Posted on 08/21/2008 10:51:36 AM PDT by weegee
NASHVILLE, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Singer-songwriter Roseanne Cash says she's "appalled" by others invoking the name of her father, music legend Johnny Cash, to "further their own agendas."
Writing on her Web site, Roseanne Cash, a Grammy winner with 11 No. 1 country music singles since 1979, took exception to unnamed people appropriating the memory of her father, who died five years ago. While not singling out anyone in the post, the message came only days after country music superstar John Rich said Johnny Cash would have supported likely Republican U.S. presidential nominee John McCain, The Nashville Tennessean said.
Rich, appearing at recent rally for McCain, reportedly said, "Somebody's got to walk the line in the country. They've got to walk it unapologetically. And I'm sure Johnny Cash would have been a John McCain supporter if he was still around."
Roseanne Cash wrote, "It is appalling to me that people still want to invoke my father's name, five years after his death, to ascribe beliefs, ideals, values and loyalties to him that cannot possibly be determined, and to try to further their own agendas by doing so.
"This is especially dangerous in the case of political affiliation. It is unfair and presumptuous to use him to bolster any platform."
Reminds me of the Democratic primary debate when Boston Congressman/Politcal Hack Joe Moakly died and they held a special election.
About 10 hacks were aspiring for promotion and during the debate scarce was the question whose answer did not begin, “If Joe Moakly were here he’d say....” Remarkably, Representative Moakly, deceased, late of Boston, invariably agreed with the pet notions of the speaker.
I wish she’d spoken out against the Hollywood music video that had every no talent pop celeb wandering through Johnny Cash’s “last” music video, God’s Gonna Cut You Down.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God’s_Gonna_Cut_You_Down
A music video, directed by Tony Kaye (director), was made for this version in late 2006. It featured a number of celebrities, including:
Iggy Pop
Kanye West
Chris Martin
Kris Kristofferson
Patti Smith
Terrence Howard
Flea
Q-Tip
Adam Levine
Chris Rock
Justin Timberlake
Kate Moss
Sir Peter Blake
Sheryl Crow
Dennis Hopper
Woody Harrelson
Amy Lee
Tommy Lee
the Dixie Chicks
Mick Jones
Sharon Stone
Bono
Shelby Lynne
Anthony Kiedis
Travis Barker
Lisa Marie Presley
Kid Rock
Jay-Z
Keith Richards
Billy Gibbons
Corinne Bailey Rae
Johnny Depp
Graham Nash
Brian Wilson
Rick Rubin
Whoopi Goldberg
Owen Wilson
It also briefly features archive footage of Cash himself. The video was shot entirely in black and white.
Well, since he shot a man in Reno, he couldn’t vote anyways!
How would Bobby Fuller vote?
Roseanne Cash stage divin’ for the dust bin with Willie Nelson, the Dixie Chicks, and Toby Keith.
It was Sam Phillips of Sun Records who told Johnny to do some sinning and start living a life that was worth a damn to write about.
I think he made the comment on that documentary that was made about Sam Phillips and Sun Records a few years back.
Sounds like Johnny would cling to guns AND religion.
Just ask Ira Hayes.
The stanzas I am thinking about are:
” I wear the black in mournin’ for the lives that could have been, Each week we lose a hundred fine young men.”
“And, I wear it for the thousands who have died,
Believen’ that the Lord was on their side,”
My point is that who knows how Johnny would have voted, and to let the man rest in peace. Thankfully for him these are no longer his problems. He is with June in a much better place.
If there was ever anyone that knew about sinning, it was Sam Phillips and his bunch!
Powerful post Publius.
What I care about is that, to the end, he searched for the truth and sought to do what was right. I think that he was successful in much of his search and efforts. I respect the man and hope that I do as much to be respected when I am gone.
Something to consider when we think about the class of Johnny Cash versus other entertainers' venom spewed daily:
When asked what he thought about President George W. Bush, early in the President's first term, Johnny Cash replied, "I didn't vote for the man. Let's leave it at that."
He expressed his reservations, but he did not attack the man or attempt to undermine his work. If only those that walk in his shadow were just as classy.
I meant to type, Johnny Cash made a few comments that would lead me to believe that he believed in quite a few FDR New Deal philosophies. Like many in his generation.
I’m glad I never heard of that. I’d rather think of him in the video to “Rusty Cage.”
wifey told me about this yesterday....
Rosanne runs with the looney left singer songwriter gang here
Rodney Crowell (neighbor) and Hal Ketchum are like the big dogs in that bunch
they call their circle jerk the Americana Music Awards....at the Ryman
the LEFT here in Nashville has adopted Johnny as their diety.
Sad.
I prefer a WAYLON bumpersticker. No ambiguity there hoss!
Rodney Crowell’s a good performer and songwriter. Too bad if he’s also a bat. And of course, he’s Rosanne’s ex-husband. I thought Hal Ketchum was dead. Didn’t he have a massive drug problem around the time he had a couple of hit songs? Great voice in those days (early 80’s?) - lots of range.
Also, I wonder if Mr. McCain would agree with the sentiments in "The Man in Black:
Well you wonder why I always dress in black
Why you never see bright colors on my back
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone
Well there's a reason for the things that I have on
I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down
Livin' in the hopeless hungry side of town
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime
But is there because he's a victim of the times.
&
I wear it for the sick and lonely old
For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold
I wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men
indeed...Crowell lives up the hill from me and yes he is a good songwriter and performer, but alas as usual..he’s a serious lefty.
A real crusader, not just your usual ignorant celebrity. Maybe part Woody Guthrie, part WPA socialist.....course he lives in a 750,000 dollar home....tuff being a man of the people
sounds like a lot of elitist Dems doesn’t he?
this Nashville Americana Awards gang includes:
Fogerty
Levon Helm
Steve Earle
Allison Krauss
Jim Lauderdale
Lucinda Williams
Marty Stuart
Joe Ely
Trent Summars
Wilco
Elizabeth Cook
John Prine
Emmy Lou
Mary Chapin Carpenter
and tons more...........some are great...really really good.
but...most are lefties...shame
LOL! Isn't it always like that? How many of the "populists" live like the national economic median, in a 3-br, 1-1/2 bath tract house in the medium-range suburbs? Even their "rural" places cost more than I'll ever have ... and I don't blame them, they earned it fair and square selling entertainment.
Some incredible talents on your list. My family is active in the Folk Society here (Charlotte, NC, area) and there are some barking moonbats, but they are nice people and are thrilled when we show up at events with eight children who love traditional music.
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