You know, Country & Western!
This ain't your Dad's country music. It's your Granddad's! None of that new Nashville bullshit either. This is where you'll find what I consider the best in Country (Classic and Alt), Folk, and Americana.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
In honor of the rockin’ dessert I made tonight…from scratch.
Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and George Jones - Keep On The Sunny Side
Hey George, I’m guessing a) you missed practice b) cuz you were out drinkin’.
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
You know I usually don’t like to play the obvious classics, but today I’ll make an exception.
Johnny Cash, feat. Anita Carter, the Carter Sisters, Mother Maybelle & the Statler Brothers - Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)
What with it being Good Friday and all.
Johnny Cash - Delia’s Gone
on Letterman
If you find yourself in Milwaukee (for some reason), you can see this Johnny Cash musical, Ring of Fire. Stars Eddie Clendening who played Elvis forever and a day in Million Dollar Quartet.
Ring of Fire brings Cash and his music back to life
…This play was originally conceived in 2005 with a large cast of actors and musicians. The idea seemed great, but the show died after one horrible month on Broadway.
Richard Maltby, who co-created that version, obviously believed that somewhere in the Johnny Cash story was a play worth doing right. Maltby is a Tony Award-winning musical director/lyricist/writer and he obviously decided that just as the life of Johnny Cash had a beautiful simplicity to it, so, too, must a show about him.
He has taken the ” Wreck of the Hesperus” and turned it into “America the Beautiful,” and he directed what took place at the Stackner Sunday night…
Continue reading “Ring of Fire brings Cash and his music back to life” on OnMilwaukee.
Both Kinds of Music presents The Tuesday Night Movie of the Week. Five Minute to Live starring country sensation Johnny Cash. He sings! He acts!
Co-starring Vic Tayback (Mel Sharples from TV’s Alice) and a real young Ron Howard.
Five Minutes To Live Johnny Cash (1961) - Full Movie (by Rafael Ceballo)
Publicity stills from Five Minutes to Live.
(Source: cineweekly.com)
Johnny Cash - Five Minutes to Live
Five Minutes to Live/Door-to-Door Maniac starring Johnny Cash. Same movie, just renamed upon rerelease.
The trailer for Door-to-Door Maniac, starring Johnny Cash. A movie so bad they renamed it from Five Minutes to Live.
To commemorate Johnny Cash’s 81st birthday I though I would share this piece from Robot Soda aka Juan Carlos Arenas Madrid http://robotsoda.com
Working as a DJ at his local radio station in Monroe, Mich., NPR’s Don Gonyea snagged the interview of a lifetime when his musical idol Johnny Cash stopped to answer questions before taking the stage at the Monroe County Fair in 1981.
Decades later, hear the unexpected interview on today’s Weekend Edition.
Listen to this - it’s fantastic.
Last Cash post of the day - Hurt
Quite a few people said this was one of their favorite songs. An interesting choice - speaks a little to newness vs depth. Not necessarily classic, but for someone who did his fair share of living and probably lost good souls to addiction (himself and family included), it speaks volumes.
