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lemonade kid
Old Love
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 Posted - 16/06/2011 : 19:26:01
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One of the most important and brilliant series of recordings by one of the greatest 20th Century icons and iconic heroes!
And from 2003-- "Cash UNEARTHED"--outtakes & unreleased tracks from the American Recordings sessions...even better--5 discs!!
Hurt...
the wonderful cover of Nine Inch Nails
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho
American Recordings is a Grammy Award-winning album by the country singer Johnny Cash. It was released in April 1994 (see 1994 in music), the first album issued by American Recordings after its name change from Def American. In 2003, the album was ranked number 364 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Cash was approached by producer Rick Rubin and offered a contract with Rubin's American Recordings label, better known for rap and heavy metal than for country music. Under Rubin's supervision, he recorded the album in his living room, accompanied only by his guitar. For years Cash was often at odds with his producers after he had discovered with his first producer, Sam Phillips, that his voice was better suited to a stripped-down musical style. Most famously he disagreed with Jack Clement over his sound, Clement having tried to give Cash's songs a "twangy" feel and to add strings and barbershop-quartet-style singers. His successful collaboration with Rick Rubin was in part due to Rubin seeking a minimalist sound for his songs.
The songs "Tennessee Stud" and "The Man Who Couldn't Cry" were recorded live at the Viper Room, a Sunset Strip, Los Angeles nightclub owned at the time by Johnny Depp. "The Beast in Me" was written and originally recorded by Cash's former stepson-in-law Nick Lowe.[1]
The video for the first single, the traditional song "Delia's Gone," (directed by Anton Corbijn and featuring Kate Moss) was put into rotation on MTV, and even appeared on Beavis and Butt-head (Beavis asking if Cash was Captain Kangaroo). The album was hailed by critics and many declared it to be Cash's finest album since the late 1960s, while his versions of songs by more modern artists such as Tom Waits and Glenn Danzig (who penned a song called "Thirteen" specifically for Cash, in just twenty minutes) helped to bring him a new audience. American Recordings received a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album of the Year at the 1994 Grammy Awards.
-wiki
All six albums are a must...
Delia's Gone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1iKEPzF1Js
Like A Soldier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9jDL2SyDfg&feature=related
Solitary Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OVHnWyDmdw&feature=related
and Tom Petty's I WON"T BACK DOWN....
more Johnny's life theme song than any other!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IJw9jid5Yk&feature=related
Share your Johny Cash favorites!
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LoVE over money. |
Edited by - lemonade kid on 16/06/2011 19:44:22 |
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ALLANAGAIN
Old Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 17/06/2011 : 11:25:12
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The man in black ..i love Johnny Cash.
We were talking about J.C. at anight- club the other month...My mate said "My wife cant stand his voice..i told her ..it,s not the voice, it,s the story!"
I love the voice and the story ..ever since my dad used to play "A boy named sue".
Folsom Prison Blues is a fave of mine.
Well done L.K. .."cRY, CRY CRY" is coming out of my speakers now. |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 17/06/2011 : 17:37:32
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Thanks Allan..Johnny was a hero even in the 60's to me...he had that bad boy, born again style (of course we knew no matter how reformed, you didn't want to mess with the man in black!---he just oozed toughness... with a tender soul).
"If any of the guards are still speaking to me, could I have a glass of water...." man they loved Johnny.
San Quentin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgja26eNeY
Hello, I'm Johnny Cash....I Walk The Line
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7K4jH7NqUw&feature=related
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Joe Morris
Old Love
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Posted - 17/06/2011 : 17:47:48
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| anything with Dylan? |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Joe Morris
Old Love
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Posted - 19/06/2011 : 23:44:19
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| well it beats Self Portrait! |
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Johnny Cash: American Recordings UNEARTHED
