Johnny Cash Only

I discovered Country Western music in early High School and fell in love with it. I liked other music but country Western was my favorite until the appearance of Michael Flatley and Irish Dance. Though I'm more than 3/4 Irish, I'd never heard of it. I was totally enthralled and even took lessons in Irish Dance. Lately, though I'm back to Country Western and all the singers I loved then. So many of them have passed on - it's sad. This has been a great thread! Thank you.
 

Scottish roots of Johnny Cash, the man in black tartan
Sat 6 Feb 2010

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Johnny Cash and his wife June pose with their eighteen month-old son John in Glasgow in 1971

"Johnny Cash had a voice that rumbled as deep as bone and songs that secured his reputation as one of the greats of country music. Now, seven years after his death, his final album, American VI: Ain't No Grave, will be released on 26 February – which would have been his 78th birthday. But while his millions of fans may have believed Cash to be an all-American outlaw, the man himself was obsessed with his Scottish roots."

"The unlikely tale begins in the late 1970s when Cash was returning to the United States and found himself seated next to Major Michael Crichton-Stuart, hereditary keeper of Falkland Palace in the Kingdom of Fife on the east side of Scotland. Cash mentioned that he had heard that his family originated in Scotland. Crichton-Stuart told the singer that he knew this to be the case since there were farms and streets in Fife that still bore the Cash name." (READ MORE)

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Gordon Lightfoot and Johnny Cash For Lovin' Me.flv
 

Remembering Johnny​

Dylan, Bono and more remember his extraordinary impact
by Matt Diehl 10/16/2003
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Bob Dylan
"Of course, I knew of him before he ever heard of me. In ’55 or ’56, “I Walk the Line” played all summer on the radio, and it was different than anything else you had ever heard. The record sounded like a voice from the middle of the earth. It was so powerful and moving. It was profound, and so was the tone of it, every line; deep and rich, awesome and mysterious all at once. “I Walk the Line” had a monumental presence and a certain type of majesty that was humbling. Even a simple line like “I find it very, very easy to be true” can take your measure. We can remember that and see how far we fall short of it." (READ MORE)
 
Meanderer said:
Johnny Cash - Sixteen Tons
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I take it you like country music or just Johnny Cash!!! I watched the movie of his life and then I understood why he always looked so depressed. By the way I am from TN the home of Country Music. Not a big fan of country music but I do like some of the artists.
 
scsusan said:
I take it you like country music or just Johnny Cash!!! I watched the movie of his life and then I understood why he always looked so depressed. By the way I am from TN the home of Country Music. Not a big fan of country music but I do like some of the artists.
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Thanks for your post and welcome to Senior Forums.
 
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