to experience death. .
Johnny Cash is an artist that seems to have no boundaries as far as people loving his music. Rockers love him, country people love him, old and young...true legend and ultimate storyteller.
That's so true. I saw him live in 1994 and there were punks, rockers, old folks and young in the crowd. Everyone had a blast and got along great! One of my top 5 concerts of all time!
So true ! I love him very much and June and now I have met a lot more people who like or love Johnny Cash or at least know him. But in my case there are more old than younger people. I am 22 ,I am from Germany and I am very oldschool and proud of it ! 😁😉🙂
Honestly, growing up listening to rap, getting into metal, disco all kinds of music. Johnny Cash’s music is so soothing and makes me feel so wonderful. Even when I’m sad his music picks me up more then anything can
No surprise that Lex likes this. Johnny Cash's music and lyrics have that universal appeal that speaks to everyone. A LOT of rockers like myself are Johnny Cash fans. ✌❤🇨🇦
In 1988, Cash headlined a Saturday night at the hot air balloon rally we have every year in Statesville, NC. I wasn’t there; I was a 22 year old Metalhead, and I had to be at work before 5:00AM on Sundays. But the next morning, his bus pulled up in front of The City Newsstand where I was working, the folding doors opened up, and The Man In Black himself stepped out and into my store. I sold him a package of Goody’s Headache Powders, a Coke in the little glass bottle, and a Car Trader magazine. I was too surprised to be talking to Johnny Cash to think of saying anything else but, “Have a nice day!” as he was leaving. But he was so cool, he knew exactly what to say, he said, in a very deep voice, “Thankya, kindly.” My brush with greatness… Hahaha
"Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison" is one of the best concept albums ever recorded. When he did this and "Cocaine Blues" in the prison itself and you can hear all of the prisoners reacting in the background, it's just an amazing sound. You all should listen to the whole album even if you don't react to it. It's one of my favorite road trip albums.
This takes me way back. I was raised on this. 58 years old and this reminds me of the smell of the cabinet "hi-fi" when it got over heated from playing all those records. This is close to the first song I had memorized. I was around six, I guess.
Johnny Cash was an exception to every rule. He was a national institution with an incredibly popular TV show in the 1970s. He was essentially a country singer, but he recorded songs by all sorts of styles of artist, and in some ways you could say he was the first punk rocker - not in musical style, but in attitude. Despite that he had a way of making everyone feel warm and happy. We will not see his like again. You're right about the zydeco-like sound. Try his songs "I walk the line", "Jackson" (recorded with his wife June Carter Cash, a member of the Carter family - country music royalty), or, for his fun side, "A Boy Named Sue" and "One Piece at a Time".
He shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. Ice-T said once that was one of the most gangsta lines he's ever heard in music and wished he came up with it
I always watch peoples reaction to the part in the lyrics where he says he shot a man just to watch him die and Brad's raised eyebrows said it all... Peace you two & Godspeed...
Johnny Cash is a freakin genius! A absolute MUST listen to is his “cover” of Nine Inch Nails - Hurt. Even Nine Ince Nails admitted that is was Cash’s song from the moment he sang it. They were actually a little upset at themselves because they really liked the song but when they let Johnny sing it they admitted defeat because they knew Johnny’s version of it would be remembered and a lot of ppl even now still think it was an original from Johnny.
One of his early songs. He always had empathy for the underdog, especially inmates. He was straight up country back then and truly never left his roots. People opened up to a style they thought they didn't like! I was one of them. Thanks to my Momma, I got introduced to him.
The clickety clack, clickety clack is the train on the tracks sound...and while this song features a train, this beat/rhythm was featured on the majority of Johny Cash songs in some manner....You definitely need to check out more of him. Johny Cash was The Man in Black and one of the greatest American composers and performers. A genuine hero of working class and oppressed people who was never afraid to kick down a door(or kick in a stage light)...Check out "I Walk The Line" and "Hurt" .
That sound came from Johnny's guitar, they were a trio called the Tennessee Three with no drummer, Cash and Luther Perkins on guitar and Marshall Grant on bass. Perkins was the lead guitarist, where as Cash provided the rhythm. It was a trademark sound of Cash's rockabilly era with Sun Records.
1000% I just recommended ,Hurt. Walk the Line, Ring of Fire, A Boy Named Sue. Then you go into The Highwaymen. So much to treat the ears and to treasure.
Merle Haggard was there when Cash performed and Merle later became major recording star with great songs, Mama Tried, Sing me Back HOme, My favorite The Fighting side of Me
Johnny never went to prison though he was arrested for vagrancy, he'd been picking flowers and having no money in his pocket. He partied harder than most rock stars. A reaction nobody has done "Tales From The Tour Bus". It's crazy. Waylon Jennings was a mad man, Prince stories, James Brown rolling up on his bassist Boots Collins and other band members smoking a joint, except it was wet. (PCP) They were scared to say anything as James ran a strict band and they needed the gig. James Brown falls in love with PCP. Crazy show.
We all love how raw Johnny Cash was. His music reminds me of the first band my dad played in. They cut a couple of 45s, the B side on one from 1960 they did a cover of Kaw-liga where you can tell that musically they were more influenced by Cash than Hank Williams. We played those 45s to death when we were kids.
Oh HELL yeah Lex!! I cannot remember a time when Johnny Cash's music and image was not in my life. He was EXACTLY like that black-sheep Uncle you couldn't wait to see at your family get togethers. He had the BEST stories, scars because he had lived an interesting life, and manned the grill like NOBODY's business!! He WAS American music to me more than any other single artist I can name. I feel so lucky to have seen him in concert several times before his health declined and he eventually passed. God Bless Johnny Cash and his legacy!!
RIP JOHNNY CASH!! My Dad played his 63 Fender Strat & sang Johnny Cash Elvis George Jones Merle Haggard Willie Waylon Jennings Conway Twitty All the legends.... I miss my dad so much He just passed away to Covid age 73 a year ago! Elvis music and country music is healing to me RIP DAD!!!!! I LOVE AND MISS YOU
he never played a fender strat, his lead guitarist luther perkins did however, johnny only played acoustic gibson j200, martin d-35, fender malibu etc.
In American blues/folk/country, usually a train is a metaphor for life...and death, when the train rolls by and on out of sight. (And if it's a long, black train coming ominously down the tracks...then the train's arrival represents death.)
Lex, the sound that you are asking about is a combination of a bass fiddle and an acoustic guitar. With the stand up bass, what some country and early rock and roll players would do was tune their instruments down two or 3 keys so when they picked notes, the strings would slap against the neck, for a percussive effect. Also, Johnny Cash, though I don't think that he did it here, would place the bottom of his palm against the strings to give his playing a more percussive sound as well. He did this in I Walk The Line, the recording. In those days, many performers of this genre did not employ snare drums in their act
I have said it to many people,Johnny Cash was the first white rapper. I know that rap wasn't even a genre at that time,but if you listen to the songs he did and how he sang them he was rappin'
Johnny Cash wrote this because of a movie he had seen. Once the song was released and got radio play he started receiving a ton fan mail from prison inmates. He arranged prison performances for inmates and ended up recording a live album, Live At Folsom Prison. The story is… he came on stage and told the inmates they were doing a live recording and he said “you all can’t say shit or damn or anything like that” and of course the crowd went wild. He fought with record execs and everyone did NOT want him to do this. The album immediately went #1 on country charts and #13 on pop charts and also in top 10 on international record charts. It’s basically a career defining moment for Johnny Cash.
Outlaw country music! You need to see more of this genre. Other good ones are Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, David Allan Cole, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, , and many others. Its a mix of country music, rockabilly, honky tonk and blues. Rebel cowboy music. Big during the '60s, '70s, and early '80s. Johnny Cash was well respected by punk rock (influenced (cowpunk groups like Violent Femmes, Social Distortion, etc), metal, rock, and rappers. Many of Cash's songs have been covered over the years as well.
Hey guys. I grew up going to school and listening to Johnny Cash every morning on the school bus my father drove. I became a rock music fan throughout my life but my all time favourite singer was Johnny. His voice was so authentic. He was not perfect and never pretended he was. He was a man of the people. You love his voice and vibe even though it’s not the type of music you would normally listen to.
This song has a simple 12 bar blues chord progression, I don't know what key it's in but I've played it as a blues in E to the Rythm of Chuck berry's Johnny B Goode in E blues, then I can flawlessly transition from one to the other at will, it's a cool party trick. 12 bar blues shuffle in E is a good place to start with guitar because there's literally thousands of songs and you can play Rythm guitar to them all with very little variation.
Johnny Cash is my favorite musician of all time. The man and his guitar. He was such a force of American pain and pride. God centered in his late stages but remained true. My inspiration to play music at all.
the simple but effective guitar played by Luther perkins together with Marshall grant on the double bass made the rhythm section sound like a moving train. they later added a drummer W.s. holland and that was enough.
I get the similarities between the beats of Zydeco and this. It's cool you mention Zydeco. I'm from Lafayette, LA and I'm a HUGE zydeco fan. Nothing makes me happier than to Zydeco (dance) with my wife to a Keith Frank gig. I understand why we haven't exported it to a large scale, due to some of it being in French/English slang, but I wish more of the country could experience the joy of dancing at a Zydeco gig. The music and the people become one in ways that I've never experienced at other live music events. I'm sure my bias is coming due to my Cajun/Creole roots.
That sound is Johnny Cash’s signature sound. You will hear that beat in about every one of his songs. For the Bee Gee’s, their signature sound came from driving over an old bridge. I’m glad you guys took a risk on these older artists and especially country. Johnny Cash was a little before his time. He crossed forbidden barriers and didn’t care. He has a fun hit, “I’ve Been Everywhere”
Johnny Cash’s voice is a piece of Americana, instantly recognizable like his close friend Willie Nelson or Louis Armstrong. You can hear the history in a voice like that…..
This was the version I knew as a kid. It was released the year before I was born. The live version didn't come out until 1968, thirteen years after the studio version. Cocaine Blues is a good one. He kills someone in it too.
This is some old school outlaw country music jaja. Its like rockabilly, rock and country music combined with rebellious lyrics. Punk rockers, hip hop heads, rockers love Johnny Cash, tbw. Many bands cover his songs too. More outlaw country artists are Jessi Colter, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Kris Krisstopherson, Hank Williams, David Allan Coe, Margo Price, etc.
Jonny Cash is one of the corner stones of Rock and Roll. In his earliest day's he played with Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and other early stars (1955-1959ish). It's hard to imagine now, but some of his earliest songs was considered "rock" back then. In the 60's his music drifted into more of a country and gospel sound. Jonny Cash is universally loved by music lovers of all kinds... country, gospel, rock, rap, punk, grunge, hippies, bikers, young, and old. You should DEFFINATLY check out the video for "God's going to Cut You Down". The video was filmed after he passed away. When people found out that a video was being made for this song, everyone that was anyone wanted to be part of the video. The video has Hollywood stars, country singers, rap artists, rock stars, all singing along while Jonny's voice belts out. Sooo many people wanted to show their love and respect for Jonny Cash, that his video is filled with dozens of artist and actors. Jonny himself is never shown in the video, only the people who loved and admired him.
Love these two!!! My favorite part was @1:40, when Brad says "I can't play anything", Lex say "Right" :-). Shows a couples moment when one person is talking and the other is mentally someplace else and just agreeing to everything. LMAO!!! 2 of my favs on TH-cam!!!
If you want a fun take on this song, listen to "The Cats of Cash" by Garrison Keillor, who hosted "A Prairie Home Companion" on NPR for decades; he and opera singer Frederica von Stade did an album called "Songs of the Cat" that takes other songs and changes the words to them to be about cats. The whole album is gold, but The Cats of Cash weaves together three Johnny Cash songs, and this is the third of them. Lots of fun!
You can never go wrong with Johnny Cash that's for sure. Sometime you should check out his two live prison albums. San Quentin and Folsom Prison. You get to hear the audience response to these songs. I love the old train songs and they capture it perfectly. Sometimes Johnny would weave wax paper between his strings to get that plunky sound but most of us just use the palm of our picking hand to do some partial muting of the strings. He has tons of great storytelling songs but one of the greatest is his cover of the old classic John Henry. It's about mining culture and the advent of the steam drill in mining which slowly replaced the tough burly men that would swing pickaxes all day until their backs went out. It's absolutely fantastic and his version is killer. He had a ton of great train songs like Orange Blossom Special and so forth, but one of my favorite is a cover of another hit but I love his version of it. It's called The Spirit of New Orleans, which was a real train line that ran in the south. Every verse packs a million images into it and it's a bit wistful about the dying days of the locomotive for heavy passenger travel.
Oh yeah, we covered this in our Honky Tonk band for a long time and we did it more up-tempo and made it our own but we still kept the same texture and feel. I would take the first guitar solo, the pedal steel would take the second one, and then we would play the third one together. Our frontman had the voice to carry it off as well. It was typically one of the handful of songs that we had that would drive the audience into a frenzy and they went from just having a good time dancing to going nuts. Women dancing on bar tops and tables and so forth. What a blast. You can't go wrong with Johnny Cash.
This is a great song. One of the most covered songs ever probably. Metal covers, punk covers, famous bands, not so famous bands. And most of them i love. A lot of people give covers a bad name thinking it's a no talent ass clown trying to steal a hit. But usually it's the opposite. A tribute, an homage, a salute to a great song. When one artist tips his hat to another it's respect. Johnny wrote a gem when he wrote this.
Now you're back at the roots of rock 'n roll. Johnny Cash incorporated blues into his country music origins like few musicians had. Now, check out Little Richard and Chuck Berry to see the rest of the story.
Yes Johnny was aOG. OG triple triple from that same prison.. she did not forget what it was like to be there. So he would come back and entertain them. Even brought his beautiful long haired wife June Carter Cash to sing with him I saw them live in Kansas City Kansas back in 1979 loved it
Outlaw country 🎶 music. Gangster country music. Lot of punk rockers, rappers, rockers, etc loved Cash, too. His songs are covered a lot, too. Ya, like Zydeco washboard sound.
He was a seminal artist, spiritual role model, and a cult of personality. I like Big River and Sunday Morning Coming Down, but Delia's Gone was his comeback hit with the new generation, and Hurt "made music videos a legitimate art form" Rolling Stone. Everybody does a reaction to that one.
This is a metaphor. He wrote it before he was famous. He joined the Air Force. It was the days of the draft, so he joined the Air Force and they sent him to Germany. While in Germany, he saw a documentary on Folsom Prison. A prison with a passenger train that passes by. He felt it was a metaphor on his life. He was stuck in one place (prison or Germany) being forced to watch the world go on without him. That is why this song resonated with people. Not because they were all criminals. But the average guy felt he was stuck in his circumstances, watching the world move pass.
You must hear both Johnny Cash live prison albums. And the Merle Haggard one. Before you die. You have time. Both are legend and were hits on the radio.
This version is pretty good, but the great version came from Johnny's live album "Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison." It's at a whole different level, with Johnny's energy kicked up and the actual Folsom prisoners reacting in the background.
And Johnny taking the piss with the guards on the album lol, and his San Quentin live album too
Cash is always better live
Agree 100%.
When they cheer when he says about shooting the man in Reno... brilliant!!
Absolutely this!
"It's absolutely not my style but I like it."
That's an almost universal reaction to Johnny Cash.
He was a man telling a man's story. Hard not to get on that wavelength.
true, although for me it's more like "it actually is my style and i love it". Absolutely _cannot_ get into modern contemporary country, but this outlaw type and older stuff is right up my alley. Johnny Cash was always the exception for country music
Yes. Yes it is cause Johnny Cash is the shiznit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL yep. Pretty much anyone who says they do not like country, like me, but then hears Johnny Cash and says, "This is not normally my thing, but I like it".
Same i dont really like new country especially from the 2005 and up but old country from the 40s till the early 90s , now that shit slaps. @lavenderllamamusic
"I shot a man in Reno/Just to watch him die" has got to be one of the coldest things ever written
Makes me wonder what happened to the young boy who was told by his Mum to always be a good boy, that years later he murdered someone, just to experience death.
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True but I think his Delias Gone would give it a good run for it's money, MTV banned that one.
True that.
"I commented a deep thought on TH-cam, just to watch it die"
Got me wondering they stayed emotionless through it, and am thinking they are illiterate 😂😂😂
Johnny Cash, The Man In Black, a true American legend and treasure. RIP Johnny.
Check out Zappa doing Ring of Fire live on Greatest Band You Never Heard...album.👍
Johnny Cash is an artist that seems to have no boundaries as far as people loving his music. Rockers love him, country people love him, old and young...true legend and ultimate storyteller.
if you don't love him it's a problem lol
That's so true. I saw him live in 1994 and there were punks, rockers, old folks and young in the crowd. Everyone had a blast and got along great! One of my top 5 concerts of all time!
The original “ OG”. There will Only be one Jonny Cash
So true ! I love him very much and June and now I have met a lot more people who like or love Johnny Cash or at least know him.
But in my case there are more old than younger people. I am 22 ,I am from Germany and I am very oldschool and proud of it ! 😁😉🙂
I believe there is only one requirement to love Johnny Cash: have a pulse.
There's a reason Johnny Cash is beloved by almost everyone, from rappers and rockers, grunge and R&B and punk.
Pink or punk?
@@jeffreekoch9298 punk, thanks.
Honestly, growing up listening to rap, getting into metal, disco all kinds of music. Johnny Cash’s music is so soothing and makes me feel so wonderful. Even when I’m sad his music picks me up more then anything can
Johnny Cash is all our grandpa. His music unites punks, metalheads, hip-hop heads, etc.
Man had a gift!
No surprise that Lex likes this. Johnny Cash's music and lyrics have that universal appeal that speaks to everyone. A LOT of rockers like myself are Johnny Cash fans.
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In 1988, Cash headlined a Saturday night at the hot air balloon rally we have every year in Statesville, NC.
I wasn’t there; I was a 22 year old Metalhead, and I had to be at work before 5:00AM on Sundays.
But the next morning, his bus pulled up in front of The City Newsstand where I was working,
the folding doors opened up, and The Man In Black himself stepped out and into my store.
I sold him a package of Goody’s Headache Powders,
a Coke in the little glass bottle, and a Car Trader magazine.
I was too surprised to be talking to Johnny Cash to think of saying anything else but,
“Have a nice day!” as he was leaving.
But he was so cool, he knew exactly what to say, he said, in a very deep voice,
“Thankya, kindly.”
My brush with greatness…
Hahaha
LoL, great story, I would probably shit my pants too if I woulda had an encounter with him
She looked so cute when she began diggin it and 💃 . She looked like a cute little girl riding her first broomstick 🧹 horse, straight cheesin. 😃😃😁
"Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison" is one of the best concept albums ever recorded. When he did this and "Cocaine Blues" in the prison itself and you can hear all of the prisoners reacting in the background, it's just an amazing sound. You all should listen to the whole album even if you don't react to it. It's one of my favorite road trip albums.
Y'all need to check out the live version Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash live at San Quentin
Johnny has his own sound. A true inventive genius. Check out "I walk the line". Cash was considered rockabilly by many in the 50s.
You two should be given an honorary degree in music history. What an education you have given yourselves. Congrats. I enjoy your reactions.
This takes me way back. I was raised on this. 58 years old and this reminds me of the smell of the cabinet "hi-fi" when it got over heated from playing all those records. This is close to the first song I had memorized. I was around six, I guess.
Johnny Cash was an exception to every rule. He was a national institution with an incredibly popular TV show in the 1970s. He was essentially a country singer, but he recorded songs by all sorts of styles of artist, and in some ways you could say he was the first punk rocker - not in musical style, but in attitude. Despite that he had a way of making everyone feel warm and happy. We will not see his like again. You're right about the zydeco-like sound. Try his songs "I walk the line", "Jackson" (recorded with his wife June Carter Cash, a member of the Carter family - country music royalty), or, for his fun side, "A Boy Named Sue" and "One Piece at a Time".
Johnny Cash is one of the most Transcendent and universally liked artists of all time. Cannot Define his style. That voice is indescribable.
Johnny signed my arm--I was 5--when he came to our local record shop in So-Cal in the late 50's. Mom was a big fan.
He shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. Ice-T said once that was one of the most gangsta lines he's ever heard in music and wished he came up with it
Man, love her energy, have no idea why these reaction vids make me smile
The Man in Black. An American Icon. RIP. So many Artist’s influenced by Him, whether they knew or not.
I always watch peoples reaction to the part in the lyrics where he says he shot a man just to watch him die and Brad's raised eyebrows said it all... Peace you two & Godspeed...
Johnny Cash is a freakin genius!
A absolute MUST listen to is his “cover” of Nine Inch Nails - Hurt.
Even Nine Ince Nails admitted that is was Cash’s song from the moment he sang it. They were actually a little upset at themselves because they really liked the song but when they let Johnny sing it they admitted defeat because they knew Johnny’s version of it would be remembered and a lot of ppl even now still think it was an original from Johnny.
One of his early songs. He always had empathy for the underdog, especially inmates. He was straight up country back then and truly never left his roots. People opened up to a style they thought they didn't like! I was one of them. Thanks to my Momma, I got introduced to him.
A great Johnny Cash song and a great song for the Outlaw stream. Also check out I Walk the Line and God's Gonna Cut You Down.
The clickety clack, clickety clack is the train on the tracks sound...and while this song features a train, this beat/rhythm was featured on the majority of Johny Cash songs in some manner....You definitely need to check out more of him. Johny Cash was The Man in Black and one of the greatest American composers and performers. A genuine hero of working class and oppressed people who was never afraid to kick down a door(or kick in a stage light)...Check out "I Walk The Line" and "Hurt" .
Don't forget "Ring of Fire" ...
That sound came from Johnny's guitar, they were a trio called the Tennessee Three with no drummer, Cash and Luther Perkins on guitar and Marshall Grant on bass. Perkins was the lead guitarist, where as Cash provided the rhythm. It was a trademark sound of Cash's rockabilly era with Sun Records.
1000% I just recommended ,Hurt.
Walk the Line, Ring of Fire, A Boy Named Sue.
Then you go into The Highwaymen.
So much to treat the ears and to treasure.
That beat is Morse code. He heard it in the army when Stalin was killed.
Merle Haggard was there when Cash performed and Merle later became major recording star with great songs, Mama Tried, Sing me Back HOme, My favorite The Fighting side of Me
His Live At Folsom album is a must listen.
Johnny never went to prison though he was arrested for vagrancy, he'd been picking flowers and having no money in his pocket.
He partied harder than most rock stars.
A reaction nobody has done "Tales From The Tour Bus".
It's crazy.
Waylon Jennings was a mad man, Prince stories, James Brown rolling up on his bassist Boots Collins and other band members smoking a joint, except it was wet. (PCP)
They were scared to say anything as James ran a strict band and they needed the gig.
James Brown falls in love with PCP.
Crazy show.
My uncle taught me how to play the guitar with this song! Thanks for the reaction
We all love how raw Johnny Cash was. His music reminds me of the first band my dad played in. They cut a couple of 45s, the B side on one from 1960 they did a cover of Kaw-liga where you can tell that musically they were more influenced by Cash than Hank Williams. We played those 45s to death when we were kids.
Oh HELL yeah Lex!! I cannot remember a time when Johnny Cash's music and image was not in my life. He was EXACTLY like that black-sheep Uncle you couldn't wait to see at your family get togethers. He had the BEST stories, scars because he had lived an interesting life, and manned the grill like NOBODY's business!! He WAS American music to me more than any other single artist I can name. I feel so lucky to have seen him in concert several times before his health declined and he eventually passed. God Bless Johnny Cash and his legacy!!
RIP JOHNNY CASH!! My Dad played his 63 Fender Strat & sang Johnny Cash Elvis George Jones Merle Haggard Willie Waylon Jennings Conway Twitty All the legends.... I miss my dad so much He just passed away to Covid age 73 a year ago! Elvis music and country music is healing to me RIP DAD!!!!! I LOVE AND MISS YOU
he never played a fender strat, his lead guitarist luther perkins did however, johnny only played acoustic gibson j200, martin d-35, fender malibu etc.
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In American blues/folk/country, usually a train is a metaphor for life...and death, when the train rolls by and on out of sight. (And if it's a long, black train coming ominously down the tracks...then the train's arrival represents death.)
Love Johnny Cash!!! So many great songs!!
Lex, the sound that you are asking about is a combination of a bass fiddle and an acoustic guitar. With the stand up bass, what some country and early rock and roll players would do was tune their instruments down two or 3 keys so when they picked notes, the strings would slap against the neck, for a percussive effect. Also, Johnny Cash, though I don't think that he did it here, would place the bottom of his palm against the strings to give his playing a more percussive sound as well. He did this in I Walk The Line, the recording. In those days, many performers of this genre did not employ snare drums in their act
I have said it to many people,Johnny Cash was the first white rapper. I know that rap wasn't even a genre at that time,but if you listen to the songs he did and how he sang them he was rappin'
Oh y’all just gotta see the live version of this- he’s playing for the prisoners in Folsom County - really something else! 👍
Johnny Cash wrote this because of a movie he had seen. Once the song was released and got radio play he started receiving a ton fan mail from prison inmates. He arranged prison performances for inmates and ended up recording a live album, Live At Folsom Prison. The story is… he came on stage and told the inmates they were doing a live recording and he said “you all can’t say shit or damn or anything like that” and of course the crowd went wild. He fought with record execs and everyone did NOT want him to do this. The album immediately went #1 on country charts and #13 on pop charts and also in top 10 on international record charts. It’s basically a career defining moment for Johnny Cash.
Outlaw country music! You need to see more of this genre. Other good ones are Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, David Allan Cole, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, , and many others. Its a mix of country music, rockabilly, honky tonk and blues. Rebel cowboy music. Big during the '60s, '70s, and early '80s. Johnny Cash was well respected by punk rock (influenced (cowpunk groups like Violent Femmes, Social Distortion, etc), metal, rock, and rappers.
Many of Cash's songs have been covered over the years as well.
got to get to the live version from Folsom Prison. Up the manic energy and the crowd loving it. I love Luther's guitar playing on this.
Hey guys. I grew up going to school and listening to Johnny Cash every morning on the school bus my father drove. I became a rock music fan throughout my life but my all time favourite singer was Johnny. His voice was so authentic. He was not perfect and never pretended he was. He was a man of the people. You love his voice and vibe even though it’s not the type of music you would normally listen to.
This song has a simple 12 bar blues chord progression, I don't know what key it's in but I've played it as a blues in E to the Rythm of Chuck berry's Johnny B Goode in E blues, then I can flawlessly transition from one to the other at will, it's a cool party trick.
12 bar blues shuffle in E is a good place to start with guitar because there's literally thousands of songs and you can play Rythm guitar to them all with very little variation.
among one of the first songs i learned to play on a guitar as a teen. 3 chords.....E, A, and Bb (B flat)
I've always liked Johnny Cash, but I appreciate him more and more as I get older.
The live from Folsom version is sooo good. Johnny Cash is the boss! RIP Johnny.
Lex gets good music. Pure and simple.
Check out the 'Live at Folsom Prison' and the 'Live at San Quentin' albums, his best stuff is on those two albums.
Just such a great song, this was a hit that put Cash on the charts. Love the sound of the train the guitar work so great and his voice is wonderful
Johnny Cash is my favorite musician of all time. The man and his guitar. He was such a force of American pain and pride. God centered in his late stages but remained true. My inspiration to play music at all.
Merle Haggard was in folsom when Johnny Cash went to play there
She's so adorable. She doesn't even understand how deep this song is. Killing someone and going to PRISON for that
Those freckles are Cute as Hell!!
johnny cashs song writing combined with his unique voice is unmatched
the simple but effective guitar played by Luther perkins together with Marshall grant on the double bass made the rhythm section sound like a moving train.
they later added a drummer W.s. holland and that was enough.
I get the similarities between the beats of Zydeco and this. It's cool you mention Zydeco. I'm from Lafayette, LA and I'm a HUGE zydeco fan. Nothing makes me happier than to Zydeco (dance) with my wife to a Keith Frank gig. I understand why we haven't exported it to a large scale, due to some of it being in French/English slang, but I wish more of the country could experience the joy of dancing at a Zydeco gig. The music and the people become one in ways that I've never experienced at other live music events. I'm sure my bias is coming due to my Cajun/Creole roots.
LOVE ZYDECO!!;)) And, Yes! I agree with you that Johnny Cash’s music often had the Zydeco ‘soul’ In It!;)✌️♥️
That sound is Johnny Cash’s signature sound. You will hear that beat in about every one of his songs. For the Bee Gee’s, their signature sound came from driving over an old bridge. I’m glad you guys took a risk on these older artists and especially country. Johnny Cash was a little before his time. He crossed forbidden barriers and didn’t care. He has a fun hit, “I’ve Been Everywhere”
Johnny Cash’s voice is a piece of Americana, instantly recognizable like his close friend Willie Nelson or Louis Armstrong. You can hear the history in a voice like that…..
Johnny Cash was a great singer/song writer. He had so many great GREAT songs, this is probably my favorite.
This was the version I knew as a kid. It was released the year before I was born. The live version didn't come out until 1968, thirteen years after the studio version. Cocaine Blues is a good one. He kills someone in it too.
"I'll never forget that day I shot that bad bitch down" is simply a badass lyric!
I think Lex likes this one so much because it’s the basis of most of todays rock and roll.
My son is 8 years old and when he was 5 learned every lyric to this song! Still a fav around our house❤
her energy has me smitten. you both have such good taste in music, great job on the channel
Johnny Cash is a giant…
Check out “Jackson” duet with his wife June Carter, she’s in the background in the video of his version of “Hurt” by NIN..
Johnny was a artist who transcends genres because he loved them all, and they loved him in return.
Kind of like Willie Nelson, crosses boundaries.
This is some old school outlaw country music jaja. Its like rockabilly, rock and country music combined with rebellious lyrics. Punk rockers, hip hop heads, rockers love Johnny Cash, tbw. Many bands cover his songs too. More outlaw country artists are Jessi Colter, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Kris Krisstopherson, Hank Williams, David Allan Coe, Margo Price, etc.
Jonny Cash is one of the corner stones of Rock and Roll. In his earliest day's he played with Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and other early stars (1955-1959ish). It's hard to imagine now, but some of his earliest songs was considered "rock" back then. In the 60's his music drifted into more of a country and gospel sound. Jonny Cash is universally loved by music lovers of all kinds... country, gospel, rock, rap, punk, grunge, hippies, bikers, young, and old. You should DEFFINATLY check out the video for "God's going to Cut You Down". The video was filmed after he passed away. When people found out that a video was being made for this song, everyone that was anyone wanted to be part of the video. The video has Hollywood stars, country singers, rap artists, rock stars, all singing along while Jonny's voice belts out. Sooo many people wanted to show their love and respect for Jonny Cash, that his video is filled with dozens of artist and actors. Jonny himself is never shown in the video, only the people who loved and admired him.
Love these two!!! My favorite part was @1:40, when Brad says "I can't play anything", Lex say "Right" :-). Shows a couples moment when one person is talking and the other is mentally someplace else and just agreeing to everything. LMAO!!! 2 of my favs on TH-cam!!!
If you want a fun take on this song, listen to "The Cats of Cash" by Garrison Keillor, who hosted "A Prairie Home Companion" on NPR for decades; he and opera singer Frederica von Stade did an album called "Songs of the Cat" that takes other songs and changes the words to them to be about cats. The whole album is gold, but The Cats of Cash weaves together three Johnny Cash songs, and this is the third of them. Lots of fun!
Johnny and his band actually performed in Folsom prison and there is a really good documentary on this
His voice takes you, into the story. He also read, The New Testament (King James Version).
You can never go wrong with Johnny Cash that's for sure. Sometime you should check out his two live prison albums. San Quentin and Folsom Prison. You get to hear the audience response to these songs. I love the old train songs and they capture it perfectly. Sometimes Johnny would weave wax paper between his strings to get that plunky sound but most of us just use the palm of our picking hand to do some partial muting of the strings. He has tons of great storytelling songs but one of the greatest is his cover of the old classic John Henry. It's about mining culture and the advent of the steam drill in mining which slowly replaced the tough burly men that would swing pickaxes all day until their backs went out. It's absolutely fantastic and his version is killer. He had a ton of great train songs like Orange Blossom Special and so forth, but one of my favorite is a cover of another hit but I love his version of it. It's called The Spirit of New Orleans, which was a real train line that ran in the south. Every verse packs a million images into it and it's a bit wistful about the dying days of the locomotive for heavy passenger travel.
Oh yeah, we covered this in our Honky Tonk band for a long time and we did it more up-tempo and made it our own but we still kept the same texture and feel. I would take the first guitar solo, the pedal steel would take the second one, and then we would play the third one together. Our frontman had the voice to carry it off as well. It was typically one of the handful of songs that we had that would drive the audience into a frenzy and they went from just having a good time dancing to going nuts. Women dancing on bar tops and tables and so forth. What a blast. You can't go wrong with Johnny Cash.
You understand that Johnny Cash is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Country Music Hall of Fame and Gospel Music Hall of Fame. He is the real deal.
Yeah...such a great tune....the man in black
Johnny Cash always said he tried to keep it simple, great words, and excellent vocals.
Johnnys voice, and stories in the lyrics make up most of the songs
Worked there for 23 yrs. in Folsom, Calif. Wasnt there when Johnny Cash played there.
Awesome tune. Great reaction you guys
I think it's awesome that you guys are taking your love for music up to the next level by learning to play an instrument!!!
This is a great song. One of the most covered songs ever probably. Metal covers, punk covers, famous bands, not so famous bands. And most of them i love. A lot of people give covers a bad name thinking it's a no talent ass clown trying to steal a hit. But usually it's the opposite. A tribute, an homage, a salute to a great song. When one artist tips his hat to another it's respect. Johnny wrote a gem when he wrote this.
johny cash, a boy named sue.... must listen...
Now you're back at the roots of rock 'n roll. Johnny Cash incorporated blues into his country music origins like few musicians had. Now, check out Little Richard and Chuck Berry to see the rest of the story.
Yes Johnny was aOG. OG triple triple from that same prison.. she did not forget what it was like to be there. So he would come back and entertain them. Even brought his beautiful long haired wife June Carter Cash to sing with him I saw them live in Kansas City Kansas back in 1979 loved it
"I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die." - Greatest song line EVER!
Outlaw country 🎶 music. Gangster country music. Lot of punk rockers, rappers, rockers, etc loved Cash, too. His songs are covered a lot, too. Ya, like Zydeco washboard sound.
greatest line in music..."I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die"
Luther Perkins is the guitarist. He had a unique playing style that was perfect for Johnny's music.
I would have loved to see him perform this at the prison! It was crazy, the inmates loved it!😂❤❤
Yeah, those lucky bastards got to see him in the raw! I bet it was amazing.
Yeah between the grapes and hardcore race politics, I'm sure it was COOL!
You wish you were in prison? I wouldn't even want to live in the year 1953...you're hardcore.
@@pistonburner6448 🤣🤣🤣 Not quite what I meant but touche!
He was a seminal artist, spiritual role model, and a cult of personality. I like Big River and Sunday Morning Coming Down, but Delia's Gone was his comeback hit with the new generation, and Hurt "made music videos a legitimate art form" Rolling Stone. Everybody does a reaction to that one.
I love Johnny Cash singing " Sunday Morning Coming Down ".
Boy Named Sue. Reward yourselves and listen to this.
"Not my uncle" 😂
This is a metaphor. He wrote it before he was famous. He joined the Air Force. It was the days of the draft, so he joined the Air Force and they sent him to Germany. While in Germany, he saw a documentary on Folsom Prison. A prison with a passenger train that passes by. He felt it was a metaphor on his life. He was stuck in one place (prison or Germany) being forced to watch the world go on without him.
That is why this song resonated with people. Not because they were all criminals. But the average guy felt he was stuck in his circumstances, watching the world move pass.
Not my uncle! That was priceless , thanks!
So many different types of people who you would never imagine liking JOHNNY CASH love him.
In a interview with Johnny's guitarist they asked him why do you play so simple and he said "they're all looking for the right notes, I found them".
These just something about Jonny that you can’t help but love.
Johnny was a Legend, check him out covering Soundgarden Rusty Cage.
Definitely, can't believe that he covered that song
@@cathyharbaugh691 that has always been one of my favorite covers he did!
Or his cover of NIN Hurt.
@@yondu689 legendary cover
That's what I thought 🤔
Legend..icon...alpha chad.. all words to describe the man in black! There will only ever be one big Johnny Cash
You must hear both Johnny Cash live prison albums. And the Merle Haggard one. Before you die. You have time. Both are legend and were hits on the radio.
The story in this song is simple but the psychology of the prisoner is immense.