The Queen is dead
Sad news: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer-songwriter June Carter Cash was born into country music royalty and went on to marry Johnny Cash after writing about her forbidden passion for the Nashville hellraiser in the classic song "Ring of Fire."...
Posted in Blogcritics on May 16, 2003 01:40 PM
"Hurt" for Real: Johnny Cash has Pneumonia
The amazing Johnny Cash - at a highpoint in his, what?, fifth career with American lV: The Man Comes Around - is suffering from pneumonia: Johnny Cash is being treated at a Nashville hospital for pneumonia, a hospital spokeswoman said....
Posted in Blogcritics on March 15, 2003 02:38 PM
Johnny Cash- Hurt
My journey to find the music video.
Posted in Blogcritics on March 12, 2003 07:23 PM
The man himself
Johnny Cash is such a complete man. He is the prototypical all-American male. He out John Waynes John Wayne, is more rugged than Clint Eastwood, has more class than Frank Sinatra, makes Ronald Reagan look like a flag burner, cares for the downtrodden and exploited more than Michael Moore and is no less faithful than Billy Graham.
Posted in Blogcritics on March 8, 2003 11:22 PM
Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
With so many older rockers putting out albums, it's time for a true Legend to show them how it's done. Ladies and gentlemen, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash..."
Posted in Blogcritics on March 8, 2003 09:21 PM
Cash, Johnny Cash
It's the singer, not the song. You want proof punk? It's right here with Johnny Cash singing a Nine Inch Nails song (quicktime video 42 mb)....
Posted in Blogcritics on January 18, 2003 02:13 PM
The Complete Live at San Quentin
Today I bought something I've been meaning to buy for a long time. Now I'm kicking myself for not buying it a lot sooner. It's one of the best live albums I've ever heard--and I've heard quite a few.
Posted in Blogcritics on January 10, 2003 06:03 PM
Ten CD's I Keep On Hand At All Times
1. American Recordings, Johnny Cash. Last night, with a sick baby girl, I packed her up in her car seat and took her for a drive. For all the nonparents, or soon to be parents, this really does work. I...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 7, 2002 03:25 PM
Article comments
1 - BJ
Eric, thanks for putting all of those up. And of course, you and Dean are right about the real cause of death. When I read about June Carter's passing, the second thing I thought was that John would soon be released and join her again.
So while I'm incredibly sad today that he's no longer with us, that emotion seems slightly selfish. They're making beautiful music together again; we just can't hear it.
I'll spend the day listening to the music they left behind.
2 - Eric Olsen
Thanks BJ, very nice thoughts.
3 - Chris
If you can get it, listen to "Spiritual" off Unchained.
4 - Eric Olsen
It's great Chris, thanks.
5 - Lexington Green
One more link is now broken with an older, freer, wilder, harder America, a place of strong emotions and little or no irony, deep loves, abiding hatreds, strong friendships, hard punches, too much liquor, loyalty, sadness, betrayal, forgiveness, train whistles and sunrise on the open road. And the work ethic of a man who never retired but kept on going and pushing himself and his fans, old and new, until his body simply disintegrated. And it's all still there, that lost world, in the music. Lucky for us. But we'll miss the man, and what he might have given us next. God rest his soul.
6 - Eric
I finally picked up his latest CD yesterday, I was listening to "Give My Love to Rose" last night, kinda hit the mood I was in on 9/11... and then I'm listening to "Hurt" on my laptop when I read he died.... Not altogether sure if that should be creepy or comforting, but I for one am really going to miss the Man in Black.
7 - Eric Olsen
Wow Lexington, that was something, and you're sure right about the lack of irony. That's a startling difference from those just ten years younger.
Eric, it's creepy and comforting, like a great JC song.
8 - Jim Carruthers
I've seen Johnny Cash twice in concert, and while it was sometimes hokey, it was honest and a celebration of families, both those we have, and those we make.
The remarkable thing about Johnny Cash is that he was the centre of one of the most remarkable dynasties in American popular music.
He married into the Carter Family, one of the foundatations of bluegrass and country, he had his own career, his children have distinquished themselves as unique voices in country music.
9 - Eric Olsen
Please see the thoughtful words from Kris Kristofferson above that came in via email
10 - Rick DeMent
I could go on forever talking about what the music of Johnny Cash meant to me personally but right now I find comfort imagining the scene today at the pearly gates of heaven where St. Peter is being greeted by a baritone voice announcing,
11 - Eric Olsen
thanks Rick, that's a very fine image!
12 - Allan Karl
"It's All About Cash"
Great stuff. I posted an interesting story about my chance meeting with Johnny Cash in a New York Airport almost 10 years ago. You can read it here.
13 - Eric Olsen
Thanks so much Allan, great story. I left a comment on your site
14 - Hogman
He Goth?
15 - BRICKLAYER
The Gothiest.
16 - Reorga Nize
Strange things happens too many times to be just an occasion
17 - Lopka Xmass
Girls, have fun, not boys
18 - Pavel Brain
Shit happens, is it?