Ring of Fire is one of Johnny Cash’s most recognisable songs and is widely regarded as one of the greatest country songs ever recorded. You only need to hear it once to understand the power of his sound and voice,…
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Move it on Over (1947) – Hank Williams
This cheeky little song from Hank is meant to get a chuckle. The writing is just so relatable, easy to just gel with, and if you pair it with the gospel number I Saw the Light, recorded at the same…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, hank williams, Johnny Cash, move it on over, the band, Woody Guthrie
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Jackson (1967) – Johnny Cash & June Carter
Jackson is a high-spirited, playful, grassroots country song that I’ve returned to more than almost any other Johnny Cash performance over the years. But I shouldn’t just say Johnny – because it’s his wife – June Carter’s country twang and…
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Cocaine Blues (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA – January 1968) – Johnny Cash
Here is Johnny going all gangster…singing a song about murder and cocaine inside a prison…to thunderous applause.“I thought I was her daddy but she had five more.” Gotta love that line….. Also, is there a better way for a prison…
The Man Comes Around (2002) – Johnny Cash
If there’s one artist I’ve shortchanged in my Music Library Project, it would have to be Johnny Cash. I’ll be doing some necessary backtracking in the coming years with respect to the alphabetical listing of songs, to include more of…
It Ain’t Me Babe (1964) – Bob Dylan
I like this photo of Bob. You know that standard Elizabethan image of Shakespeare we all see (with the large lace collar which encircles his neck – called a ‘ruff’), well I could imagine something like the above being the…
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One Too Many Mornings (Live at Free Trade Hall, Manchester, UK – May 17, 1966) – Bob Dylan and The Band
On October 21, I wrote about Dylan’s Experimental Documentary ‘Eat the Document’ which features clips of his monumental ‘Play it Loud!’ second set songs as heard in the Bob Dylan Live 1966 Bootleg. I always considered it the beacon of rock…
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Hurt (2002) – Johnny Cash
Hurt is a song by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails from its second studio album. Johnny Cash covered the song in a different way to the original for his wife. The song as shown in the video is…
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