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Most people here never even heard his music until his movie came out.

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Originally Posted by sicone (Post 14220664)

Most people here never even heard his music until his movie came out.

pssh, how old are you?

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Originally Posted by BV (Post 14220685)

pssh, how old are you?

32, almost 33... not as old as some, but older then most here

The Highway Men were the shit....

well no wonder, i have you by almost 10 years, all us old farts have heard of Johny Cash before the movie came out, :-)

Johnny Cash is the fucking man, period. I did hear his music before the film came out, and I'm 23 :)

Not trying to even begin to compare him to any other artist/band, but you might like Murder By Death:

http://www.myspace.com/murderbydeath

(They are not what you would think by the name...just took it from this movie - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_By_Death)

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Originally Posted by sicone (Post 14220664)

Most people here never even heard his music until his movie came out.

Why would you say that? Im' pretty sure most knew of him before that movie.

This is one of my favorite songs of his..

https://youtube.com/watch?v=i-2eD5hixEQ

bahh the youtube include isn't working..

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Originally Posted by sicone (Post 14220664)

Most people here never even heard his music until his movie came out.

Im pretty sure I knew of him a tad before that lol. :winkwink:

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Originally Posted by BV (Post 14220720)

well no wonder, i have you by almost 10 years, all us old farts have heard of Johny Cash before the movie came out, :-)

My mom played him all the time and even took me to a few concerts as a child. At the time I was upset for being forced to go... if only I had known the awesomeness back then.

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Originally Posted by crockett (Post 14220733)

Why would you say that? Im' pretty sure most knew of him before that movie.

I didnt say people didnt know of him, I said most hadnt heard his music. The movie brought his music back into the mainstream and radio stations started playing his music again.

There's a bar called "Johnny's" in Huntington Beach, CA that pays tribute to Johnny Cash. Their slogan is "If you don't like stiff drinks and Johnny Cash, don't let the door hit you in the ass." It's my fav watering hole:thumbsup

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Originally Posted by stickyfingerz (Post 14220754)

Im pretty sure I knew of him a tad before that lol. :winkwink:

that makes two of us, I bet a lot more as well...lol :thumbsup

Yeah he is I have his greatest hits CD in my car.

Johnny Cash is a legend in both Country and Rock music. He was to Elvis what the Rolling Stones were to the Beatles - more edgy and dark...

A few chestnuts courtesy of YouTube (someone said that direct linking was messed up, so I posted the text link below each video):

The Man In Black performing "Folsom Prison Blues"

One of my favorite Johnny Cash cover songs...Social Distortion performing "Ring of Fire" (Live).

I practically cry every time I hear Johnny Cash perform his cover of Trent Reznor's (Nine Inch Nails) "Hurt"...the last song he recorded before he died.

Johnny Cash performing "Hurt" by NIN.

You'll have to click to see this one since embedding was disabled, but please to take time to check it out.

And finally, two of his classics, "I Walk the Line" and "Ring of Fire", performed live at age 71 in his final performance ever:

Johnny Cash's last live performance at a family event in July 2003, performing "I Walk the Line" and "Ring of Fire".

A few footnotes...

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Johnny Cash sold over 90 million albums in his nearly fifty-year career

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June Carter Cash (Johnny's wife) died on 15 May 2003, at the age of seventy-three. June had told Cash to keep working, so he continued to record and even performed a couple of surprise shows at the Carter Family Fold outside Bristol, Virginia. (The 5 July 2003, concert was his final public appearance.)

At the 21 June 2003, concert, before singing "Ring of Fire", Cash read a statement about his late wife that he had written shortly before taking the stage. He spoke of how June's spirit was watching over him and how she had come to visit him before going on stage. He barely made it through the song. Despite his poor health, he spoke of looking forward to the day when he could walk again and toss his wheelchair into the river near his home.

Johnny Cash died less than four months after his wife, on 12 September 2003.

RIP Johnny Cash...

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