Johnny cash never went to prison. BUT at one of his prison performances Merle Haggard was in the audience and he said it inspired him to become a musician.
Johnny’s is a cover of Hank Snow who had the big hit, with it and wrote the American version. It was first written by an Australian about Australian towns and cities names.
Does my old soul good to see you young guys find the beauty of the old days. I'm 71 and I lived the period first hand. So much has been misunderstood and misconstrued, but you can't go wrong with Johnny. He lived outside Goodlettsville in the late 60s and would work out in his garden. Folks would drive up and stop on the side of the road and picnic and watch him. Sometimes he'd wave, and very occasionally he'd come to the fence and chitchat and maybe have a glass of tea with you. No one yelled or trespassed. We had manners. These days, they'd tear down the fence and ransack the garden. Truly sad how brutal we've become while being so "civilized".
Great post. I am 63 and I mourn for the country that is gone. I am shocked by how authoritarian those in power have become, while the vast majority are bigger criminals than those they put in prison. Who knew that we really were born in Utopia... we had true freedom to go wherever we wanted, say whatever we thought... Beautiful memories... (and I have faith that we will reject this new misery that is the ruling class... and we will find our way back to better times. God, music and comedy will help us get through whatever is coming...)
@@KimSmith-v5k Well said. Well said. But our grandchildren are fully indoctrinated and woke. I fear for the future of humanity. Much less the future of real freedom.
Um ...where is that happening? Lying to make some sort of point? That stuff isn't happening, bud...lay off the Fox News -- they're lying to you, and now you're repeating that lie. You think God's gonna see your lies and be happy about them?
This was a short version of the song, there's at least one missing verse about this years growing up, including the line "Some girl would giggle and I'd get red, some guy would laugh and I'd bust his head..."
The song was written by Shell Silverstein. He was a poet who wrote books like "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and "The Giving Tree" as well as submitting his musings to Playboy. Check out his poems like "Hug-of-War" and "The Babysitter" for a mix of his absurd and touching sides.
I have a hardback copy of Where the Sidewalk Ends, first read Shel's work in Playboy, his sense of humor is one of a kind, had no idea he wrote a boy named Sue, Dr. Hook's covers of his words are timeless, always wondered, were they written as songs, or did the musicians adapt his words into music
Did not know this, Thank You. Grew up reading all of his childrens collections of poems and stories, dark and beautiful, sometimes not for a younger mind.
Johnny Cash is a triple threat, member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Check out him and Roy Clark doing the Orange Blossom Special. Will not disappoint.
Now that you've sampled early Johnny Cash, you should check out his last... Cover of a song called "Hurt". They guy who wrote it said it's not even his song anymore, it's Johnny's now.
Fellas, this was written by a guy named Shel Silverstein who is a writer and satirist. He also wrote a couple songs that were recorded by a guy named Bobby Bare called Marie Laveau and another called The Winner, that talks about what it's like to have that rep and to always have guys wanting to try you. Both really funny songs and good stories. Johnny wrote a song about spending a night in jail for being drunk in public, but he actually never spent any time in prison. He has performed in a few and recorded a bunch of songs about prison.
Yes, Johnny was known as the bad boy of the country scene. He did have a lot of early life trauma (his brother died very young) then later in life battled addiction. His fan base was very much from the gritty harder side of the track. He was always given a hard time by the record label/radio executives trying to get him to clean up his behavior off stage. He had noticed that a lot of fan mail coming from prison inmates and he decided to take the band and record a live album at Folsom Prison. Of course they thought he was crazy but the album Live At Folsom Prison became a huge hit, won a bunch of Grammys etc….. he was very in tune and relatable to his fan base. He is the “Man In Black”…. It’s his signature style and really represents going against the grain, being true to your creativity regardless of what the powers tell you to do. I believe this is why Cash is still to this day a well respected artist in any genre.
Johnny never severed prison time but he did have a reverence for those incarcerated He was a devout (yet, at times struggling) Christian and believed everyone is redeemable in the eyes of Christ
Johnny did not go to prison. He was arrested well into his career for bringing drugs in from Mexico. He did battle drug addiction throughout his life. The reason he did his prison concerts was after a particularly bad drug spiral and because of his hit Folsom Prison Blues, he was getting fan mail from men in prison. He wanted to do a live concert for the men that had sent him so many letters of encouragement after his arrest. Columbia initially said no to the idea but his perseverance made it happen. The album hit number one on the country charts and the top ten nationally and is credited as revitalizing his career.
Here's something for everyone. In the audience is Merle Haggard. He became a famous country music singer. Johnny Cash inspired Merle. Okie from Muskogee. Good song.
I was first introduced to Johnny Cash in 1956 when he was with Sun Records. I bought "I Walk The Line" and bought every record he recorded for the next 40 years. He is the best story teller in Country Music history and there have been many over the years. Thanks for the reaction, it was great to hear your perspective.
I agree. Country music, especially at that time, had so many amazing storytellers. Johnny Cash was epic. He did it best all the way to the end. "Hurt" was a beautiful farewell and haunting summary of his life. There will never be another Johnny Cash ❤
I would love to see you react to more Johnny Cash. I love Folsom Prison Blues...which is definitely one of his most popular. His voice is just so unique.
This was the first song I heard from Johnny Cash when I was 8 years. My grandparents and I went to the cabin and grandpa put on a Johnny Cash cassette, pressed play while we were getting the campfire ready for cooking and I've been hooked on Johnny Cash since (I'm almost 47 now).
Love you guys cause you let me know stuff w out killing the messenger! He didn’t really play regularly in prisons. He was planning a comeback special and wanted to do it in San Quentin. Record label said no effin way. He did it on his own. Record co heard it and realized it was one of the best concerts of all time. Released it and it’s one of the biggest live albums of all time. Another tale of dumb azz record execs. 😂 in fairness though I can see it being hard to market to prisoners then! Now we have way more of them! Ouch 😢
When i was 16 years old and working in a cotton mill in the 60's i talked my mom and dad to go to a Jonny Chas concert in Montgomery, Al. And i got to pay for all the tickets. I'm 72 now and that was my first ever concert.
Shel Silverstein, a Jewish boy from Chicago, wrote A Boy named Sue. Before Shel went to Nashville, he wrote children's books. These include, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Falling Up and A Light in the Attic. Silverstein was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
😂we loved this song as kids. We didn't listen to Country Music but my Granddad loved Johnny Cash and we knew all his song. Still listen to him and love him today
HOW HAVE YOU NEVER HEARD THIS SONG?! Oh Mr. Cash. Is Forever ever ever one of the absolute GREATEST OF ALL TIME. 🫶🫶🫶 that man! When he redid “Hurt” by Nine Inch Nails… I lost it‼️❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Johnny did this song later on after he had his son, and at the end he says I’d name my son Jon……it’s very touching and heart warming the way it was done
@@KrizzKalikoOfficial Johnny was in the Highwaymen with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson. Check that group of Super Stars out. They all wrote, played, and sang their own songs and all the others too. Johnny had his own TV show and sang "Sunday Morning Coming Down" on the show with Kris! Kris had delivered the song to Cash by landing a helicopter on Johnnys lawn! Quite the story Krizz. Kris was a Rhodes Scholar and so much more! He also wrote "Me and Bobby McGee" for Janis Joplin and many other classics. The whole Highwaymen group wrote hundreds of timeless songs. Pure Magic my friend, I'm glad Black Pegasus put me on to you! Ask him to put the original Highwayman's song in front of you, I'd love to see that, you're both great entertainment!
I am so loving your reactions! I have been watching more of your reactions than any other reactor at this time. Black Pegasus introduced me to you. I grew up in the 70's...Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, etc. Best music in the wolrd came from the 70's, it was also the best time to be alive.
This Song showed Johnny's sense of humor. He was definitely part of the original "Outlaw Country" group. Awesome job on your commentary until the end of the song.
The legend Merle Haggard was an inmate at San Quentin when Johnny Cash performed there many years prior to this. He eventually got out and pursued a country music career and became of the legends in the genre. There's even a video of him doing impersonations of other artists like Johnny Cash, and Johnny Cash comes out and starts singing with him while he's being impersonated. Lol
Charlie Daniels was also good at telling stories with rhymes. Listen to “Uneasy Rider”. Roger Miller did a similar song in the 50s or early 60s called “Hot Rod Lincoln”
It is interesting you see that link with rap music as Johnny had years in the Nashville wilderness, his "Man in Black" champion of the working class personality did not fit in too well with big hair and rhinestone Country scene- even had his record contract dropped. It was hip-hop producer Rick Rubin who sought him out and they recorded his brilliant later albums together.
Johnny Cash is not the person who wrote this song, It was written by Shel Silverstein. Shel is best known for writing childrens poem books The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and A Light in the Attic . He was also a cartoonists in Playboy and has a large body of other works. Johnny Cash never went to prison, he did spend the night in jail once.
I found you through Black Pegasus. I am 54 and I have a suggestion for you. I would really like to see your reaction to Whipping Post by the Allman Brothers. It can out in 1969 the year I was born. It was my Fathers favorite song. The word video is the best vocals.. I love Jonny Cash. I grew up listening to him too. Thanks for the reaction. God Bless.
I love his recording of a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, The Ballad of the Harp Weaver. The poem itself breaks my heart,and,his interpretation is very powerful.
Well, one thing was the song that won Cash Best Male Country Vocal Performance at the Grammys - “A Boy Named Sue” - a song he didn't even write. Cash performed and was recorded live at San Quentin on February 24, 1969. Television replaced radio as the dominant broadcast medium by the 1950s and took over home entertainment. Approximately 8,000 U.S. households had television sets in 1946; 45.7 million had them by 1960.
It's funny/awesome that you referred to him as a rapper. I can see where you're coming from. That man was as badass and hard as anyone you have on those walls around you.
Cash was definitely an authentic badass. Wasn't it Trent Reznor who said his song, "Hurt," was no longer a Nine Inch Nails song, but was forever after a Johnny Cash Song? As someone mentioned Merle Haggard, you should do a reaction to his, "Mama Tried."
The closest Johnny got to being locked up was an overnight in jail. He did however perform a lot in Prisons. That flipping the bird picture was taken during a prison performance. It was being broadcast live on TV and they tried to tell him to not swear and stuff. That was his response.
There's a movie made of him and his wife June Carter. Now when you talk about the carters you're going to go back in time😊. The name of the movie is I Walk the line
I love this stuff. In a world of overproduced music videos, there is something raw about just Johnny, his band, a couple cameras, and a makeshift stage in a prison entertaining real hard men.
Now try "Big Iron" by Marty Robbins, you'll be able to picture the whole story in your mind! Although Johnny never was in prison he did spend a night or two in "City Jail" check that one out by him. Great reaction!
Country singer Merle Haggard was incarcerated at the time of this concert he is sitting on the front row middle ways! Johnny Cash had a guard to bring him some water and it was dirty and he held it up and took a drink and it wasn't long before that prison got clean water ! Rest in peace Johnny and Merle 💔💔
This song was SO popular when it came out in the 60s (oldie here) - for anyone who was into country music. Johnny was an amazing singer/songwriter/musician. Sadly, he struggled with drugs much of his life. If you haven’t done so already, you might enjoy his cover of Hurt! Great reaction.. thank-you!
Y'all need to check out Coward of the County by Kenny Rogers. Even if it's in your own time. It's a song worth listening to for any man. Especially since y'all seem to enjoy the story based country songs. Teddy Bear by Red Sovine is another that will get you as a father.
Krizz, I know we're here for JohnnyC. But I gotta take this opportunity to say thank you! Easier For you changed my perspective & how I viewed key moments of my life! It helped, and truly has changed my life & ill 4ever be grateful to you for that! ❤❤❤
Never been a fan of Johnny Cash's music myself, but I've got a lot of respect for him. His style of delivery is timeless, and his presence is felt all over in pop culture to rock and even children's cartoons. Man's a legend.
Krizzzz much respect! Kali Baby! Ive been watching a few of these reactiona, Wild how busy you are, youre still able to give your all in These reactions. love your music and the heart you put into your music. Keep on keeping on!
There may be what many consider an iconic poster of Johnny Cash flipping his middle finger. But that was actually only a small part of him. He actually had a television show that was quite family friendly. So was the concert of his that I went to. If you want to see the real Johnny Cash, watch him singing the song he wrote about why he always wore the clothes that he did. It’s called “The Man In Black”.
Johnny Cash was before my time, but I'm a small town country girl and Johnny Cash was a legend. My fav thing when I was growing up in the 90's was listening to my parents classic rock and country vinyl albums. Had the Boy Named Sue LP on my dresser. One of my fav songs. It was alongside Janis Joplin, Dr. Hook, CCR , the Beatles, and, ahem, Bill Cosby's stand up.
Its called "Sprechgesang" or "speak-singing" Johnny created his own subgenre really during that time-period with his bass-baritone voice that blended folk, rock and roll, and country. Also have to mention that Mr. Cash was a great storyteller. He was a train-like chugging guitar rhythms, rebellious bluegrass country. Rockabilly through-n-through.
No, Johnny Cash did not go to prison. He once said he spent a night or two in jails but not prison. But he did have a strong empathy for men in prison and did a number of shows in prisons to entertain the inmates. And while Johnny did a number of story telling “ talking songs,” he also had a strong singing voice. I WALK THE LINE, JACKSON with his wife June Carter Cash, a star in her own right, RING OF FIRE, FOLSUM PRISON BLUES, are a few of his hits. There are many more. His rendition of HURT, originally by Nine Inch Nails, was the last song he did and it will rear your heart out. Johnny did classic country, humor, and gospel. He a legend, one of Country music’s greatest.
Johnny Cash didn’t actually write this one, it was written by Shel Silverstein, the author of Where The Sidewalk Ends and The Giving Tree. Silverstein wrote a lot of country songs (and drew some dirty comics too)
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve practiced this since I was a kid. Everything has to stop when Cash comes on, and specifically this song. I can say every word.
I got a real good one if y'all are interested. The singer is Johnny Paycheck and the song is Billy Bardo. Old school country song with a very cool story. Love the reaction to Johnny Cash fellas ❤
Dude. This song is THE joke in my family. There was no boy's name picked out for me (strange, but true), so when I asked my mom what my name would have been if I had been a boy... she laughed. And told me I'd have been a boy named Sue. Been one of my favorite songs ever since.
Love the reaction, glad you are opening your knowledge music history. So many fantastic singers in every genre and each affects us in differnet ways. Our bodies run on vibration and sound waves so the tones, notes, melodies cause real reaction in the body. Love it.
I can’t remember who said this but I saw an interview with a musician and the conversation turned to Johnny Cash because he had just passed away. This musician was asked about a remembrance of Cash. He said that he met him many times over the years at various award shows and other music industry functions. He said that “Johnny Cash was seldom the biggest star at the event but he was always the most interesting person in the room”
You need to check out Harry Nielsen- without you, this guy has quite a voice and his music is all over the place, with the lime & the coconut & broke my heart, his music can't put my finger on it except, he was talented , also some old school stuff is Black Oak Arkansas and newer stuff is Kentucky headhunters, dumas walker, Wallflowers- one headlight Traveling Wilburys- Dion-Abraham, Martin & John Dr. Hook- cover of the rolling stones Nazareth-love hurts Hooters- Three degrees-when will I see you again Blue Oyster Cult-dont fear the reaper Procal Harem-whiter shade of pale, live in Denmark
This was written by Shel Silverstein, who wrote many comedic country songs. Johnny picked it up because, well, he picke d up on just about everything. Strongly suggest you give a listen to "Hurt", his very last song before his death (written by Trent Reznor for Nine Inch Nails). After Johnny sent Reznor the demo CD; after Reznor heard it he called Johnny and told him "I wrote it, but you own it now."
Johnny cash never went to prison. BUT at one of his prison performances Merle Haggard was in the audience and he said it inspired him to become a musician.
As long as you can inspire one, it inspires you to keep going
Well Johnny Cash never went to prison he had been arrested and spent time in jail a number of times for misdemeanor charges.
No prison. But he spent a few nights in jail for possession.
Maybe not prison but he been on the other side of bars many times
@@Raven5150 Seven times in jail, never more than overnight.
If you really want to hear Johnny rap, listen to "I've been everywhere."
That was my comment exactly
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Johnny’s is a cover of Hank Snow who had the big hit, with it and wrote the American version. It was first written by an Australian about Australian towns and cities names.
@@mentalwedgee it even has Kansas City in it!
@@mentalwedgee I was thinking more like Cadillac song "One Piece at a Time" 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂
The original man in black. Rest peacefully Johnny Cash. ❤
THEE Man In Black. There is no other.
Man In Black is my favorite song of his.
yep. the first song on guitar I ever learned as a kid was the Folsom Prison Blues.
Does my old soul good to see you young guys find the beauty of the old days. I'm 71 and I lived the period first hand. So much has been misunderstood and misconstrued, but you can't go wrong with Johnny. He lived outside Goodlettsville in the late 60s and would work out in his garden. Folks would drive up and stop on the side of the road and picnic and watch him. Sometimes he'd wave, and very occasionally he'd come to the fence and chitchat and maybe have a glass of tea with you. No one yelled or trespassed. We had manners. These days, they'd tear down the fence and ransack the garden. Truly sad how brutal we've become while being so "civilized".
Sounds like an awesome experience. Thx for sharing
Great post. I am 63 and I mourn for the country that is gone. I am shocked by how authoritarian those in power have become, while the vast majority are bigger criminals than those they put in prison. Who knew that we really were born in Utopia... we had true freedom to go wherever we wanted, say whatever we thought... Beautiful memories... (and I have faith that we will reject this new misery that is the ruling class... and we will find our way back to better times. God, music and comedy will help us get through whatever is coming...)
@@KimSmith-v5k Well said. Well said. But our grandchildren are fully indoctrinated and woke. I fear for the future of humanity. Much less the future of real freedom.
Um ...where is that happening? Lying to make some sort of point? That stuff isn't happening, bud...lay off the Fox News -- they're lying to you, and now you're repeating that lie. You think God's gonna see your lies and be happy about them?
@@KimSmith-v5kThe 2 black men who run this channel CANNOT agree with you, since they'd have been lynched by people like you.
This was a short version of the song, there's at least one missing verse about this years growing up, including the line "Some girl would giggle and I'd get red, some guy would laugh and I'd bust his head..."
EXACTLY!! I caught this too! I hate it when reactors waste their reactions on stupid fan videos and chopped up junk like this.
The song was written by Shell Silverstein. He was a poet who wrote books like "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and "The Giving Tree" as well as submitting his musings to Playboy. Check out his poems like "Hug-of-War" and "The Babysitter" for a mix of his absurd and touching sides.
... AND, for Shel's more ... Adult ... musings, check out "I Got Stoned and I Missed It", "The Great Smoke-off", and, finally, "F^ck 'em!"
I have a hardback copy of Where the Sidewalk Ends, first read Shel's work in Playboy, his sense of humor is one of a kind, had no idea he wrote a boy named Sue, Dr. Hook's covers of his words are timeless, always wondered, were they written as songs, or did the musicians adapt his words into music
Did not know this, Thank You. Grew up reading all of his childrens collections of poems and stories, dark and beautiful, sometimes not for a younger mind.
@@JPDillon and "Never Bite a Married Woman on the Thigh"
@@JPDillon Sahra Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out
Johnny Cash is a triple threat, member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Check out him and Roy Clark doing the Orange Blossom Special. Will not disappoint.
Now that you've sampled early Johnny Cash, you should check out his last... Cover of a song called "Hurt". They guy who wrote it said it's not even his song anymore, it's Johnny's now.
That guy is Trent Reznor. And you are 100% correct. Most people these days who hear the original "Hurt" think NIN are doing a Johnny Cash cover.
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Pure Gold.
Along with When the man comes around and God's gonna cut you down
Yep
Fellas, this was written by a guy named Shel Silverstein who is a writer and satirist. He also wrote a couple songs that were recorded by a guy named Bobby Bare called Marie Laveau and another called The Winner, that talks about what it's like to have that rep and to always have guys wanting to try you. Both really funny songs and good stories. Johnny wrote a song about spending a night in jail for being drunk in public, but he actually never spent any time in prison. He has performed in a few and recorded a bunch of songs about prison.
Yes, Johnny was known as the bad boy of the country scene. He did have a lot of early life trauma (his brother died very young) then later in life battled addiction. His fan base was very much from the gritty harder side of the track. He was always given a hard time by the record label/radio executives trying to get him to clean up his behavior off stage.
He had noticed that a lot of fan mail coming from prison inmates and he decided to take the band and record a live album at Folsom Prison. Of course they thought he was crazy but the album Live At Folsom Prison became a huge hit, won a bunch of Grammys etc….. he was very in tune and relatable to his fan base. He is the “Man In Black”…. It’s his signature style and really represents going against the grain, being true to your creativity regardless of what the powers tell you to do. I believe this is why Cash is still to this day a well respected artist in any genre.
Johnny never severed prison time but he did have a reverence for those incarcerated
He was a devout (yet, at times struggling) Christian and believed everyone is redeemable in the eyes of Christ
But he did serve time in jail for misdemeanors. Several days in jail.
Everyone is redeemable to Christ. All you need to do is believe.
Johnny did not go to prison. He was arrested well into his career for bringing drugs in from Mexico. He did battle drug addiction throughout his life. The reason he did his prison concerts was after a particularly bad drug spiral and because of his hit Folsom Prison Blues, he was getting fan mail from men in prison. He wanted to do a live concert for the men that had sent him so many letters of encouragement after his arrest. Columbia initially said no to the idea but his perseverance made it happen. The album hit number one on the country charts and the top ten nationally and is credited as revitalizing his career.
Here's something for everyone. In the audience is Merle Haggard. He became a famous country music singer. Johnny Cash inspired Merle. Okie from Muskogee. Good song.
Gotta check that out
I Love Merle Haggard,, great singer
One piece at a time ❤❤😂is a classic classic funny tune from cash
This was hilarious
I was coming here to say that too!!!
@@KrizzKalikoOfficial the song is called One Piece at a Time. It's a great fun song from Cash and Man in Black is more serious but classic.
Yes this one is a must!
I was first introduced to Johnny Cash in 1956 when he was with Sun Records. I bought "I Walk The Line" and bought every record he recorded for the next 40 years. He is the best story teller in Country Music history and there have been many over the years. Thanks for the reaction, it was great to hear your perspective.
I agree. Country music, especially at that time, had so many amazing storytellers. Johnny Cash was epic. He did it best all the way to the end. "Hurt" was a beautiful farewell and haunting summary of his life. There will never be another Johnny Cash ❤
@@kristie825 He lived the songs that he wrote. When he wrote about hard times he knew what he was singing and what he was talking about. .
I would love to see you react to more Johnny Cash. I love Folsom Prison Blues...which is definitely one of his most popular. His voice is just so unique.
Johnny Cash’s prison concert is worth a listen
The entire San Quentin and Folsom concerts were available on dvd. They're fantastic
This is from the 1968 album “Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison” from a concert he performed inside California’s infamous Folsom Prison.
Respect the storytelling in his music. Well done Johnny.
Johnny didn't go to prison.
He was locked up a couple of times, once for bringing amphetamines across the border. But never did time in state prison
This was the first song I heard from Johnny Cash when I was 8 years. My grandparents and I went to the cabin and grandpa put on a Johnny Cash cassette, pressed play while we were getting the campfire ready for cooking and I've been hooked on Johnny Cash since (I'm almost 47 now).
Johnny Cash was an outlaw and a rapper actually!!
Love you guys cause you let me know stuff w out killing the messenger! He didn’t really play regularly in prisons. He was planning a comeback special and wanted to do it in San Quentin. Record label said no effin way. He did it on his own. Record co heard it and realized it was one of the best concerts of all time. Released it and it’s one of the biggest live albums of all time. Another tale of dumb azz record execs. 😂 in fairness though I can see it being hard to market to prisoners then! Now we have way more of them! Ouch 😢
Johnny Cash had a lot of hilarious songs. Everybody Loves a Nut & A Piece at a Time are amazing
I gotta check that out
@@KrizzKalikoOfficial And also check out I'm Being Swallowed By A Boa Constrictor. The whole album is hilarious.
When i was 16 years old and working in a cotton mill in the 60's i talked my mom and dad to go to a Jonny Chas concert in Montgomery, Al. And i got to pay for all the tickets. I'm 72 now and that was my first ever concert.
Shel Silverstein, a Jewish boy from Chicago, wrote A Boy named Sue. Before Shel went to Nashville, he wrote children's books. These include, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Falling Up and A Light in the Attic. Silverstein was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
😂we loved this song as kids. We didn't listen to Country Music but my Granddad loved Johnny Cash and we knew all his song. Still listen to him and love him today
HOW HAVE YOU NEVER HEARD THIS SONG?!
Oh Mr. Cash. Is Forever ever ever one of the absolute GREATEST OF ALL TIME. 🫶🫶🫶 that man! When he redid “Hurt” by Nine Inch Nails… I lost it‼️❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Boy Named Sue and Hot Rod Lincoln are 2 of my favorite Johnny Cash songs. Loved your reaction to this great, funny song by the legendary Johnny Cash.😊
His performance of Cocaine Blues had the prisoners howling!
do you have a link to Cash doing this? I cant find it anywhere. Love the song by Commander Cody, but havent heard his.
Hot Rod Lincoln is Commander Cody
Johnny did this song later on after he had his son, and at the end he says I’d name my son Jon……it’s very touching and heart warming the way it was done
Merle Haggard was a prisoner at San Quentin at the time. He heard Johnny and said if I ever get out thats what I'm gonna do and he did
Yeah people been telling me that
@@KrizzKalikoOfficial Johnny was in the Highwaymen with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson. Check that group of Super Stars out. They all wrote, played, and sang their own songs and all the others too. Johnny had his own TV show and sang "Sunday Morning Coming Down" on the show with Kris! Kris had delivered the song to Cash by landing a helicopter on Johnnys lawn! Quite the story Krizz. Kris was a Rhodes Scholar and so much more! He also wrote "Me and Bobby McGee" for Janis Joplin and many other classics. The whole Highwaymen group wrote hundreds of timeless songs. Pure Magic my friend, I'm glad Black Pegasus put me on to you! Ask him to put the original Highwayman's song in front of you, I'd love to see that, you're both great entertainment!
I am so loving your reactions! I have been watching more of your reactions than any other reactor at this time. Black Pegasus introduced me to you. I grew up in the 70's...Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, etc. Best music in the wolrd came from the 70's, it was also the best time to be alive.
Definitely. Really influenced my hip-hop.
This Song showed Johnny's sense of humor. He was definitely part of the original "Outlaw Country" group. Awesome job on your commentary until the end of the song.
The man who wrote this song wrote a great children's book called " Where the Sidewalk Ends". The guy's last name is Silverstein? I think???
Shel Silverstein
Wow! Cool info. Loved reading that to my kids.
The legend Merle Haggard was an inmate at San Quentin when Johnny Cash performed there many years prior to this.
He eventually got out and pursued a country music career and became of the legends in the genre. There's even a video of him doing impersonations of other artists like Johnny Cash, and Johnny Cash comes out and starts singing with him while he's being impersonated. Lol
Charlie Daniels was also good at telling stories with rhymes. Listen to “Uneasy Rider”. Roger Miller did a similar song in the 50s or early 60s called “Hot Rod Lincoln”
Hot Rod Lincoln was also done by commander Cody and the lost planet airmen
I’m check it out.
It is interesting you see that link with rap music as Johnny had years in the Nashville wilderness, his "Man in Black" champion of the working class personality did not fit in too well with big hair and rhinestone Country scene- even had his record contract dropped. It was hip-hop producer Rick Rubin who sought him out and they recorded his brilliant later albums together.
Johnny Cash is not the person who wrote this song, It was written by Shel Silverstein. Shel is best known for writing childrens poem books The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and A Light in the Attic . He was also a cartoonists in Playboy and has a large body of other works. Johnny Cash never went to prison, he did spend the night in jail once.
Lmao a great song lol great reaction! 😂 Shout out To Black Pegasus! I believe this was Folsom Prison concert
Absolute shout to Black P. Much love, Bro.
I found you through Black Pegasus. I am 54 and I have a suggestion for you. I would really like to see your reaction to Whipping Post by the Allman Brothers. It can out in 1969 the year I was born. It was my Fathers favorite song. The word video is the best vocals..
I love Jonny Cash. I grew up listening to him too. Thanks for the reaction. God Bless.
I have to check the Allman Brothers out
@@KrizzKalikoOfficial Thank you. Loving your reactions.. Keep up the great work.
God Bless you and yours. ❤🙏🙌❤
I love his recording of a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, The Ballad of the Harp Weaver. The poem itself breaks my heart,and,his interpretation is very powerful.
Well, one thing was the song that won Cash Best Male Country Vocal Performance at the Grammys - “A Boy Named Sue” - a song he didn't even write. Cash performed and was recorded live at San Quentin on February 24, 1969. Television replaced radio as the dominant broadcast medium by the 1950s and took over home entertainment. Approximately 8,000 U.S. households had television sets in 1946; 45.7 million had them by 1960.
It's funny/awesome that you referred to him as a rapper. I can see where you're coming from. That man was as badass and hard as anyone you have on those walls around you.
Man Johnny Cash is timeless
Absolutely timeless.
Cash was definitely an authentic badass. Wasn't it Trent Reznor who said his song, "Hurt," was no longer a Nine Inch Nails song, but was forever after a Johnny Cash Song? As someone mentioned Merle Haggard, you should do a reaction to his, "Mama Tried."
The closest Johnny got to being locked up was an overnight in jail. He did however perform a lot in Prisons. That flipping the bird picture was taken during a prison performance. It was being broadcast live on TV and they tried to tell him to not swear and stuff. That was his response.
Krizzz! You killed it in speedom, was always a favorite verse of mine. mid-mo baby!
There's a movie made of him and his wife June Carter. Now when you talk about the carters you're going to go back in time😊. The name of the movie is I Walk the line
Def cool to see a gen looking back at what made music. So many artists, so many styles that just exploded because of these beautiful people before us.
I’m one of those artist who is inspired too
I love this stuff. In a world of overproduced music videos, there is something raw about just Johnny, his band, a couple cameras, and a makeshift stage in a prison entertaining real hard men.
This reaction was something I didn’t even know I needed! But I definitely did! Keep ‘‘em coming! 😁
This was a big hit back in the day!
Now try "Big Iron" by Marty Robbins, you'll be able to picture the whole story in your mind!
Although Johnny never was in prison he did spend a night or two in "City Jail" check that one out by him. Great reaction!
I can't wait till BP introduces Krizz to the Charlie Daniels Band
Great reacting to this classic Johnny Cash. Even if you just lsiten to it ; look-up Folsom Prison Blues.
Country singer Merle Haggard was incarcerated at the time of this concert he is sitting on the front row middle ways! Johnny Cash had a guard to bring him some water and it was dirty and he held it up and took a drink and it wasn't long before that prison got clean water ! Rest in peace Johnny and Merle 💔💔
If you want deep Cash check out I Hung My Head. Gives me chills.
This song was SO popular when it came out in the 60s (oldie here) - for anyone who was into country music. Johnny was an amazing singer/songwriter/musician. Sadly, he struggled with drugs much of his life. If you haven’t done so already, you might enjoy his cover of Hurt! Great reaction.. thank-you!
Y'all need to check out Coward of the County by Kenny Rogers. Even if it's in your own time. It's a song worth listening to for any man. Especially since y'all seem to enjoy the story based country songs. Teddy Bear by Red Sovine is another that will get you as a father.
snoop called Johnny Cash the first rapper he had ever heard
He was the 1st rapper. No doubt
Krizz, I know we're here for JohnnyC. But I gotta take this opportunity to say thank you!
Easier For you changed my perspective & how I viewed key moments of my life! It helped, and truly has changed my life & ill 4ever be grateful to you for that!
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Never been a fan of Johnny Cash's music myself, but I've got a lot of respect for him.
His style of delivery is timeless, and his presence is felt all over in pop culture to rock and even children's cartoons.
Man's a legend.
Sometimes respect for the artist is all you need.
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Krizzzz much respect! Kali Baby! Ive been watching a few of these reactiona, Wild how busy you are, youre still able to give your all in These reactions. love your music and the heart you put into your music. Keep on keeping on!
Love to give the fans as much as I can
I’m here because I saw your comment on Rob squad reactions and I have also been watching Black Pegasus for several months now.
Checked you out 'cause I saw Black Pegasus was with you. Gonna check out more now!
Johnny is The Original Gangster Rapper!!!! Point! Facts! Period.! Recipes are public domain!!
That Johnny Cash middle finger, was at San Quentin.
There may be what many consider an iconic poster of Johnny Cash flipping his middle finger. But that was actually only a small part of him. He actually had a television show that was quite family friendly. So was the concert of his that I went to. If you want to see the real Johnny Cash, watch him singing the song he wrote about why he always wore the clothes that he did. It’s called “The Man In Black”.
Check out God's gonna cut you down, that shits hard af
I think you'd both get a few good laughs reacting to, The Offspring - Pretty fly for a white guy. official version LOL
Johnny Cash was before my time, but I'm a small town country girl and Johnny Cash was a legend. My fav thing when I was growing up in the 90's was listening to my parents classic rock and country vinyl albums. Had the Boy Named Sue LP on my dresser. One of my fav songs. It was alongside Janis Joplin, Dr. Hook, CCR , the Beatles, and, ahem, Bill Cosby's stand up.
You might want to check out Shoe Shine Boy by Johnny Cash
Its called "Sprechgesang" or "speak-singing"
Johnny created his own subgenre really during that time-period with his bass-baritone voice that blended folk, rock and roll, and country. Also have to mention that Mr. Cash was a great storyteller. He was a train-like chugging guitar rhythms, rebellious bluegrass country.
Rockabilly through-n-through.
This is good s . First time listening. Keep up the work !!
This song brings me back to lunch with my Dad...we laughed and laughed...it was a wonderful afternoon.
No, Johnny Cash did not go to prison. He once said he spent a night or two in jails but not prison. But he did have a strong empathy for men in prison and did a number of shows in prisons to entertain the inmates.
And while Johnny did a number of story telling “ talking songs,” he also had a strong singing voice. I WALK THE LINE, JACKSON with his wife June Carter Cash, a star in her own right, RING OF FIRE, FOLSUM PRISON BLUES, are a few of his hits. There are many more. His rendition of HURT, originally by Nine Inch Nails, was the last song he did and it will rear your heart out.
Johnny did classic country, humor, and gospel. He a legend, one of Country music’s greatest.
In 2024 its much easier for a boy named sue
Johnny Cash didn’t actually write this one, it was written by Shel Silverstein, the author of Where The Sidewalk Ends and The Giving Tree. Silverstein wrote a lot of country songs (and drew some dirty comics too)
Dude was hardcore addict and lived a rough life but never got locked up some how but identified with the guys in prison and they did with him
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve practiced this since I was a kid. Everything has to stop when Cash comes on, and specifically this song. I can say every word.
Hey krizz im loving these reactions brother. Keep up the good work.
Yeah, keep checking us out.
I got a real good one if y'all are interested. The singer is Johnny Paycheck and the song is Billy Bardo. Old school country song with a very cool story. Love the reaction to Johnny Cash fellas ❤
I’ll have to look him up
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Thing about Cash was, everyone loved him, black white middle america hippies Brits, it was his authenticity and talent that people responded to.
Yall really got one of the top lyricists of all time reacting to a boy named sue
😁. Thanks guys for this It makes me smile when the younger listeners get the joke but also understand the meaning
I loved this so much
great job! try his song cocain blues
Johnny is the absolute GOAT. I've Been Everywhere please!
Absolute goat of goats
That's the legendary Rockabilly pioneer Carl Perkins playing guitar on the right.
I really love watching your reaction videos, as well as BPs reaction videos ❤.
Bob Dylan is a rapper, too. Listen to Subterranean Homesick Blues!
Dude. This song is THE joke in my family. There was no boy's name picked out for me (strange, but true), so when I asked my mom what my name would have been if I had been a boy... she laughed. And told me I'd have been a boy named Sue. Been one of my favorite songs ever since.
Great react fellas!!!
An obscure classic from Johnny Cash as long as the grass shall grow
Love the reaction, glad you are opening your knowledge music history. So many fantastic singers in every genre and each affects us in differnet ways. Our bodies run on vibration and sound waves so the tones, notes, melodies cause real reaction in the body.
Love it.
Great reaction. Checkout Sunday Morning Coming Down
Black Pegasus brought me here...im not mad at it
I can’t remember who said this but I saw an interview with a musician and the conversation turned to Johnny Cash because he had just passed away. This musician was asked about a remembrance of Cash. He said that he met him many times over the years at various award shows and other music industry functions. He said that “Johnny Cash was seldom the biggest star at the event but he was always the most interesting person in the room”
You need to check out Harry Nielsen- without you, this guy has quite a voice and his music is all over the place, with the lime & the coconut & broke my heart, his music can't put my finger on it except, he was talented , also some old school stuff is Black Oak Arkansas and newer stuff is
Kentucky headhunters, dumas walker, Wallflowers- one headlight
Traveling Wilburys-
Dion-Abraham, Martin & John
Dr. Hook- cover of the rolling stones
Nazareth-love hurts
Hooters-
Three degrees-when will I see you again
Blue Oyster Cult-dont fear the reaper
Procal Harem-whiter shade of pale, live in Denmark
This was written by Shel Silverstein, who wrote many comedic country songs. Johnny picked it up because, well, he picke d up on just about everything. Strongly suggest you give a listen to "Hurt", his very last song before his death (written by Trent Reznor for Nine Inch Nails). After Johnny sent Reznor the demo CD; after Reznor heard it he called Johnny and told him "I wrote it, but you own it now."
Another classic.... one piece at a time...
Here we go
Those prisoners loved this. Especially the parts about violence 😂😂
Johnny Cash - he was a prophet! Legit. 🕊️☮️
He was legit a profit. And the first rapper.
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