The 9-12 remembrance thread

[minionofmidas]

On Septermber 12th 2003, Johnny Cash passed beyond the curtain of time forever.

[minionofmidas]

The day Johnny Cash died was a terrbile day. "The Man in Black" has to be the greatest country singer of all time. His songs were all folksy, yet many taught lessons. My favorite of his songs, "The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down," is one that teavhes about the fall of Richmond.

That's by The Band (although he's recorded it.)

[minionofmidas]

greatest country singer ever?  no.

listen to jimmie rodgers, roy acuff, ernest tubb, hank williams...

dont get me wrong im a johnny cash fan.  waylon jennings is probably my favorite singer from the cash generation/

Never liked Hank Williams. Jimmie Rodgers is cool. But, to me, the GOAT has to be Dock Boggs.

[minionofmidas]

greatest country singer ever?  no.

listen to jimmie rodgers, roy acuff, ernest tubb, hank williams...

dont get me wrong im a johnny cash fan.  waylon jennings is probably my favorite singer from the cash generation/

Never liked Hank Williams. Jimmie Rodgers is cool. But, to me, the GOAT has to be Dock Boggs.

How can you NOT like Hank Williams?

"Theirs a tear in my beer,
cause I'm cryin over you...
you were on my lonesome mind..."

Too much of a crooner for me, I guess...

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Never did.

[minionofmidas]

How ironic that we're discussing classical music on a Johnny Cash thread.  He's probably rolling over in his grave.

He always kept an open mind.

[minionofmidas]

Johnny Cash grew up in the New Deal model Agricultural Cooperative of Dyess, Arkansas.
Three Cheers to the New Deal!

[minionofmidas]

Chorus: I never picked cotton
Like my mother did
And my brother did
And my sister did
And my daddy died young, working in a coalmine

When I was just a baby
Too little for the cotton sack
I played in the dirt while the others worked
Till they couldn't straighten up their backs
And I made myself a promise
When I was old enough to run
That I'd never stay for another day
In that Oklahoma sun
And (chorus)

Folks said that I grew up early
And the farm couldn't hold me then
So I stole ten bucks and a pickup truck
And I never went back again
And it was fast cars and whiskey
Long legged girls and fun
I had everything that money could bring
And I took it all with a gun
And (chorus)

It was saturday night in Memphis
When a redneck grabbed my shirt
He said: Go back to your cotton sack
I left him lieing in the dirt
And they'll take me in the morning
To the gallows just outside
And in the time I got there ain't a hell of a lot
That I can look back on with pride
But (chorus)
(chorus)