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Post by Michael Messer on May 31, 2012 11:21:42 GMT
This is a lovely piece of film from the Johnny Cash TV Show in 1970....
Shine On
Michael
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Post by petermontague on May 31, 2012 12:59:54 GMT
Recently I have been listening to some Bessie Smith recordings with the Louis Armstrong orchestra.
If, like me, you are only familiar with him in later life as a celebrity musician on tv shows, it is a revelation to hear him as a young man and realise how good he was and see what an amazing contribution he made to both blues and jazz.
Still can't take to Johnnie Cash though!
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Post by Jaco on May 31, 2012 14:09:40 GMT
Pete
I would defo agree with you about Louis Armstrong. Few people actually know what a great horn player and musician he was. In my mind he's a legend! Johnny Cash? Well, I've never been a country music fan. But I guess in his own right he was great, had a tough life, for some of his life anyway. But I was never a fan.
Best,
Jaco
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Post by Michael Messer on May 31, 2012 14:14:46 GMT
Two giants of 20th century music...
Louis Armstrong was an incredible musician and in the 1920s and 30s he made some amazing records, both as a solo artist and as a session musician. If you are interested in Louis Armstrong, you should try and see the documentary film called 'Laughing Louis', it is excellent.
Johnny Cash too, I think he was an incredible writer, singer and performer. I always loved his music, way before I ever knew him, or had any connection with him and his family. He was a great man and had a wicked sense of humour. He was a pioneer of live music TV and those 'Johnny Cash Shows' showcased musicians from all walks of life at a time when shows like that didn't exist anywhere else.
Shine On
Michael
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Post by Michael Messer on May 31, 2012 16:16:08 GMT
Music is a personal thing and we all have our likes & dislikes. That is what makes it interesting.
I never really saw Johnny Cash as 'country', but I can obviously see that connection. I think of his music more as rock & roll, rockabilly and blues, than country. He did make a few MOR country records in the late 70s and early 80s that I can live without.......I agree there.
I saw him on his last visit to the UK in 1994 at the Shepherds Bush Empire, he was greater than ever - pure rock & roll. I wish I had gone to Glastonbury the next day, but that is another story.....
Shine On
Michael
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Post by frank64f on May 31, 2012 16:47:57 GMT
hi Michael,
My memory might be playing tricks, but wasn't Johnny Cash from the Sam Phillips Sun crowd along with Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins etc?
Frank
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Post by Stevie on May 31, 2012 17:51:10 GMT
Johnny Cash covered "Rusty Cage" by Soundgarden from the Bad Motor Finger recording. That took guts. I only "got" Cash when "Best Beloved's" father passed. I had the pick of his CDs and the only one that grabbed me was Johnny Cash. I picked up on him at first after listening to one of those slideshow excuses to post MP3s on the Tube. He was covering "Redemption Song" with Joe Strummer and I was hooked. Michael's right IMO, not really a country artist.
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Post by Michael Messer on May 31, 2012 23:04:11 GMT
Shine On
Michael
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Post by Michael Messer on May 31, 2012 23:05:29 GMT
Shine On
Michael
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Post by Jaco on Jun 1, 2012 2:31:13 GMT
Michael
As you said that we all have different tastes in music and that certainly does make it interesting. There is no doubt that Johnny Cash was a legend, and as you said a great writer, performer. I always give credit where credit is due, and respectfully so. He did showcase many acts on his TV show of many different genres. I think he broke down a lot of barriers that existed at that time. Johnny Cash was also a very tough and at the same time a sensitive soul with a strong will and spirit overcoming some very difficult periods he faced in his life. A legend for sure. We'll never see the likes of a Johnny Cash again as well.
Respectfully,
Jaco
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Post by waffle on Jun 1, 2012 7:44:49 GMT
Hi,
Johnny Cash i've always thought, but could be wrong? as a Country Music 'Rebel' Just as Steve Earle as been labelled with at times.My Dad passed all his Johnny Cash LP's on to me and i love them all.
I think Johnny weaved in and out of fashion at times,but was always there, so suprising,since his death,how many of the younger generation i hear singing or whistling his songs, i think they see him as a cool rock star (The Man In Black) since the Rick Rubin American Recordings of him.
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Post by slide496 on Jun 1, 2012 11:34:15 GMT
Always kind of associated Cash with his country legend wife, June Carter, and also with Bob Dylan - although I saw him listed with Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins on the Sun site, always thought of him as a unique country music star..
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Post by 1928triolian on Jun 3, 2012 13:37:18 GMT
Johnny Cash was an all round american musician. His deep and natural feeling and understanding of music, beyond genres, is well documented in the late american recordings.
I believe American V - A Hundred Highways is a definitive masterpiece and well worth a listen.
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