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“There’s a Washed in Blood Quality to Johnny Cash...” |
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You reach a dead end when you try to pigeonhole Johnny Cash as a country artist - his influence has stretched far and wide. Whether it’s singing “Girl from the North Country” with Bob Dylan, or inviting the Who to his 1970s TV show, Cash’s refusal to
Elton John
I like “I Walk the Line.” At San Quentin is just such a great album. There aren’t very many people that can interpret a lyric as well as Johnny Cash or Bob Dylan. It’s an art form. When Johnny sings it, you feel it. You feel he’s living it every single moment, like Waylon Jennings as well. Those kind of people, they’re a rare breed, and I don’t know if they’re ever going to be seen again. They’re giants. Emmylou Harris
Subliminally he affected me. He sang about murder. He sang about love gone wrong. He sang about the real deep dark issues in that voice that was like no one else’s. There’s a washed in blood quality to Johnny Cash. So he set the stage for me early on. Later on I got turned on to Dylan and folk-blues and Robert Johnson and all that stuff, but Johnny Cash was probably one of the first voices that really affected me. He’s continued, through his entire career, to bust through all genres. I remember when I really got into folk music and it became really important to me, I discovered that he did an album called Bitter Tears that looked at the plight of the American Indian. You can’t say enough about the man and what he represents. To me, he represents charisma. He’s one of those people who’s truly larger than life, and yet very, very human. He has a great sense of humor. He’s wonderful to be around. I’m just glad he was born. Chris Isaak
I like any kind of Johnny Cash record where his hair is really greasy. If his hair’s really greasy I guarantee it’s a good record. I did a video one time for a song called “Dark Moon.” I was in one of the worst spots of my life. I broke up with somebody and my life was hell. I didn’t get a haircut for three months and my hair was as long as it’s ever been. It came the day of the video, and I couldn’t care less. They asked, “Are you going to get a haircut?” I was like, “No.” I got the whole can of grease and put it on my hair and greased it back. If you watch that video, you’ll go, “Oh my God.” But I look at it and go, “I’m Johnny Cash!” A pound and a half of grease. At least I’ve got the hair. Not the talent, but at least the hair! I got to meet him when we did the Johnny Cash tribute special. I brought a picture of him when he was about 28 or something, young, with greasy black hair and all-black clothes. I went backstage and we talked a little bit. I was scared to death, thinking, “This guy did all the stuff I wish I done.” Johnny Cash once sat in a room with Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins and jammed! I got him to sign that picture. He probably wouldn’t remember me from Adam, but I’ll never forget meeting him. He got up at the special and said, “It’s so great to hear all these songs I wrote and these wonderful versions of them.” I thought, “That must be a wonderful feeling.” When you make songs they’re like children to you. You hope other people like them or understand them. It must be a wonderful feeling to hear all your children pay tribute to you. The B-52’s
Fred Schneider: Johnny Cash is just a genius. What he’s done isn’t country, it’s true American folk music. He’s like Bob Dylan, really, if you think about what he’s done. He’s had a lot of different periods in his career, from rockabilly to country. On one of his records he even recorded a Beck song and it really works. He’s been very social and politically aware. He’s one of the first in country to step out into that and make very important political statements. And that voice! There’s just so much character in his voice. He’s a tremendous artist. He’s definitely an American original and a great treasure. Keith Strickland: I love him. I have at least ten of his records and I named my son Sue. Darius Rucker
I’ve never met him. There’s a few people in the world I probably shouldn’t meet and Johnny’s probably one of them! I wouldn’t know what to say to him or what to do. I would just want to kiss him. Alan Jackson
Dean Sams, Lonestar Sometimes people start putting on all these faces and stuff in order to try to be successful in music, but Johnny Cash has always been a big star by just being him. If we learned anything from that, it’s that you can be who you are and be successful. He’s been a great lesson in how to be yourself. Mark Stuart, The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash I have never lived in a world without Johnny Cash. My earliest memories are of going on fishing trips with my dad when I was seven or eight years old, hearing “Boy Named Sue” on the radio and my dad and I singing along. Johnny Cash represents the second father in my life, not in blood, but in spirit. Thank you, Mr. Cash, for all the young artists you have helped and inspired and for all the people you have touched with your music and your humanity. > Rosanne Cash remembers her father. Read the interview. > Back to Johnny Cash 70th Birthday Tribute. |
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