Johnny Cash Died

[Susang]

Another sad day for music. :-(

[XNASA]

1. Yeah. It sucks alright.

I always liked this one. We listened to a lot of JC when I was but a wee lad growing up.

At my door the leaves are falling
A cold wild wind has come
Sweethearts walk by together
And I still miss someone

I go out on a party
And look for a little fun
But I find a darkened corner
because I still miss someone

Oh, no I never got over those blues eyes
I see them every where
I miss those arms that held me
When all the love was there

I wonder if she's sorry
For leavin' what we'd begun
There's someone for me somewhere
And I still miss someone

[GainesT1958]

5. I used to watch his show every week...

Still miss it...and because of it--and him, "A Boy Named Sue" will forever be etched upon my brain.

Never forget that intro of his: "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash"--in that awesome, low voice.

It's sad, really, how so many in Nashville valued only glitz over real substance, and depth. It was funny, indeed--and, true to his life and music, also a bit tragic--when Johnny's record label felt the need to take out that ad in Billboard this summer, showing the picture of a young Johnny giving the finger to record company execs who thought he was too "risky"--the same people Sam Phillips, who also left us recently, thumbed his nose at when he and Sun Records took performers deemed too edgy for the uptight 50s, and helped them become legends--people like Johnny, and a young man named Elvis. :eyes:

B-)

[Susang]

8. Ring of Fire was always my fave

I really enjoyed when June Carter sang with him.

[The Backlash Cometh]

19. The first country gothic.

He looked great in black. Yet seemed to carry a very soft side.

[German-Lefty]

2. He mad a lot of great music. We won't forget him.

:cry:

[ixion]

3. fond fare thee well to the man in black

You are certainly one of the great spirits, a man who walked like a man, stood up for what he believed, and carried the fight to those who would have us live in tyranny.

You'll be missed, but never forgotten.

[HEyHEY]

4. See ya JOhnny, you will be missed

:-(

[JitterbugPerfume]

6. you were loved by millions Johnny

now we have broken hearts

bon voyage friend

[dolo amber]

7. Joey Ramone, Joe Strummer, and now Johnny...

All my heros are leaving me. I'm going to go listen to Ghostriders in the Sky now and sulk. :(

[Susang]

9. Don't forget Warren Zevon

All the great songwriters seem to be leaving us. :-(

[dbt]

13. Please don't sulk!

You know he wouldn't put up with it. Thanks for the picture; it speaks ten thousand words about The Man.

:evilgrin:
dbt

[Cappurr]

10. He never did "Walk the Line"

Which made him so great. I'm really not surprised. I didn't think he'd last too long after June died. They were a great team.

[Susang]

12. I thought the same thing

I was quite surprised when she went first.

They say women live longer after their husband dies and that men often die quickly after their wife dies. My experience is that this is basically true, I know many elderly widows but not too many elderly widowers. I wonder why that is?

[Darth_Kitten]

11. Absolutely a legend.....

:( Who can imagine country music without the input of this man?

[ForrestGump]

14. I grew up on Johnny CAsh - he was one of the true greats

And he will be missed.

I check in with DU today and discover that John Ritter is dead. And then I find that Johnny Cash has also gone. Some days it just doesn't pay to find out what's happening. :-(

[Cheswick2.0]

15. it's not a good day for Johns

sad day indeed.

[Norbert]

16. I loved it when

Approxamately the same time he:

Was asked to sing on the Nasville Skyline album by Bob Dylan, which he did.

He put out a song called "What is Truth", which had the reoccuring theme in it:

"Can you blame the voice of youth for asking, What is truth?"

I bet those two collaboration was shaking the very foundations of the deep south.


Alan Jackson and Toby Keith could take a lesson or ten from Johnny Cash and that is, you don't have to be a badass to command respect from your peers. The Man in Black never had too. He probably had a great amount of mutual respect from everyone from Red Foley to Snoop Dogg. That's saying something.

[bobthedrummer]

17. I miss him already.

I Walk the Line...

[zekeson]

18. A sad day indeed

I wish I had bought his last recordings - its supposed to be great. It would have been more respectgul to buy them while he was living and have enjoyed them then, to buy them in honor of him now. I have a lot of his old music, some of the recent stuff, but dammit, now I am going to feel guilty for not having bought the recent stuff. He will be missed, and Country has lost its spiritual center.

[1a2b3c]

20. I told everyone he would die shortly after his wife

Thats just how it usually happens. Ive been singing hurt all day.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

21. Bono on Johnny

Bono spoke today about the legendary American singer Johnny Cash, who has died aged 71.

‘I considered myself a friend, he considered me a fan - he indulged me. He showed me around his house, his ranch, his zoo (seriously, he had a zoo in Nashville), his faith, his musicianship - it was a lot to take in.’

‘He was more than wise. In a garden full of weeds - the oak tree.’

[suegeo]

22. More Bono on Cash, from a while back

Every man knows he’s a sissy compared to John Cash. What most do not know is that this most mighty of men was once nearly slain by an emu. I know this because Johnny told me on a tour of his ranch. I felt a lot better about myself as a man on hearing this.

U2’s Bono on album liner of “Essential Johnny Cash”

[MiddleRiverRefugee]

23. Hey, Johnny didn't die...he just went Home.

Picture by the Tennessean, from the Americana Music Awards. Taken a year ago tomorrow...