Johnny Cash's earlier and last public performance -- Understand Your Man

Here are two versions of Johnny Cash singing Understand Your Man. The first is when he was on the Johnny Cash Show in the 60s and the second video was of when he graciously gave when he sang at the ranch during his last days with us. Here's the first:







It never ceases to amaze me, the love this man had for music and his fans. Here he is doing what he loved and gave of himself almost up to the very minute that he left us. Thank you J.R.!

Bob Wootton keeps the boom chicka boom of Johnny Cash sound alive.









I
always loved Johnny Cash’s guitar picker Luther Perkins but I have to say that
I really appreciate Bob Wootton, and his words about the “sound” of boom chick
a boom Johnny Cash sound. I really like how he states that it’s “in the fingers”.
This is a great interview and I posted here so
more people can watch this amazing man!

"Cowboy" Jack Clement song he wrote for Johnny Cash: Guess Things Happen That Way





Thanks Jack for your songs that helped make the stars like Johnny Cash. May you rest in peace and may your songs live on forever!

Johnny Cash "There You Go" Listen to the Bass Lines ...





I'll be doing a Johnny Cash Tribute show for Women Rock (Anti-Cancer Fundraiser) and ran across this video in my research. The guy really has the guitar part down with all of the bass lines. And, looks like he's having a lot of fun with this.

Jason Aldean's "Johnny Cash" rocks and keeps the Man in Black alive!





I like the fact that singers are still keeping the Man in Black alive by mentioning him in their songs and even "building" their songs around the theme of Johnny Cash. I included this video because I think Jason has done just that. Also, I've got to wonder how Jason would do with my song I wrote as a Johnny Cash tribute (see YouTube video here).

Check out this Waylon impersonator, Jerry Allan is "Way" good!

This may be the only time you'll see a Waylon video on this Johnny Cash blog but this guy is a friend of mine and he's good! Plus, you know that Johnny and Waylon were lifelong friends. Watch this video and hire this guy to perform at your place. I told him that he's good enough to be playing every weekend somewhere in this great USA!


Let him know Ter Scott sent ya! His his web address: www.jerryallanaswaylon.com.

Jackson Cash does Cocaine (Blues that is)!





This is the best impersonation of the Man in Black I think I've seen

(and heard; sounds just like him) in a long time! Well done, sir!

Where is the Johnny Cash Trail?



The Johnny Cash Trail:

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The city of Folsom has completed the first section of the "Johnny Cash Trail" that will pay tribute to the country music icon and his 1968 album "At Folsom Prison."

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The city is planning a $3 million fundraising drive to pay for remaining critical elements – infrastructure for a 2-acre park next to the bridge and a series of art installations along the trail, including a 40-foot steel statue of the Man in Black. While the city has used federal and state funds for the trail and bridge, officials say donations are a more appropriate source of money for the art.
Saturday’s ceremony next to the bridge will run from 9 a.m. to noon with a ribbon-cutting at 10 a.m. Cash’s Grammy-winning daughter, Rosanne Cash, is expected to attend the ceremony after performing the night before at the Harris Center for the Arts in Folsom.
The Folsom prison performance marked a turning point in Johnny Cash’s career, said former Los Angeles Times music critic Robert Hilburn, author of “Johnny Cash: The Life,” which The Washington Post has called the definitive Cash biography.

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