I get “This video is not available” with a Sorry about that and a frowny face
I used to work with an old black redneck who absolutely loved Johnny Cash.
You haven’t lived until you pull into the drive of an old black coworker to find he and his wife singing “Jackson”.
Worked with a black fella who always wore black. I knew the answer but at a company picnic I asked him if he was a Johnny Cash fan as he always wore black. His answer? “I walk the line”
Part of what made Johnny Cash so great was not just the songs he wrote that became classics, but the fact that so often when he recorded someone elses song his version became the classic.
When I was just a baby
My Mama told me, "Son
Always be a good boy
Don't ever play with guns,"
But I shot a man in Reno
Just to watch him die
When I hear that whistle blowin'
I hang my head and cry.
These lyrics raise some questions. For one thing, which "San Antone" is he talking about? I don't believe San Anonio, in Marin County, Calif. has rail service. To reach the San Antonios in Texas and New Mexico by rail, one would have to take a long and roundabout route through Los Angeles, or Salt Lake City. However, he could be referring to a neighborhood in Oakland, Calif.
He also implies that he's in Folsom Prison for a crime committed in Reno, Nev., which is in another jurisdiction.
Such a body of work, hmmmm.
I guess “Ring of Fire” is one of the earliest songs I remember in my life. Apparently JR crawled down into some cave to die, but had an epiphany and came out to write that song instead.
Middle name “R” is not something you see every day. I listen to him often, and I will always feel haunted when I hear those Spanish trumpets.