General Favorite Johnny Cash song

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Filthy

Filthy

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I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.

still makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck, just like the first time I heard it on Grandpa's record player.

and I could go on for days with deep cuts like "Drink To Me With Thine Eyes Only" or "Death & Hell" from The Highwaymen...

but I'll limit myself to 3 facets of the genius of Johnny Cash.

1) just like when he 'shot a man in Reno', the depth of pain and longing that he carries in "I never got over those blue eyes" grips your heart and squeezes it like a sour lemon.



2) his ability to tell a story, full of context and color, in the minimum number of words and chords. And his ability to take any song and make it his own, this was originally cut by Roy Clark. But Johnny Cash owns this song. I also I connect strongly with this song, because I grew up on a farm and left for the big city at a fairly young age.



3) His fearless sense of Justice. In a nationalistic genre of music, Johnny Cash stood above it all and demanded equality before the law and human rights for every person on Earth. And he did it without preaching (I'm looking at you, Steve Earle). He lived as an example of how a better man would live, not telling anyone how to live their life.




and my daughter's favorite Cash song is



she's 5. she knows all the words.
 
Grateful Dude

Grateful Dude

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Filthy said:
I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.

still makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck, just like the first time I heard it on Grandpa's record player.

and I could go on for days with deep cuts like "Drink To Me With Thine Eyes Only" or "Death & Hell" from The Highwaymen...

but I'll limit myself to 3 facets of the genius of Johnny Cash.

1) just like when he 'shot a man in Reno', the depth of pain and longing that he carries in "I never got over those blue eyes" grips your heart and squeezes it like a sour lemon.



2) his ability to tell a story, full of context and color, in the minimum number of words and chords. And his ability to take any song and make it his own, this was originally cut by Roy Clark. But Johnny Cash owns this song. I also I connect strongly with this song, because I grew up on a farm and left for the big city at a fairly young age.



3) His fearless sense of Justice. In a nationalistic genre of music, Johnny Cash stood above it all and demanded equality before the law and human rights for every person on Earth. And he did it without preaching (I'm looking at you, Steve Earle). He lived as an example of how a better man would live, not telling anyone how to live their life.




and my daughter's favorite Cash song is



she's 5. she knows all the words.
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Check this out...some cool guitar tricks done by Roy :D

View: https://youtu.be/T6txoV_mGQg
 
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